共查询到20条相似文献,搜索用时 31 毫秒
1.
Threshold-Based Resource Management: A Framework for Comprehensive Ecosystem Management 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
The problems posed by adaptive management for improved ecosystem health are reviewed. Other kinds of science-informed ecosystem
management are needed for those regions of conflict between rapid human population growth, increased resource extraction,
and the rising demand for better environmental amenities, where large-scale experiments are not feasible. One new framework
is threshold-based resource management. Threshold-based resource management guides management choices among four major science
and engineering approaches to achieve healthier ecosystems: self-sustaining ecosystem management, adaptive management, case-by-case
resource management, and high-reliability management. As resource conflicts increase over a landscape (i.e., as the ecosystems
in the landscape move through different thresholds), management options change for the environmental decision-maker in terms
of what can and cannot be attained by way of ecosystem health. The major policy and management implication of the framework
is that the exclusive use or recommendation of any one management regime, be it self-sustaining, adaptive, case-by-case, or
high-reliability management, across all categories of ecosystems within a heterogeneous landscape that is variably populated
and extractively used is not only inappropriate, it is fatal to the goals of improved ecosystem health. The article concludes
with detailed proposals for environmental decision-makers to undertake “bandwidth management” in ways that blend the best
of adaptive management and high-reliability management for improved ecosystem health while at the same time maintaining highly
reliable flows of ecosystem services, such as water. 相似文献
2.
Role of Adaptive Management for Watershed Councils 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Habron G 《Environmental management》2003,31(1):0029-0041
Recent findings in the Umpqua River Basin in southwestern Oregon illustrate a tension in the rise of both community-based
and watershed-based approaches to aquatic resource management. While community-based institutions such as watershed councils
offer relief from the government control landowners dislike, community-based approaches impinge on landowners' strong belief
in independence and private property rights. Watershed councils do offer the local control landowners advocate; however, institutional
success hinges on watershed councils' ability to reduce bureaucracy, foster productive discussion and understanding among
stakeholders, and provide financial, technical, and coordination support. Yet, to accomplish these tasks current watershed
councils rely on the fiscal and technical capital of the very governmental entities that landowners distrust. Adaptive management
provides a basis for addressing the apparent tension by incorporating landowners' belief in environmental resilience and acceptance
of experimentation that rejects “one size fits all solutions.” Therefore community-based adaptive watershed management provides
watershed councils a framework that balances landowners' independence and fear of government intrusion, acknowledges the benefits
of community cooperation through watershed councils, and enables ecological assessment of landowner-preferred practices. Community-based
adaptive management integrates social and ecological suitability to achieve conservation outcomes by providing landowners
the flexibility to use a diverse set of conservation practices to achieve desired ecological outcomes, instead of imposing
regulations or specific practices. 相似文献
3.
J. M. Evans A. C. Wilkie J. Burkhardt 《Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics》2009,22(2):169-180
Our recent paper advocating adaptive management of invasive nonnative species (INS) in Kings Bay, Florida received detailed
responses from both Daniel Simberloff, a prominent invasion biologist, and Mark Sagoff, a prominent critic of invasion biology.
Simberloff offers several significant lines of criticism that compel detailed rebuttals, and, as such, most of this reply
is dedicated to this purpose. Ultimately, we find it quite significant that Simberloff, despite his other stated objections
to our paper, apparently agrees with our argument that proposals for alternative management of established INS (i.e., alternatives
to minimization/eradication) should not be rejected on an a␣priori basis. We argue that more specific development and application
of adaptive approaches toward INS management, whether in Kings Bay or other appropriate case studies, would be facilitated
if ecosystem managers and invasion biologists follow Simberloff’s lead on this key point. While Sagoff largely shares (and,
indeed, served as a primary source for developing) our general arguments that challenge common moral and scientific assumptions
associated with invasion biology, he does question our suggestion that participatory adaptive management provides an appropriate
framework for approaching environmental problems in which science and politics are inherently entangled. We attempt to answer
this criticism through a brief sketch of what participatory adaptive management might look like for Kings Bay and how such
an approach would differ from past management approaches. 相似文献
4.
The adaptive management leitmotiv of “learning to manage and managing to learn” sets out an attractive agenda for dealing
with the overwhelming complexity of environmental phenomena that humans have problematized. To ensure that this rallying cry
translates into effective action, it is important to give consideration to structures and procedures for facilitating the
efforts of those willing or able to respond to the adaptive management call. To date, calls to establish the right organization
to coordinate multiagency responses have tended to emphasize the noun, or bounded-entity, sense of the word organization.
