Social networks and natural resource management : uncovering the social fabric of environmental governance /

"Social Network Analysis (SNA), a quantitative approach to the study of social relations, has recently emerged as a key tool for understanding the governance of natural resources. Bringing together contributions from a range of researchers in the field, this is the first book to fully explore t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bodin, Örjan, 1969- (Editor), Prell, Christina (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Natural resources > Management.
Social networks.
Online Access:Cover image
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Carl Folke
  • Part I. Introduction: 1. A social relational approach to natural resource governance / Örjan Bodin, Saudiel Ramirez-Sanchez, Henrik Ernstson, and Christina Prell; 2. Some basic structural characteristics of networks / Christina Prell; 3. Combining social network approaches with social theories to improve understanding of natural resource governance / Beatrice Crona, Henrik Ernstson, Christina Prell, Mark Reed, and Klaus Hubacek
  • Part II. Case studies: Individual (node) Level: 4. Barriers and opportunities in transforming to sustainable governance: the role of key individuals / Örjan Bodin and Beatrice Crona; 5. Social network analysis for stakeholder selection and the links to social learning and adaptive co-management / Christina Prell, Mark Reed, and Klaus Hubacek; 6. Who and how: engaging well-connected fishers in social networks to improve fisheries management and conservation / Saudiel Ramirez-Sanchez; 7. The effects of social network ties on the public's satisfaction with forest management in British Columbia, Canada / David B. Tindall, Howard Harshaw, and J.M. Taylor; 8. Social network models for natural resource use and extraction / Ken A. Frank; Subgroup Level: 9. Friends or neighbors? subgroup heterogeneity and the importance of bonding and bridging ties in natural resource governance / Beatrice Crona and Örjan Bodin; 10. The role of individual attributes in the practice of information sharing among fishers from Loreto, BCS, Mexico / Saudiel Ramirez-Sanchez; The Network Level: 11. Transformative collective action: a network approach to transformative change in ecosystem-based management / Henrik Ernstson; 12. Social networks, joint image building, and adaptability: the case of local fishery management / Annica Sandström; 13. Agrarian communication networks: consequences for agroforestry / Marney Isaac and Evans Dawoe
  • Part III. Summary and Outlook: 14. Social network analysis in natural resource governance--summary and outlook / Örjan Bodin and Christina Prell.

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