TY - JOUR
T1 - Land-change science and political ecology
T2 - Similarities, differences, and implications for sustainability science
AU - Turner, Billie
AU - Robbins, Paul
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Land-change science (LCS) and political ecology (PE) have emerged as two complementary but parallel approaches of addressing humanenvironment dynamics for sustainability. They share common intellectual legacies, are highly interdisciplinary, and provide understanding about changes in the coupled human-environment system. Distinctions in their problem framings and explanatory perspectives, however, have accentuated their differences and masked the symmetry in much of their findings relevant for sustainability themes. Focusing on their shared interests in the human-environment interactions of land use illuminates the differences and similarities relevant to these themes. Divergence is found primarily in regard to their different foci of interests about causes and consequences of land change. Convergence is revealed in the identification of the complexity of the interactions and the importance of context in land-change outcomes and in the general consensus found in such synthesis issues as forest transitio s, vulnerability, and coproduction of science and application.
AB - Land-change science (LCS) and political ecology (PE) have emerged as two complementary but parallel approaches of addressing humanenvironment dynamics for sustainability. They share common intellectual legacies, are highly interdisciplinary, and provide understanding about changes in the coupled human-environment system. Distinctions in their problem framings and explanatory perspectives, however, have accentuated their differences and masked the symmetry in much of their findings relevant for sustainability themes. Focusing on their shared interests in the human-environment interactions of land use illuminates the differences and similarities relevant to these themes. Divergence is found primarily in regard to their different foci of interests about causes and consequences of land change. Convergence is revealed in the identification of the complexity of the interactions and the importance of context in land-change outcomes and in the general consensus found in such synthesis issues as forest transitio s, vulnerability, and coproduction of science and application.
KW - Coupled human-environment system
KW - Human ecologies
KW - Human-environment relationships
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev.environ.33.022207.104943
DO - 10.1146/annurev.environ.33.022207.104943
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58549111835
SN - 1543-5938
VL - 33
SP - 295
EP - 316
JO - Annual Review of Environment and Resources
JF - Annual Review of Environment and Resources
ER -