How Can Local Governance Systems Strengthen Community Resilience? A Social-Ecological Systems Approach

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Abstract
At their core, donor-funded climate and disaster resilience programmes provide goods and services to help build assets and minimise the impact of shocks and stresses on people’s lives and livelihoods. Little is known, however, about the way local risk governance systems and the broader institutional arrangements, in which they are embedded, mediate people’s access to these services and therefore lead to improved resilience. Drawing on Social-Ecological Systems theory, we explore those characteristics of risk governance systems believed to be more favourable for building resilience at the community level in different developing country contexts. These include: diversity; polycentricism and connectivity; decentralisation and flexibility; participation and community engagement; and, learning and innovation. This review paper proposes a conceptual framework and assesses the evidence linking risk governance and access to the services needed to build resilient outcomes, drawing particularly on evidence from the Sahel and Horn of Africa. In doing so, we can start to understand where the entry points might be for strengthening resilience and the conditions needed for community-level initiatives to be brought to scale from the bottom up.
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Authors Carabine, Elizabeth;Wilkinson, Emily;
Journal politics and governance
Year 2016
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/746
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social sciences political science ethnology. social and cultural anthropology political science (general) latin america. spanish america history of africa history of oceania (south seas) languages and literature of eastern asia, africa, oceania colonies and colonization. emigration and immigration. international migration military science

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