@article{a3a6c0b8b8f54796b6e8b04309ebee37,
title = "Demystifying governance and its role for transitions in urban social-ecological systems",
abstract = "Governance is key to sustainable urban transitions. Governance is a system of social, power, and decision-making processes that acts as a key driver of resource allocation and use, yet ecologists- even urban ecologists-seldom consider governance concepts in their work. Transitions to more sustainable futures are becoming increasingly important to the management of many ecosystems and landscapes, and particularly so for urban systems. We briefly identify and synthesize important governance dimensions of urban sustainability transitions, using illustrations from cities in which long-Term social-ecological governance research is underway. This article concludes with a call to ecologists who are interested in environmental stewardship, and to urban ecologists in particular, to consider the role of governance as a driver in the dynamics of the systems they study.",
keywords = "Governance, Power, Social networks, Social-ecological systems, Sustainability transitions, Urban",
author = "Mu{\~n}oz-Erickson, {Tischa A.} and Campbell, {Lindsay K.} and Daniel Childers and Grove, {J. Morgan} and Iwaniec, {David M.} and Pickett, {Steward T A} and Michele Romolini and Svendsen, {Erika S.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was made possible by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Urban Sustainability Research Coordination Network (RCN) under Grant number 1140070. Other sources of support include the USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Northern Research Station, and the NSF under Grant number 0948507 (Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory) and the Grant number 1444755 (Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather-related Events Sustainability Research Network). Daniel L. Childers and David Iwaniec received additional support from NSF Grant number 1027188 (Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Program). The contributions of J. Morgan Grove, Michelle Romolini, and Steward T.A. Pickett were additionally supported by NSF DEB Grant number 1027188 (Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Mu{\~n}oz-Ericksonet al.",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1002/ecs2.1564",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
journal = "Ecosphere",
issn = "2150-8925",
publisher = "Ecological Society of America",
number = "11",
}