Governments
Through elections and taxation, citizens give governments authority and resources to accomplish work in the public interest. A dozen tribal, federal, state, and local governments, agencies, and districts may be working in any given Landform. The functions, authorities, and inter-relationships of those agencies are largely unknown to citizens, but are vital to effective and efficient ecosystem management. Governments are organized in hierarchical and polycentric strata. The are organized around Topics to form stovepipes often associated with Infrastructure or Land Use. A constellation of agencies form around purposes to form meta systems, particularly for Regulation, Funding and Research.
Relationships
- broader: socioeconomics;legal
- related to: Enhanced Geothermal Systems
- related to: Federated Knowledge Commons
- related to: Pollution Based Economy
- related to: Shoreline Management Program (SMP)
- related to: agriculture
- related to: canada
- related to: cities
- related to: commerce
- related to: conservation districts
- related to: continuous improvement
- related to: counties
- related to: department of commerce
- related to: ecology
- related to: efforts
- related to: floodplain management
- related to: forestry practices
- related to: funding
- related to: growth management act
- related to: infrastructure
- related to: jurisdictions
- related to: land use
- related to: landform
- related to: planning and funding systems
- related to: provincial
- related to: regulation and mitigation systems
- related to: regulation
- related to: research
- related to: salmon recovery
- related to: special district
- related to: state
- related to: tribal governments
- related to: usa
- related to: water supply
- related to: wetland regulation
Source: Governments on Salish Sea Wiki