Adaptive Governance: Integrating Science, Policy, and Decision Making

by Lindy Coe-Juell, Donna Tucker, Ronald D. Brunner, et al.

Book Overview

Drawing on five detailed case studies from the American West, the authors explore and clarify how to expedite a transition toward adaptive governance and break the gridlock in natural resource policymaking. Unlike scientific management, which relies on science as the foundation for policies made through a central bureaucratic authority, adaptive governance integrates various types of knowledge and organizations. Adaptive governance relies on open...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231136250
• ISBN13: 9780231136259
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher