Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact

It is often a challenge to predict the impact of ecosystem restoration because many critical relationships and feedbacks between natural and human systems are poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we introduce a novel framework to characterize restoration dynamics within coupled human-na...

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Main Authors:	Kelly M. Kibler, Geoffrey S. Cook, Lisa G. Chambers, Melinda Donnelly, Timothy L. Hawthorne, Fernando I. Rivera, Linda Walters
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Resilience Alliance 2018-12-01
Series:	Ecology and Society
Subjects:	coupled human-natural systems ecosystem services identify-visualize-create resilience restoration success stakeholders
Online Access:	http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art25/

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spelling	doaj-a197fa29af5940e0b271490d54b2ddb22020-11-25T00:35:07ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872018-12-012342510.5751/ES-10542-23042510542Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impactKelly M. Kibler0Geoffrey S. Cook1Lisa G. Chambers2Melinda Donnelly3Timothy L. Hawthorne4Fernando I. Rivera5Linda Walters6Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering and National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central FloridaDepartment of Biology and National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central FloridaDepartment of Biology and National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central FloridaDepartment of Biology, University of Central FloridaDepartment of Sociology, University of Central FloridaDepartment of Sociology, University of Central FloridaDepartment of Biology and National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central FloridaIt is often a challenge to predict the impact of ecosystem restoration because many critical relationships and feedbacks between natural and human systems are poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we introduce a novel framework to characterize restoration dynamics within coupled human-natural systems. Because dynamics surrounding restoration are complex, we investigate the potential for sense of place, i.e., emotional attachment to place, to elucidate relationships between human and natural systems during times of change, such as restoration. Integrating sense of place with ecological metrics, a typology of restoration scenarios that exemplify complex relationships between social and ecological drivers emerges. We propose an identify-visualize-create framework for parsing restoration objectives and curating sense of place around the functional ecosystem state. Achieving coupled human-natural objectives thus requires evaluation of baseline sense of place early in the restoration process and active pursuit of opportunities that build stakeholder attachment over the long term.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art25/coupled human-natural systemsecosystem servicesidentify-visualize-createresiliencerestoration successstakeholders
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author	Kelly M. Kibler Geoffrey S. Cook Lisa G. Chambers Melinda Donnelly Timothy L. Hawthorne Fernando I. Rivera Linda Walters
spellingShingle	Kelly M. Kibler Geoffrey S. Cook Lisa G. Chambers Melinda Donnelly Timothy L. Hawthorne Fernando I. Rivera Linda Walters Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact Ecology and Society coupled human-natural systems ecosystem services identify-visualize-create resilience restoration success stakeholders
author_facet	Kelly M. Kibler Geoffrey S. Cook Lisa G. Chambers Melinda Donnelly Timothy L. Hawthorne Fernando I. Rivera Linda Walters
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title	Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact
title_short	Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact
title_full	Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact
title_fullStr	Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact
title_full_unstemmed	Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact
title_sort	integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact
publisher	Resilience Alliance
series	Ecology and Society
issn	1708-3087
publishDate	2018-12-01
description	It is often a challenge to predict the impact of ecosystem restoration because many critical relationships and feedbacks between natural and human systems are poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we introduce a novel framework to characterize restoration dynamics within coupled human-natural systems. Because dynamics surrounding restoration are complex, we investigate the potential for sense of place, i.e., emotional attachment to place, to elucidate relationships between human and natural systems during times of change, such as restoration. Integrating sense of place with ecological metrics, a typology of restoration scenarios that exemplify complex relationships between social and ecological drivers emerges. We propose an identify-visualize-create framework for parsing restoration objectives and curating sense of place around the functional ecosystem state. Achieving coupled human-natural objectives thus requires evaluation of baseline sense of place early in the restoration process and active pursuit of opportunities that build stakeholder attachment over the long term.
topic	coupled human-natural systems ecosystem services identify-visualize-create resilience restoration success stakeholders
url	http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art25/
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Integrating sense of place into ecosystem restoration: a novel approach to achieve synergistic social-ecological impact

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