Building a research network to better understand climate governance in the Great Lakes |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Minnesota Duluth, Program in Geography, 324 Cina Hall, Duluth, MN 55812, USA;2. University of Minnesota Duluth, Natural Resources Research Institute, Duluth, MN, USA;3. University of Minnesota Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory, Duluth, MN, USA;4. Bowling Green State University, Department of Biological Science, Bowling Green, OH, USA;5. Michigan Technological University, Great Lakes Research Center, Houghton, MI, USA;6. Michigan State University, Department of Community Sustainability, East Lansing, MI, USA;7. Grand Valley State University, Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute, Muskegon, MI USA;1. Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States;2. Water Quality Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany;3. Department of Earth & Environmental Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States;4. Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States;1. Michigan State University, Department of Community Sustainability, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, United States;2. Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Office of the Great Lakes, 525 West Allegan Street, PO Box 30473, Lansing, MI 48909, United States;1. St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, 2 St. Lawrence Dr., Cornwall, Ontario K6H 4Z1, Canada;2. Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie Pvt., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada;3. Great River Network, 1925 Belvedere Cres., Cornwall, Ontario K6H 6L9, Canada;1. School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, 440 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;2. Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, Northwestern Michigan College, 1701 Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686, USA |
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| Abstract: | Climate-driven disturbances threaten the sustainability of coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin. Because such disturbances are unpredictable, their magnitude, number and intensity are changing, and they occur at varying temporal and spatial scales. Consequently, communities struggle to respond in effective ways. The expected intensification of climate-driven disturbances will require that community capacity and governance structures match the spatial and temporal scales of these disturbances, as the most sustainable social and economic systems will be those that can respond at similar frequencies to key natural system drivers. The Climate Governance Variability in the Great Lakes Research Coordination Network (CGVG-RCN) was recently established to address questions about the relationship between climate-driven disturbances and community response. The objective of this short communication is to introduce the ideas behind the CGVG-RCN, outline its goals, and facilitate engagements and collaboration with social and natural scientists interested in social-ecological systems in the Great Lakes Basin. |
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| Keywords: | Governance Climate change Resiliency Community capacity Climate Governance Variability in the Great Lakes Interdisciplinary research |
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