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nam a 5a 4500AdaptabilidadInstitucionesRecursos hídricosAdaptabilidad institucional. Dinámicas en la evolución de los sistemas socio-ecológicos de uso del agua en España[Recurs electrònic][Barcelona] :Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,DL 2010Accés lliurehttp://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/5100cr |||||||||||AAMMDDs2010 sp ||||fsm||||0|| 0 spa|c9788469303313Costejà Florensa, MeritxellTesi doctoral - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic, 2009Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret PúblicTesis i dissertacions electròniquesSubirats, Joan (Subirats i Humet)dir.Ostrom, Elinor,dir.TDXDL B-14470-2010This study investigates the processes of institutional adaptation to change in social-ecological systems (SESs) based on water management and use.<br/>More concretely, the analysis of adaptability in this thesis use a cross-disciplinary approach with the objective to outline an explanatory framework that includes various dimensions involved in SES' dynamics. The key factors that explain this evolution are analysed from different social sciences that focus in institutional analysis.<br/>The originality of this study is twofold: at the theoretical level, it combines pre-existing analytical tools in an innovative way and proposes a groundbreaking analytical framework; at the empirical level, it uses a multilevel approach to analyse the evolution of the water institutional regime in Spain and the developments of the SESs at the local and regional scale.<br/>At the theoretical level, the study develops a theoretical and analytical framework based on a combination of theories developed by Institutional Economics (such as the theories of common resource management) and Economic History (such as the theories of institutional change). This analytical framework is also strongly inspired by the concepts of resilience and robustness in social-ecological systems, both concepts borrowed respectively from ecology and engineering. Resilience and robustness received special attention as they propose a specific theoretical framework particularly well-adapted to studying the dynamics of the SESs.<br/>At the empirical level, this thesis includes four case studies of local - regional SESs which have been the subject of studies from the field of biology, hydrogeology, law or applied economy. The four cases include: the traditional Mula irrigation system (Murcia), the traditional irrigation system (huerta) of Valencia (Comunidad Valenciana), the aquifer of the Mancha Occidental (Castilla-La Mancha) and the aquifer of the Llobregat Delta (Catalonia).<br/>The results of the theoretical and empirical work suggest that the institutional adaptation processes of the SESs are strongly influenced by variables related to the internal functioning of the system and the users group (homogeneity of perceptions and interests, information and leadership) as well as by variables related to the external governance system in which the SESs are embedded (degree of autonomy, spaces for exchange and participation among actors). This influence shows, on the one hand, that public policies implemented at the national of supranational level (European Union) have direct implications in the tools used by the resource users when adapting to change and managing situations of stress or crisis of the system. And, on the other hand, the development of capacity for reflection and anticipation by users on the consequences of internal and external disturbances plays a key role in the system's capacity to respond to change.<br/>The policy lessons of this study can be used for addressing environmental policy issues in which a better governance of the relationships between natural and social systems is required in order to promote the capacity of these systems to adapt to a complex and constantly changing environment, and issues in which the management of conflicts among the views of a multiplicity of actors situated at different levels of the governance play a key role on the outcomes of public policies.a