Pamela Rittelmeyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 937778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela Rittelmeyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela |
| FAMILY NAME | Rittelmeyer |
| SIGNATURE | RITTELMEYER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1729-6886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Coupling of Atmospheric Rivers and Levee Failure Events in California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, 1980–2021
California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin delta is situated at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, where more than 60 agricultural islands are protected by levees. The region has experienced hundreds of floods since the levees were first built in the mid-1800s; however, the state of California has contributed millions of dollars to levee maintenance and improvements since the 1970s. Using a novel dataset of 57 levee failure events …
Learning in polycentric governance: Insights from the California Delta science enterprise
Science is critical for learning and adaptation of policy and governance systems. Increasingly, science is produced in the context of a science enterprise: a complex, polycentric institutional arrangement featuring multiple science forums and actors. The characteristics of these polycentric systems can influence whether and to what extent science supports policy‐relevant learning. Limited research, however, has examined how science enterprises fu…
Knowledge is not power: Learning in polycentric governance systems
The link between knowledge and decision-making in polycentric systems is shaped by the process of collective learning, where policy actors participate in multiple policy forums to acquire, translate, and disseminate knowledge. This article argues that the relationship between learning and participation in polycentric systems differs for actors with executive responsibilities versus specialized staff. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative da…
Adaptation to water-induced disaster: Exploring local knowledge and Indigenous knowledge-led strategies
The magnitude of water-induced disasters is projected to increase in the coming decades. Yet, there is a substantial gap in the understanding of how local knowledge and Indigenous knowledge are employed to respond to climate change water-induced disasters. We examine this gap through a meta-review of literature published between 2014 and 2019 yielding 39 scholarly papers. The meta-review indicates that the literature highlights that marginalized …
Socio-cultural perceptions of flood risk and management of a levee system: Applying the Q methodology in the California Delta
Socio-cultural perceptions of flood risk and management of a levee system: Applying the Q methodology in the California Delta
Knowledge is not power: Learning in polycentric governance systems
The link between knowledge and decision-making in polycentric systems is shaped by the process of collective learning, where policy actors participate in multiple policy forums to acquire, translate, and disseminate knowledge. This article argues that the relationship between learning and participation in polycentric systems differs for actors with executive responsibilities versus specialized staff. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative da…
Socio-cultural perceptions of flood risk and management of a levee system: Applying the Q methodology in the California Delta
Adaptation to water-induced disaster: Exploring local knowledge and Indigenous knowledge-led strategies
The magnitude of water-induced disasters is projected to increase in the coming decades. Yet, there is a substantial gap in the understanding of how local knowledge and Indigenous knowledge are employed to respond to climate change water-induced disasters. We examine this gap through a meta-review of literature published between 2014 and 2019 yielding 39 scholarly papers. The meta-review indicates that the literature highlights that marginalized …
Coupling of Atmospheric Rivers and Levee Failure Events in California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, 1980–2021
California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin delta is situated at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, where more than 60 agricultural islands are protected by levees. The region has experienced hundreds of floods since the levees were first built in the mid-1800s; however, the state of California has contributed millions of dollars to levee maintenance and improvements since the 1970s. Using a novel dataset of 57 levee failure events …
Learning in polycentric governance: Insights from the California Delta science enterprise
Science is critical for learning and adaptation of policy and governance systems. Increasingly, science is produced in the context of a science enterprise: a complex, polycentric institutional arrangement featuring multiple science forums and actors. The characteristics of these polycentric systems can influence whether and to what extent science supports policy‐relevant learning. Limited research, however, has examined how science enterprises fu…
Knowledge is not power: Learning in polycentric governance systems
The link between knowledge and decision-making in polycentric systems is shaped by the process of collective learning, where policy actors participate in multiple policy forums to acquire, translate, and disseminate knowledge. This article argues that the relationship between learning and participation in polycentric systems differs for actors with executive responsibilities versus specialized staff. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative da…
Delta (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works) · Environmental resource management (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works)