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| Ingalls, Micah L; Poverty-Environment Initiative, United Nations Development Programme; Human Dimensions Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University; mli6@cornell.edu; Stedman, Richard C; Human Dimensions Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University; rcs6@cornell.edu. |
| Significant and growing concerns relating to global social and environmental conditions and processes have raised deep questions relating to the ability of traditional governance regimes to manage for the complexities of social-ecological systems. The resilience framework provides a more dynamic approach to system analysis and management, emphasizing nonlinearity, feedbacks, and multiscalar engagement along the social-ecological nexus. In recent years, however, a number of scholars and practitioners have noted various insufficiencies in the formulation of the resilience framework, including its lack of engagement with the dimensions of power within social-ecological systems, which blunt the analytical potential of resilience and run the risk of undermining... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis |
Palavras-chave: Political ecology; Power; Resilience; Social-ecological systems. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Westley, Frances R.; Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, University of Waterloo; School for Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo; fwestley@uwaterloo.ca; McGowan, Katharine A.; Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta; kmcgowan@mtroyal.ca; Antadze, Nino; Department of Environmental Studies, Bucknell University; na011@bucknell.edu; Blacklock, Jaclyn; University of Waterloo; jblacklo@uwaterloo.ca; Tjornbo, Ola; Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, University of Waterloo; ola.tjornbo@gmail.com. |
| We explore the impact of “game changers” on the dynamics of innovation over time in three problem domains, that of wilderness protection, women’s rights, and assimilation of indigenous children in Canada. Taking a specifically historical and cross-scale approach, we look at one social innovation in each problem domain. We explore the origins and history of the development of the National Parks in the USA, the legalization of contraception in the USA and Canada, and the residential school system in Canada. Based on a comparison of these cases, we identify three kinds of game changers, those that catalyze social innovation, which we define as “seminal,” those that disrupt the continuity of social... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Complexity; Game changers; Innovation; North America; Social innovation; Transformative change. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Sharpe, Bill; International Futures Forum, The Boathouse, Silversands, Aberdour, Fife, UK; bill@billsharpe.eu; Hodgson, Anthony; International Futures Forum, The Boathouse, Silversands, Aberdour, Fife, UK; Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK ; tony@decisionintegrity.co.uk; Leicester, Graham; International Futures Forum, The Boathouse, Silversands, Aberdour, Fife, UK; graham@internationalfuturesforum.com; Lyon, Andrew; International Futures Forum, The Boathouse, Silversands, Aberdour, Fife, UK; andrew@internationalfuturesforum.com; Fazey, Ioan; Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK ; i.fazey@dundee.ac.uk. |
| Global environmental change requires responses that involve marked or qualitative changes in individuals, institutions, societies, and cultures. Yet, while there has been considerable effort to develop theory about such processes, there has been limited research on practices for facilitating transformative change. We present a novel pathways approach called Three Horizons that helps participants work with complex and intractable problems and uncertain futures. The approach is important for helping groups work with uncertainty while also generating agency in ways not always addressed by existing futures approaches. We explain how the approach uses a simple framework for structured and guided dialogue around different patterns of change by using examples. We... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptation pathways; Climate change; Scenarios; Transformation; Transition. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Biagetti, Stefano; CaSEs - Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics group; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Humanities; School of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand; stefano.biagetti@upf.edu; Crema, Enrico R.; CaSEs - Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics group; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Humanities; UCL Institute of Archaeology; enrico.crema@upf.edu. |
| We examined the settlement structure from the Kel Tadrart Tuareg, a small pastoral society from southwest Libya. Our objective was to apply spatial analysis to establish the statistical significance of specific patterns in the settlement layout. In particular, we examined whether there is a separation between domestic and livestock spaces, and whether particular residential features dedicated to guests are spatially isolated. We used both established statistical techniques and newly developed bespoke analyses to test our hypotheses, and then discuss the results in the light of possible applications to other case studies. |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Campsites; Kel Tadrart Tuareg; Settlement layout; Spatial analysis. |
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| Shirey, Patrick D.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; Ecology Policy LLC; patrickdshirey@gmail.com; Brueseke, Michael A.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; mbruesek@nd.edu; Kenny, Jillian B.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; World Resources Institute; jkenny0803@gmail.com; Lamberti, Gary A.; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences; glambert@nd.edu. |
