Integrating Ecological, Social and Cultural Dimensions in the Implementation of the Landscape Convention

Mikusiński, Grzegorz; Blicharska, Małgorzata; Antonson, Hans; Henningsson, Marianne; Göransson, Görgen; Angelstam, Per; Seiler, Andreas

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“…Flexible in disciplinary application, network analysis has been vetted in a wide range of contexts. Previous work has typically focused on the human domain (Iapadre andTajoli 2014, del Río-Chanona et al 2017), including social relationships (Fletcher et al 2011, Mikusiński et al 2013, De Benedictis et al 2014, international finance (Contreras and Fagiolo 2014) and economic development (Shutters and Muneepeerakul 2012), commodity supply chains (Acemoglu et al 2012, Mastrandrea et al 2014, Possamai et al 2015, Shen et al 2015, Cai and Song 2016, transnational land acquisitions (Seaquist et al 2014), virtual water trade (Dalin et al 2011), transportation networks (Carvalho et al 2012), human migration (Davis et al 2013), and the spread of toxins (Bui-Klimke et al 2014) and diseases (Lentz et al 2016). Studies of commodity trading have extensively employed network analysis methods including input-output analysis (e.g., Roy and Hewings 2009, Acemoglu et al 2012, Aldasoro and Angeloni 2013, Contreras and Fagiolo 2014, open flow networks (e.g., Shen et al 2015), and the use of null network models (e.g., Mastrandrea et al 2014).…”

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“…Long-term trends and feedbacks in the SMS, which may amplify or dampen metacoupling effects, have not been thoroughly studied. As in many other metacoupled systems, the limitations of geographic distance for nutrient, material, and organism flows across social and ecological networks (Fahrig 2003, Gonzalez 2009, Lee and Kwan 2011 have been overcome by faster communication and transportation (Fletcher et al 2011, Mikusiński et al 2013, Eakin et al 2014, defying classic spatial assumptions and posing challenges to understanding of complex processes such as land use change (Friis et al 2016). Legacies, or the phenomenon in which historical patterns continue to explain current conditions, may also be crucial to understanding contemporary characteristics of metacoupled systems; in many cases, current observations of landscape patterns have been linked to human and natural disturbance history (Turner 2005).…”

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Network analysis as a tool for quantifying the dynamics of metacoupled systems: an example using global soybean trade

Schaffer‐Smith¹,

Tomscha²,

Jarvis³

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2018. Network analysis as a tool for quantifying the dynamics of metacoupled systems: an example using global soybean trade. Ecology and Society 23(4):3. https://doi. ABSTRACT. The metacoupling framework provides grounds for characterizing interactions within and between coupled human and natural systems, yet few studies quantify the nuances of these systems. Network analysis is a powerful and flexible tool that has been used to quantify social, economic, and ecological systems. Our objective was to evaluate the utility of network analysis for quantifying metacoupled systems by assessing global soybean trade among 217 countries from 1986 to 2013. We identified and quantified sending and receiving systems, subnetworks and flow pathways, changes over time and across scales, feedbacks, and associations between trade and tropical deforestation. Although a total of 165 distinct cliques were identified within the network, a few key players were disproportionately influential in the 2872 partnerships, including Brazil (37.5%), China (48.6%), and the USA (72.3%). Total network density increased five-fold over the study period with an increasingly smaller set of countries heavily engaged in trade, posing sustainability and food security concerns. We found evidence of a positive feedback where countries with established trade partnerships were more likely to expand trade relationships over the study period. Trade patterns were not explained by regional or continental geography, highlighting limitations of neighborhood analyses commonly used in ecology. We also found evidence of a link between soybean trade and tropical deforestation; in pantropical countries participating in soybean trade, cumulative soybean exports for the period 2000-2012 were strongly associated with remotely sensed estimates of forest loss by country (Rsq = 0.35 , p < 0.0001). We demonstrated that network analyses can be used to quantitatively assess relationships between metacoupled social-ecological systems. Increased data access and platforms for integrating diverse data sources using multidisciplinary tools will be key to pushing the boundaries of quantitative metacoupled systems research.Erratum: The figure captions in the original publication of this paper were incorrect and were replaced with the proper captions on 7 February 2019.Ecology and Society 23(4): 3 https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art3/

