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Adaptive Governance Integrating Science, Policy, and Decision Making

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ISBN-10: 0231136250

ISBN-13: 9780231136259

Edition: 2005

Authors: Ronald Brunner, Toddi Steelman, Lindy Coe-Juell, Christina Cromley, Christine Edwards

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Drawing on five detailed case studies from the American West, the authors explore and clarify how to expedite a transition toward adaptive governance and break the gridlock in natural resource policymaking. Unlike scientific management, which relies on science as the foundation for policies made through a central bureaucratic authority, adaptive governance integrates various types of knowledge and organizations. Adaptive governance relies on open decision-making processes recognizing multiple interests, community-based initiatives, and an integrative science in addition to traditional science. Case studies discussed include a program to protect endangered fish in the Colorado River with…    
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Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 8/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Ronald D. Brunner is a policy scientist and professor at the University of Colorado; Toddi A. Steelman is associate professor of environmental and natural resource policy at North Carolina State University; Lindy Coe-Juell is a policy analyst with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Los Angeles; Christina M. Cromley is a policy analyst with the GAO in Washington, D. C.; Christine M. Edwards is the alumni coordinator for the School for Field Studies in Salem, Massachusetts; Donna W. Tucker is a doctoral student in environmental studies at the University of Colorado.

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