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Table 5.2 Exploratory attempt at identifying initial determinants of adaptive capacity from the
existing body of literature, and from which questions could be generated to explore their efficacy
in interview
Tentative determinants Related questions

Knowledge/information Which information sources were used to deal with the event?

How was this information accessed/integrated into decision making?
Was there any exchange of data with other groups/regions?
What information was needed but not available/accessible?
Public perception? Public understanding of risk/climate change etc?

Networks Which actors were involved/excluded?

How do the actors/networks involved contribute to dealing with
the situation?
At which point in the process - consultation, decision making etc?
At which administrative levels was the situation resolved/
negotiated? i.e. federal, cantonal, regional, communal?
Are there issues in cooperation across/amongst networks?

Levels of decision making Enabling legislation that creates social space for ecosystem

management
At which levels/within which boundaries of the watershed/region
were decisions taken to deal with the case event?
Which/what kind of institutions/groups were involved in
managing the situation?

Integration Most of these questions have been answered through the IWRM

indicators previously
How sectoral are departments - how are units of decision making
organised?

Predictability - flexibility Where is there consistency in the application of policies/laws

across the different events?
How differently were the situations handled?
Framework (legislation & actor system)
Did the legal framework need to be reinterpreted to accommodate
the case event?
Which uses were prioritised?
Were trade-offs made?
What mechanisms are in place for the management of stress/
extreme situations?
Did the legal rules indicate how to handle the situation? If so,
strictly/ fl exibly?
Did the event lead to changes in rules?
Did lessons learnt get incorporated into institutional/legal
framework to inform future situations?

Resources Level of resource involved in managing the case event?

(Education, Training, Number of people, Type of financial
assistance)
Who provided scienti fi c/technical information?
Funds for responding to environmental change and for remedial
action?
Capacity for monitoring and responding to environmental
feedback?

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