Incorporating multilevel values into the social-ecological systems framework

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

Catherine M. Tucker,¹  Adam C. Landon,²  AndreasThiel,³  Carena J van Riper,⁴  MichaelBraito,⁵  MariannePenker,⁵  Jennifer M Thomsen,⁶ 

[1] Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, USA;Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, USA;International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Universität Kassel, Germany;University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences;University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria;W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, USA

关键词: comanagement;    governance;    social-ecological system;    social learning;    values;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-10047-230325

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

The social-ecological systems framework has guided investigations of complex interactions among ecosystems, society, and economies. In recent years, academics and practitioners have taken steps to strengthen this framework by calling for more systematic engagement with the cognitive and affective bases of human behavior. We suggest research that engages with multilevel values (i.e., individual, cultural, assigned) will be better positioned to understand how and why people cooperate in natural resource comanagement situations, and in turn, develop more effective strategies for mitigating and adapting to a changing world. We review three conceptualizations of the value concept operating within environmental governance regimes to offer a deeper understanding of how multilevel values fit within the social-ecological systems framework. Drawing on a conceptual model of these relationships, we share results from three example studies that demonstrate how values and governance can be more explicitly integrated in future research. We aim to stimulate a dialogue about the mutual benefits that can emerge from a fuller characterization of the relationship between values and environmental governance to manage for complexities of social-ecological systems.

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