摘要：Administrative law is a crucial variable determining howsocieties adapt and transform in response to linked social-ecological change. Given the uncertainty that comes with theincreasing scope, scale, and rapidity of change, furthertheorization and empirical research on administrative law isneeded. Green et al. (2013) analyze the extent to whichresilience-inspired principles of governance are incorporatedinto the design features of the EU Water Framework Directive,and in doing so they surface a question of broad importance:How can societies create enabling legal and institutionalconditions that foster resilience at multiple scales (e.g., fromcommunities to transboundary river basins) and which respondto a new generation of environmental challenges (e.g., rapidshifts in hydrological function because of climate change).
