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DESCRIPTION:Tomás Olivier of Syracuse University and Sechindra Vallury of t
 he University of Georgia will present at the February Institutional Gramma
 r Research Initiative (IGRI) research seminar.Abstract:&nbsp\;The extent t
 o which a governing arrangement addresses its local conditions is usually 
 defined in the environmental governance literature as the problem of fit. 
 Moreover\, governing arrangements with decision-making authority are capab
 le of choosing and designing specific policy tools in order to address spe
 cific policy problems. In this manuscript\, we combine insights from the l
 iterature on policy design and the literature on common-pool resource gove
 rnance to assess the extent to which Nebraska’s Natural Resources District
 s (NRDs)\, which were created to provide context-specific solutions to loc
 al water problems\, producing plans and programs that fit their social-eco
 logical contexts. Using semi-automated text analysis approaches and Qualit
 ative Comparative Analysis\, we assess whether plans and programs created 
 by NRDs fit their social-ecological contexts. Results indicate that the bi
 ophysical context plays a role in shaping the content of plans and program
 s\, but that broader top-down institutional mandates may play an even stro
 nger role in shaping the outputs produced by NRDs.
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SUMMARY:Institutional Fit and Policy Design in Nebraska’s Natural Resources
  Districts
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Tomás Olivier of Syracuse University and Se
 chindra Vallury of the University of Georgia will present at the February 
 Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI) research seminar.</p><p>A
 bstract:&nbsp\;The extent to which a governing arrangement addresses its l
 ocal conditions is usually defined in the environmental governance literat
 ure as the problem of fit. Moreover\, governing arrangements with decision
 -making authority are capable of choosing and designing specific policy to
 ols in order to address specific policy problems. In this manuscript\, we 
 combine insights from the literature on policy design and the literature o
 n common-pool resource governance to assess the extent to which Nebraska’s
  Natural Resources Districts (NRDs)\, which were created to provide contex
 t-specific solutions to local water problems\, producing plans and program
 s that fit their social-ecological contexts. Using semi-automated text ana
 lysis approaches and Qualitative Comparative Analysis\, we assess whether 
 plans and programs created by NRDs fit their social-ecological contexts. R
 esults indicate that the biophysical context plays a role in shaping the c
 ontent of plans and programs\, but that broader top-down institutional man
 dates may play an even stronger role in shaping the outputs produced by NR
 Ds.</p>
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