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Land use dynamics in the dehesas in the Sierra Morena (Spain): the role of diverse management strategies to cope with the drivers of change
Schröder Christoph - In: European Countryside 3 (2011) 2, pp. 11-28
The dehesa in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula represents both a unique agrosilvopastoral land-use and a rural social …-ecological system. Over the last 60 years, the dehesa has experienced profound modifications of its overall structure, affecting the … resilience of the system. Based on land change analysis combined with interviews with land managers, the paper gives insights on …
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Sustainable agricultural land use in mountain regions under climate change: Insights from modelling studies in the ‹Mountland› project
Robert, Huber - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
Mountain regions provide essential ecosystem goods and services (EGS). Global change however endangers the capacity of mountain ecosystems to provide key services. The ‹Mountland› project is focusing on three case study regions in the Swiss Alps and aims at proposing land-use practices and...
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Thresholds in Ecological and Social-Ecological Systems: A Developing Database
Walker, Brian H.; Meyers, Jacqueline A. - 2004
"Increasing interest in regime shifts in ecological and linked social-ecological systems (SESs) has placed a strong focus on the thresholds of change. However, research into this topic has been hampered by a lack of empirical data. This paper describes a developing database established to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468485
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A Method for Gauging Landscape Change as a Prelude to Urban Watershed Regeneration: The Case of the Carioca River, Rio de Janeiro
Schlee, Mônica Bahia; Tamminga, Kenneth R.; Tangari, … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 9, pp. 2054-2098
respond to change and disturbance is fundamental to building appropriate management strategies and fostering resilience …
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RESILIENCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RURAL AREAS: THEORY AND PROSPECTS
Schouten, Marleen A.H.; Heide, Martijn M. van der; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
serious problems to rural management and largely affect future perspectives of rural areas. Rural resilience refers to the … maintained, while coping with its inherent ecological, economic and social vulnerability. Rural resilience describes how rural …, by exploring in detail what the importance is of resilience theory within rural areas. An answer is tried to be given to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555825
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From ecology to society and back: the (in)convenient hypothesis syndrome
Marín, Víctor H.; Delgado, Luisa E. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 16 (2013) 1/2, pp. 46-65
In this article, we analyse the case of the emigration and death of black necked swans in Southern Chile from a postnormal perspective. We show that in the presence of radical uncertainty, as it may happen when a socio-ecological conflict arises due to a sudden, catastrophic, shift in an...
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Linking Globalization to Local Land Uses: How Eco-Consumers and Gourmands are Changing the Colombian Coffee Landscapes
Rueda, Ximena; Lambin, Eric F. - In: World Development 41 (2013) C, pp. 286-301
Market trends are becoming prominent forces shaping local landscapes. The increasing demand for high-quality and sustainable coffees is driving land-use decisions among Colombian farmers. A value chain analysis shows that farmers who sell to differentiated markets significantly captured a larger...
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Land Change in the Mission-Aransas Coastal Region, Texas: Implications for Coastal Vulnerability and Protected Areas
Güneralp, Burak; Güneralp, İnci; Castillo, Cesar R.; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4247-4267
The Mission-Aransas coastal region (MACR) in Texas is home to settlements vulnerable to coastal hazards. The region also contains significant biodiversity including several endangered species. The habitats in the bays and estuaries of MACR are especially sensitive to changes in land use/land...
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Medio ambiente, grupos sociales y conocimiento local en la dehesa. Un caso de estudio en la Sierra Morena extremena
Acosta Naranjo, Rufino - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2005) 206
Los cambios en las estrategias economicas, modelos de gestion y usos productivos en la dehesa han dado lugar a efectos … especializacion espacial y el desarrollo territorial designual tambien tienen su plasmacion en la dehesa. Finalmente, una de las … strategies, management models and productive uses in the dehesa have caused very different effects regarding the state of the …
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Eficiencia tecnia de la produccion de vacuno d carne en la dehesa
Castillo Quero, Manuela - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2006) 212
Pedroches (Cordoba), donde la dehesa es el sistema extensivo caracteristico de produccion. El analisis de los factores que … of the region of Pedroches, in the north of the province of Cordoba where the dehesa is the normal extensive production …
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