Transformative Environmental Governance

Author:

Chaffin Brian C.1,Garmestani Ahjond S.2,Gunderson Lance H.3,Benson Melinda Harm4,Angeler David G.5,Arnold Craig Anthony (Tony)6,Cosens Barbara7,Craig Robin Kundis8,Ruhl J.B.9,Allen Craig R.10

Affiliation:

1. College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59801;

2. National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268;

3. Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322;

4. Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131;

5. Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden;

6. Brandeis School of Law and Department of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40208;

7. College of Law, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844;

8. S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112;

9. Vanderbilt Law School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203;

10. US Geological Survey, Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583;

Abstract

Transformative governance is an approach to environmental governance that has the capacity to respond to, manage, and trigger regime shifts in coupled social-ecological systems (SESs) at multiple scales. The goal of transformative governance is to actively shift degraded SESs to alternative, more desirable, or more functional regimes by altering the structures and processes that define the system. Transformative governance is rooted in ecological theories to explain cross-scale dynamics in complex systems, as well as social theories of change, innovation, and technological transformation. Similar to adaptive governance, transformative governance involves a broad set of governance components, but requires additional capacity to foster new social-ecological regimes including increased risk tolerance, significant systemic investment, and restructured economies and power relations. Transformative governance has the potential to actively respond to regime shifts triggered by climate change, and thus future research should focus on identifying system drivers and leading indicators associated with social-ecological thresholds.

Publisher

Annual Reviews

Subject

General Environmental Science

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