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View article: The social–ecological fabric of freshwater fish management: Accounting for feedback loops in human–fish interactions
The social–ecological fabric of freshwater fish management: Accounting for feedback loops in human–fish interactions Open
A holistic view of nature, which situates human relationships and actions within ecosystems, can broaden our understanding of environmental problems and expand the scope and efficacy of potential solutions. Social–ecological systems (SES) …
View article: Assessing the Benefits of Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure: An Exploration of Intended and Experienced Benefits in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Assessing the Benefits of Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure: An Exploration of Intended and Experienced Benefits in Ōtautahi Christchurch Open
View article: Great expectations for collective management: the mismatch between supply and demand for catchment groups
Great expectations for collective management: the mismatch between supply and demand for catchment groups Open
Globally, agri-environmental policies targeting individual farmers have made little progress on the problem of diffuse water pollution, leading to increased demand for collective approaches to manage cumulative effects. To understand the e…
View article: Community actions to revitalize urban blue and green capitals: learnings from Abberley Park, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Community actions to revitalize urban blue and green capitals: learnings from Abberley Park, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand Open
This study aims to investigate the revitalization of blue-green capital in urban communities, to enhance local well-being and social-ecological resilience at the neighborhood scale. Fostering more-than-human well-being can play a central r…
View article: Design and implementation of blue-green infrastructure for socio-cultural benefits at community scales: The case of Wigram Basin in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Design and implementation of blue-green infrastructure for socio-cultural benefits at community scales: The case of Wigram Basin in Ōtautahi Christchurch Open
Stormwater-related blue-green infrastructure (BGI) has been shown to play an important role in enhancing the socio-ecological-cultural resilience of communities under stress from climate change and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. BGI…
View article: Doing dams better? A case study of a proposed pumped hydro scheme at Lake Onslow, Central Otago
Doing dams better? A case study of a proposed pumped hydro scheme at Lake Onslow, Central Otago Open
Water resource managers and Geographers share common interests in meeting Sustainable Development Goal Seven (universal access to affordable energy) and addressing climate change. Hydropower plays a key role but dams have environmental, so…
View article: Unlocking urban blue-green infrastructure: an interdisciplinary literature review analysing co-benefits and synergies between bio-physical and socio-cultural outcomes
Unlocking urban blue-green infrastructure: an interdisciplinary literature review analysing co-benefits and synergies between bio-physical and socio-cultural outcomes Open
Conventional methods of urbanization and risk management have exposed communities to multiple climatic, ecological, and social vulnerabilities. Urban blue-green infrastructure (BGI) refers to a range of nature-based approaches to mitigatin…
View article: Strangers in a strange land; freshwater fish introductions, impacts, management and socio-ecological feedbacks in a small island nation – the case of Aotearoa New Zealand
Strangers in a strange land; freshwater fish introductions, impacts, management and socio-ecological feedbacks in a small island nation – the case of Aotearoa New Zealand Open
Invasive non-native species (INNS) are key drivers of global biodiversity loss. This is particularly evident in freshwater ecosystems, where the rates of both vertebrate biodiversity loss and biological invasion exceed those of marine and …
View article: Adapting to climate change through nature-based solutions and indigenous knowledge: the case for landscape-scale ecosystem regeneration in the Rokohouia Delta
Adapting to climate change through nature-based solutions and indigenous knowledge: the case for landscape-scale ecosystem regeneration in the Rokohouia Delta Open
This study explores the potential of nature-based solutions and indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation. It focuses on the Rokohouia Delta located in Aotearoa, New Zealand where Ngāi Tūāhuriri, the Indigenous People of the region…
View article: Evolving rights to (and of) water in Chile: a case for relationship-based water law and governance
Evolving rights to (and of) water in Chile: a case for relationship-based water law and governance Open
Theoretical debates about water law have long been characterised by a tension between notions of water as a human right and as a commodity, alongside developing attention to resistance by Indigenous groups to the colonisation of their wate…
View article: From railroad imperialism to neoliberal reprimarization: Lessons from regime-shifts in the Global Soybean Complex
From railroad imperialism to neoliberal reprimarization: Lessons from regime-shifts in the Global Soybean Complex Open
Soybeans are ubiquitous in the global food system. As a major forest risk commodity, they are also at the heart of efforts to untangle the dynamics of land use change and associated impacts resulting from distant drivers. However, land sys…
View article: Does stakeholder participation improve environmental governance? Evidence from a meta-analysis of 305 case studies
Does stakeholder participation improve environmental governance? Evidence from a meta-analysis of 305 case studies Open
View article: Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows
Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows Open
Global commodity flows between distally connected social-ecological systems pose important challenges to sustainability
\ngovernance. These challenges are partly due to difficulties in designing and implementing governance institutions tha…
View article: Water allocation in Aotearoa New Zealand: societal values and ecological bottom lines
Water allocation in Aotearoa New Zealand: societal values and ecological bottom lines Open
Water allocation is an increasingly prominent policy issue in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), where regulation has largely failed to secure sustainable management of water resources over the past three decades. Although there is abundant water …
