Institutional navigation for polycentric sustainability governance

被引:59
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作者
Lubell, Mark [1 ]
Morrison, Tiffany H. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Environm Sci & Policy, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] James Cook Univ, ARC Ctr Excellence Coral Reef Studies, Townsville, Qld, Australia
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
POLICY; SYSTEMS; NETWORKS; MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCE; FRAMEWORK; TRUST; REEF;
D O I
10.1038/s41893-021-00707-5
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Sustainability in the Anthropocene requires social cooperation and learning against a backdrop of increasingly complex, polycentric governance. Here, we introduce an institutional navigation framework emphasizing how individuals pursue their policy goals within polycentric sustainability governance. We illustrate the utility of the framework by exploring how actors navigate institutional complexity to increase collective welfare and adaptive capacity in California's San Francisco Bay, in contrast with protecting self-interest and constraining adaptive capacity on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Our analysis provides: (1) a normative perspective on how institutional navigation may or may not support sustainability; (2) initial theoretical hypotheses about understudied strategies used by policy actors to advance or constrain sustainability; and (3) some practical ideas for policy actors seeking to strategically achieve complex sustainability goals in polycentric systems. To more effectively navigate environmental politics and governance, this Perspective recommends actions in four areas: knowledge, relationships, strategies, and decision and implementation.
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页码:664 / 671
页数:8
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