The policy and social dimension of restoration thinking: Paying greater attention to “interdependency” in restoration governing practice

摘要: What explains governing choices managing river restoration, including the choice not to restore the river? One answer to this question is to say that the policy and social dimension is a critical factor. However, this category is very broad, offering little specific guidance for research. In response, our aim in this chapter is to propose a new way of unpacking this dimension into a set of research questions paying greater attention to “interdependency” in restoration governing practice. Three main types of interdependencies are highlighted: regulatory interdependencies, territorial interdependencies, and knowledge interdependencies. In order to illustrate our argument, we have reread the main results of a number of published case studies through the lens of our “interdependency” framework. We have also provided a blueprint for a case study on the politics of interdependencies governing …