title: Adaptive governance of riverine and wetland ecosystem goods and services.
abstract: Adaptive governance and adaptive management have developed over the past quarter century in response to institutional and organizational failures, and unforeseen changes in natural resource dynamics. Adaptive governance provides a context for managing known and unknown consequences of prior management approaches and for increasing legitimacy in the implementation of flexible and adaptive management. Using examples from iconic water systems in the United States, we explore the proposition that adaptive management and adaptive governance are useful for evaluating the complexities of trade-offs among ecosystem goods and services.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: lgunder@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Lance H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Gunderson
authors.affiliation: College of Law, Waters of the West Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA. Electronic address: bcosens@uidaho.edu.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cosens
authors.affiliation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA. Electronic address: garmestani.ahjond@epa.gov.
authors.forename: Ahjond S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Garmestani
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D015205:Northwestern United States; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D011998:Recreation; D045483:Rivers; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013830:Thiadiazoles; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: C103638:F 3500; D013830:Thiadiazoles; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols
keywords: Adaptive governance; Adaptive management; Ecosystem services; Resilience