CHANGING GOVERNANCE AND THE GOVERNANCE OF CHANGE: FACILITATING ADAPTATION ACROSS MULTI‐LEVEL MULTI LEVEL
The aim of this research is to identify & describe the governance systems & structures pertaining to Hopedale’s natural resources and identify how adaptation to climate change strategies & initiatives may be facilitated within and across these governance systems, noting the role of local...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.408.1686 http://www.uoguelph.ca/gecg/images/userimages/ArcticNet Poster 2008_Laura Fleming.pdf |
| Summary: | The aim of this research is to identify & describe the governance systems & structures pertaining to Hopedale’s natural resources and identify how adaptation to climate change strategies & initiatives may be facilitated within and across these governance systems, noting the role of local and traditional knowledge. Research Rationale: It is widely acknowledged by both scientists & northerners that changing environmental conditions in addition to existing socio‐economic stresses and political changes are affecting the livelihoods & well‐being of people in Arctic communities (ACIA, 2004, IPCC, 2007). Dealing with these changes now and in the future will require strategies and initiatives to enhance communities’ adaptive capacities. This will take place across multiple levels of governance and will involve local and traditional knowledge (Adger, 2001, Huq et al, 2003, Keskitalo, 2004). There has been limited research exploring how adaptation initiatives will be facilitated or mainstreamed into these existing governance systems in the context of Arctic communities. This research sets out to address this gap in the literature and in the field of climate change adaptation. |
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