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Coordinating future adaptation policies across Canadian natural resources

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  • ADAM M. WELLSTEAD
  • RICHARD C. STEDMAN

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What are the roles of informal coordination networks, policy-oriented beliefs, and the concern about climate change? Informal networks are considered in addition to the highly publicized strategies and commitments made by government departments and agencies. Based on a survey of agriculture, forestry and water-based policy elites in the Canadian prairies, this article examines the structure and impact of informal networks and policy-oriented beliefs. To do so, a number of testable hypotheses were proposed. The results indicate that respondents looked to the federal government as a potential ally. However, the federal government did not reciprocate by supporting the other major organizational clusters (agriculture and forest industry, provincial government, environment groups and research organizations). A bleak picture of future action on climate change emerges when the gaps between closed and polarized networks are considered.

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  • Adam M. Wellstead & Richard C. Stedman, 2007. "Coordinating future adaptation policies across Canadian natural resources," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 29-45, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:tcpoxx:v:7:y:2007:i:1:p:29-45
    DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2007.9685636
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    1. Adam Wellstead, 2017. "Plus ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose? A review of Paul Sabatier’s “An advocacy coalition framework of policy change and the role of policy-oriented learning therein”," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 50(4), pages 549-561, December.
    2. H. Brown, 2009. "Climate change and Ontario forests: Prospects for building institutional adaptive capacity," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 14(6), pages 513-536, August.

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