Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change
Communities and their surrounding landscapes are intricately interconnected. This is evident in the Intermountain West of the United States of America, where large cities sit within vast landscapes otherwise containing small rural communities with farm, forest, and rangeland. Climate change and othe...
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| author | Melinda Morgan Alex J. Webster Julie C Padowski Ryan R. Morrison Courtney G Flint Kelly Simmons-Potter Karletta Chief Benita Litson Bryan Neztsosie Vasiliki Karanikola Murat Kacira Richard R Rushforth Jan Boll Mark B Stone |
| author_facet | Melinda Morgan Alex J. Webster Julie C Padowski Ryan R. Morrison Courtney G Flint Kelly Simmons-Potter Karletta Chief Benita Litson Bryan Neztsosie Vasiliki Karanikola Murat Kacira Richard R Rushforth Jan Boll Mark B Stone |
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| description | Communities and their surrounding landscapes are intricately interconnected. This is evident in the Intermountain West of the United States of America, where large cities sit within vast landscapes otherwise containing small rural communities with farm, forest, and rangeland. Climate change and other stresses increase the tensions along the gradient of urban to rural communities and landscapes, and theoretical frameworks are needed to conceptualize regime shifts within these social-ecological systems. We propose a framework called Guided Transformation (GT) that translates new knowledge into action by incorporating diverse perspectives and values that prioritize community and environmental well-being. Guided Transformation combines elements from social, ecological, and technological systems (SETS) theory, resilience theory, and sustainability transitions research. In this manuscript, we outline the GT framework and its relationship to related theory and literature, and we then provide three case studies that demonstrate the application of the GT framework. The first case study is in the upper Rio Grande watershed in New Mexico, where innovative governance strategies are addressing the challenge of wildfire and watershed protection. The second is in eastern Washington and the Yakima Basin, where drought drove innovation in the form of an integrated water management plan that is now helping to meet the needs of both farmers and fish in the basin. In the final case study, we discuss work on the Navajo Nation addressing food, energy, and water security and Indigenous sovereignty through solar greenhouse technology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b736f7bf3eda4c119931d1cbfd3a4efd2024-12-31T13:26:07ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872024-12-012942010.5751/ES-15448-29042015448Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological changeMelinda Morgan0Alex J. Webster1Julie C Padowski2Ryan R. Morrison3Courtney G Flint4Kelly Simmons-Potter5Karletta Chief6Benita Litson7Bryan Neztsosie8Vasiliki Karanikola9Murat Kacira10Richard R Rushforth11Jan Boll12Mark B Stone13University of New MexicoDepartment of Biology, University of New MexicoWashington State UniversityColorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUtah State UniversityElectrical and Computer Engineering, Optical Science, Materials Science and Engineering, University of ArizonaDepartment of Environmental Science and The Indigenous Resilience Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, ArizonaLand Grant Office, Diné CollegeDiné CollegeChemical and Environmental Engineering, University of ArizonaDepartment of Biosystems Engineering, University of ArizonaSchool of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona UniversityCivil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WashingtonDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnCommunities and their surrounding landscapes are intricately interconnected. This is evident in the Intermountain West of the United States of America, where large cities sit within vast landscapes otherwise containing small rural communities with farm, forest, and rangeland. Climate change and other stresses increase the tensions along the gradient of urban to rural communities and landscapes, and theoretical frameworks are needed to conceptualize regime shifts within these social-ecological systems. We propose a framework called Guided Transformation (GT) that translates new knowledge into action by incorporating diverse perspectives and values that prioritize community and environmental well-being. Guided Transformation combines elements from social, ecological, and technological systems (SETS) theory, resilience theory, and sustainability transitions research. In this manuscript, we outline the GT framework and its relationship to related theory and literature, and we then provide three case studies that demonstrate the application of the GT framework. The first case study is in the upper Rio Grande watershed in New Mexico, where innovative governance strategies are addressing the challenge of wildfire and watershed protection. The second is in eastern Washington and the Yakima Basin, where drought drove innovation in the form of an integrated water management plan that is now helping to meet the needs of both farmers and fish in the basin. In the final case study, we discuss work on the Navajo Nation addressing food, energy, and water security and Indigenous sovereignty through solar greenhouse technology.https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss4/art20guided transformationregime changeresiliencesocialecologicaland technological systems (sets)sustainability transitions |
| spellingShingle | Melinda Morgan Alex J. Webster Julie C Padowski Ryan R. Morrison Courtney G Flint Kelly Simmons-Potter Karletta Chief Benita Litson Bryan Neztsosie Vasiliki Karanikola Murat Kacira Richard R Rushforth Jan Boll Mark B Stone Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change Ecology and Society guided transformation regime change resilience social ecological and technological systems (sets) sustainability transitions |
| title | Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change |
| title_full | Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change |
| title_fullStr | Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change |
| title_short | Guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change |
| title_sort | guided transformations for communities facing social and ecological change |
| topic | guided transformation regime change resilience social ecological and technological systems (sets) sustainability transitions |
| url | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss4/art20 |
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