TY - JOUR
T1 - A Multilevel Community Capacity Model for Sustainable Watershed Management
AU - Davenport, Mae A.
AU - Seekamp, Erin
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - We present a multilevel community capacity model that responds to the question: What human community conditions, characteristics, and interactions are essential for sustainable watershed management? Specifically, we review relevant literature associated with community responses to ecological change. We examine the concept of community capacity and describe our theoretical model for understanding, assessing, and building community capacity for water resource protection, restoration, and enhancement projects. The multilevel model offers practical insight into individual actions, relationships, organizational structures, and coordinating policies that will enhance watershed planning and have cross-cutting implications for ecological and social system health. We believe this framework will foster resilient, adaptive, and transformative communities that are better equipped to plan for and respond to water resource threats at multiple scales.
AB - We present a multilevel community capacity model that responds to the question: What human community conditions, characteristics, and interactions are essential for sustainable watershed management? Specifically, we review relevant literature associated with community responses to ecological change. We examine the concept of community capacity and describe our theoretical model for understanding, assessing, and building community capacity for water resource protection, restoration, and enhancement projects. The multilevel model offers practical insight into individual actions, relationships, organizational structures, and coordinating policies that will enhance watershed planning and have cross-cutting implications for ecological and social system health. We believe this framework will foster resilient, adaptive, and transformative communities that are better equipped to plan for and respond to water resource threats at multiple scales.
KW - community capacity
KW - resilience
KW - watershed management
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U2 - 10.1080/08941920.2012.729650
DO - 10.1080/08941920.2012.729650
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84882246310
SN - 0894-1920
VL - 26
SP - 1101
EP - 1111
JO - Society and Natural Resources
JF - Society and Natural Resources
IS - 9
ER -