What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is
undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish some …

With the widespread use of collaborative governance mechanisms for mitigating water
pollution, an opportunity exists to test alternative institutional designs based on collaborative …

There is a well-established need for increased stakeholder participation in the generation of
adaptive management approaches and specific solutions to complex environmental …

With goal-directed networks being used so extensively as a strategy to achieve 'collective
impact,'increased attention is being paid to the investment of participating member …

Water quality governance encompasses multiple “wicked” interacting problems that manifest
within social-ecological systems. Concerned governments, institutions, and actors …

What are the roles of governments and other actors in solving, or alleviating, collective
action problems in today's world? The traditional conceptual frameworks of public …

The prevalence and persistence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms demonstrate the
importance of governance systems that effectively engage with many actors to address …

In this chapter we discuss the use of social and dynamic network analysis for researching
networks and collaboration in the public sector. Network analysis is an analytical toolbox …

Abstract The Columbia River Basin is a complex social‐ecological system, spanning
political, legal, socio‐economic, geographic, and biophysical boundaries. Outreach to others …

Protection of water resources in a changing climate depends on bottom-up stewardship and
adaptive management. From the ground up, a vital component is maintaining soil ecosystem …