Analyzing complex water governance regimes: the Management and Transition Framework |
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Authors: | Claudia Pahl-Wostl Georg Holtz Britta Kastens Christian Knieper |
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Institution: | Institute of Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrück Barbarastr. 12, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany;Institute of Environmental Systems Research University of Osnabrück Barbarastr. 12 49069 Osnabrück Germany. E-mail: pahl@usf.uni.osnabrueck.de Phone: +49 541 9692536;Ecological Institute Berlin Pfalzburger Str. 43/44 10717 Berlin Germany and GTZ – German Technical Cooperation Potsdamer Platz 10 10758 Berlin Germany E-mail: nicole.kranz@ecologic.eu Phone: +49 30 868800 |
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Abstract: | This paper presents the Management and Transition Framework (MTF), an interdisciplinary conceptual and methodological framework supporting the analysis of water systems, management processes and multi-level governance regimes. It serves to improve the scientific understanding of system properties and to give practical guidance for the implementation of transition processes towards more adaptive systems. Doing so requires a systemic perspective to embrace complexity and the wealth of interactions characterizing resource governance regimes. The MTF supports and provides guidance for an interdisciplinary approach in the social sciences and across the social–natural science interface.The framework integrates a range of concepts to develop a more coherent understanding of the complexity of water management regimes. Specific emphasis is given to adaptive capacity and learning processes. However, the MTF is not linked to one specific theory but provides a language that can be tailored to specific research questions and different theoretical approaches. The structured yet flexible approach is a condition for developing shared databases that allow comparative analyses over a wider range of case studies. The MTF does not promote panaceas but a diagnostic approach supporting context sensitive analysis without being case specific and thus not directly transferable. |
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