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Compliance is often thought to be a function of monitoring
and enforcement but is actually a more complex behavioral response
that is impacted by a variety of factors. There are a variety of
institutional forms that compliance systems can take, including
incentive based structures on the one hand and command and control
mechanisms on the other.
This theme aims to examine the nature of compliance,
exploring what constitutes an effective compliance mechanism and
under what conditions.
Knowledge about the environment has often been a catalyst in the
development of new environmental management institutions. On the
other hand, once institutional rules have been created they can
have a significant impact on the research agendas of scientists
and ultimately on the production of knowledge.
This theme focuses on the two-way relationship between social institutions
and the generation of knowledge (including technological innovations),
examining their effects on one another.
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