Barbara Cosens

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Barbara Cosens is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Cosens has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Barbara Cosens's work include Water resources management and optimization (11 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (10 papers). Barbara Cosens is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (11 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (10 papers). Barbara Cosens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Sweden. Barbara Cosens's co-authors include Brian C. Chaffin, Hannah Gosnell, Lance Gunderson, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Melinda Harm Benson, Robin Kundis Craig, Craig R. Allen, J. B. Ruhl, Craig Anthony Arnold and David G. Angeler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Biology and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Cosens

59 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Peers

Barbara Cosens
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  • Global and Planetary Change 997
  • Sociology and Political Science 465
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 384
  • Ocean Engineering 305
  • Ecology 248
Po Garden Thailand
Brian C. Chaffin United States
Bruce Mitchell Canada
Marc Craps Belgium
Lowell Pritchard Sweden
H.F.M.W. van Rijswick Netherlands
Sharachchandra Lélé India
Nathan L. Engle United States
Marcela Brugnach Netherlands
Robin Kundis Craig United States
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All Works

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# Title Journal Authors Indexed citations
1 Governing complexity: A comparative assessment of four governance models with applications to climate change mitigation and adaptation Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Niko Soininen, J. B. Ruhl et al. 1
2 Governing complexity: Integrating science, governance, and law to manage accelerating change in the globalized commons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Barbara Cosens, J. B. Ruhl et al. 44
3 Designing Law to Enable Adaptive Governance of Modern Wicked Problems Vanderbilt law review Barbara Cosens, J. B. Ruhl et al. 18
4 The role of law in adaptive governance Ecology and Society Barbara Cosens, Robin Kundis Craig et al. 87
5 Regime shifts and panarchies in regional scale social-ecological water systems Ecology and Society Lance Gunderson, Barbara Cosens et al. 85
6 Adaptive governance of riverine and wetland ecosystem goods and services Journal of Environmental Management Lance Gunderson, Barbara Cosens et al. 46
7 Designing Effective Groundwater Sustainability Agencies: Criteria for Evaluation of Local Governance Options eScholarship (California Digital Library) Michael Kiparsky, Dave Owen et al. 16
8 Introduction: The Adaptive Water Governance Project: Assessing Law, Resilience and Governance in Regional Socio-Ecological Water Systems Facing a Changing Climate Barbara Cosens, Lance Gunderson et al. 12
9 A decade of adaptive governance scholarship: synthesis and future directions Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) Brian C. Chaffin, Hannah Gosnell et al. 1
10 Assessing System Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Large River Basins: A Case Study of the Columbia River Basin Barbara Cosens, Alexander K. Fremier 18
11 Resilience and Water Governance: Adaptive Governance in the Columbia River Basin Ecology and Society Barbara Cosens et al. 94
12 Transboundary river governance in the face of uncertainty : the Columbia River Treaty : a project of the Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance Barbara Cosens 2
13 Adaptive Governance and Resilience: the Columbia River Basin AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Barbara Cosens, Jan Boll et al. 1
14 Resilience and Law as a Theoretical Backdrop for Natural Resource Management: Flood Management in the Columbia River Basin Barbara Cosens 9
15 TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER GOVERNANCE IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY: RESILIENCE THEORY AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY Barbara Cosens 36
16 Resolving Conflict in Non-Ideal, Complex Systems: Solutions for the Law-Science Breakdown in Environmental and Natural Resource Law Natural resources journal Barbara Cosens 5
17 University of Idaho Water of the West Initiative: Development of a sustainable, interdisciplinary water resources program AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Jan Boll, Barbara Cosens et al. 1
18 Water Dispute Resolution in the West: Process Elements for the Modern Era in Basin-Wide Problem Solving Barbara Cosens 3
19 Farmers, Fish, Tribal Power, and Poker: Reallocating Water in the Truckee River Basin, Nevada and California eYLS (Yale Law School) Barbara Cosens 2
20 The Measure of Indian Water Rights: The Arizona Homeland Standard, Gila River Adjudication Natural resources journal Barbara Cosens 1

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