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- Sundström, Johan, Professor, 1971-, et al.
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Risk factors for subarachnoid haemorrhage : a nationwide cohort of 950 000 adults
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Journal of Epidemiology. - : Oxford University Press. - 0300-5771 .- 1464-3685. ; 48:6, s. 2018-2025
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating disease, with high mortality rate and substantial disability among survivors. Its causes are poorly understood. We aimed to investigate risk factors for SAH using a novel nationwide cohort consortium.METHODS: We obtained individual participant data of 949 683 persons (330 334 women) between 25 and 90 years old, with no history of SAH at baseline, from 21 population-based cohorts. Outcomes were obtained from the Swedish Patient and Causes of Death Registries.RESULTS: During 13 704 959 person-years of follow-up, 2659 cases of first-ever fatal or non-fatal SAH occurred, with an age-standardized incidence rate of 9.0 [95% confidence interval (CI) (7.4-10.6)/100 000 person-years] in men and 13.8 [(11.4-16.2)/100 000 person-years] in women. The incidence rate increased exponentially with higher age. In multivariable-adjusted Poisson models, marked sex interactions for current smoking and body mass index (BMI) were observed. Current smoking conferred a rate ratio (RR) of 2.24 (95% CI 1.95-2.57) in women and 1.62 (1.47-1.79) in men. One standard deviation higher BMI was associated with an RR of 0.86 (0.81-0.92) in women and 1.02 (0.96-1.08) in men. Higher blood pressure and lower education level were also associated with higher risk of SAH.CONCLUSIONS: The risk of SAH is 45% higher in women than in men, with substantial sex differences in risk factor strengths. In particular, a markedly stronger adverse effect of smoking in women may motivate targeted public health initiatives.
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- Turner, Lucy M., et al.
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Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs
- 2017
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Ingår i: Elementa. - : University of California Press. - 2325-1026. ; 5:14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The oceans comprise 70% of the surface area of our planet, contain some of the world’s richest natural resources and are one of the most significant drivers of global climate patterns. As the marine environment continues to increase in importance as both an essential resource reservoir and facilitator of global change, it is apparent that to find long-term sustainable solutions for our use of the sea and its resources and thus to engage in a sustainable blue economy, an integrated interdisciplinary approach is needed. As a result, interdisciplinary working is proliferating. We report here our experiences of forming interdisciplinary teams (marine ecologists, ecophysiologists, social scientists, environmental economists and environmental law specialists) to answer questions pertaining to the effects of anthropogenic-driven global change on the sustainability of resource use from the marine environment, and thus to transport ideas outwards from disciplinary confines. We use a framework derived from the literature on interdisciplinarity to enable us to explore processes of knowledge integration in two ongoing research projects, based on analyses of the purpose, form and degree of knowledge integration within each project. These teams were initially focused around a graduate program, explicitly designed for interdisciplinary training across the natural and social sciences, at the Gothenburg Centre for Marine Research at the University of Gothenburg, thus allowing us to reflect on our own experiences within the context of other multi-national, interdisciplinary graduate training and associated research programs.
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- Aalders, Johannes Theodor, et al.
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The Making and Unmaking of a Megaproject: Contesting Temporalities along the LAPSSET Corridor in Kenya
- 2021
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Ingår i: Antipode. - : Wiley. - 0066-4812 .- 1467-8330. ; 53:5, s. 1273-1293
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we show how communities in Northern Kenya proactively engage an unfolding megaproject and the temporalities it evokes—the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET). We argue that the latitude communities have in contending with megaprojects is broader and more dynamic than passive reception of or outright resistance against the futures promised. By introducing the concepts of entangling and fraying, we emphasise the agency communities create for themselves by appreciating their strategies and expressions of stabilising or troubling the “megaproject”. While entangling refers to practices through which communities attach additional features to an otherwise rather stable vision of its “meganess”, fraying, in contrast, describes the strands that splice off towards different spatio‐temporal imaginaries. We discuss these practices in four instances of engaging LAPSSET: constructing temporary homes at project sites; engaging in land reform; disputing land acquisition at oil exploration sites; and contesting a planned resort city.