| At a global scale, aquatic ecosystems are being altered by human activities at a greater rate than at any other time in history. In recent years, grassroots efforts have generated interest in the restoration of degraded or destroyed aquatic habitats, especially small wetlands and streams where such projects are feasible with local resources. We present ecological management lessons learned from 17 years of monitoring the fish community response to the channel relocation and reach-level restoration of Juday Creek, a 3rd-order tributary of the St. Joseph River in Indiana, USA. The project was designed to increase habitat complexity, reverse the effects of accumulated fine sediment (< 2 mm diameter), and mitigate for the impacts of a new golf course... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Fisheries; Long-term monitoring; Restoration planning; Stream ecology. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Jones, Natalie A.; University of Queensland; n.jones3@uq.edu.au; Shaw, Sylvie; University of Queensland; sylvie.shaw@internode.on.net; Ross, Helen; University of Queensland; helen.ross@uq.edu.au; Witt, Katherine; University of Queensland; k.witt@uq.edu.au; Pinner, Breanna; University of Queensland; breannapinner@gmail.com. |
| The study of cognition can provide key insights into the social dimension of coupled social-ecological systems. Values are a fundamental aspect of cognition, which have largely been neglected within the social-ecological systems literature. Values represent the deeply held, emotional aspects of people’s cognition and can complement the use of other cognitive constructs, such as knowledge and mental models, which have so far been better represented in this area of study. We provide a review of the different conceptualizations of values that are relevant to the study of human-environment interactions: held, assigned, and relational values. We discuss the important contribution values research can make toward understanding how social-ecological... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis |
Palavras-chave: Cognition; Human-nature relationships; Values. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| De Vos, Alta; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Rhodes University, South Africa; a.devos@ru.ac.za; Cumming, Graeme S.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; graeme.cumming@jcu.edu.au; Cumming, David H. M.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Tropical Resource Ecology Programme, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; cumming@icon.co.zw; Ament, Judith M.; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; judith.ament@uct.ac.za; Baum, Julia; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; jubaum5@gmail.com; Clements, Hayley S; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; clementshayley@gmail.com; Grewar, John D; Western Cape Government, Department of Agriculture, Elsenburg, South Africa; JohnG@elsenburg.com; Maciejewski, Kristine; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Krismacski@gmail.com; Moore, Christine; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK; christine.moore@ouce.ox.ac.uk. |
| It is extremely important for biodiversity conservation that protected areas are resilient to a range of potential future perturbations. One of the least studied influences on protected area resilience is that of disease. We argue that wildlife disease (1) is a social-ecological problem that must be approached from an interdisciplinary perspective; (2) has the potential to lead to changes in the identity of protected areas, possibly transforming them; and (3) interacts with conservation both directly (via impacts on wild animals, livestock, and people) and indirectly (via the public, conservation management, and veterinary responses). We use southern African protected areas as a case study to test a framework for exploring the connections between... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Disease; Identity; Pathogens; Protected areas; Resilience; Social-ecological systems; Southern Africa. |
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| Loos, Jonathon R; Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University; jonathon.loos@gmail.com; Rogers, Shannon H; Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University; shrogers@plymouth.edu. |
| Inland flood risks are defined by a range of environmental and social factors, including land use and floodplain management. Shifting patterns of storm intensity and precipitation, attributed to climate change, are exacerbating flood risk in regions across North America. Strategies for adapting to growing flood risks and climate change must account for a community’s specific vulnerabilities, and its local economic, environmental, and social conditions. Through a stakeholder-engaged methodology, we designed an interactive decision exercise to enable stakeholders to evaluate alternatives for addressing specific community flood vulnerabilities. We used a multicriteria framework to understand what drives stakeholder preferences for flood mitigation... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem-based adaptation; Flood; Hazard planning; Multicriteria decision making; Stakeholder values; Utility theory. |
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| Analysis of seed exchange networks at a single point in time may reify sporadic relations into apparently fixed and long-lasting ones. In northern Cameroon, where environment is not only strongly seasonal but also shows unpredictable interannual variation, farmers’ social networks are flexible from year to year. When adjusting their strategies, Tupuri farmers do not systematically solicit the same partners to acquire the desired propagules. Seed acquisitions documented during a single cropping season may thus not accurately reflect the underlying larger social network that can be mobilized at the local level. To test this hypothesis, we documented, at the outset of two cropping seasons (2010 and 2011), the relationships through which seeds were... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agrobiodiversity; Climate variability; Gender; Kinship relationships; Longitudinal network analysis; Seed exchange networks. |
