Transformations of Social-Ecological Systems [electronic resource] : Studies in Co-creating Integrated Knowledge Toward Sustainable Futures /
Sato, Tetsu.editor.
Chabay, Ilan.editor.
Helgeson, Jennifer.editor.
Through this book, readers will gain a comprehensive overview of transdisciplinary knowledge co-production in local contexts as an issue-driven and solution-oriented process, and will come to understand its relationship to societal transformation processes toward sustainability. In a single volume, the theory, approaches and academic implications of this novel type of knowledge production are addressed, together with its societal impacts. In the midst of global anthropogenic impacts that affect various environments, over the past few decades we have observed autonomous initiatives in local communities around the world to tackle these environmental challenges. It is vital that such local actions be scaled up to achieve sustainable societies, which requires societal transformation on larger scales. Thanks to numerous collaborative actions in local communities, transdisciplinary knowledge co-production among diverse stakeholders has successfully been mobilized, resulting in the development of Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK); knowledge that can inform and support decisions and actions promoting the sustainable transformation of society. This book uses comparative case studies in communities around the world to illuminate and clarify processes and factors promoting the co-production and utilization of ILEK to facilitate decision-making. In addition, readers will gain deeper insights into the science-society interactions that can contribute to finding collaborative solutions to a wide range of critical environmental problems. Though the book is ideally suited for researchers and students, it also offers a valuable resource for practitioners, government agencies, and stakeholder agencies.
1 Introduction -- PART I Co-producing Knowledge -- 2 Making Meaning of Traditional Agricultural Knowledge: Ground Water Management in Arid Areas of Turkey -- 3 Knowledge and Technologies Born from Livelihoods: Emergence of Sato-umi and Self-harvesting Forestry in Japan -- 4 Drawing Plans of a House that Already Stands: Knowledge systems of the Shiretoko region, a World Heritage Site of Japan -- 5 Community-Based Scallop Restoration: A Model for Knowledge Circulation Theory -- Part II Conceptualizing Values -- 6 Co-creation of Local Values: Reintroduction of Oriental White Storks into the Wild -- 7 Future Visions for Fundamental Livelihoods: Collaborative Actions in the Nishibetsu Watershed in Japan -- 8 Innovation Emerging from Livelihoods: Natural Resource Management in Lake Malawi -- Part III Processes of Mobilization -- 9 Adaptive Process Management: Dynamic Actions Toward Sustainable Societies -- 10 Social Learning Driven by Collaboration in the Canadian Network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves -- 11 Creating Platforms for Capacity Building in Rural Communities: Noto Peninsula, Japan and Ifugao, the Philippines -- 12 Catalysts to Mobilize Local Communities: Conservation of Coral Reef Cultures in Shiraho, Okinawa.-Part IV: Creating Linkages.-13 Certification Schemes Wielded by Producers and Communities -- 14 International Systems Deployed at the Local Level: UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme in Japan -- 15 Coastal Resource Management Connected by Marine Protected Area Networks -- 16 Salmon-Safe Certification in the Pacific Northwest of the United States -- Part V: Supporting Decisions and Actions -- 17 Co-creation, Co-evolution and Co-management of the Japanese Coastal Fisheries: a Toolbox Aproach -- 18 Boundary Organizations and Objects to Support Sustainable Water Management Decision Making in Phoenix, Arizona USA -- 19 Semantic Network Modelling and the Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge Simulator -- 20 Institutional Support for Combining Multiple Knowledge Systems in Planning for Community Resilience to Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards -- 21 Sources and Uses of Knowledge in Co-designing Sustainable Futures in the Arctic -- Part VI Conclusion and Way Forward -- 22 Conclusion and Way Forward.
Through this book, readers will gain a comprehensive overview of transdisciplinary knowledge co-production in local contexts as an issue-driven and solution-oriented process, and will come to understand its relationship to societal transformation processes toward sustainability. In a single volume, the theory, approaches and academic implications of this novel type of knowledge production are addressed, together with its societal impacts. In the midst of global anthropogenic impacts that affect various environments, over the past few decades we have observed autonomous initiatives in local communities around the world to tackle these environmental challenges. It is vital that such local actions be scaled up to achieve sustainable societies, which requires societal transformation on larger scales. Thanks to numerous collaborative actions in local communities, transdisciplinary knowledge co-production among diverse stakeholders has successfully been mobilized, resulting in the development of Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK); knowledge that can inform and support decisions and actions promoting the sustainable transformation of society. This book uses comparative case studies in communities around the world to illuminate and clarify processes and factors promoting the co-production and utilization of ILEK to facilitate decision-making. In addition, readers will gain deeper insights into the science-society interactions that can contribute to finding collaborative solutions to a wide range of critical environmental problems. Though the book is ideally suited for researchers and students, it also offers a valuable resource for practitioners, government agencies, and stakeholder agencies.
Conservation biology.
Environmental sociology.
Environmental management.
Environmental policy.
Endangered ecosystems.
Conservation Biology/Ecology.
Environmental Sociology.
Environmental Management.
Environmental Policy.
Ecosystems.