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- Alpokay, Serin, et al.
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Input Report: Handbook “Knowledge and action synthesis for urban resource management" : SECOA Deliverable 7.1
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This handbook on knowledge for coastal urban resource management provides an overview of methods and frameworks for knowledge integration and synthesis in coastal research, as well as describing scientific methods for knowledge integration and synthesis that have been applied in the EU 7th Framework programme SECOA research.The handbook is addressed to the researchers in SECOA and to the end users and stakeholders that need to discuss the scientific methods for their utility and applicability in the practice of coastal resource management, either their direct applicability or applicability after transformation in practical management tools and in combination with policy instruments.
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- Bostedt, Göran, et al.
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Adaptive pastoralists—Insights into local and regional patterns in livelihood adaptation choices among pastoralists in Kenya
- 2023
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Ingår i: Pastoralism. - : Springer Nature. - 2041-7136. ; 13:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Pastoralist adaptation strategies have to address multiple, overlapping, and often inter-related processes of socio-ecological change. The present study addresses the need for inter-regional comparative studies that account for different geographic, climate, and socio-economic contexts in order to understand how pastoralists adapt to changes in livelihood conditions. The paper uses data from a unique survey study of pastoralist households in four neighbouring counties in dryland Kenya. Taking our point of departure from an empirically based classification of the livelihood strategies available to pastoralists in the Horn of Africa, the survey offers novel insights into adaptation and fodder management strategies of pastoralist individuals and households. The results show that the use of migration as a strategy is more dependent on the ability to migrate than climate conditions. This is the case in localities where a substantial part of the land is subdivided, the population density is high, and where opportunities for migration are subsequently restricted. Diversification of livelihoods as a strategy is largely defined by opportunity. Intensification through active fodder management is mainly common in areas where there has been a proliferation of managed enclosures. Climate change will test the adaptive capacity of pastoralists in the studied region, and diversification and intensification strategies of both herd composition and livelihoods can be seen as strategies for increased climate resilience.
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- Ekbom, Anders, 1963, et al.
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Is sustainable development based on agriculture attainable in Kenya? : A multidisciplinary approach
- 2001
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Ingår i: Land degradation and development. - 1085-3278. ; 12:5, s. 435-447
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Kenya's development seems trapped in a vicious circle caused by soil erosion, declining soil fertility, land fragmentation, fluctuating agricultural production, widespread poverty, corruption, ethnic tension, rapid population, urban growth and a declining economy. The development challenge is to reverse the negative effects of these processes and promote sustainable development. This paper, based on multidisciplinary work discusses whether sustainable development based on agriculture is attainable in Murang'a district in Kenya's Central Highlands. Firstly, it investigates some biophysical aspects of sustainable agriculture such as land use across time, soil nutrient status and yield, cultivated crops and soil productivity by analysing aerial photographs and soil samples and conducting interviews. It suggests that the area has gone through major biophysical changes. Second, it relates the farmers' attitude to promotion of sustainable development as carried out by the National Soil and Water Conservation Programme. It suggests that farmers carry ideas of corruption, often following ethnic lines that hampers efficient implementation of the extension advise. Finally, it identifies links behind rural-urban migration by estimating households' probability of generating incomes outside the farm, typically in urban areas. Opportunistic farming, manifested by temporary reduction of farming on own land to satisfy immediate income needs, is very common among farmers. More needs to be done to promote agro-based, small-scale rural industries, improve agricultural management practices, facilitate appropriate credits, enhance marketing opportunities, ensure timely crop payments, and increase participation in decision making. It is important to realize that for farmers to embrace policies which promote agriculturely-based sustainable development the policies ought to biophysically possible, socio-politically acceptable and economically feasible.
