
TY  - JOUR
A1  - K van Beurden, Eric 
A1  - M Kia, Annie 
A1  - Hughes, Denise 
A1  - D Fuller, Jeffery 
A1  - Dietrich, Uta 
A1  - Howton, Kirsty 
A1  - Kavooru, Suman 
T1  - Networked resilience in rural Australia &#x2014; a role for health promotion in regional responses to climate change
JF  - Health Promotion Journal of Australia
JO  - Health Promot J Aust
Y1  - 2011
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
SP  - 54
EP  - 60
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/HE11454 
N2  - Issues addressed: This paper provides a model for how health promotion teams might establish and support regional collaborations of organisations in a broad response to climate change that enables emergence of multiple strategies tailored to regional needs.  Methods: Complex Adaptive Systems Theory (CAS) and Organisational Learning informed action to foster a Climate Change Collaboration that engaged in strategies to improve transport options, food security and energy sustainability. Social Network Analysis was used to evaluate the degree to which member organisations became networked, the evolution of key network qualities and the way the organisations were affiliated via their participation in emergent strategies.  Results: Between 2005 and 2009 a highly connected network of organisations emerged and rapidly evolved to collaborate for action on climate change. There were significant improvements in network density, centralisation, clustering and reciprocity. Member organisations collaborated on a broad range of strategies.  Conclusions: Reducing regional impact of climate change is complex. It requires long-term collaboration between organisations that may not usually work together. Sustain Northern Rivers provides a successful model for achieving such collaboration.  Key words: health promotion, climate change, resilience, social network analysis, complex adaptive systems theory 
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