Sustainable Resource Governnace

There are many cases where the changes in government interventions have resulted in considerable negative consequences to social-ecological systems (SESs) instead of promoting improvement. Difficulties mostly occur in guiding governance change in order to steer SESs onto desirable pathways (sustainable condition).

This subject introduces the concept and theories of sustainable resource governance and its role and challenges to promote sustainable condition. Elaborating how the policy and its instruments are formulated, it aims to equip the students with the capability to analyze the efficacy of various resource governance in promoting sustainable condition.