Essays about: "Andrew Merrie"

Found 1 essay containing the words Andrew Merrie.

  1. 1. An idea whose time has come : an innovation perspective on Marine Spatial Planning

    University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Andrew Merrie; [2011]
    Keywords : Social-Ecological System; Innovation; Diffusion; Agency; Networks; Marine Spatial Planning; Sustainability;

    Abstract : This study considers the emergence of Marine Spatial Planning as a tool for ecosystem-basedmanagement using an innovation diffusion perspective that combines elements of classical diffusionof innovations theory with a consideration of individual and networked agency and cross-scaledynamics in the context of a social-ecological systems perspective. The main findings are that thediffusion of Marine Spatial Planning does not follow a linear, technologically deterministic process asindicated by many diffusion of innovation studies but instead the diffusion process can becharacterised by a hybrid diffusion system that cascades over a series of phases and where individualsembedded in informal networks play a key role in driving the emergence of Marine Spatial Planningacross scales. READ MORE