Title:
Social networks and natural resource management : uncovering the social fabric of environmental governance
Author:
Bodin, Örjan, 1969-
ISBN:
9780521766296
9780521146234
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
xiii, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Foreword / Introduction: A social relational approach to natural resource governance / Some basic structural characteristics of networks / Combining social network approaches with social theories to improve understanding of natural resource governance / Case studies: Individual (node) Level: Barriers and opportunities in transforming to sustainable governance: the role of key individuals / Social network analysis for stakeholder selection and the links to social learning and adaptive co-management / Who and how: engaging well-connected fishers in social networks to improve fisheries management and conservation / The effects of social network ties on the public's satisfaction with forest management in British Columbia, Canada / Social network models for natural resource use and extraction / Subgroup Level: Friends or neighbors? subgroup heterogeneity and the importance of bonding and bridging ties in natural resource governance / The role of individual attributes in the practice of information sharing among fishers from Loreto, BCS, Mexico / The Network Level: Transformative collective action: a network approach to transformative change in ecosystem-based management / Social networks, joint image building, and adaptability: the case of local fishery management / Agrarian communication networks: consequences for agroforestry / Summary and Outlook: Social network analysis in natural resource governance -- summary and outlook
Abstract:
"Social Network Analysis (SNA), a quantitative approach to the study of social relations, has recently emerged as a key tool for understanding the governance of natural resources. Bringing together contributions from a range of researchers in the field, this is the first book to fully explore the potential applications of SNA in the context of natural resource management. Topics covered include the role of SNA in stakeholder selection; improving fisheries management and conservation; the effect of social network ties on public satisfaction and agrarian communication networks. Numerous case studies link SNA concepts to the theories underlying natural resource governance, such as social learning, adaptive co-management and social movements theory. Reflecting on the challenges and opportunities associated with this evolving field, this is an ideal resource for students and researchers involved in many areas of natural resource management, environmental biology, sustainability science and sociology"-- Provided by publisher.
"The goal of this book is to outline how social network analysis can be used as a conceptual tool and an analytical method for uncovering a variety of social factors affecting resource governance, particularly as it is conceptualized by these more recent perspectives. We will therefore confine our discussion to adaptive co-management (hereafter ACM), in an attempt to show how this theory, and related concepts, are linked to other theories of importance for natural resource governance, and how social network analysis can help further our understanding in this domain. In doing this we do not suggest that ACM is necessarily better than other concept or theoretical frameworks available"-- Provided by publisher.