We believe that this is at the expense of its other, verb or process, connotation. In this paper, rather than searching for
the perfect organization structure that mandates mutual trust and collective action shaped by all relevant parties' perspectives
and possible contributions, we direct attention towards the process of nurturing integrated adaptive responses among individuals
who have diverse organizational allegiances. By shifting the balance towards the process connotation of the right organization,
we hope that a new mindscape can be discerned for those interested in putting adaptive management principles into practice.
We seek to conjure up an image of this mindscape through the phrase “learning to network and networking to learn,” and set
out to strengthen this by demonstrating how adaptive response networks can arise from the mutually defining relationship between
stakeholders and issues. This is demonstrated through a local response to the United Kingdom's National Air Quality Strategy. 相似文献
5.
Williams BK 《Journal of environmental management》2011,92(5):1371-1378
Adaptive management is a framework for resource conservation that promotes iterative learning-based decision making. Yet there remains considerable confusion about what adaptive management entails, and how to actually make resource decisions adaptively. A key but somewhat ambiguous distinction in adaptive management is between active and passive forms of adaptive decision making. The objective of this paper is to illustrate some approaches to active and passive adaptive management with a simple example involving the drawdown of water impoundments on a wildlife refuge. The approaches are illustrated for the drawdown example, and contrasted in terms of objectives, costs, and potential learning rates. Some key challenges to the actual practice of AM are discussed, and tradeoffs between implementation costs and long-term benefits are highlighted. 相似文献
6.
This article critically reviews the evolution of urban environmental management in Shanghai since 1978. Established in a transitional
postsocialist economy and shaped by a spectacular urban redevelopment process, the current environmental management framework
of Shanghai has succeeded in mitigating major industrial pollution and improving urban amenities with unprecedented pace and
magnitude. However, it generally failed to take social equity and environmental justice issues into consideration. Based on
Haughton’s models of sustainable urban development, this article proposes four priorities and five principles within the framework
of a fair shares cities model for the future environmental management of Shanghai and briefly discusses their policy implications
and implementation issues. The authors argue that Haughton’s approach is relevant to Shanghai’s case because the essence of
his argument—the multidimensional equity principles—is the core of the concept of sustainable development. 相似文献
7.
Abstract Many local authorities use standardized environmental management systems (EMSs) to improve their environmental management. These authorities often find it difficult to manage environmental impact caused by their exercise of authority i.e. indirect environmental impact (IEI) within their EMSs. Since this is connected to their core activities, it is important to understand how IEI could be more efficiently managed with respect to EMS work. The purpose for this paper is to study if and how IEI could be managed within the framework of EMS. In this study we have identified two different approaches to managing IEI. Because managing IEI is complex, it is often ignored when initiating EMSs or managed by explicitly avoid mentioning the concept. Managing IEI is seen as a matter of maturity within the organization. The paper concludes with a discussion regarding a developed definition of IEI and how management of IEI could be facilitated. 相似文献
8.
Adaptive management is an approach to managing natural resources that emphasizes learning from the implementation of policies
and strategies. Adaptive management appears to offer a solution to the management gridlock caused by increasing complexity
and uncertainty. The concept of adaptive management has been embraced by natural resource managers worldwide, but there are
relatively few published examples of adaptive management in use. In this article, we explore two watershed management projects
in southeastern Australia to better understand the potential of adaptive management in regional scale programs through qualitative,
case study–based investigation. The program logic of one case implies the use of passive adaptive management, whereas the
second case claims to be based on active adaptive management. Data were created using participant observation, semistructured
interviews with individuals and groups, and document review. Using thematic content and metaphor analysis to explore the case
data, we found that each case was successful as an implementation project. However, the use of both passive and active adaptive
management was constrained by deeply entrenched social norms and institutional frameworks. We identified seven “imperatives”
that guided the behavior of project stakeholders, and that have consequences for the use of adaptive management. Reference
to recent evaluations of the Adaptive Management Areas of the Pacific Northwest of the United States suggests that some of
these imperatives and their consequences have broad applicability. The implications of our findings are discussed, and suggestions
for improving the outcomes of regional scale adaptive management are provided. 相似文献
9.
