Since the UN water conference at Mar del Plata in 1977, there have been international
debates about how water governance could and should respond to the challenges of …

Polycentric governance involves multiple actors at multiple scales beyond the state. The
potential of polycentric governance for promoting both climate mitigation and adaptation is …

For several decades, water policy reform and the design of governance systems were
dominated by simplistic panaceas. This was accompanied by changing preferences for …

The notion of polycentric governance has become increasingly popular in recent years.
Such development may be attributed to expectations that polycentric governance systems …

Despite numerous efforts to promote and implement more integrated approaches,
coordination problems persist and impede sustainable water governance and management …

Since the 1980s, natural resource management (NRM) in Australia and New Zealand has
been an ambitious experiment with community engagement. Underpinned by theory about …

The concept of institutional path dependence offers useful ways of understanding the
trajectories of water policy reforms and how past institutional arrangements, policy …

Highlights•Water governance is important for establishing connective capacity to other
sectors.•Trust is a crucial factor and mechanism for developing integrative performance.• …

Climate change and its interactions with complex socioeconomic dynamics dictate the need
for decision makers to move from incremental adaptation toward transformation as societies …

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Transboundary Governance in the Western US and Australia Dustin Evan Garrick McMaster …