Does Community-Based Collaborative Resource Management Increase Social Capital?

摘要: One potential benefit of collaboration is increased social capital, defined as trust, norms reciprocity, and networks. Social capital may improve a group's ability to collaborate, manage risk, innovate, adapt change. We used mail surveys group participants key informant interviews assess whether changed over time in eight collaborative groups northwest Colorado. The majority measures all groups. However, between agencies members more than among other for most Interviews revealed that commitment continuity; understanding, empathy, respect; transparency; dependability predictability are important mechanisms building settings.