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Network analysis as a tool for quantifying the dynamics of metacoupled systems: an example using global soybean trade

Schaffer‐Smith¹,

Tomscha²,

Jarvis³

et al. 2018

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“…Understanding and emphasizing these values is of vital importance for the accurate perception and optimal management of the environment (Mikusiński et al 2013). It appears that in the target area the landscape was subject to significant historical changes, consisting of a deforestation that lasted over 160 years (during the Roman period in Dacia 106-271 AD).…”

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An integrated airborne laser scanning approach to forest management and cultural heritage issues: a case study at Porolissum, Romania

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Abstract. This paper explores the opportunities that arise where forest ecosystem management and cultural heritage monuments protection converge. The case study area for our analysis was the landscape surrounding the Moigrad-Porolissum Archaeological site. We emphasize that an Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS or LiDAR-Light Detection and Ranging) approach to both forest management and cultural heritage conservation is an outstanding tool, assisting policy-makers and conservationists in decision making for integrated planning and management of the environment. LiDAR-derived surface models enabled a synoptic, never-seen-before view of the ancient Roman frontiers defensive systems while also revealing the present forest road network. The thorough and accurate road inventory data are very useful for updating and modifying forest base maps and registries and also for identifying the priority sectors for archaeological discharge. The ability to identify and determine optimal routes for forest management and to locate previously unmapped ancient archaeological remains aids in reducing costs and creating operational efficiencies as well as in complying with the legislation and avoiding infringements. The potential of LiDAR to demonstrate the long-term and comprehensive human impact on wooded areas is discussed. We identified a significant historical landscape change, consisting of a deforestation period, spanning over more than 160 years, during the Roman Period in Dacia (106-271 AD). The transdisciplinary analysis of the LiDAR data provides the base for combining knowledge from archaeology, forestry and environmental history in order to achieve a thorough analysis of the landscape changes and history. In the "nature versus culture" dichotomy, the landscape, outfield areas and forests are primarily perceived as nature, while in reality they are often heavily marked by human impact. LiDAR offers an efficient method for broadening our knowledge regarding the character and extent of human interaction with landscapes -forested or otherwise.

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“…However, these social and cultural dimensions are not easy to define or measure, and their inclusion in planning is not well developed (Colantonio 2007; Magis and Shinn 2009). Consequently, there is a need to interpret policy and practice from different landscape contexts, to choose suitable indicators (sensu Lammerts van Bueren and Blom 1997) and basic methods for monitoring (Antonson et al 2010; Mikusiński et al 2012). Defining and measuring verifier variables can inform planning decisions with the status of indicators and shed light on the impacts of these decisions.…”

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Social and Cultural Sustainability: Criteria, Indicators, Verifier Variables for Measurement and Maps for Visualization to Support Planning

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Policies on economic use of natural resources require considerations to social and cultural values. In order to make those concrete in a planning context, this paper aims to interpret social and cultural criteria, identify indicators, match these with verifier variables and visualize them on maps. Indicators were selected from a review of scholarly work and natural resource policies, and then matched with verifier variables available for Sweden’s 290 municipalities. Maps of the spatial distribution of four social and four cultural verifier variables were then produced. Consideration of social and cultural values in the studied natural resource use sectors was limited. The spatial distribution of the verifier variables exhibited a general divide between northwest and south Sweden, and regional rural and urban areas. We conclude that it is possible to identify indicators and match them with verifier variables to support inclusion of social and cultural values in planning.

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Integrating Ecological, Social and Cultural Dimensions in the Implementation of the Landscape Convention

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Network analysis as a tool for quantifying the dynamics of metacoupled systems: an example using global soybean trade

Network analysis as a tool for quantifying the dynamics of metacoupled systems: an example using global soybean trade

An integrated airborne laser scanning approach to forest management and cultural heritage issues: a case study at Porolissum, Romania

Social and Cultural Sustainability: Criteria, Indicators, Verifier Variables for Measurement and Maps for Visualization to Support Planning

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