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Fig. 12.1 Triangulating towards a more empirically grounded understanding of governance
related adaptive capacity indicators

generate a better understanding of the governance actions associated with more
transformational adaptation.
Next, analysis of bridges and barriers to adaptation in relation to extreme events
allows a better understanding of adaptive capacity to be built up, primarily through
the identification of a set of favourable conditions for fostering adaptive capacity.
The process of analysis of these sets of conditions that help or hinder adaptability to
extreme events, combined with the analysis against different forms of adaptive
action were both important steps, combining both inductive and deductive tech-
niques, to identify common themes across the case studies that allowed for the
development and operationalisation of a set of indicators from the broad determi-
nants of adaptive capacity (Fig. 12.1 ).

12.2 Regime

Regime refers to the sets of rules, legal and property rights framework, which deter-
mine what water stakeholders can and cannot do. It relates to the ownership and use
of water resources as well as the rules and regulations that determine the manage-
ment of the water resources, which water rights owners must follow. It encompasses
the legislative and regulatory framework as well as the property rights system and
policy framework. It also comprises the dynamics and power relations between