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A Systemic Framework for Context-Based Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: Reflections on an Integrative Assessment of Water and Livelihood Security Outcomes Following Policy Reform in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Pollard, Sharon
dc.contributor.author Biggs, Harry
dc.contributor.author Du Toit, Derick R.
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-19T18:34:00Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-19T18:34:00Z
dc.date.issued 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9503
dc.description.abstract "We aimed to contribute to the field of natural resource management (NRM) by introducing an alternative systemic context-based framework for planning, research, and decision making, which we expressed practically in the development of a decision-making 'tool' or method. This holistic framework was developed in the process of studying a specific catchment area, i.e., the Sand River Catchment, but we have proposed that it can be generalized to studying the complexities of other catchment areas. Using the lens of systemic resilience to think about dynamic and complex environments differently, we have reflected on the development of a systemic framework for understanding water and livelihood security under transformation in postapartheid South Africa. The unique aspect of this framework is that allows researchers and policy makers to reframe catchments as being recognizable as complex social-ecological systems, and by doing so, the possibility is opened to understand resiliency in the face of rapid transformation and crisis. Ultimately, this holistic approach can be used to understand the translation of policy into practice. We have emphasized our reflections on the development and use of the framework and the challenges and successes faced by collaborators in the process of adopting such an orientation. Because these are likely to characterize policy and decision-making processes in NRM in general, we have suggested that such a systemic framing can assist researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to adopt systems and resilience analyses in the process of planning and implementation." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject complexity en_US
dc.subject decision making en_US
dc.subject governance and politics en_US
dc.subject resilience en_US
dc.subject social-ecological systems en_US
dc.subject livelihoods en_US
dc.title A Systemic Framework for Context-Based Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: Reflections on an Integrative Assessment of Water and Livelihood Security Outcomes Following Policy Reform in South Africa en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Theory en_US
dc.coverage.region Africa en_US
dc.coverage.country South Africa en_US
dc.subject.sector Theory en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Ecology and Society en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 19 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 2 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth June en_US


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