Resilience and the cultural landscape: understanding and managing change in human-shaped environments

366 Pages·2012·9.452 MB·English

by  Tobias Plieninger, Claudia Bieling

Resilience and the Cultural Landscape
Understanding and Managing Change in Human-Shaped
Environments
Allovertheworld,effortsarebeingmadetopreservelandscapesfacing
fundamentalchangeasaconsequenceofwidespreadagricultural
intensification,landabandonmentandurbanisation.The‘culturallandscape’
and‘resilience’approacheshave,untilnow,beenviewedlargelyasdistinct
frameworksforunderstandingtheeffectsofthesedynamicsandthewaysin
whichtheymightbeadaptedormanaged.Thisbookbringstogetherthesetwo
perspectives,providingnewinsightsintothesocial–ecologicalresilienceof
culturallandscapesbycomingtotermswith,andchallenging,theconceptsof
drivingforces,thresholds,adaptivecyclesandadaptivemanagement.
Bylinkingtheseresearchcommunities,thisbookdevelopsanewperspective
onlandscapechanges.Basedonfirmconceptualcontributionsandrichcase
studiesfromEurope,theAmericasandAustralia,itwillappealtoanyone
interestedinanalysingandmanagingchangeinhuman-shapedenvironments
inthecontextofsustainability.
TOBIASPLIENINGERisHeadoftheEcosystemServicesResearchGroupatthe
Berlin–BrandenburgAcademyofSciencesandHumanities,andResearchFellow
attheGeographyDepartment,Humboldt-Universita¨tzuBerlin,Germany.
CLAUDIA BIELING isalandscaperesearcherattheInstituteforLandscape
ManagementattheUniversityofFreiburg,Germany.
Thisbookwasdevelopedbytheinter-disciplinaryresearchgrouponEcosystem
Services,hostedattheBerlin–BrandenburgAcademyofSciencesand
Humanities(BBAW),UniversityofFreiburg,EcologicInstituteandO¯ko-Institute
e.V.IthasbeenfundedbytheGermanFederalMinistryofEducationand
ResearchwithinitsFrameworkProgramme‘Social–EcologicalResearch’
(01UU0904).Responsibilityforthecontentlieswiththeauthors.
Resilience and the
Cultural
Landscape
Understanding and
Managing Change in
Human-Shaped
Environments
Edited by
Tobias Plieninger
EcosystemServicesResearchGroup,
Berlin–BrandenburgAcademyofSciencesandHumanities,Berlin
GeographyDepartment,Humboldt-Universita¨tzuBerlin,Germany
Claudia Bieling
InstituteforLandscapeManagement,
UniversityofFreiburg,Germany
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Contents
Listofcontributors pageviii
Preface xiii
PartI: Conceptualisinglandscapesassocial–ecological
systems 1
1 Connectingculturallandscapestoresilience 3
TOBIAS PLIENINGER AND CLAUDIA BIELING
2 Landscapesasintegratingframeworksforhuman,environmental
andpolicyprocesses 27
PAUL SELMAN
3 Fromculturallandscapestoresilientsocial–ecologicalsystems:
transformationofaclassicalparadigmoranovelapproach? 49
THOMAS KIRCHHOFF, FRIDOLIN S. BRAND AND DEBORAH HOHEISEL
4 Conceptualisingthehumaninculturallandscapesandresilience
thinking 65
LESLEY HEAD
5 Systemorarena?Conceptualconcernsaroundtheanalysisof
landscapedynamics 80
MARIE STENSEKE, REGINA LINDBORG, ANNIKA DAHLBERG AND ELIN SLA¨TMO
6 Resiliencethinkingversuspoliticalecology:understandingthe
dynamicsofsmall-scale,labour-intensivefarminglandscapes 95
