The Interplay of Well-being and Resilience in Applying a Social-Ecological Perspective

Armitage, Derek; Béné, C.; Charles, Anthony; Johnson, Derek; Allison, Edward H.

doi:10.5751/es-04940-170415

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“…This is particularly true for fast change as social processes at global scales increasingly emerge as 'shocks' for local systems, driving rapid and often surprising forms of change, distinct from and yet interacting with the impacts of slower drivers (Armitage and Johnson, 2006). Furthermore, while social and ecological systems are interdependent, they also have inherent differences that carry implications for how we conceive of vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation (Davidson, 2010;Armitage et al, 2012;Cote and Nightingale, 2012). Agency, values, power dynamics in different social systems, and the role of human cognition and decisionmaking differentiate social systems from ecosystems − adding layers of complexity to the ways in which humans experience, anticipate, and respond to change (Armitage et al, 2012;Davidson, 2010;Cote and Nightingale, 2012).…”

Section: Understanding Impacts and Responses To Change In Sesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, while social and ecological systems are interdependent, they also have inherent differences that carry implications for how we conceive of vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation (Davidson, 2010;Armitage et al, 2012;Cote and Nightingale, 2012). Agency, values, power dynamics in different social systems, and the role of human cognition and decisionmaking differentiate social systems from ecosystems − adding layers of complexity to the ways in which humans experience, anticipate, and respond to change (Armitage et al, 2012;Davidson, 2010;Cote and Nightingale, 2012). However, the natural science heritage from which resilience and vulnerability thinking has emerged has meant that the ecological dimensions of these systems have received far more theoretical attention than social ones (Armitage et al, 2012).…”

Section: Understanding Impacts and Responses To Change In Sesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Agency, values, power dynamics in different social systems, and the role of human cognition and decisionmaking differentiate social systems from ecosystems − adding layers of complexity to the ways in which humans experience, anticipate, and respond to change (Armitage et al, 2012;Davidson, 2010;Cote and Nightingale, 2012). However, the natural science heritage from which resilience and vulnerability thinking has emerged has meant that the ecological dimensions of these systems have received far more theoretical attention than social ones (Armitage et al, 2012). For instance, conceptions of ecosystem structure, functioning, and feedbacks are well developed while their social counter-parts have not benefited from the same level of attention.…”

Section: Understanding Impacts and Responses To Change In Sesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this framework we build on theories of ecological resilience (see Holling, 1973), social-ecological resilience (found in Folke, 2006;Walker et al, 2004) and thinking about resilience in social systems (found in Cote and Nightingale, 2012;Armitage, 2012;Lorenz, 2010;Davidson, 2010). Our aim is to better specify and operationalize social system structure, function, and feedbacks by providing categories and examples of these in reference to social systems as opposed to their well-established use in ecological systems.…”

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“…Much of the thresholds research in SES has focused on conceptualizing and locating thresholds in ecological systems where "crossing over" can result in significant changes in ecosystem structure, function, and feedbacks (Walker et al, 2004). A smaller but growing body of work has investigated social and institutional thresholds (Armitage et al, 2012;Nayak et al, 2015;Blythe, 2014;Christensen and Krogman, 2012). These authors conceptualize thresholds as points of change in social-ecological system identity (Blythe, 2014;Cumming et al, 2005) or points at which there is a loss of capacity to learn and adapt (Renaud et al, 2010).…”

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Research on vulnerability and adaptation in social-ecological systems (SES) has largely centered on climate change and associated biophysical stressors. Key implications of this are twofold. First, there has been limited engagement with the impacts of social drivers of change on communities and linked SES. Second, the focus on climate effects often assumes slower drivers of change and fails to differentiate the implications of change occurring at different timescales. This has resulted in a body of SES scholarship that is under-theorized in terms of how communities experience and respond to fast versus slow change. Yet, social and economic processes at global scales increasingly emerge as 'shocks' for local systems, driving rapid and often surprising forms of change distinct from and yet interacting with the impacts of slow, ongoing 'trends'. This research seeks to understand the nature and impacts of social shocks as opposed to or in concert with trends through the lens of a qualitative case study of a coastal community in Mexico, where demand from international seafood markets has spurred rapid development of a sea cucumber fishery. Specifically, we examined what different socialecological changes are being experienced by the community, how the impacts of the sea cucumber fishery are distinct from and interacting with slower ongoing trends and how these processes are affecting system vulnerability, adaptations and adaptive capacity. We begin by proposing a novel framework for conceptualizing impacts on social systems, as comprised of structures, functions, and feedbacks. Our results illustrate how the rapid-onset of this fishery has ecological changes are being experienced by the community, how the impacts of the sea cucumber fishery are distinct from and interacting with slower ongoing trends and in poaching and armed violence have emerged, exacerbating pressures from ongoing trends in immigration, overfishing and tourism development. We argue that there is a need to better understand and differentiate the social and ecological implications of shocks, which present novel challenges for the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of communities and the sustainability of marine ecosystems.

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