1st Edition

Institutional Diversity and Sustainable Environmental Management Scalar, Cultural, and Functional Perspectives

Edited By H.M. Tuihedur Rahman, Ashlee-Ann Pigford Copyright 2025
188 Pages 5 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

188 Pages 5 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

188 Pages 5 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Coordinated, well-functioning institutions are crucial for tackling environmental challenges like climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and resource overuse. This book presents case studies from around the world to showcase how different socio-political institutions interact to influence environmental management outcomes in complex, polycentric institutional settings. Collectively, the... Read more

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements  

1. Introduction: The Increasing Relevance of Assessing Institutional Diversity in Sustainable Environmental Management

H. M. Tuihedur Rahman and Ashlee-Ann Pigford

2. Path-Dependent Pathways of Inter-Institutional Gaps in Natural Resource Management

H. M. Tuihedur Rahman, Ashlee-Ann Pigford and David Natcher

3. The Philippines’ Neoliberal Extractive Industry: Mining for Development, State Violence, and Inter-Institutional Gaps in Resource Governance

Angela M. Asuncion, Nicolas D. Brunet, H. M. Tuihedur Rahman and Dominique Caouette

4. Tiger Conservation Governance in the Bangladesh Sundarbans: Identifying Inter-Institutional Gaps

Swapan Kumar Sarker, Md. Modinul Ahsan, A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid, Abu Naser Mohsin Hossain, Md. Bashirul Al Mamun and H. M. Tuihedur Rahman

5. Applying an Access Lens to Understand Equity in a Polycentric Governance Regime: Why Rights Alone May be Insufficient to Advance Indigenous Fishery Development

Hekia Bodwitch, Megan Bailey and John Reid

6. Institutional Change Between the RastafarI Movement and the Formal State in Jamaica: A Historical Perspective

Arlette Saint Ville, June Y. T. Po and Amilcar Sanatan

7. Diversity in Institutional Strategies for Distributed Renewable Energy Generation: How American States are Designing Net Metering Policy

Saba Siddiki, Kathleen Smith and Chris Koski

8. Necessary but Not Sufficient: An Examination of Two Areas of Multilateral Environmental Institutions

Archi Rastogi, Jyotsna Puri and Mark Hopkins

9. Enabling and Bridging Institutional Diversity Through Polycentric Governance Structures to Advance Sustainable Development: The Case Study of the Arctic Council

Jennifer Spence, Rolf Rødven and Nina Ågren

10. Concluding Remarks: Characterizing Institutional Diversity for Improved Sustainable Environmental Management

H. M. Tuihedur Rahman and Ashlee-Ann Pigford

Index

Biography

H.M. Tuihedur Rahman, PhD is an environmental social scientist with expertise in environmental governance. His internationally focused multidisciplinary research intends to theorize institutional development and change in complex social-ecological systems.

Ashlee-Ann Pigford, PhD works at the intersection of governance, innovation and public value to inform strategic directions in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Her research bridges concepts from several disciplines to explore the factors that shape how knowledge is transformed and used by society.