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1. A network perspective on ecosystems, societies and natural resource management
Abstract : This thesis employs a network perspective in studying ecosystems and natural resource management. It explores the structural characteristics of social and/or ecological networks and their implications on societies’ and ecosystems’ ability to adapt to change and to cope with disturbances while still maintaining essential functions and structures (i. READ MORE
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2. Fragmented landscapes : Assessment and communication of landscape connectivity in human-dominated landscapes
Abstract : This licentiate thesis summarizes the first half of my PhD on the theme of management of fragmented landscapes. The thesis applies – and reflects on the use of – network analysis of connectivity in relation to landscape planning. READ MORE
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3. Spatial complexity and fit between ecology and management : Making sense of patterns in fragmented landscapes
Abstract : Avoiding the negative effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity is especially challenging when also the management institutions are spatially and administratively distributed. This doctoral thesis introduces five case studies that investigate ecological, social and social-ecological relations in fragmented landscapes. READ MORE
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4. Stewardship in an urban world : Civic engagement and human–nature relations in the Anthropocene
Abstract : Never before have humans wielded a greater ability to alter and disrupt planetary processes. Our impact is becoming so noticeable that a new geological epoch has been proposed – the Anthropocene – in which Earth systems might no longer maintain the stable and predictable conditions of the past 12 millennia. READ MORE
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5. Urban environmental stewardship : Roles and reasons for civic engagements in governance of social-ecological systems
Abstract : Stewardship as a concept is increasingly brought forward as a goal to reach sustainability goals of ensuring human wellbeing within the limits of Earth’s life support systems. Scholarship on the required capacities for planetary stewardship is growing rapidly, as are the insights. READ MORE