How did we get here? The evolution of a polycentric system of groundwater governance

IF 3.6 2区 社会学 Q1 ECOLOGY
Ruth Langridge, Christopher K. Ansell
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Abstract

Polycentric systems are widespread globally and studied extensively, but cross-sectional studies are more prominent than longitudinal studies, and limited attention has been paid to how polycentric systems develop. We present an evolutionary framework to help identify the dynamic factors that shape polycentric system variations and that drive particular trajectories of polycentric formation. Building on prior work, we argue that polycentric institutions for resource management emerge out of spatially delimited conflicts over resource use and the externalities that they entail. Our perspective points to the characteristics and conditions of the resource itself as a starting point that crescively shapes landscape-level patterns of resource use. We illustrate this process through a case study of the evolution of a polycentric system in California’s San Gabriel River Watershed. The study found a relationship between pronounced hydrologic linkages and stronger institutional linkages, suggesting that the physical characteristics of common-pool resources are one driver of subsequent institutional linkages. We also found that the impacts from resource use leads to both conflict and cooperation between basin users that shapes institutional formation and subsequent institutional interactions. This points to user impacts as a second important driver of polycentric formation over time. A better understanding of the evolutionary process of polycentric formation can illuminate opportunities to develop more cooperative relationships that support sustainable groundwater management.

The post How did we get here? The evolution of a polycentric system of groundwater governance first appeared on Ecology & Society.

我们是如何到达这里的?多中心地下水治理系统的演变
多中心系统在全球广泛存在,研究范围也很广,但横向研究比纵向研究更为突出,对多中心系统如何发展的关注也很有限。我们提出了一个演化框架,以帮助确定形成多中心体系变化的动态因素,以及推动多中心形成的特定轨迹。在先前工作的基础上,我们认为,多中心资源管理体制产生于空间上的资源使用冲突及其带来的外部性。我们的观点指出,资源本身的特点和条件是一个起点,它决定了景观层面的资源使用模式。我们通过对加利福尼亚圣盖博河流域多中心系统演变的案例研究来说明这一过程。研究发现,明显的水文联系与更强的制度联系之间存在关系,这表明共用资源的物理特征是后续制度联系的驱动力之一。我们还发现,资源使用的影响会导致流域使用者之间的冲突与合作,从而影响制度的形成和随后的制度互动。这表明,用户影响是随着时间推移形成多中心的第二个重要驱动因素。更好地了解多中心形成的演变过程,可以为发展更多合作关系提供机会,从而支持可持续的地下水管理。多中心地下水治理系统的演变》首次发表于《生态与社会》。
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Ecology and Society
Ecology and Society 环境科学-生态学
CiteScore
6.20
自引率
4.90%
发文量
109
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: Ecology and Society is an electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. Manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are all handled on the Internet. Software developed for the journal automates all clerical steps during peer review, facilitates a double-blind peer review process, and allows authors and editors to follow the progress of peer review on the Internet. As articles are accepted, they are published in an "Issue in Progress." At four month intervals the Issue-in-Progress is declared a New Issue, and subscribers receive the Table of Contents of the issue via email. Our turn-around time (submission to publication) averages around 350 days. We encourage publication of special features. Special features are comprised of a set of manuscripts that address a single theme, and include an introductory and summary manuscript. The individual contributions are published in regular issues, and the special feature manuscripts are linked through a table of contents and announced on the journal''s main page. The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience that includes an array of disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities concerned with the relationship between society and the life-supporting ecosystems on which human wellbeing ultimately depends.
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