Resilience, Adaptation, and Transformation in the Klamath River Basin Social-Ecological system
Document Details:
Title: Resilience, Adaptation, and Transformation in the Klamath River Basin Social-Ecological system
Category: Academic Article
External URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2449381
Updated Date: 09.01.2017
Author(s)/Source(s): Brian C Chaffin, Robin Kundis Craig, Hannah Gosnell
Publication Date: 2015
Focal Topic: Climate Change Effects, Water Allocation & Rights
Location: Klamath Basin
Watershed Code: 180102
Title: Resilience, Adaptation, and Transformation in the Klamath River Basin Social-Ecological system
Category: Academic Article
External URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2449381
Updated Date: 09.01.2017
Author(s)/Source(s): Brian C Chaffin, Robin Kundis Craig, Hannah Gosnell
Publication Date: 2015
Focal Topic: Climate Change Effects, Water Allocation & Rights
Location: Klamath Basin
Watershed Code: 180102
Abstract:
Climate Change, Water Allocation & Rights
This article uses the four-phase adaptive cycle model that Lance Gunder-son and C.S. Holling described in 2002 to trace the history of the Klamath Basin social-ecological system (“SES”) through periods characterized by vulnerability, resilience, and transformation. We conclude that while Kla-math Basin stakeholders have worked out a compromise settlement that may signify the emergence of a new, more resilient regime of environmental governance, the Basin’s future is uncertain. We identify important thresholds that, if triggered, could move the SES into alternate regimes, and we consider whether formalization of emergent institutions through legislation might influence this trajectory.
Keyword Tags:Climate Change, Water Allocation & Rights