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| Isaac, Marney E; University of Toronto; marney.isaac@utoronto.ca; Erickson, Bonnie H; University of Toronto;; Quashie-Sam, S. James; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana;; Timmer, Vic R; University of Toronto;. |
| Access to knowledge on farm management practices is essential for the maintenance of productive agroforestry systems. Farmers who lack the means to acquire farming knowledge from formal sources often rely on information within their informal social networks. However, little research has explored the explicit structure of farmer communication patterns. We examined advice network structures by using farmer attributes, i.e., kin relationships, community involvement, and imitation, to characterize structural positions and investigated the consequences of such structure on farming practices in cocoa agroforestry systems in Ghana, West Africa. Furthermore, we used a multicommunity approach; we constructed networks for four communities to increase replication... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agroforestry; Farm management; Ghana; Social network analysis; Theobroma cacao. |
| Ano: 2007 |
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| We present a detailed ethnographic case study of sorghum seed acquisitions in a smallholder farming society in northern Cameroon. The effects of variability in household demographics and socioeconomic status on observed patterns of seed provisioning are explored alongside other variables such as age and gender. Our data set comprised 223 seed acquisition events. Independence tests (Pearson’s chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests) were carried out to test for significant dependencies between individual- or household-level characteristics and properties of seed acquisition events (categories of seed source, social relationship of exchange, and type of landrace). Results indicate that wealth is a structuring factor of the local seed... |
| Tipo: NON-REFEREED |
Palavras-chave: Crop diversity; Interhousehold variability; Masa; Northern Cameroon; Seed exchange networks; Social network analysis; Sorghum. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Local participation of stakeholders in governance of protected areas is considered to be important to natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. Social network analysis (SNA) is a useful tool for analysis because it allows the understanding of stakeholders’ relationships, interactions, and influences through communication networks. We combine quantitative and qualitative data to undertake a SNA for the natural park of Sant Llorenç del Munt in Catalonia, Spain. This is aimed at (1) assessing the structure of the communication network; (2) comparing the informal communication network with the formal participatory bodies of the natural park; and (3) selecting participants for subsequent analyses of the adequate governance... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Communication network; Natural resource governance; Resource management; Social network analysis; Stakeholder analysis.. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Beilin, Ruth; Melbourne School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne; rbeilin@unimelb.edu.au; Reichelt, Nicole Tania; Melbourne School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne; reichelt@unimelb.edu.au; King, Barbara Joyce; Melbourne School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne; b.king3@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au; Long, Allison; Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victorian Government; allison.long@dse.vic.gov.au; Cam, Stephanie; Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victorian Government; stephaniec@rmcg.com.au. |
| Community based natural resource management groups contribute to landscape scale ecological change through their aggregation of local ecological knowledge. However, the social networks at the heart of such groups remain invisible to decision makers as evidenced in funding cuts and strategic policy documents. Our research is a pilot study of the social networks in two peri-urban landscapes in Victoria, Australia. We describe the social network analysis undertaken with regard to natural resource management issues. The findings are assessed against the qualities of resilience: diversity, modularity, connectivity, and feedback loops. A social network analysis tool is discussed with participants to assess its usefulness on-ground and with agency staff... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Community based; Complex systems; Landcare; Multiscalar collaboration; Resource management; Social network analysis; Social resilience. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Hirschi, Christian; ETH Zurich; christian.hirschi@env.ethz.ch. |
| This paper makes both a theoretical and empirical contribution to a better understanding of how specific forms of network governance play a crucial role in enhancing sustainable development in rural areas. Drawing on the literature on social capital and social networks, I argue that a region has to achieve a certain level of cohesion in the network structure among actors from different societal sectors and governmental levels to strengthen rural sustainable development. However, to sustain positive regional development in the longer term, network structures also need to guarantee fragmentation and flexibility by including actors with varying views and interests. Empirically, the paper looks at the new policy of regional nature parks in Switzerland. The... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Cohesion; Regional nature parks; Social network analysis; Sustainable regional development; Switzerland. |
| Ano: 2010 |
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| Ramirez-Sanchez, Saudiel; Oceans Policy and Planning Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Saudiel.RamirezSanchez@dfo-mpo.gc.ca; Pinkerton, Evelyn; Simon Fraser University; evelyn_pinkerton@sfu.ca. |
| Fishers often rely on their social capital to cope with resource fluctuations by sharing information on the abundance and location of fish. Drawing on research in seven coastal fishing communities in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, we examine the effect of resource scarcity on the bonding, bridging, and linking social-capital patterns of fishers’ information-sharing networks. We found that: (1) fishers’ information sharing is activated in response to varying ecological conditions; (2) resource scarcity is an ambiguous indicator of the extent to which fishers share information on the abundance and location of fish within and between communities; (3) information sharing is based on trust and occurs through kinship, friendship, and... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Baja California Sur; Bonding and bridging social capital; Fishers’ Information-sharing networks; Resilience; Social network analysis. |
