- Title
- Social learning for public participation in environmental governance: the case of Knysna Municipality
- Creator
- Currie, Bianca
- Subject
- Environmental policy -- South Africa -- Knysna -- Social aspects
- Subject
- Environmental management -- South Africa -- Knysna
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- PhD
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/29852
- Identifier
- vital:30785
- Description
- Democratic environmental governance in complex systems requires an adaptive management approach involving a diversity of stakeholders in collaborative learning and decision-making. The decisions are value-laden, and local municipalities are struggling to reconcile the diversity of values, and balance varied and diverse social and ecological needs, for sustainability. Social learning has emerged as a promising approach but the challenge lies in effective implementation, practice and assessment of social learning. This thesis explored public participation practices in environmental governance in the Knysna Municipality and went on to develop a social learning procedural model for public participation, as well as assessment criteria for monitoring social learning processes. The model and criteria provide a foundation and the tools needed to operationalise social learning for adaptive management in environmental governance in complex systems.
- Format
- 351 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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