Navigating toward Sustainable Development: Conceptual maps of modes of governance vs. practical experiences in the Dutch fen landscape

In a rare comparative analysis of governance towards sustainable governance, this thesis investigates three modes most prominent in the literature, i.e. adaptive management, transition management and payments for environmental services. The three modes are here analysed in terms of their orientation towards sustainable development and towards steering. Using a set of criteria, i.e. equity, democracy, legitimacy, handling of scale issues and handling of uncertainty issues, each mode is also examined in terms of its orientation towards these criteria on governance for sustainable development. Th... Mehr ...