Identifying socio-ecological networks in rural-urban gradients: Diagnosis of a changing cultural landscape

Arnaiz-Schmitz, Cecilia; Schmitz, María F.; Herrero‐Jáuregui, Cristina; Gutiérrez-Angonese, J.; Pineda, Francisco Díaz; Montes, Carlos

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.215

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“…Some applications include the role of social networks in natural resource management [47], the spatial organization of biological populations in fragmented landscapes [48], scale mismatches, and the value of social networks [49] and networks that consider ecological sites, which are interconnected by a mobile livelihood strategy, such as transhumant pastoralism [5]. Canonical correspondence analyses are also promising tools for jointly analyzing social and ecological structures, such as land cover, landscape configuration, and the socioeconomic characteristics of populations [7,50]. In a complementary fashion, it is important to develop a conceptual discussion among disciplines involved in the study of SES.…”

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“…In contrast, despite the recognized importance of urban ecology and "novel ecosystems" [53,54], comparatively few studies on analyzed SES management activities typically related to urban or suburban areas, such as urbanization, tourism or waste production (but see [55][56][57][58][59][60]). Analysis of rural-urban gradients from an SES perspective is also an understudied but promising field [50]. Additionally, whereas warfare affects a large portion of ecosystems, often with profound changes [61], very few studies implicitly considered this factor in their analysis (but see [62]).…”

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What do We Talk about When We Talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review

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In the last decade, probably in response to global changes and the environmental crisis, the use of the term "social-ecological system" (SES) in scientific literature has grown. This is certainly a sign that the need and importance of transdisciplinary research has been recognized. Here, we explore whether the use of the term is a buzzword or, rather, actually represents a key concept in the integration of social and ecological research. We compiled a database of publications (N = 1289) that mentioned SES in the title, keywords and abstract. Subsequently, we analyzed the authors' affiliations, type of work (conceptual, empirical or review), study site, prevailing human use, temporal and spatial scales of the analysis, kind of variables analyzed (socioeconomic or biophysical), and the method/s used to integrate them. We detected four time spans in the use of the term ). Our results suggest that SES is a widely invoked concept in the study of the interface between social and ecological systems. Most works show some common elements, such as the analysis of resilience, ecosystem services, sustainability, governance and adaptive management. However, the majority of studies do not study SES as a whole, integrating both social and ecological variables and their feedback loops. We consider SES as a concept still in construction in order to build a necessary framework for the integration of social and ecological sciences. For a robust evolution, we recommend that one focus on: (i) A conscious, discussed and agreed effort of scientists to conduct the transdisciplinary research needed to study SES; and (ii) the development of methodological tools for the true integration of social and ecological data.

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What do We Talk about When We Talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review

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“…Los indicadores ambientales dan seguimiento al impacto ambiental biofísico y socioeconómico, reconocidos como una necesidad fundamental a nivel local, regional, nacional e incluso internacional (Neher et al, 2017;Sinha et al, 2017). Evalúa el impacto ambiental mediante herramientas innovadoras y precisas para predecir las consecuencias del desarrollo (Klug y Kmoch, 2015;Arnaiz-Schmitz et al, 2017;Han et al, 2017) proporcionando información útil para la planificación al presentar datos y comparaciones actualizados (Alphan, 2017;Gao et al, 2017;Luo et al, 2017;Bao y Zou, 2018).…”

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“…El tipo de análisis a utilizar como indicador ambiental deberá cuantificar diferentes variaciones, orientado a la gestión de la conservación y aprovechamiento de la naturaleza en la integración con la diversidad de hábitats y los recursos naturales (Ligmann-Zielinska y Jankowski, 2014; Arnaiz-Schmitz et al, 2017;Bao y Zou, 2018).…”

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Análisis de indicadores ambientales espacio-temporales de agua, suelo y vegetación

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Los indicadores ambientales son de suma importancia porque proveen información cuantitativa y cualitativa para evaluar el uso, disponibilidad y alteración de los recursos naturales. El presente ensayo tuvo como objetivo revisar del año 2006 a 2018 indicadores ambientales con un enfoque espacial y temporal, utilizados para evaluar la condición del ambiente. Posteriormente, se clasificó la información consultada en tres grupos principales de indicadores de agua, suelo y vegetación. Después se determinó las potencialidades de los diferentes métodos de indicadores ambientales, dentro de estos hallazgos relevantes se observó que cada metodología depende de la calidad de la información y de los objetivos de cada estudio. Dentro de las metodologías analizadas las de mayor relevancia por la precisión de sus resultados obtenidos, fueron los índices de vegetación y análisis multicriterio, ya que permite percibir explícitamente los parámetros de la zona que han sido modificados por actividades humanas. Se concluye que las metodologías de indicadores ambientales dependen del aspecto espacio-temporales y la calidad de los datos, así como del recurso natural a evaluar.

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“…Some modern perspectives define rural areas as hybrid or networked spaces characterized by multiple flows and dependencies linking urban areas and countryside [21]. Rural-urban gradients provide an appropriate framework both for understanding patterns of land-use changes and socio-ecological interactions [22]. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an organization that promotes conservation and protection of cultural heritage places around the world, encourages knowledge generation about rural areas and landscapes, and comparisons at all levels given the current transformation derived from demographic and global changes [23].…”

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Rural–Urban Gradients and Human Population Dynamics

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Rural–urban gradients offer an appropriate ecological framework for understanding relevant social issues to sustainability and policy planning. We tested the hypothesis that human population growth rate at a local scale is indirectly driven by spatial and rurality gradients, which can be applied to cultural landscapes in Mediterranean Europe. The whole of local administrative/spatial units of Spain—8125 municipalities—, previously classified into five categories along a rural–urban gradient, was used as a case study. Several geospatial patterns and associations among local average per capita population growth rate, population mean age, road accessibility, and other environmental and landscape variables linked to rurality gradients were identified by means of geographic information system (GIS) and multivariate statistics. Regression analysis was used to assess the relationship between population size changes through time and other demographic and territorial variables. Population growth rate was associated with road accessibility and rurality gradient, supporting the established hypothesis. Short-term population growth or decline was directly driven by population mean age. A visual hypothesized model of local population growth rate based on empirical evidence is presented. The results are useful for decision-makers, from local land management interventions to developing strategies and policies to address the demographic challenge.

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Identifying socio-ecological networks in rural-urban gradients: Diagnosis of a changing cultural landscape

Cited by 82 publications

References 83 publications

What do We Talk about When We Talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review

What do We Talk about When We Talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review

Análisis de indicadores ambientales espacio-temporales de agua, suelo y vegetación

Rural–Urban Gradients and Human Population Dynamics

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