Conceptualizing distal drivers in land use competition
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Conceptualizing distal drivers in land use competition. / Niewhöner, Jörg; Nielsen, Jonas Ø; Gasparri, Gasparri; Gou, Yaqing; Hauge, Mads; Joshi, Neha; Schaffartzik, Anke; Sejersen, Frank; Seto, Karen C.; Shughrue, Chris.
Land Use Competition: Ecological, Economic and Social Perspectives. ed. / Jörg Niewhöner; Antje Bruns; Patrick Hostert; Tobias Krueger; Jonas Ø Nielsen; Helmut Haberl; Christian Lauk; Juliana Lutz; Daniel Müller. Vol. Volume 6 of the series Human-Environment Interactions Springer, 2016. p. 21-40.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Conceptualizing distal drivers in land use competition
AU - Niewhöner, Jörg
AU - Nielsen, Jonas Ø
AU - Gasparri, Gasparri
AU - Gou, Yaqing
AU - Hauge, Mads
AU - Joshi, Neha
AU - Schaffartzik, Anke
AU - Sejersen, Frank
AU - Seto, Karen C.
AU - Shughrue, Chris
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This introductory chapter explores the notion of ‘distal drivers’ in land use competition. Research has moved beyond proximate causes of land cover and land use change to focus on the underlying drivers of these dynamics. We discuss the framework of telecoupling within human–environment systems as a first step to come to terms with the increasingly distal nature of driving forces behind land use practices. We then expand the notion of distal as mainly a measure of Euclidian space to include temporal, social, and institutional dimensions. This understanding of distal widens our analytical scope for the analysis of land use competition as a distributed process to consider the role of knowledge and power, technology, and different temporalities within a relational or systemic analysis of practices of land use competition. We conclude by pointing toward the historical and social contingency of land use competition and by acknowledging that this contingency requires a methodological–analytical approach to dynamics that goes beyond linear cause–effect relationships. A critical component of future research will be a better understanding of different types of feedback processes reaching from biophysical feedback loops to feedback produced by individual or institutional reflexivity.
AB - This introductory chapter explores the notion of ‘distal drivers’ in land use competition. Research has moved beyond proximate causes of land cover and land use change to focus on the underlying drivers of these dynamics. We discuss the framework of telecoupling within human–environment systems as a first step to come to terms with the increasingly distal nature of driving forces behind land use practices. We then expand the notion of distal as mainly a measure of Euclidian space to include temporal, social, and institutional dimensions. This understanding of distal widens our analytical scope for the analysis of land use competition as a distributed process to consider the role of knowledge and power, technology, and different temporalities within a relational or systemic analysis of practices of land use competition. We conclude by pointing toward the historical and social contingency of land use competition and by acknowledging that this contingency requires a methodological–analytical approach to dynamics that goes beyond linear cause–effect relationships. A critical component of future research will be a better understanding of different types of feedback processes reaching from biophysical feedback loops to feedback produced by individual or institutional reflexivity.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-33628-2_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-33628-2_2
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-319-33626-8
VL - Volume 6 of the series Human-Environment Interactions
SP - 21
EP - 40
BT - Land Use Competition
A2 - Niewhöner, Jörg
A2 - Bruns, Antje
A2 - Hostert, Patrick
A2 - Krueger, Tobias
A2 - Nielsen, Jonas Ø
A2 - Haberl, Helmut
A2 - Lauk, Christian
A2 - Lutz, Juliana
A2 - Müller, Daniel
PB - Springer
ER -
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