Collaborative Environmental Governance Frameworks: A Practical Guide

This book provides a practical approach to understanding and describing collaborative governance for resolving environmental problems. It recognizes that collaborations are a natural result of organizations converging around complex issues and introduces a new collaborative governance assessment model. It discusses real cases with governance issues and creates new frameworks for collaborations.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 194 pages
Publication date: 22 August 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of collaborative governance, offering a practical and insightful approach to understanding and describing this vital mechanism for resolving environmental problems. Recognizing that collaborations are a natural outcome of organizations converging around complex issues, the book introduces a novel collaborative governance assessment model that focuses on identifying actors based on their roles rather than their organizational affiliations. This approach aligns with the way individuals and organizations interact in practice, emphasizing the importance of collaborations in addressing emerging environmental challenges.

The book explores real-life cases highlighting governance challenges and presents innovative frameworks for fostering collaborations. It addresses communities at various levels and scales, empowering individuals to participate in collaborative governance and design collaborative governance frameworks. The book introduces the first simplified and standardized model to assess governance, employing governance actors and styles to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of collaborative efforts.

In a straightforward and accessible manner, the book explains governance concepts and builds governance frameworks from the individual's perspective, recognizing the smallest, viable unit of governance in a collaboration. It also provides valuable tools for collaborative leaders to organize and align activities, aiming to achieve shared-governance outcomes and outputs. By offering a comprehensive and practical guide, this book empowers readers to navigate the complexities of collaborative governance and contribute to the sustainable resolution of environmental problems.

Weight: 356g
Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138584501