Presentation at the STEPS Conference 2010 - Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice http://www.steps-centre.org/events/stepsconference2010.html

1. A Network Approach to Analyzing Governance of Land, Water and Ecosystems Christian Stein Sussex University, 23 September 2010

5. Systems devised for governing natural resources display a large diversity but the tools to understand them are strikingly blunt Source: Carllson and Berkes 2005

7. A network approach to analysing governance of land, water and ecosystems

8. The Mkindo catchment in the Wami basin in Tanzania

10. The empirically measured social network influencing land, water and ecosystems

11. ‘ Bottom up’ analysis to understand existing social structures  

12. Klique finder analysis to identify cohesive subgroups

13. Centrality measurements to identify potentially influential actors

15. Thank you! Acknowledgement: Dr. Jennie Barron – SEI & SRC Dr. Henrik Ernstson – SRC & UCT

16. Conceptual framework Analyse the social network structure i.e. the pattern of interactions Identify opportunities and constrains of the existing governance system e.g. existing structures that can be build on Source: Ernstson et al 2010

17. Multi scale assessment/framework/approach Source: Barron et al 2008

18. Institutional landscape in Tanzania Administrative perspective Hydrological perspective Network perspective

19. Source: Comprehensive Assessment 2007

20. Source: Rockström unpublished

23. Water management – the traditional focus Source: Rockström unpublished

24. Green and blue water management Source: Rockström unpublished