The good, the bad and the ugly—competitive land uses and resilience in rural social-ecological systems (LEONE)

LEONE analyzes rural social-ecological systems resilience against multiple competing land uses. The project guides how to implement sustainability transformations in the Global North and South. LEONE is a strategic spearhead research project of the University of Oulu Eudaimonia Institute.

Projektin tiedot

Projektin kesto

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Rahoittaja

Muu kotimainen

Projektin rahoittaja

Oulun yliopiston Eudaimonia-instituutti

Projektin koordinaattori

Oulun yliopisto

Yksikkö ja tiedekunta

Maantiede
Luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta
Historia-, kulttuuri- ja viestintätieteet
Humanistinen tiedekunta

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Projektin vetäjä

Muut henkilöt

  • Researcher
    Simo Sarkki
  • Associate Professor
    Anna Krzywoszynska

Tutkijat

Projektin kuvaus

LEONE analyzes rural social-ecological systems resilience against multiple competing land uses in coastal Ostrobothnia, Finland, and Swat Valley, Pakistan. It (1) conducts an inventory of social-ecological systems and land use pressures affecting them, (2) sketches changes in land use governance and related justice outcomes, (3) analyzes how anticipatory governance can initiate desired development pathways, and (4) synthesizes the role of resilience in the studied systems. The project conceptualizes resilience developments as good (system can transform towards sustainability), bad (system rigidity hampers the needed changes), or ugly (forced change trajectory). The transdisciplinary project utilizes ethnographic fieldwork, participatory stakeholder workshops, GIS, policy document analysis, and systematic literature reviews. LEONE increases understanding of the role of social-ecological resilience and guides how to implement sustainability transformations in the Global North and South.

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