Allan Curtis

TL;DR: In this paper, the adoption of rural innovations by landholders is presented as a dynamic learning process, and adoption depends on a range of personal, social, cultural and economic factors, as well as on characteristics of the innovation itself.

TL;DR: In this paper, a suite of governance principles for natural resource governance is presented, which, while developed in an Australian multilevel context, has general applicability and significance at local, subnational, and national scales.

TL;DR: This article explores two watershed management projects in southeastern Australia to better understand the potential of adaptive management in regional scale programs through qualitative, case study–based investigation and identified seven “imperatives” that guided the behavior of project stakeholders, and that have consequences for the use ofadaptive management.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report their qualitative research examining the origins, modus operandi and outcomes of two Landcare networks and conclude that the key elements of social capital that were important in achieving these outcomes were trust, norms, expectations of reciprocity and linkages.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of regional planning bodies and local organizations was identified as one of the most important factors for state-supported citizen participation in rural Australia, along with a suite of other factors.