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| The efficiency of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy in mitigating the negative effects of agricultural intensification on the landscape and biodiversity is increasingly being questioned. Enhancing a reciprocal understanding of various stakeholders’ mental models of agro-social-ecosystems has been proposed to trigger changes in both policy design and farmers’ behaviors. However, the relationship between farmers’ mental models and practices is rarely considered. Here, we explore the relationship between farmers’ individual mental models (IMMs) of the agricultural landscape and their land management practices. To do so, we developed a theoretical and methodological framework grounded in cognitive... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural public policies; Common Agricultural Policy; Farming systems; Landscape management; Social representations; Social-ecological interdependencies. |
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| Bentley Brymer, Amanda L; Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho; abentley.brymer@gmail.com; Holbrook, Joseph D.; Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho; jholbrook03@gmail.com; Niemeyer, Ryan J.; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington; rniemeyr@uw.edu; Suazo, Alexis A.; Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho; suaz0059@vandals.uidaho.edu; Wulfhorst, J. D.; Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho; Water Resources Program, University of Idaho; Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, University of Idaho; jd@uidaho.edu; Vierling, Kerri T.; Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho; kerriv@uidaho.edu; Newingham, Beth A.; Great Basin Rangelands Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service; beth.newingham@ars.usda.gov; Link, Timothy E.; Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho; Water Resources Program, University of Idaho; tlink@uidaho.edu; Rachlow, Janet L.; Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho; jrachlow@uidaho.edu. |
| According to the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), federal action to manipulate habitat for species conservation requires an environmental impact statement, which should integrate natural, physical, economic, and social sciences in planning and decision making. Nonetheless, most impact assessments focus disproportionately on physical or ecological impacts rather than integrating ecological and socioeconomic components. We developed a participatory social-ecological impact assessment (SEIA) that addresses the requirements of NEPA and integrates social and ecological concepts for impact assessments. We cooperated with the Bureau of Land Management in Idaho, USA on a project designed to restore habitat for the Greater Sage-Grouse... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Deliberative workshops; Impact assessment; National Environmental Policy Act; NEPA; PPGIS; Public lands; Public participatory GIS; Social-ecological systems. |
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| Jacobson, Susan K.; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida; jacobson@ufl.edu; Seavey, Jennifer R; Shoals Marine Laboratory; School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire; College of Agriculture and Life Science, Cornell University; jennifer.seavey@unh.edu; Mueller, Robert C; School of Art and Art History, University of Florida; bmueller@ufl.edu. |
| An interdisciplinary field trip to a remote marine lab joined graduate students from fine arts and natural resource science departments to think creatively about the topic of climate change and science communication. We followed a learning cycle framework to allow the students to explore marine ecosystems and participate in scientific lectures, group discussions, and an artist-led project making abstract collages representing climate change processes. Students subsequently worked in small groups to develop environmental communication material for public visitors. We assessed the learning activity and the communication product using pre- and post-field trip participant surveys, focus group discussions, and critiques by art and communication experts of the... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Collage; Creativity; Education; Environment; Field trip; Interpretation; Peer learning; Survey. |
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| de Vente, Joris; Spanish National Research Council (CEBAS-CSIC); joris@cebas.csic.es; Reed, Mark S.; Institute for Agri-Food Research and Innovation and Centre for Rural Economy, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle University; mark.reed@newcastle.ac.uk; Stringer, Lindsay C.; Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds; l.stringer@leeds.ac.uk; Valente, Sandra; Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro; sandra.valente@ua.pt. |
| Although the design of participatory processes to manage social-ecological systems needs to be adapted to local contexts, it is unclear which elements of process design might be universal. We use empirical evidence to analyze the extent to which context and process design can enable or impede stakeholder participation and facilitate beneficial environmental and social outcomes. To explore the role of design and minor variations in local context on the outcomes of participatory processes, we interviewed participants and facilitators from 11 case studies in which different process designs were used to select sustainable land management options in Spain and Portugal. We analyzed interview data using quantitative and qualitative approaches. Results showed that... |
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Palavras-chave: Drylands; Environmental management; Land degradation; Social learning; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable land management. |
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