Creating adaptive policies [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for policymaking in an uncertain world / / edited by Darren Swanson and Suruchi Bhadwal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778560903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, 2009
• ISBN: 93-5280-234-9; 9786612466403; 1-282-46640-2; 1-55250-467-0; 1-282-42556-0; 9786612425561; 81-321-0418-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 168 p.) : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): SwansonDarren; BhadwalSuruchi
• Disciplina: 320.6
• Soggetti: Sustainable development - Government policy; Environmental policy; Adaptive natural resource management; Policy sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / David Runnalls and Rajendra K. Pachauri -- 1. The Need for Adaptive Policies / Henry David Venema and John Drexhage -- 2. Seven Guidelines for Policy-making in an Uncertain World / Darren Swanson, Stephan Barg, Stephen Tyler, Henry David Venema, Sanjay Tomar, Suruchi Bhadwal, Sreeja Nair, Dimple Roy and John Drexhage -- 3. Integrated and Forward-looking Analysis / Darren Swanson and Sanjay Tomar -- 4. Multi-stakeholder Deliberation / Stephen Tyler -- 5. Automatic Policy Adjustment / Suruchi Bhadwal, Stephan Barg and Darren Swanson -- 6. Enabling Self-organization and Social Networking / Dimple Roy, Sreeja Nair and Henry David Venema -- 7. Decentralization of Decision-making / Stephan Barg and Stephen Tyler ; -- 8. Promoting Variation / Sreeja Nair and Dimple Roy -- 9. Formal Policy Review and Continuous Learning / Sanjay Tomar and Darren Swanson -- 10. Insights into Implementing Adaptive Policies / Stephan Barg and Stephen Tyler -- Appendix. Policy Case Study Overviews.
• Sommario/riassunto: This title describes the concept of adaptive policymaking and presents seven tools for developing such policies. Based on hundreds of interviews with people impacted by policy and research of over a dozen policy case studies, this book serves as a pragmatic guide for policymakers by elaborating on these seven tools.