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- Hageback, Johanna, et al.
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Climate variability and land-use change in Danangou watershed, China : Examples of small-scale farmers' adaptation
- 2005
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Ingår i: Climatic Change. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0165-0009 .- 1573-1480. ; 72:1-2, s. 189-212
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With global concern on climate change impacts, developing countries are given special attention due their susceptibility. In this paper, change and variability in climate, land use and farmers’ perception, adaptation and response to change are examined in Danangou watershed in the Chinese Loess Plateau. The first focus is to look at how climate data recorded at meteorological stations recently have evolved, and how farmers perceived these changes. Further, we want to see how the farmers respond and adapt to climate variability and what the resulting impact on land use is. Finally, other factors causing change in land use are considered. Local precipitation and temperature instrumental data and interview data from farmers were used. The instrumental data shows that the climate is getting warmer and drier, the latter despite large interannual variability. The trend is seen on the local and regional level. Farmers’ perception of climatic variability corresponds well with the data record. During the last 20 years, the farmers have become less dependent on agriculture by adopting a more diversified livelihood. This adaptation makes them less vulnerable to climate variability. It was found that government policies and reforms had a stronger influence on land use than climate variability. Small-scale farmers should therefore be considered as adaptive to changing situations, planned and non-consciously planned.
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- Hageback, Johanna, et al.
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Climate variability and land-use change in Danangou watershed, China
- 2005
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Ingår i: Climatic Change. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-1480 .- 0165-0009. ; 72:1-2, s. 189-212
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With global concern on climate change impacts, developing countries are given special attention due their susceptibility. In this paper, change and variability in climate, land use and farmers’ perception, adaptation and response to change are examined in Danangou watershed in the Chinese Loess Plateau. The first focus is to look at how climate data recorded at meteorological stations recently have evolved, and how farmers perceived these changes. Further, we want to see how the farmers respond and adapt to climate variability and what the resulting impact on land use is. Finally, other factors causing change in land use are considered. Local precipitation and temperature instrumental data and interview data from farmers were used. The instrumental data shows that the climate is getting warmer and drier, the latter despite large interannual variability. The trend is seen on the local and regional level. Farmers’ perception of climatic variability corresponds well with the data record. During the last 20 years, the farmers have become less dependent on agriculture by adopting a more diversified livelihood. This adaptation makes them less vulnerable to climate variability. It was found that government policies and reforms had a stronger influence on land use than climate variability. Small-scale farmers should therefore be considered as adaptive to changing situations, planned and non-consciously planned.
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- Kadfak, Alin, 1981, et al.
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Investigating the Waterfront: The Entangled Sociomaterial Transformations of Coastal Space in Karnataka, India
- 2017
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Ingår i: Society & Natural Resources. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0894-1920 .- 1521-0723. ; 30:6, s. 707-722
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Triggered by urbanization and changing land use, coastal transformation is a rapidly increasing phenomenon in the global south, driving dramatic livelihoods impacts. However, the existing literature on small-scale fisheries (SSF) has paid little attention to the way coastal transformations shape conditions for SSF communities. This study proposes a new orientation in SSF studies by exploring the assemblage of entangled sociomaterial processes that account for coastal transformations by investigating waterfront transformation in a fishing community in Karnataka, India. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, we conclude that an entanglement of sociomaterial processes produces unequal outcomes among stakeholders that subsequently reinforce the political and economic marginalization of certain groups of waterfront users. Moreover, the investigated context-specific waterfront assemblage intimately connects to the broader context of national fishery policy, urbanization, and tourism, directing the way coastal space can and should be transformed. Such an analysis contributes to the understanding of changing livelihoods in SSF communities.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971, et al.
