Exploring water governance arrangements in the Swiss Alps from the perspective of adaptive capacity

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-233

  Schneider, Flurina ^a   Homewood, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adaptive capacity; reactive and proactive responses; reform options; Switzerland; Water governance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELFARE REFORM;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84883665905     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00004.1     Document Type: Review

References (28)

1. Adger NW, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL. 2005. Successful adaptation to climate change across scales. Global Environmental Change 15(2):77-86. (Pubitemid 40607644)
2. Ammann H-R. 2011. Autour de l'eau de la Raspille (XVe-XXe siecles) [in French]. In: Nahrath S, Papilloud J-H, Reynard E, editors. Les Bisses: économie société, patrimoine. Sion, Switzerland: Societe d'Histoire du Valais Romaond, pp 253-269.
3. Babel M, Pandey V, Rivas A, Wahid S. 2011. Indicator-based approach for assessing the vulnerability of freshwater resources in the Bagmati River basin, Nepal. Environmental Management 48(5):1044-1059.
4. Beniston M, Stoffel M, Hill M. 2011. Impacts of climatic change on water and natural hazards in the Alps: Can current water governance cope with future challenges? Examples from the European "ACQWA" project. Environmental Science & Policy 14(7):734-743.
5. Bonriposi M. 2013. Analyse systemique et prospective des usages de l'eau dans la region de Crans-Montana-Sierre (Suisse) [PhD dissertation] [in French]. Lausanne, Switzerland: University of Lausanne (available from the author).
6. Brethaut C. 2012. Analyse comparee de regimes institutionnels de gestion des reseaux urbains de l'eau en stations touristiques de montangen. Les Cas de Crans-Montana (Suisse) et de Morzine-Avoriaz (France) [PhD dissertation] [in French]. Sion, Switzerland: University of Lausanne.
7. Commune de Lens. 2013. La Lutte pour l'eau [in French]. http://www.lens.ch/-fr/index.php?option=com-content&view=article&id= 252&Itemid=311; accessed on 15 July 2013.
8. Dussex A. 2011. Pourquoi un musee des bisses? [in French]. In: Nahrath S, Papilloud J-H, Reynard E, editors. Les Bisses: eéconomie socieéteé, patrimoine. Sion, Switzerland: Societe d'Histoire du Valais Romaond, pp 376-381.
9. Engle NL. 2011. Adaptive capacity and its assessment. Global Environmental Change 21:647-656.
10. Engle NL, Lemos MC. 2010. Unpacking governance: Building adaptive capacity to climate change of river basins in Brazil. Global Environmental Change 20(1):4-13.
11. Finger D, Hugentobler A, Huss M, Voinesco A, Wernli H, Fischer D, Weber E, Jeannin P-Y, Kauzlaric M, Wirz A, Vennemann T, Husler F, Schadler B, Weingartner R. 2013. Identification of glacial melt water runoff in a karstic environment and its implication for present and future water availability. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion 10:1-45.
12. Flick U. 2005. Qualitative Sozialforschung. Eine Einfuhrung [in German]. Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.
13. Folke C, Hahn T, Olsson P, Norberg J. 2005. Adaptive governance of socialecological systems. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 30:441-473.
14. Hill M. 2013. Climate Change and Water Governance: Adaptive Capacity in Chile and Switzerland. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.
15. Hurlbert M. 2009. The adaptation of water law to climate change. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 1:230-240.
16. Mauch C, Reynard E. 2004. The evolution of the water regime in Switzerland. In: Kissling-Naf I, Kuks S, editors. The Evolution of National Water Regimes in Europe. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publisher, pp 293-328.
17. Olsson P, Gunderson LH, Carpenter SR, Ryan P, Lebel L, Foike C, Holling CS. 2006. Shooting the rapids: Navigating transitions to adaptive governance of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 11(1):18. http://www. ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art18/; accessed on 10 December 2012.
18. Pahi-Wosti C. 2009. A conceptual framework for analysing adaptive capacity and multi-level learning processes in resource governance regimes. Global Environmental Change 19(3):354-365.
19. Pahi-Wosti C, Craps M, Dewulf A, Mostert E, Tabara D, Taiiiie T. 2007. Social learning and water resources management. Ecology and Society 12(2):5. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss2/art5/; accessed on 8 January 2008.
20. Papiiioud J-H. 2011. Un point fort des archives audiovisuelles du Valais [in French]. In: Nahrath S, Papilloud J-H, Reynard E, editors. Les Bisses: economie société, patrimoine. Sion, Switzerland: Societe d'Histoire du Valais Romaond, pp 341-361.
21. Quaglia L. 1988. Le Mont de lens [in French]. Lens, Switzerland: Administration Communale de Lens.
22. Reynard E. 2000. Gestion patrimoniale et inteégreée des ressources en eau dans les stations touristiques de montagne. Les Cas de Crans-Montana-Aminona et Nendaz (Valais) [PhD dissertation] [in French]. Lausanne, Switzerland: University of Lausanne.
23. Reynard E, Bonriposi M. 2012. Water use management in dry mountains of Switzerland: The case of Crans-Montana-Sierre area. In: Nemenyi M, Heil B, editors. The Impact of Urbanization, Industrial, Agricultural and Forest Technologies on the Natural Environment. Sopron, Hungary: Nyugat-Magyarorszagi Egytem, pp 281-301.
24. Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft. 2013. Classified Compilation of Federal Legislation. http://www.admin. ch/ch/e/rs/rs.html; accessed on 15 July 2013.
25. Tompkins EL, Adger WN. 2004. Does adaptive management of natural resources enhance resilience to climate change? Ecology and Society 9(2):10. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss2/art10; accessed on 10 December 2012.
26. van der Zaag P. 2007. Asymmetry and equity in water resources management: Critical institutional issues for Southern Africa. Water Resources Management 21(12):1993-2004.
27. Viviroii D, Archer DR, Buytaert W, Fowier HJ, Greenwood GB, Hamlet AF, Huang Y, Koboitschnig G, Litaor MI, Lopez-Moreno JI, Lorentz S, Schadler B, Schreier H, Schwaiger K, Vuiiie M, Woods R. 2011. Climate change and mountain water resources: Overview and recommendations for research, management and policy. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 15(2):471-504.
28. Wiek A, Larson K. 2012. Water, people, and sustainability: A systems framework for analyzing and assessing water governance regimes. Water Resources Management 26(11):3153-3171.