Complexity Digest 2008.99 - 04
23-Nov-2009
A Systems Approach To Unravel Complex Water Management Institutions, Ecol. Complexity
Excerpts: The study unravels the complexity of water management institutions by analysing the interactive nature of actors and rules to a particular water-related problem, using a systems approach in a hamlet in the Indian Himalayas. The approach builds on the strengths of institutional analysis development framework, but makes amendments to suit complex and adaptive water management institutions. It applies multiple research methods to collect both qualitative and quantitative information (...). (...) the study reveals human entities - stakeholders, actors and agents - occupy different positions, which they actively shift in a problem context and when agents pursue ‘projects' by integrating diverse rules and resources to remain adaptive. (...)
- Source: Ecological Complexity,
[ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7CRV-4ST4CF9-1&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2008&_rdoc=2&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%2318004%232008%23999949996%23694507%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=18004&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=9&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=153ec277111fce88ffa3bab0845b4dea ], V. S. Saravanan, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.04.003, PhysOrg.com, Sep. 2008, online - Contributed by Pritha Das - prithadas01
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