View article: Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture
Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture Open
The book brings together a range of leading scholars and practitioners to compile an international account of water allocation policies supporting a transition to sustainable water use in regions where agriculture is the dominant water use…
View article: Transitioning away from open access: lessons learnt from a comparative analysis of water allocation regimes worldwide
Transitioning away from open access: lessons learnt from a comparative analysis of water allocation regimes worldwide Open
The transition from open to regulated access to water resources is a challenging task for water managers who have to address complex environmental, social and economic trade-offs. Water allocation is a powerful tool, yet its implementation…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
This chapter introduces the book by exploring the role of water allocation policies in the transition from open to regulated access in the use of water resources. Various allocation approaches and frameworks have developed over time, craft…
View article: Environmental governance in globally telecoupled systems: Mapping the terrain towards an integrated research agenda
Environmental governance in globally telecoupled systems: Mapping the terrain towards an integrated research agenda Open
Environmental governance is increasingly challenged by global flows, which connect distant places through trade, investment and movement of people. To date, research on this topic has been dispersed across multiple fields and diverse theor…
View article: New horizons in the politics of water governance
New horizons in the politics of water governance Open
The governance of water encapsulates fundamental choices about how to mediate struggles between core values and interests across society. This Special Issue illustrates how New Zealand is driving frontiers of experimentation in water gover…
View article: Crafting Collective Management Institutions in Messy Real-World Settings: A Call for Action Research
Crafting Collective Management Institutions in Messy Real-World Settings: A Call for Action Research Open
There is considerable interest in collective management as a potential solution to complex environmental problems, but existing research offers little guidance for the messy real-world task of creating new institutions. Research on collect…
View article: Case study meta‐analysis in the social sciences. Insights on data quality and reliability from a large‐N case survey
Case study meta‐analysis in the social sciences. Insights on data quality and reliability from a large‐N case survey Open
Meta‐analytical methods face particular challenges in research fields such as social and political research, where studies often rest primarily on qualitative and case study research. In such contexts, where research findings are less stan…
View article: Corrigendum to: Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes
Corrigendum to: Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes Open
"Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes"by Nicolas W. Jager et al. (10.1093/jopart/muz034). Due to a tabulation error during our meta-analysis of qualitative …
View article: The Limits to Voluntary Private Social Standards in Global Agri-food System Governance
The Limits to Voluntary Private Social Standards in Global Agri-food System Governance Open
Private agri-food standards, along with certification and labelling schemes, are rapidly becoming the predominant mechanism by which global agricultural production and trade are governed. This article examines voluntary private social stan…
View article: Contextualizing certification and auditing: Soy certification and access of local communities to land and water in Brazil
Contextualizing certification and auditing: Soy certification and access of local communities to land and water in Brazil Open
The massive expansion of soy production in Brazil has contributed to a loss of access for local communities to land and water, particularly in highly dynamic frontier regions in the Cerrado. Soy certification standards like the Roundtable …
View article: Environmental Governance of China's Belt and Road Initiative
Environmental Governance of China's Belt and Road Initiative Open
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched in 2013, is rapidly subsuming much of China's political and economic involvement abroad. As a far‐reaching infrastructure development and investment strategy, officially involving more than …
View article: Governing global telecoupling toward environmental sustainability
Governing global telecoupling toward environmental sustainability Open
Telecoupling constitutes a particular class of globalized environmental issues that are neither local-cumulative, nor transboundary, nor concerning global commons, but that arise because of specific linkages between distal regions. Such te…
View article: Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes
Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes Open
There is much enthusiasm among scholars and public administrators for participatory and collaborative modes of governance as a means to tackle contemporary environmental problems. Participatory and collaborative approaches are expected to …
View article: Learning in participatory environmental governance – its antecedents and effects. Findings from a case survey meta-analysis
Learning in participatory environmental governance – its antecedents and effects. Findings from a case survey meta-analysis Open
Theory on participatory and collaborative governance maintains that learning is essential
\nto achieve good environmental outcomes. Empirical research has mostly produced
\nindividual case studies, and reliable evidence on both antecedents…
View article: What is governance in global telecoupling?
What is governance in global telecoupling? Open
The concept of telecoupling is increasingly used as a framework to understand globally distant interconnections and their sustainability implications. Although there is a growing research focus on issues of governance related to global tel…
View article: Managing peri-urban floodplains and urban-rural connectivity: A case study in ecosystems governance following a disaster event
Managing peri-urban floodplains and urban-rural connectivity: A case study in ecosystems governance following a disaster event Open
Peri-urban environments are critical to the connections between urban and rural ecosystems and their respective communities. Lowland floodplains are important examples that are attractive for urbanisation and often associated with the loss…