MATS WIDGREN
PartII: Analysinglandscaperesilience 111
7 Insearchofresilientbehaviour:usingthedrivingforcesframework
tostudyculturallandscapes 113
MATTHIAS BU¨RGI, FELIX KIENAST AND ANNA M. HERSPERGER
v
vi Contents
8 Culturallandscapesascomplexadaptivesystems:thecasesof
northernSpainandnorthernArgentina 126
ALEJANDRO J. RESCIA, MARI´A E. PE´REZ-CORONA, PAULA ARRIBAS-UREN˜A
AND JOHN W. DOVER
9 Linkingpathdependencyandresiliencefortheanalysisof
landscapedevelopment 146
ANDREAS RO¨HRING AND LUDGER GAILING
10 Thesugar-canelandscapeoftheCaribbeanislands:resilience,
adaptationandtransformationoftheplantationsocial–ecological
system 164
WILLIAM FOUND AND MARTA BERBE´S-BLA´ZQUEZ
11 OffshorewindfarmingonGermany’sNorthSeacoast:tracing
regimeshiftsacrossscales 185
KIRA GEE AND BENJAMIN BURKHARD
PartIII: Managinglandscapesforresilience 203
12 Collectiveeffortstomanageculturallandscapesforresilience 205
KATRIN PRAGER
13 Responsestrategyassessment:atoolforevaluatingresiliencefor
themanagementofsocial–ecologicalsystems 224
MAGNUS TUVENDAL AND THOMAS ELMQVIST
14 Ecosystemservicesandsocial–ecologicalresiliencein
transhumanceculturallandscapes:learningfromthepast,
lookingforafuture 242
ELISA OTEROS-ROZAS, JOSE´ A. GONZA´LEZ, BERTA MARTI´N-LO´PEZ, CE´SAR
A. LO´PEZ AND CARLOS MONTES
15 Theroleofhomegardensinstrengtheningsocial–ecological
resilience:casestudiesfromCubaandAustria 261
CHRISTINE VAN DER STEGE, BRIGITTE VOGL-LUKASSER AND CHRISTIAN
R. VOGL
16 Promisesandpitfallsofadaptivemanagementinresilience
thinking:thelensofpoliticalecology 283
BETSY A. BEYMER-FARRIS, THOMAS J. BASSETT AND IAN BRYCESON
PartIV: Perspectivesforresilientlandscapes 301
17 Aheterarchyofknowledge:toolsforthestudyoflandscape
historiesandfutures 303
CAROLE L. CRUMLEY
Contents vii
18 Towardsadeeperunderstandingofthesocialinresilience:the
contributionsofculturallandscapes 315
ANN P. KINZIG
19 Resilienceandculturallandscapes:opportunities,relevanceand
waysahead 328
CLAUDIA BIELING AND TOBIAS PLIENINGER
Index 343
Contributors
Paula Arribas-Uren˜a
DepartamentodeEcologı´a,FacultaddeCienciasBiolo´gicas,Universidad
ComplutensedeMadrid,Madrid,Spain
Thomas J. Bassett
DepartmentofGeography,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,
Urbana,IL,USA
Marta Berbe´s-Bla´zquez
FacultyofEnvironmentalStudies,YorkUniversity,Toronto,ON,Canada
Betsy A. Beymer-Farris
DepartmentofEarthandEnvironmentalSciences,FurmanUniversity,
Greenville,SC,USA
Claudia Bieling
InstituteforLandscapeManagement,UniversityofFreiburg,Freiburg,Germany
Fridolin S. Brand
NaturalandSocialScienceInterface,InstituteforEnvironmentalDecisions,
SwissFederalInstituteofTechnology(ETH)Zurich,Zurich,Switzerland
Ian Bryceson
InternationalEnvironmentandDevelopmentStudies,NorwegianUniversity
ofLifeSciences(UMB),Aas,Norway
Matthias Bu¨rgi
SwissFederalInstituteofForest,SnowandLandscapeResearchWSL,Birmensdorf,
Switzerland
Benjamin Burkhard
InstituteforNaturalResourceConservation,KielUniversity,Kiel,Germany
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