Marine Protected Areas, Multiple-Agency Management, and Monumental Surprise in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Table 5

Institutional learning: interviewee responses by conceptual category (i)–(k). Numbers in parentheses indicate number of responses from a total pool of 23 respondents.

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(I) Mechanisms for interagency learning

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 (1) Interagency meetings (9)

 (2) Collaboration (8)

 (3) Evolution of process/communication (7/7)

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(J) Evidence of learning outcomes

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 (1) Increased collaboration on documents and processes (11)

 (2) Institutional maturation and processes/working relationships improved (7/7)

 (3) Sensitivity and problem avoidance (6)

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(K) Shifts in approach due to institutional learning

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 (1) Sensitivity and problem anticipation/evolution and maturation of the process (9/9)

 (2) Collaboration and cooperation on management (8)

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