| Knowledge-driven institutional change: An empirical study on combating desertification in northern china from 1949 to 2004. | |
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PMID: 22813758 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Understanding institutional changes is crucial for environmental management. Here we investigated how institutional changes influenced the process and result of desertification control in northern China between 1949 and 2004. Our analysis was based on a case study of 21 field sites and a meta-analysis of additional 29 sites reported in the literature. Our results show that imposed knowledge-driven institutional change was often perceived as a more progressive, scientific, and rational type of institutional change by entrepreneurs, scholars, experts, and technicians, while voluntary, knowledge-driven institutional change based on indigenous knowledge and experiences of local populations was discouraged. Our findings also demonstrate that eight working rules of imposed knowledge-driven institutional change can be applied to control desertification effectively. These rules address the issues of perception of potential gains, entrepreneurs' appeals and support, coordination of multiple goals, collaboration among multiple organizations, interest distribution and conflict resolution, incremental institutional change, external intervention, and coordination among the myriad institutions involved. Imposed knowledge-driven institutional change tended to be more successful when these rules were thoroughly implemented. These findings provide an outline for implementing future institutional changes and policy making to combat desertification and other types of ecological and environmental management. |
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Lihua Yang; Jianguo Wu |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-17 |
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Title: Journal of environmental management Volume: 110C ISSN: 1095-8630 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-7-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401664 Medline TA: J Environ Manage Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 254-266 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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School of Public Administration & Workshop for Environmental Governance and Sustainability Science, Beihang University, No. 37 Xueyuan Rd, Beijing 100191, China. |
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