2016
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12223
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Approaches Used to Evaluate the Social Impacts of Protected Areas

Abstract: Protected areas are a key strategy in conserving biodiversity, and there is a pressing need to evaluate their social impacts. Though the social impacts of development interventions are widely assessed, the conservation literature is limited and methodological guidance is lacking. Using a systematic literature search, which found 95 relevant studies, we assessed the methods used to evaluate the social impacts of protected areas. Mixed methods were used by more than half of the studies. Almost all studies report… Show more

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“…Our results support a growing area of research which argues the importance of social relationships in shaping human well‐being and is evidence that a conversation around “living well” can illuminate both highlights and lowlights of people's lives, but does so in an empowering way which enables people to respond in their own words, and on their own terms. Our discussion of well‐being amongst women in fishing communities in South Asia forms an empirical contribution to a growing theoretical debate as to the potential usefulness of a social well‐being approach to marine resource management, in particular for assessing social impacts (Coulthard et al, ), and for managing environmental change in general (Agarwala et al, ; Lange, Woodhouse, & Milner‐Gulland, ; Milner‐Gulland et al, ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our results support a growing area of research which argues the importance of social relationships in shaping human well‐being and is evidence that a conversation around “living well” can illuminate both highlights and lowlights of people's lives, but does so in an empowering way which enables people to respond in their own words, and on their own terms. Our discussion of well‐being amongst women in fishing communities in South Asia forms an empirical contribution to a growing theoretical debate as to the potential usefulness of a social well‐being approach to marine resource management, in particular for assessing social impacts (Coulthard et al, ), and for managing environmental change in general (Agarwala et al, ; Lange, Woodhouse, & Milner‐Gulland, ; Milner‐Gulland et al, ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Conservation research and practice continues to privilege objective material well-being, such as income and assets (Halpern et al 2013, de Lange et al 2016, while tending to use stand-alone quantitative indicators for impact evaluations. Our study suggests material assets, namely land and livestock, remain an essential need in Maasai society, but also represent a means to other ends, showing how the material dimension of well-being is fundamentally intertwined with relational and subjective aspects.…”
Section: Diversity and Change In Maasai Well-being Conceptionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…), and elements of recognition by disaggregating impacts between social and cultural groups (de Lange et al . ). Standard indicators can also be tailored to include stakeholders’ subjective perceptions of PA performance regarding the three equity dimensions (Zafra‐Calvo et al .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%