A novel telecoupling framework to assess social relations across spatial scales for ecosystem services research
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T1 - A novel telecoupling framework to assess social relations across spatial scales for ecosystem services research
AU - Martín-López, Berta
AU - Felipe-Lucia, María R.
AU - Bennett, Elena M.
AU - Norström, Albert
AU - Peterson, Garry
AU - Plieninger, Tobias
AU - Hicks, Christina C.
AU - Turkelboom, Francis
AU - García-Llorente, Marina
AU - Jacobs, Sander
AU - Lavorel, Sandra
AU - Locatelli, Bruno
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Access to ecosystem services and influence on their management are structured by social relations among actors, which often occur across spatial scales. Such cross-scale social relations can be analysed through a telecoupling framework as decisions taken at local scales are often shaped by actors at larger scales. Analyzing these cross-scale relations is critical to create effective and equitable strategies to manage ecosystem services. Here, we develop an analytical framework –i.e. the ‘cross-scale influence-dependence framework’- to facilitate the analysis of power asymmetries and the distribution of ecosystem services among the beneficiaries. We illustrate the suitability of this framework through its retrospective application across four case studies, in which we characterize the level of dependence of multiple actors on a particular set of ecosystem services, and their influence on decision-making regarding these services across three spatial scales. The ‘cross-scale influence-dependence framework’ can improve our understanding of distributional and procedural equity and thus support the development of policies for sustainable management of ecosystem services.
AB - Access to ecosystem services and influence on their management are structured by social relations among actors, which often occur across spatial scales. Such cross-scale social relations can be analysed through a telecoupling framework as decisions taken at local scales are often shaped by actors at larger scales. Analyzing these cross-scale relations is critical to create effective and equitable strategies to manage ecosystem services. Here, we develop an analytical framework –i.e. the ‘cross-scale influence-dependence framework’- to facilitate the analysis of power asymmetries and the distribution of ecosystem services among the beneficiaries. We illustrate the suitability of this framework through its retrospective application across four case studies, in which we characterize the level of dependence of multiple actors on a particular set of ecosystem services, and their influence on decision-making regarding these services across three spatial scales. The ‘cross-scale influence-dependence framework’ can improve our understanding of distributional and procedural equity and thus support the development of policies for sustainable management of ecosystem services.
KW - Inequity
KW - Scale mismatch
KW - Power relations
KW - Telecoupling
KW - Stakeholders
KW - Cross-scale analysis
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Ecosystems Research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064867591&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/753b129c-9c02-3c46-8393-56fe258a6b47/
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.029
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.029
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 31005726
VL - 241
SP - 251
EP - 263
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
SN - 0301-4797
ER -