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A process-oriented Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
- 2006
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Ingår i: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. - 1381-2386 .- 1573-1596.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) is often proposed to holistically capture vulnerability in assessments of livelihoods in aid and development programs. The full capacity of the approach has however only rarely been used in these assessments, lacking a clear account of processes of change and flexibility of assets, as well as the ability to quantify all capital assets of a livelihood system. The descriptions of livelihoods so far are in fact non-holistic. This paper attempts to use SLA in its full capacity through a quantification of the different capitals covered; natural, physical, economic, social and human. Further, the relationships between capitals are explored in a Chinese rural context of changing climate and land-use, and examples are given on how investments in one capital in reality can end up being accounted for in other capitals. The results indicate that through an analytical and process-oriented SLA, an effective tool for assessment of vulnerability can be developed. Such a tool would assist development organizations and policy-makers to target poverty traps and escape routes in the face of rapid and multiple changes.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971, et al.
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A Process-Oriented Sustainable Livelihoods Approach-A Tool For Increased Understanding of Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience
- 2023
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Ingår i: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1381-2386 .- 1573-1596. ; 28:SUPPL 1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) is often proposed to holistically capture vulnerability in assessments of livelihoods in aid and development programs. The full capacity of the approach has however only rarely been used in these assessments, lacking a clear account of processes of change and flexibility of assets, as well as the ability to quantify all capital assets of a livelihood system. The descriptions of livelihoods so far are in fact non-holistic. This paper attempts to use SLA in its full capacity through a quantification of the different capitals covered; natural, physical, economic, social and human. Further, the relationships between capitals are explored in a Chinese rural context of changing climate and land-use, and examples are given on how investments in one capital in reality can end up being accounted for in other capitals. The results indicate that through an analytical and process-oriented SLA, an effective tool for assessment of vulnerability can be developed. Such a tool would assist development organizations and policy-makers to target poverty traps and escape routes in the face of rapid and multiple changes.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971
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Det är dags att tänka på Gullbergsvass : Fallstudie 2006
- 2006
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Hur kommer Göteborg att se ut år 2030? Fallstudie 2006 har satt fokus på ett område som kan sägas vara innerstadens bakgård – Gullbergsvass. Med en yta större än stadskärnan innanför vallgraven har Gullbergsvass en enorm potential att rymma både verksamheter och bostäder. Den centrala frågan är på vilket sätt en utveckling kan ske som prioriterar ekologiska, sociala och ekonomiska värden, för att på så vis främ- ja en långsiktigt hållbar utbyggnad av Göteborg. Fallstudien, som är ett samarbete mellan Göteborgs universitet och Chalmers tekniska högskola, har samlat representanter från universitet, kommun och näringsliv till diskussion och dialog kring hållbar stadsutveckling. I denna rapport ges olika förslag på hur en utveckling av Gullbergsvass kan se ut. Här redovisas också vad allmänheten i Göteborg och de olika aktörerna knutna till Gullbergsvass anser om utformningen av en ny central stadsdel.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971
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Fiske och fattigdom i Centralamerika
- 2006
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Ingår i: Fjärran Vatten, Fiskeriverket. ; 7:4 (oktober 2006)
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971
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Flood Hazard Zoning Maps : Swedish report for SECOA Deliverable 1.1
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Swedish final report on Flood Hazard Zoning Maps covers two case-studies: Gothenburg and Malmö Metropolitan area. We provide rough estimations of low, medium, and high hazard-risk areas of the two metropolitan areas as well as more detailed estimations and maps of two geographical areas within these two wider metropolitan which according to previous studies and assessments are prone to flooding.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971
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Interdisciplinary knowledge integration and the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. Case studies on rural livelihoods in Kenya and China
- 2005
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- To understand the complex and multifaceted problems of rural development in Africa and Asia, perspectives that have the capacity to consider, combine and integrate contributions from different disciplines and different stakeholders are needed. Through five papers based on case-studies in rural Kenya and China, this dissertation contributes towards reaching such a perspective. The first paper attempts to answer whether sustainable development based on agriculture is attainable in Kenya through a combination of bio-physical,economic, and sociocultural perspectives on land management in Kenya's central highlands. The second paper looks at how farmers in Shaanxi Province, China, perceive and adapt to climate variability, with a focus on land use. The third paper attempt to use the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach through an exploration of the relationships between different livelihood resources in the Chinese rural context of changing climate and land use. The fourth paper applies a resource-based perspective, based on the Sustainable Lilvelihoods Approach, to the analysis of livelihood strategies among 22 households in Shaanxi Province. The fifth and final paper asks how, why, where, and to which degree the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach integrates knowledge in relation to rural development. The results from the five papers show that even though the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach is not the solution to world poverty and not the ultimate guide to sustainable rural development, it is an attempt to capture the enormous complexity of rural development problems that goes beyond disciplinary boundaries. Brought together, the five papers constitute an interaction beween three different contexts of knowledge production: the interdisciplinary context of human ecology, the multidisciplinary context of research cooperation, and the transdisciplinary context of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. This interaction puts the limits of disciplinary knowledge production and the problems of inter- and transdisciplinarity into focus and suggests that disciplines involved in rural development reserach have to consider knowledge that is produced outside the disciplinary organization of the university.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971, et al.
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Perspectives on enclosures in pastoralist drylands: From contradictory evidence to the formulation of innovative land management strategies
- 2021
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Ingår i: World Development Perspectives. - : Elsevier BV. - 2452-2929 .- 2468-0532. ; 23
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa are subject to rapid and enduring population increase, agricultural expansion, land large-scale infrastructure developments, as well as climate change, affecting some 265 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. These changes are promoting a transition from traditional pastoralist ways of life characterized by seasonal mobility, towards more sedentary livelihoods based on more intensive and commercial uses of land-based resources. As part of of this ongoing transition, establishment of enclosures on pastoralist commons is emerging as a default, but highly contested, development pathway. Based on a review of the current enclosure debate across the natural, economic, and social sciences, with a geographical focus on the East African drylands, we discuss the potential and limitations of enclosures as land management tool, and propose a conceptual framework for how enclosures can act as an integral part of sustainable pastoralist land use. Such a framework constitute an important piece of the puzzle for more productively linking the urgent need of innovative ways of managing pastoralist rangelands, to the present international and national commitments to restoration of degraded lands.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971, et al.
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Simulating the implementation of Coastal Management Mechanisms (CMM) in the Municipality of Vellinge, Malmö Metropolitan Area : Swedish report for SECOA deliverable 3.4
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The report accounts for the forecasting of future developments (2050) in Skanör and Falsterbo, Vellinge Municapality, Sweden, according to two different scenarios. In the Coastal Defense Scenario we model the urban development in 2050 in relation to the implementation of inner and outer sea walls as already proposed by Vellinge Municipality. In the Development Limitation Scenario we situate the urban development 2050 in relation to the implementation of a three meter minimum elevation requirement for new development. The comparison of the two scenarios shows that while coastal defenses look attractive due to their capacity to protect existing land use, it will simultaneously interfere with protected natural and cultural areas and it will change a unique cultural landscape. It has a capacity to protect both existing human settlements and new urban development, but may increase the impact of flooding if the walls are not effective enough. On the other hand, minimum elevation requirement provides an alternative with less interference with existing protected areas and less changes in the landscape. In the short time perspective it is a low cost alternative to enhance the resilience of future urban development structures in the face of new conditions. However, it needs to be combined with other measures in order to offer protections for existing human settlements and activities in low lying areas. Furthermore, even though elevation requirements do not infer directly with the existing landscape, it will not protect the landscape from potentially permanent changes caused by inundation, soil erosion and flooding.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971
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The inequality of rural livelihoods in two neighbouring villages in Shaanzi Province, China
- 2004
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Ingår i: Proceedings of IRSA (International Rural Sociology Association) XI Congress, Trondhem, Norway, July 2004.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The economic reforms introduced since the 1970s have undoutedly brought prosperity to China. From 1978 to 2001, the yearly national average GDP growth rate/capital exceeded 9%. While this impressive economic performance has been widely acknowledged and much admired, it is at the same time evident that the fruits of economic growth have been unequally distributed across and within regions, provinces, counties, villages, and households. Income inequality in rural China is of particular interest considering the relatively recent shift from collective to household based agricultural production. Within the conceptual framework of a sustainable livelihoods approach, this paper anlyzes the income and consumption portfolios of 22 households in two neihboring rural villages in Shaaxi Province, China. The results of the study indicate an inequality of access to high return sources of income according to a) the distance and/or access to major raods and marke centers, b) financial capital available for investments, and c) gender. The study further points at important differences between households in how income is allocated to different sets of capitals. While the allocation of poor households' income is almost exclusively related to human and natural capital, middle income households tend to spread their allocation to human, physical, and financial capital, while rich households' allocation in contrast is focused on physical and social capital.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971
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The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach: A framework for knowledge integration assessment
- 2006
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Ingår i: Human Ecology Review. - 1074-4827. ; 13:1, s. 90-99
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A number of recent approaches to sustainable development, such as the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach, are genuinely transdisciplinary as they are produced, disseminated & applied in the borderland between research, policy, & practice. Human Ecology has the capacity to contribute to a better understanding & a critical evaluation of such new approaches, but is currently lacking the tools for identification & formulation of standards for this purpose. This paper outlines an assessment framework of criteria for integrative approaches to sustainable development problems & is applied to the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. The results show the benefits of formulating standards that can be applied to plan & evaluate integrative approaches. Such standards are necessary if the goals of holism & integration that are implied by approaches such as the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach are to be attained. 3 Tables, 2 Figures, 1 Appendix, 35 References. Adapted from the source document.
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- Knutsson, Per, 1971, et al.
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Transfer Report: Institutional innovation and cooperation in urban resource managemen : SECOA Deliverable 7.3
- 2013
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this report is to systematize the results of SECOA research with regard to their application in natural resource management in coastal areas.To achieve the institutional innovation and cooperation required for making resource management process es more efficient and sustainable, the forms and conditions of innovation need to be identified and described. This is done in four steps as follows: 1. A brief, general overview of research on institutional innovation and cooperation in natural resource management. 2. A report on evidence of changing conditions for natural resource management and the need for institutional innovation and cooperation, based on previous research within the SECOA project. 3. A presentation of detailed examples related to institutional innovation and cooperation in selected SECOA case studies.
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- Koucky, Michael, 1970, et al.
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Ringön - en hållbar del av Göteborg : Fallstudie 2005
- 2005
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Från mars till juni 2005 arbetade tolv studenter med olika utbildningsbakgrund från Göteborgs universitet och Chalmers tekniska högskola med en fallstudie om industriområdet Ringön i centrala Göteborg. Fallstudien undersökte möjligheter för Ringöns utveckling på trettio års sikt och vill skapa större kunskap och förståelse för de faktorer och processer som påverkar områdets utveckling. Utgångspunkten är att utvecklingen ska vara hållbar, såväl ur ett ekologiskt som ur ett socialt och ekonomiskt perspektiv. Fallstudiens centrala frågeställning var: På vilket sätt kan Ringön utvecklas fram till år 2035 och vad får det för konsekvenser för en hållbar utveckling i Göteborg? Under fallstudien togs tre separata framtidsscenarier fram: industri, knutpunkt/rekreation och bostäder. Syftet med de olika scenarierna är att väcka tankar om hur ett framtida Ringön kan se ut. Industriscenariot innebär en modernare och mer miljöanpassad version av Ringön år 2005, det vill säga ett område som huvudsakligen utnyttjas för industriverksamheter. I knutpunkts /rekreationsscenariot har en kollektivtrafiksknutpunkt och en virtuell knutpunkt placerats på Ringön. Området har också förvandlats till ett grönt rekreationsområde med möjlighet till diverse aktiviteter. I bostadsscenariot ligger fokus på att använda Ringön för boende. Bostäderna placeras en bit in på Ringön och höjden på husen varierar, för att så många som möjligt ska kunna ta del av utsikten över älven.
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- Leposa, N., et al.
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Framing Matters for Ontological Politics of the Ocean: Contrasting European Union Policy Framings with Recreationists' Alternative Experiences of a Living Sea World
- 2024
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Ingår i: Society & Natural Resources. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0894-1920 .- 1521-0723. ; 37:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Several political and academic arenas have been turning their focus to the seas. In the EU, the need to govern and plan sustainable uses of the seas has primarily been expressed through the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSPD). This paper analyses the different sea worlds as well as conceptualizations of the sea, expressed by recreationists on one hand, who experience the sea in terms of connections and as unbounded and alive, and the marine management documents on the other, where the sea is portrayed as a passive utility in need of organization. It argues that using particular frameworks, the process of sea governance provides grounds for cognitive inequality. The paper contributes to ontological politics by empirically portraying how the 'protected sea' mingles with sea realities, such as 'free seas', and '(un)safe seas', whereas the latter two are underrepresented in the policy documents.
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- Morf, Andrea, 1968, et al.
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Climate Change Adaptation and Emerging Coastal Conflicts in Southern Sweden: Vellinge Municipality - A Paradigmatic Case Study
- 2012
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Ingår i: IGC Cologne 2012, Down To Earth, 32nd International Geographical Congress, 26.-30. August 2012.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In Sweden, like in many other European states, there is an increasing need to identify and formulate climate change adaptation strategies at national as well as regional and local level. The Swedish 2007 national report by the Commission on Climate and Vulnerability concluded that Sweden have to make a start in climate adaptation through increased responsibility on behalf of the municipalities in adapting physical planning to the risks of climate change and through the key role of the County Administration Boards in coordinating adaptation efforts at the regional level. Since then, municipalities vulnerable to climate change impacts has started to identify and propose adaptation measures (under the coordination and support by the County Administration Boards), and a few municipalities have even started the process of integration adaptation measures into their physical planning. However, the integration of adaptation measures into comprehensive plans is a new and complex task, causing 'new' conflicts of interests to emerge. For example: · Between the interests to retreat from, defend against or adapt to future climate risks · Between present and future nature- and human values · Between existing national and regional regulations of local physical planning and the need for local flexibility in physical planning in responding to uncertain, future climate change risks · Between national, regional and local interests in relation to climate change adaptation · Between different social groups (for example between temporary and permanent residents) Through a case study of the municipality of Vellinge, located in the southwestern part of Sweden with a population of approximately 30 000, we analyze the potential consequences (in terms of emergence of new conflicts of interests) of the detailed, physical adaptation measures that have been put forward in the draft municipality comprehensive plan of 2010. Furthermore, we discuss potential strategies to mitigate such emerging conflicts.
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- Morf, Andrea, 1968, et al.
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Scenario-Analysis of Land Use Conflicts Related To Climate-Change, Development and Conservation on the Falsterbo Peninsula in Vellinge Municipality
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- A whole bundle of conflicts arising on the Falsterbo peninsula in Vellinge municipality, at the urban fringe of Malmö metropolitan area in relation to management and mitigation of climate change have been the focus of this deliverable. The flat, sandy peninsula on the SW-corner of Sweden is highly attractive are for human residency and recreation at the same time as it is highly valuable for cultural and nature conservation reasons. Morover, it is highly exposed to weather and climate. Discussions on how to address climate change related problems such as erosion and sea-level rise have given rise to a whole bundle of new environmental- and user conflicts and old conflicts in new shapes. These are here analysed from a spatial land-use perspective. The methods used include DPSIR-analyis, factor analysis, scenario building, backcasting, based on extrapolations of land-uses and population in relation to the different scenarios. Based on a DPSIR analysis using documents and earlier work in WP 2 and 4, factor analysis, backcasting using both qualitative, spatial and numeric aspects have been performed and specified in the form of GIS-maps and analytical tables using a number of easily available indicators for land-use change. Three scenarios have been created to analyse potential land use conflicts and alternative management strategies: a) MIX: a combination of development/defence and conservation/retreat (basing on municipal proposals in Vellinge’s municipal comprehensive plan 2010); b) DEV (development): a development focused alternative, where residency and jobs and protection against sea level rise is in focus; and c) ECO (ecology and conservation): with focus on retreat from the most exposed areas. Each scenario leads to specific types of conflicts. The most important conflicts to be expected with sea level rise are related to densification of attractive detached house areas and historically interesting townscapes, building of dams in relation to overlapping different kinds of conservation interests that partially collide, and behavioral changes and economic effects especially if a retreat strategy is being chosen. Last but not least, the case raises also a dilemma in relation to the consumption of productive agricultural land, which during the last decades of increasingly open markets, cheap transports, and strong nature protection policy in European countries has come out of focus. The scenarios also include different management strategies: the ECO-scenario requires most pro-active behavioral change work, followed by the MIX-scenario, whereas an important characteristic of the DEV-scenario is the procrastination of problems and conflicts to the future. Conclusions are made both in relation to the scenarios and to the methodology used. The conflict potential is high with measures forcing people to move or change behavior. Conflict mitigation possibilities vary with regard to the basic assumptions in the 3 scenarios and the local conditions. Conclusions with regard to methodology include that GIS can be an interesting tool for scenario work with conflict analysis- and management in mind, but that it is important to keep things simple for understandability for stakeholders if used as a process tool and not mere research. Comparisons with other scenarios in SECOA may be difficult because of the very specific local situations and assumptions made in each scenario. Besides some general topical criteria and suggestions for methods, the selection of cases and collection data has been ad-hoc driven by interesting problems to analyse in specific cases and end-user contexts. A multiple case study design for direct comparison of mappings and especially quantitative data requires a beforehand overall-design. This is especially valid in relation to quantifications and percentages and the comparability of parameters selected as bases for these.
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- Morf, Andrea, 1968, et al.
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Transfer Report: Toolbox for local and urban resource management and conflict mitigation : SECOA Deliverable 7.2
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- This transfer report: "Toolbox for local and urban resource management and conflict mitigation", presents a synthesis of earlier SECOA research related to natural resource and conflict management in urban coastal areas and ongoing work in Work Package 7. One aim of this report is to inform a larger circle beyond the SECOA- community on important insights from the project and develop a guideline to identify relevant policy tools for the management of urban resources and related conflicts.
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- Polk, Merritt, 1962, et al.
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Redefining Human Ecology in the wake of university reforms: The case of Göteborg University
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Ingår i: Working paper presented at the Society for Human Ecology (SHE) conference in Bar Harbor, Maine.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- During the spring of 2006, the Swedish government passed a bill legislating that all Swedish Universities must integrate sustainable development in their curriculum. At Gothenburg University (GU) work to achieve this goal is being affected by two main processes. The first, the Bologna process, includes course and program development for internationalizing and standardizing university curriculum and degrees that is being carried out in countries in the EU. The second includes processes surrounding how the new legislation regarding sustainable development can be integrated into the university curriculum. Human ecology at GU has a long tradition of interdisciplinary curriculum that has focused on a problem driven analysis of the social, cultural and natural interactions that lie behind current environmental problems. This paper will present the new curriculum that is being developed at the Section of Human ecology with regard to both the Bologna internationalization process, as well as to how human ecology can stand as a core subject for education for sustainable development at GU. Some of the main areas that will be focused upon are: key topics and issues, theoretical and methodological integration, critical analytical and normative perspectives and the practical skills needed for working towards sustainable futures.
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