Managing water through change and uncertainty: comparing lessons from the adaptive co-management literature to recent policy developments in England

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dc.contributor.authorWhaley, Luke
dc.contributor.authorWeatherhead, E. K.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T12:34:35Z
dc.date.available2016-03-23T12:34:35Z
dc.date.issued2015-09-02
dc.description.abstractAbstract Water management is set to become increasingly variable and unpredictable, in particular because of climate change. This paper investigates the extent to which water policy in England provides an enabling environment for ‘adaptive co-management’, which its proponents claim can achieve the dual objective of ecosystem protection and livelihood sustainability under conditions of change and uncertainty. Five policy categories are derived from a literature review, and are used to conduct a directed content analysis of seven key water policy documents. The findings reveal that although, in part, English water policy serves as an enabling environment for adaptive co-management, there is a level of discrepancy between substantive aspects of the five policy categories and water policy in England. Addressing these discrepancies will be important if English water policy is to allow for the emergence of processes, like adaptive co-management, that are capable of coping with the challenges that lie aheaden_UK
dc.identifier.citationLuke Whaley and Edward Weatherhead. Managing water through change and uncertainty: comparing lessons from the adaptive co-management literature to recent policy developments in England. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Vol. 59, Iss. 10, pp. 1775-1794en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0964-0568
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2015.1090959
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9804
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
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dc.subjectadaptive co-managementen_UK
dc.subjectpolicyen_UK
dc.subjectwater governanceen_UK
dc.subjectEnglanden_UK
dc.titleManaging water through change and uncertainty: comparing lessons from the adaptive co-management literature to recent policy developments in Englanden_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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