Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World

The document is a promotional description of the book 'Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World', which provides a practical toolkit for policy-makers to apply principles of complex adaptive systems and adaptive management to address global economic, social, and environmental crises.

• The book 'Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World' is the first publication to translate the principles of adaptive management and complex adaptive systems into practical guidance for policy-makers, offering seven specific tools for policy development based on over a dozen case studies and hundreds of interviews.
• The guide is intended for a wide audience, including technical policy-makers, politicians, advisors, and students of international relations and politics, to help them create policies that remain effective under complex and uncertain conditions.

APA

Swanson, D., & Bhadwal, S. (2009). Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/creating-adaptive-policies-guide-policy-making-uncertain-world

Chicago

Swanson, Darren, and Suruchi Bhadwal. Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2009. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/creating-adaptive-policies-guide-policy-making-uncertain-world.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{swanson2009creating, author = {Swanson, Darren and Bhadwal, Suruchi}, title = {{Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2009}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/creating-adaptive-policies-guide-policy-making-uncertain-world}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }