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| Kizos, Thanasis; Department of Geography, University of the Aegean; akizos@aegean.gr; Detsis, Vassilis; Department of Home Economics & Ecology, Harokopio University;; Iosifides, Theodoros; Department of Geography, University of the Aegean;; Metaxakis, Minas; Department of Geography, University of the Aegean;. |
| Social-ecological resilience (SER) expresses the capacity of a social-ecological system to adapt and transform. We investigated the ways in which different types and transformations of social capital influence the SER of a region. The study area, the Asteroussia Mountains in southern Crete, Greece, is a typical semiarid hilly/mountainous area of the eastern Mediterranean in which land degradation is one of the most important issues in land management, mostly related to overgrazing because of the growing size of the flocks of sheep and goats. The approach followed was qualitative, with in-depth interviews with a small number of key stakeholders in the area. The findings indicate many important changes in the area in terms of its production, economy, and... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Crete; Greece; Land degradation and desertification; Social-ecological resilience; Social-ecological system. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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