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dc.contributor.authorMcGlynn, Bridget
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-24T13:48:59Z
dc.date.available2022-01-24T13:48:59Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/15589
dc.description.abstractClimactic changes are having devastating impacts on communities and improved collaborative decision-making is required to govern the changing social-ecological system. This research sought to expand understanding of collaborative governance as it relates to social-ecological complex adaptive systems by using a network perspective to examine governance network properties in relation to adaptive governance and social-ecological fit. The collaborative flood planning network in the St. John River Basin was collected and analyzed both independently and within a multilevel social-ecological network. Analysis displayed a broad range of organizations within the network, a tendency for transitivity, and limited social-ecological fit. While collaboration aids in adaptive governance in the basin, the network was strongly impacted by varying jurisdictional roles, responsibilities, and resources. This research contributes to the growing body of literature on network governance for social-ecological systems and further questions the role of top-down governance within collaborative arrangements.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectsocial-ecological systemsen_US
dc.subjectadaptive governanceen_US
dc.subjectsocial-ecological fiten_US
dc.subjectsocial network analysisen_US
dc.subjectexponential random graph modelen_US
dc.titleAn Examination of Collaborative Governance for Complex Adaptive Systems in the St. John River Basinen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Sustainabilityen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Sustainability Research Centreen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Social Sciencesen_US


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