Understanding the context of multifaceted collaborations for social-ecological sustainability: a methodology for cross-case analysis

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

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Jessica Cockburn¹  Michael Schoon²  Georgina Cundill³  Cathy Robinson⁴  Jaime A. Aburto⁵  Steven M. Alexander⁶  Jacopo A. Baggio⁷  Cecile Barnaud^1,10  Mollie Chapman^1,11  Marina Garcia Llorente^1,12  Gustavo A. García-López^1,14  Rosemary Hill⁴  Chinwe Ifejika Speranza^1,17  Jean Lee^1,18  Chanda L. Meek^1,19  Eureta Rosenberg^2,20  Lisen Schultz^2,21  Gladman Thondhlana¹ 

[1] Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University;School of Sustainability, Arizona State University;International Development Research Centre;CSIRO Land and Water;Millennium Nucleus for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands ,(ESMOI), Departamento Biología Marina, Universidad Católica del Norte;Environmental Change and Governance Group, University of Waterloo;School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, University of Central Florida;Sustainable Coastal Systems Cluster, University of Central Florida;National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida;DYNAFOR, Université de Toulouse;University of Zurich, Department of Geography and University Research Priority Program Global Change and Biodiversity;Social-Ecological Systems Lab, Ecology Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid;FRACTAL Collective;Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra;Graduate School of Planning, University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras;James Cook University Tropical Environments and Societies;Institute of Geography, University of Bern;Colorado College;Department of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks;Environmental Learning Research Centre, Department of Education, Rhodes University;Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University

关键词: collaboration;    complexity;    conservation;    context-mechanism-outcome;    critical realist methodology;    governance;    natural resource management;    realist evaluation;    social-ecological systems;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-11527-250307

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

There are limited approaches available that enable researchers and practitioners to conduct multiple case study comparisons of complex cases of collaboration in natural resource management and conservation. The absence of such tools is felt despite the fact that over the past several years a great deal of literature has reviewed the state of the science regarding collaboration. Much of this work is based on case studies of collaboration and highlights the importance of contextual variables, further complicating efforts to compare outcomes across case-study areas and the likely failure of approaches based on one size fits all generalizations. We expand on the standard overview of the field by identifying some of the challenges associated with managing complex systems with multiple resources, multiple stakeholder groups with diverse knowledges/understandings, and multiple objectives across multiple scales, i.e., multifaceted collaborative initiatives. We then elucidate how a realist methodology, within a critical realist framing, can support efforts to compare multiple case studies of such multifaceted initiatives. The methodology we propose considers the importance and impact of context for the origins, purpose, and success of multifaceted collaborative natural resource management and conservation initiatives in social-ecological systems.

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