| Ano: 2009 |
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| In the face of apparent failures to govern complex environmental problems by the central state, new modes of governance have been proposed in recent years. Network governance is an emerging concept that has not yet been consolidated. In network governance, processes of (collective) learning become an essential feature. The key issue approached here is the mutual relations between network structure and learning, with the aim of improving environmental management. Up to now, there have been few attempts to apply social network analysis (SNA) to learning and governance issues. Moreover, little research exists that draws on structural characteristics of networks as a whole, as opposed to actor-related network measures. Given the ambiguities of the concepts at... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Collaboration; Collective learning; Deliberation; Effectiveness; Information diffusion; Network governance; Network resilience; Social network analysis. |
| Ano: 2010 |
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| Patel, Hanoz H. R.; The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; write2hanoz@gmail.com; Rubio-Campillo, Xavier; Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain; xavier.rubio@bsc.es. |
| Previous research has shown that social organization may affect the distribution of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) within local communities of natural resource users in multiple ways. However, in this line of research the potential role of informal relationships has mostly been overlooked. In this article, we contribute toward filling this research gap by studying how two types of informal relationships, namely migration partnership and friendship, affect the distribution of TEK within a community of seminomadic pastoralists from the Kutch area, Gujarat, India. Using social network analysis, we map three networks, migration, men friendship, and women friendship, and compare with similarity-based quantitative approaches the clusters extracted from... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Friendship; India; Informal relationships; Migration; Pastoralists; Rabari; Social network analysis; Social organization; Traditional ecological knowledge. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Moeliono, Moira; Center for International Forestry Research; M.Moeliono@cgiar.org; Gallemore, Caleb; University of Ohio, Center for International Forestry Research; caleb.gallemore@gmail.com; Santoso, Levania; Center for International Forestry Research; L.Santoso@cgiar.org; Brockhaus, Maria; Center for International Forestry Research; m.brockhaus@cgiar.org; Di Gregorio, Monica; Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds; M.DiGregorio@leeds.ac.uk. |
| Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is a priority issue for forest and climate policy in Indonesia, and REDD+ policy-making activity has been characterized by considerable public consultation. Despite this engagement, discussions on REDD+ in Indonesia are reported to have remained top-down, a disconcerting pattern when adaptive governance and transformational change require cross-scale and cross-sectoral communication. Explicitly modeling the patterns of information exchange related to REDD+ can clarify these claims and help identify potential barriers to the transformational change needed to implement REDD+. We used data obtained through semistructured and structured interviews held in 2011 with representatives from a... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Indonesia; Information exchange; Natural resource governance; Power; REDD+; Social network analysis. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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| Prell, Christina; University of Sheffield; c.prell@sheffield.ac.uk; Reed, Mark; Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Centre for Planning and Environmental Management School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen ; m.reed@abdn.ac.uk; Racin, Liat; Department of Geography, King's College London ; Liat.Racin@kcl.ac.uk; Hubacek, Klaus; Department of Geography, University of Maryland; Hubacek@umd.edu. |
| What is social structure, and how does it influence the views and behaviors of land managers? In this paper, we unpack the term "social structure" in the context of current research on institutions, social networks, and their role(s) in resource management. We identify two different kinds of structure, formal and informal, and explore how these link to views of land management and management practice. Formal structures refer to intentionally designed organizations that arise out of larger institutional arrangements; informal ones refer to social networks, based on the communication contacts individuals possess. Our findings show significant correlations between respondents' views regarding land management and their social networks; it is these informal... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Formal organizations; Homophily; Institutions; Land management; Social networks; Social network analysis; Social structure; Stakeholder perceptions. |
| Ano: 2010 |
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| Ernstson, Henrik; Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden; henrik@ecology.su.se; Elmqvist, Thomas; Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden; thomase@ecology.su.se. |
| Exploitation and degradation of urban green areas reduce their capacity to sustain ecosystem services. In protecting and managing these areas, research has increasingly focused on actors in civil society. Here, we analyzed an urban movement of 62 civil-society organizations—from user groups, such as boating clubs and allotment gardens, to culture and nature conservation groups—that have protected the Stockholm National Urban Park. We particularly focused on the social network structure of the movement, i.e., the patterns of interaction between movement organizations. The results reveal a core-periphery structure where core and semi-core organizations have deliberately built political connections to authorities, whereas the periphery... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive governance; Core-periphery structure; Ecosystem management; Social movements; Social network analysis; Urban ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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