The importance of social learning and culture for sustainable water management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a concept for social learning developed in the European project HarmoniCOP and discuss its implications for the cultural and institutional context of water resources management.
About: This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2008-01-15. It has received 313 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Integrated water resources management & Natural resource management.
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TL;DR: It is argued that an integrative approach to water security brings issues of good governance to the fore, and thus holds promise as a new approach toWater management.
Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive review of the concept of water security, including both academic and policy literatures. The analysis indicates that the use of the term water security has increased significantly in the past decade, across multiple disciplines. The paper presents a comparison of definitions of, and analytical approaches to, water security across the natural and social sciences, which indicates that distinct, and at times incommensurable, methods and scales of analysis are being used. We consider the advantages and disadvantages of narrow versus broad and integrative framings of water security, and explore their utility with reference to integrated water resources management. In conclusion, we argue that an integrative approach to water security brings issues of good governance to the fore, and thus holds promise as a new approach to water management.
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...…approaches to water management that have become increasingly widespread over the past few decades, in which the need to meet both human and ecosystem needs (while recognising their interdependencies) is paramount (Gleick, 2000; Pahl-Wöstl et al., 2008; Savenije and Van der Zaag, 2008, p. 295)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that "humanity faces increasingly intractable environmental problems characterized by high uncertainty, complexity, and swift change". Natural resource governance must therefore involve continuous product...
Abstract: Humanity faces increasingly intractable environmental problems characterized by high uncertainty, complexity, and swift change. Natural resource governance must therefore involve continuous product ...
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...Learning has been studied from a multiplicity of perspectives, from formal education (Piaget 1985) to social learning (Bandura 1977, Pahl-Wostl et al. 2007, 2008)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the country-level institutional factors related to the decision to address the sustainable development goals in sustainability reports and found that organizations reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals are more likely to be located in countries with higher levels of climate change vulnerability, national corporate social responsibility, company spending on tertiary education, indulgence and individualism, and lower levels of market coordination, employment protection, power distance and long-term orientation.
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TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework for the analysis of social learning processes in sustainability appraisals is presented, and an empirical application of the framework by use of data obtained from three energy and natural resource management case studies around Europe.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore protocols for monitoring biodiversity, functional measures of ecosystem services, and ecosystem services valuation that can be adapted for use by practitioner-scientist partnerships in civic ecology settings and suggest that civic ecology practices not only create green infrastructure that produces ecosystem services but also constitute social-ecological processes that directly generate ecosystem services (e.g., recreation, education) and associated benefits to human well-being.
Abstract: Civic ecology practices are community-based, environmental stewardship actions taken to enhance green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and human well-being in cities and other human-dominated landscapes. Examples include tree planting in post-Katrina New Orleans, oyster restoration in New York City, community gardening in Detroit, friends of parks groups in Seattle, and natural area restoration in Cape Flats, South Africa. Whereas civic ecology practices are growing in number and represent a participatory approach to management and knowledge production as called for by global sustainability initiatives, only rarely are their contributions to ecosystem services measured. In this paper, we draw on literature sources and our prior research in urban social-ecological systems to explore protocols for monitoring biodiversity, functional measures of ecosystem services, and ecosystem services valuation that can be adapted for use by practitioner-scientist partnerships in civic ecology settings. Engaging civic ecology stewards in collecting such measurements presents opportunities to gather data that can be used as feedback in an adaptive co-management process. Further, we suggest that civic ecology practices not only create green infrastructure that produces ecosystem services, but also constitute social-ecological processes that directly generate ecosystem services (e.g., recreation, education) and associated benefits to human well-being.
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...…can foster learning and provide information about the effectiveness of stewardship actions, thus strengthening civic ecology practices through a social learning and information feedback process consistent with adaptive comanagement (cf., Armitage et al., 2007; Pahl-Wostl et al., 2007, 2008)....
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...Of major interest in this respect is the concept of “communities of practice” developed by Wenger (1998) emphasizing learning as participation in groups of people who engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain of human endeavour....
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...In the EU project HarmoniCOP (http://www.harmonicop.info) we adopted a broader concept for social learning in the context of river basin management influenced by authors like Wenger (1998)....
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TL;DR: Giddens as mentioned in this paper has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
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...The way Anthony Giddens conceives the complementary functioning of structure and agency (e.g. Giddens, 1981) may clarify the distinction between culture and social learning....
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TL;DR: Giddens as discussed by the authors has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
Abstract: Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. A particular feature is Giddens' concern to connect abstract problems of theory to an interpretation of the nature of empirical method in the social sciences. In presenting his own ideas, Giddens mounts a critical attack on some of the more orthodox sociological views. "The Constitution of Society" is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.
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...The work of Bandura (1971) on social learning refers to individual learning based on observation of others and their social interactionswithin a group e.g. through imitation of role models....
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