The increasing evidence of global warming calls on all states to enhance their adaptive
capacity to deal with climate change. This paper compares the adaptive capacity of two …

Situate within new institutionalism literature, this paper builds a complex system model of
institutional analysis for adaptive governance. This model combines Young's institutional …

Water in the US West faces considerable challenges and uncertainties. Climate change has
intensified weather extremes, threatening the water sources that support the region's many …

The post-apartheid restructuring of South Africa's water sector has left the responsibility of
planning, access and provision of water with local government. Local municipalities, which …

This chapter sets out the methodology; it operationalizes the theoretical framework and
explains how the research was conducted. This research is qualitative, deductive, emerging …