Claudia Pahl-Wostl

TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop a conceptual framework addressing the dynamics and adaptive capacity of resource governance regimes as multi-level learning processes, where the influence of formal and informal institutions, the role of state and non-state actors, the nature of multilevel interactions and the relative importance of bureaucratic hierarchies, markets and networks are identified as major structural characteristics of governance regimes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of frames and boundary management in processes of learning at different levels and time scales is investigated, based on conceptual considerations and empirical insights, suggest that the development of such institutional settings involves continued processes of social learning.

TL;DR: A conceptual framework is introduced how to characterize water management regimes and the dynamics of transition processes and the European project NeWater project is presented as one approach where new scientific methods and practical tools are developed for the participatory assessment and implementation of adaptive water management.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the institutional prescriptions of adaptive co-management based on a literature review of the (water) governance literature and highlight the complexities associated with participation and collaboration, the difficulty of experimenting in a real-world setting, and the politicized nature of discussion on governance at the bioregional scale.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the need to fully take into account the complexity of the systems to be managed and to give more attention to uncertainties in the management of water resources.