When Other Conditions Matter More: The Limitations of Government Mandates on Collaboration for Sustainability Planning

• In Event: Collaborative Governance in Complex Water Resources Management: Studies from California and the Great Lakes

Brief Overview

Using California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act as a study frame, we show that other conditions—those outside the regulatory framework—are a strong factor consistently associated with the prospect of mandate success.

Authors

• Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Shui-Yan Tang, University of Southern California