Connectivity and the Governance of Multilevel Social-Ecological Systems: The Role of Social Capital

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The struggle to govern the commons.

Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, Paul Stern (2003)

Human institutions--ways of organizing activities--affect the resilience of the environment. Locally evolved institutional arrangements governed by stable communities and buffered from outside forces have sustained resources successfully for centuries, although they often fail when rapid change occurs. Ideal conditions for governance are increasingly rare. Critical problems, such as transboundary pollution, tropical deforestation, and climate change, are at larger scales and involve nonlocal influences. Promising strategies for addressing these problems include dialogue among interested parties, officials, and scientists; complex, redundant, and layered institutions; a mix of institutional types; and designs that facilitate experimentation, learning, and change.

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Social capital and the collective management of resources.

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The proposition that natural resources need protection from the destructive actions of people is widely accepted. Yet communities have shown in the past and increasingly today that they can collaborate for long-term resource management. The term social capital captures the idea that social bonds and norms are critical for sustainability. Where social capital is high in formalized groups, people have the confidence to invest in collective activities, knowing that others will do so too. Some 0.4 to 0.5 million groups have been established since the early 1990s for watershed, forest, irrigation, pest, wildlife, fishery, and microfinance management. These offer a route to sustainable management and governance of common resources.

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Title: Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Abbreviated Title: Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

Publisher: Annual Reviews

ISSN (Print): 1543-5938

ISSN (Electronic): 1545-2050

Publication date Created: November 2009

Publication date (Print): November 2009

Volume: 34

Issue: 1

Pages: 253-278

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DOI: 10.1146/annurev.environ.020708.100707

SO-VID: ff50ecc7-bff5-4f2a-a1b6-9428d0e117de

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