Political ecology and ecological resilience:

By Garry D. Peterson. 2000

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Abstract The biosphere is increasingly dominated by human action. Consequently, ecology must incorporate human behavior. Political ecology, as long as it includes ecology, is a powerful framework for integrating natural and social dynamics. In this paper I present a resilience-oriented approach to political ecology that integrates system dynamics, scale, and cross-scale interactions in both human and natural systems. This approach suggests that understanding the coupled dynamics of human-ecological systems allows the assessment of when systems are most vulnerable and most open to transformation. I use this framework to examine the political ecology of salmon in the Columbia River Basin.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering

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Agroecology and Politics. How To Get Sustainability? About the Necessity for a Political Agroecology (2012, unknown): “There is no agreement as to what political ecology is (G. Peterson 2000; Blaikie 2008).”
The Political Economy of Cross-Scale Networks in Resource Co- Management (2005, background): “Peterson (2000) has argued for a simple hierarchy: the exercise of power at local levels is overt and power at higher temporal and spatial scales is always covert or structural (Lukes 1974).”
On the notion of regional economic resilience: conceptualization and explanation (2015, unknown): “This idea is akin to the ‘adaptive cycle’ model found in socio-ecological studies (Peterson, 2000; Gunderson and Holling, 2002).”
An Exploratory Framework for the Empirical Measurement of Resilience (2005, background): “A second integrating concept is that of political ecology, which addresses the political, economic, and cultural factors underlying human use of natural resources and the complex interrelations among people and groups at different scales (Blaikie and Brookfield 1987; Schmink and Wood 1987; Peterson ”
Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on Exploring Social-Ecological Resilience through the Lens of the Social Sciences: Contributions, Critical Reflections, and Constructive Debate Conceptualizing power to study social-ecological interactions (2016, background): “As noted previously, the various sources and dimensions of power can help to clarify and measure different aspects of adaptability, transformability, and resilience (Peterson 2000, Kofinas 2009, Pinkerton 2009, Crona and Bodin 2010, Duit et al. 2010, Westley et al. 2013, Olsson et al. 2014).”
Can Resilience be Reconciled with Globalization and the Increasingly Complex Conditions of Resource Degradation in Asian Coastal Regions (2006, background): “In practical terms, an understanding of resilience enables analysts and decision makers to identify the likelihood of shifts or transitions among different system configurations (Peterson 2000).”
Using historical ecology to understand patterns of biodiversity in fragmented agricultural landscapes (2005, background): “This approach highlights that not all human activity leads to degradation, and that humans are an integral component of landscape dynamics (Gragson, 1998; Naveh, 2000; Peterson, 2000).”
Future research challenges for incorporation of uncertainty in environmental and ecological decision-making (2008, background): “…environmental and economic models for the purposes of environmental management and policy assessment (e.g., Anderies, 2000; Bossel, 2000; Janssen et al., 2000; Peterson, 2000; Walker et al., 2002; Bousquet and LePage, 2004; McNamara and Werner, 2004; Werner et al., 2004; McNamara and Werner, 2005).”
Etiology and Treatment of Post-Cumulative Traumatic Stress Disorders in Different Cultures: (2010, result): “Concepts of community resilience, such as psychological sense of community, collective self-esteem, neighborhood resilience, and community competence (Breton, 2001; Chavis, Hogge, McMillan, & Wandersman, 1986), or political and ecological resilience (Peterson, 2000), also are consistent with ecologi”