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Modernization Of The Columbia River Treaty: An Opportunity For Idaho, Barbara Cosens
Modernization Of The Columbia River Treaty: An Opportunity For Idaho, Barbara Cosens
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Human Rights Proxy Wars, Johanna Kalb
Regime Shifts And Panarchies In Regional Scale Social-Ecological Water Systems, Barbara Cosens
Regime Shifts And Panarchies In Regional Scale Social-Ecological Water Systems, Barbara Cosens
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In this article we summarize histories of nonlinear, complex interactions among societal, legal, and ecosystem dynamics in six North American water basins, as they respond to changing climate. These case studies were chosen to explore the conditions for emergence of adaptive governance in heavily regulated and developed social-ecological systems nested within a hierarchical governmental system. We summarize resilience assessments conducted in each system to provide a synthesis and reference by the other articles in this special feature. We also present a general framework used to evaluate the interactions between society and ecosystem regimes and the governance regimes chosen to mediate …