TY - JOUR
T1 - A model integrating social-cultural concepts of nature into frameworks of interaction between social and natural systems
AU - Muhar, Andreas
AU - Raymond, Christopher M.
AU - van den Born, Riyan J.G.
AU - Bauer, Nicole
AU - Böck, Kerstin
AU - Braito, Michael
AU - Buijs, Arjen
AU - Flint, Courtney
AU - de Groot, Wouter T.
AU - Ives, Christopher D.
AU - Mitrofanenko, Tamara
AU - Plieninger, Tobias
AU - Tucker, Catherine
AU - van Riper, Carena J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is an outcome of the workshop “The role of human nature relationship concepts in the governance of social-ecological systems in mountain areas”, held in the Lungau-Nockberge Biosphere Park, Austria, 4–8 May 2015, jointly funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in the context of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme, and by the Mountain Research Initiative, Bern, Switzerland.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by Mountain Research Initiative, Switzerland and Austrian Academy of Sciences. This paper is an outcome of the workshop ?The role of human nature relationship concepts in the governance of social-ecological systems in mountain areas?, held in the Lungau-Nockberge Biosphere Park, Austria, 4?8 May 2015, jointly funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in the context of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme, and by the Mountain Research Initiative, Bern, Switzerland.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by Mountain Research Initiative, Switzerland and Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Newcastle University.
PY - 2018/5/12
Y1 - 2018/5/12
N2 - Existing frameworks for analysing interactions between social and natural systems (e.g. Social-Ecological Systems framework, Ecosystem Services concept) do not sufficiently consider and operationalize the dynamic interactions between people's values, attitudes and understandings of the human-nature relationship at both individual and collective levels. We highlight the relevance of individual and collective understandings of the human-nature relationship as influencing factors for environmental behaviour, which may be reflected in natural resource management conflicts, and review the diversity of existing social-cultural concepts, frameworks and associated research methods. Particular emphasis is given to the context-sensitivity of social-cultural concepts in decision-making. These aspects are translated into a conceptual model aiming not to replace but to expand and enhance existing frameworks. Integrating this model into existing frameworks provides a tool for the exploration of how social-cultural concepts of nature interact with existing contexts to influence governance of social-ecological systems.
AB - Existing frameworks for analysing interactions between social and natural systems (e.g. Social-Ecological Systems framework, Ecosystem Services concept) do not sufficiently consider and operationalize the dynamic interactions between people's values, attitudes and understandings of the human-nature relationship at both individual and collective levels. We highlight the relevance of individual and collective understandings of the human-nature relationship as influencing factors for environmental behaviour, which may be reflected in natural resource management conflicts, and review the diversity of existing social-cultural concepts, frameworks and associated research methods. Particular emphasis is given to the context-sensitivity of social-cultural concepts in decision-making. These aspects are translated into a conceptual model aiming not to replace but to expand and enhance existing frameworks. Integrating this model into existing frameworks provides a tool for the exploration of how social-cultural concepts of nature interact with existing contexts to influence governance of social-ecological systems.
KW - environmental behaviour
KW - governance
KW - human-nature relationship
KW - social-ecological system
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U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2017.1327424
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2017.1327424
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85020299174
SN - 0964-0568
VL - 61
SP - 756
EP - 777
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
IS - 5-6
ER -