Learning and local government in coastal South Australia: towards a community of practice framework for adapting to global change

Melissa Nursey-Bray; Nick Harvey; Timothy F Smith

doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0779-0

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Learning and local government in coastal South Australia: towards a community of practice framework for adapting to global change

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Learning and local government in coastal South Australia: towards a community of practice framework for adapting to global change

Melissa Nursey-Bray, Nick Harvey and Timothy F Smith

Regional Environmental Change, Vol.16(3), pp.733-746

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0779-0

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Australia

coastal management

community of practice

global change

local government

Social learning can be a vital tool in assisting communities to adapt to change. Local governments can be a conduit between the communities they serve and the policy that they are trying to implement. Social learning in this context can be an iterative, often organic process. Based on a case study of coastal planning in South Australia, Australia, this paper presents the results of a qualitative mixed-method approach that documents the aspects of social learning within coastal management and evaluates the various lessons learned by local governments in South Australia. The role of social learning and adaptive governance is discussed. The paper concludes that by deliberatively incorporating the notion of communities of practice into learning frameworks, local governments can more effectively manage their coastal zones in response to global change.

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Title: Learning and local government in coastal South Australia: towards a community of practice framework for adapting to global change
Authors: Melissa Nursey-Bray (Author) - University of Adelaide
Nick Harvey (Author) - University of Adelaide
Timothy F Smith (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Publication details: Regional Environmental Change, Vol.16(3), pp.733-746
Publisher: Springer
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0779-0
ISSN: 1436-3798
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449485002621
Output Type: Journal article

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