Increasing and intensifying the use of land represents a prominent sustainability challenge
of particular importance in regions undergoing rapid change while at the same time …

Networks contain complex patterns of dependency and require multiple levels of analysis to
explain their formation, structure, and outcomes. In this Element, the authors develop the …

Networked infrastructure systems—including energy, transportation, water, and wastewater
systems—provide essential services to society. Globally, these services are undergoing …

Research on community-based forest management indicates its conservation outcomes
depend on local rule enforcement, extraction pressures, and community support. However …

In transition studies, formal inter-organizational networks–'networking organizations'–are
considered essential for inducing socio-technical change. Yet, there is little research on how …

Institutions are the rules of the game that guide policy behavior. Yet, the policy and
administration literature on institutions and institutional design have been developed largely …

Social-ecological fit demands that governance systems align with and function at the
appropriate scales of social and ecological processes being governed. While multilevel …

Land governance requires coherence not only in terms of policies but also between its
governance functions to achieve the desired goals. In this study, we focus on the functions …

Informal and formal collaborative mechanisms are distinctive self-governing strategies that
local governments use to mitigate intergovernmental collaboration risks. Studies on local …

This article aims to measure energy poverty in Colombia in its thirty-two departments and its
capital city from 2018 to 2022, using a composite approach. To achieve this, a …