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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.019
	Learning effects of interactive decision-making processes for climate change adaptation
	Baird J.; Plummer R.; Haug C.; Huitema D.
发表日期	2014
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	27 期号:1
英文摘要	Learning is gaining attention in relation to governance processes for contemporary environmental challenges; however, scholarship at the nexus of learning and environmental governance lacks clarity and understanding about how to define and measure learning, and the linkages between learning, social interactions, and environment. In response, this study aimed to advance and operationalize a typology of learning in an environmental governance context, and examined if a participatory decision-making process (adaptive co-management) for climate change adaptation fostered learning. Three types of learning were identified: cognitive learning, related to the acquisition of new or the structuring of existing knowledge normative learning, which concerns a shift in viewpoints, values or paradigms, and relational learning, referring to an improved understanding of others' mindsets, enhanced trust and ability to cooperate. A robust mixed methods approach with a focus on quantitative measures including concept map analysis, social network analysis, and self-reflective questions, was designed to gauge indicators for each learning type. A participatory decision-making process for climate change adaptation was initiated with stakeholders in the Niagara region, Canada. A pseudo-control group was used to minimize external contextual influences on results. Clear empirical evidence of cognitive and relational learning was gained; however, the results from normative learning measures were inconclusive. The learning typology and measurement method operationalized in this research advances previous treatments of learning in relation to participatory decision-making processes, and supports adaptive co-management as a governance strategy that fosters learning and adaptive capacity. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Adaptive capacity; Adaptive co-management; Climate change adaptation; Environmental governance; Learning
学科领域	adaptive management; climate change; decision making; environmental policy; governance approach; learning; stakeholder; Canada; Niagara; Ontario [Canada]
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptive management; climate change; decision making; environmental policy; governance approach; learning; stakeholder; Canada; Niagara; Ontario [Canada]
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117757
作者单位	Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada; Stockholm Resilience Centre, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands; School of Sciences, Netherlands Open University, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Baird J.,Plummer R.,Haug C.,et al. Learning effects of interactive decision-making processes for climate change adaptation[J],2014,27(1).
APA	Baird J.,Plummer R.,Haug C.,&Huitema D..(2014).Learning effects of interactive decision-making processes for climate change adaptation.Global Environmental Change,27(1).
MLA	Baird J.,et al."Learning effects of interactive decision-making processes for climate change adaptation".Global Environmental Change 27.1(2014).