Collaboration to build adaptive capacity through vulnerability assessment

1. Collaboration to build adaptive capacity through vulnerability assessment Process for vulnerability assessment Structure for collaboration between agency, community members and stakeholders

2. How to approach vulnerability assessment Peterson et al. 2003

3. Post-normal science Situations that call for it Approaches to it • (Ravetz 1994, Funtowicz and Ravetz 1994, Ludwig 2001) • Uncertain facts • Disputed values • High stakes • Urgent need for decisions • Consensus-based methods • Civic science • Collaborative decision-making • Systems approach • Adaptive management

4. Social conditions for adaptive capacity Conditions Outcomes • (Granovetter 1973, Berger 2001, Granovetter 1973, Bodin 2006, Valente 1996, Adger 2003, Mandarano 2009, Janssen et al. 2006) • Diverse social institutions and networks • Institutional memory for knowledge and experience • Distribution of power • Collaboration among actors at different scales and sectors • Social learning • Experimentation and acceptance of uncertainty • Generation of knowledge • Mutual understanding • Innovation • Flexibility in problem solving • Trust • Reciprocity

5. Patterns of social organization and adaptation Information communication network Learning network • (Granovetter 1973, Berger 2001, Granovetter 1973, Bodin 2006, Valente 1996, Adger 2003, Mandarano 2009, Janssen et al. 2006) Heterogeneous subgroups Bi-directional links within subgroups Bidirectional links among subgroups Frequent and sustained interaction

6. Multiscalar • Links multiple place-based with regional and national efforts • Example: Fire Learning Network Lessons learned Procedures

7. (Butler and Goldstein 2011)