Social-ecological network analysis of scale mismatches in estuary watershed restoration.

ABSTRACT: Resource management boundaries seldom align with environmental systems, which can lead to social and ecological problems. Mapping and analyzing how resource management organizations in different areas collaborate can provide vital information to help overcome such misalignment. Few quantitative approaches exist, however, to analyze social collaborations alongside environmental patterns, especially among local and regional organizations (i.e., in multilevel governance settings). This paper develops and applies such an approach using social-ecological network analysis (SENA), which considers relationships among and between social and ecological units. The framework and methods are shown using an estuary restoration case from Puget Sound, United States. Collaboration patterns and quality are

SUBMITTER: Sayles JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5347588 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature