Selecting Socio-Economic Metrics for Watershed Management |
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Authors: | Lois Wright Morton Steve Padgitt |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 303 East Hall, Ames, Iowa |
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Abstract: | The selection of social and economic metrics to document baseline conditions and analyze the dynamic relationships between
ecosystems and human communities are important decisions for scientists, managers, and watershed citizens. A large variety
of social and economic data is available but these have limited use without theoretical frameworks. In this paper, several
frameworks for reviewing social-ecosystem relations are offered, namely social sanctions, sense of place, civic structure,
and cultural differences. Underlying all of these frameworks are attitudes, beliefs, values, and norms that affect which questions
are asked and which indicators are chosen. Much work and significant challenges remain in developing a standard set of spatially
based socio-economic metrics for watershed management. |
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Keywords: | socio-economic metrics social sanctions norms and values sense of place civic structure culture watershed watershed management community |
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