Open AccessA systems perspective on the natural resources framework: comment on Hearnshaw et al
Author(s) -
Rodney J. Scott
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v10i4.4516
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , perspective (graphical) , natural (archaeology) , natural resource , natural resource management , management science , resource (disambiguation) , systems thinking , teething , computer science , knowledge management , sociology , engineering , political science , social science , geography , artificial intelligence , computer network , archaeology , law , medicine , pathology
The Natural Resources Framework is a new approach to policy advice developed by the multi-agency natural resource sector in New Zealand. This framework has been implemented with some success, but also some teething problems. The framework is a ‘systems’ approach to understanding the interaction between the many actors in the natural resource management system, and as such could benefit from insights and lessons from the systems sciences. This article is a rejoinder to Hearnshaw et al. (2014), and presents three suggestions for how the framework could be improved based on literature from the fields of system dynamics and systems thinking.