Many local authorities use standardized environmental management systems (EMSs) to improve their environmental management. These authorities often find it difficult to manage environmental impact caused by their exercise of authority i.e. indirect environmental impact (IEI) within their EMSs. Since this is connected to their core activities, it is important to understand how IEI could be more efficiently managed with respect to EMS work. The purpose for this paper is to study if and how IEI could be managed within the framework of EMS. In this study we have identified two different approaches to managing IEI. Because managing IEI is complex, it is often ignored when initiating EMSs or managed by explicitly avoid mentioning the concept. Managing IEI is seen as a matter of maturity within the organization. The paper concludes with a discussion regarding a developed definition of IEI and how management of IEI could be facilitated. 相似文献
10.
Kenneth D. Genskow 《Environmental management》2009,43(3):411-424
Experience with collaborative approaches to natural resource and environmental management has grown substantially over the
past 20 years, and multi-interest, shared-resources initiatives have become prevalent in the United States and internationally.
Although often viewed as “grass-roots” and locally initiated, governmental participants are crucial to the success of collaborative
efforts, and important questions remain regarding their appropriate roles, including roles in partnership initiation. In the
midst of growing governmental support for collaborative approaches in the mid-1990s, the primary natural resource and environmental
management agency in Wisconsin (USA) attempted to generate a statewide system of self-sustaining, collaborative partnerships,
organized around the state’s river basin boundaries. The agency expected the partnerships to enhance participation by stakeholders,
leverage additional resources, and help move the agency toward more integrated and ecosystem-based resource management initiatives.
Most of the basin partnerships did form and function, but ten years after this initiative, the agency has moved away from
these partnerships and half have disbanded. Those that remain active have changed, but continue to work closely with agency
staff. Those no longer functioning lacked clear focus, were dependent upon agency leadership, or could not overcome issues
of scale. This article outlines the context for state support of collaborative initiatives and explores Wisconsin’s experience
with basin partnerships by discussing their formation and reviewing governmental roles in partnerships’ emergence and change.
Wisconsin’s experience suggests benefits from agency support and agency responsiveness to partnership opportunities, but cautions
about expectations for initiating general-purpose partnerships. 相似文献
11.
The challenges currently facing resource managers are large-scale and complex, and demand new approaches to balance development and conservation goals. One approach that shows considerable promise for addressing these challenges is adaptive management, which by now is broadly seen as a natural, intuitive, and potentially effective way to address decision-making in the face of uncertainties. Yet the concept of adaptive management continues to evolve, and its record of success remains limited. In this article, we present an operational framework for adaptive decision-making, and describe the challenges and opportunities in applying it to real-world problems. We discuss the key elements required for adaptive decision-making, and their integration into an iterative process that highlights and distinguishes technical and social learning. We illustrate the elements and processes of the framework with some successful on-the-ground examples of natural resource management. Finally, we address some of the difficulties in applying learning-based management, and finish with a discussion of future directions and strategic challenges. 相似文献
12.
Environmental management systems (EMSs), such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001, can be used as a tool in China by industrial park managers to improve their environmental performance. This article uses the case of the Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone (DETDZ) to show how to establish a comprehensive environmental management system (CEMS) according to the ISO 14001 standard at the industrial park level by considering local realities. The particularly interesting feature of this case study is the use of a CEMS (in this case, ISO 14001) by the administrative group of the DETDZ to develop a more comprehensive approach to the wide range of environmental issues that they face in running the zone. In essence the goal is to address many of the issues at the level of the zone. The incentives, benefits, and barriers associated with implementing ISO 14001 are described. However, implementation of an EMS should not be thought of as the ultimate objective for an industrial parks environmental management. The next steps include encouraging further public participation and taking an integrated approach leading to an industrial ecosystem, which can realize better environmental performance at the industrial park level.
Yong Geng is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Dalhousie University. Raymond Côté is a professor at Dalhousie University. 相似文献
13.
Environmental governance and management are facing a multiplicity of challenges related to spatial scales and multiple levels
of governance. Water management is a field particularly sensitive to issues of scale because the hydrological system with
its different scalar levels from small catchments to large river basins plays such a prominent role. It thus exemplifies fundamental
issues and dilemmas of scale in modern environmental management and governance. In this introductory article to an Environmental Management special feature on “Multilevel Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale,” we delineate our understanding of problems
of scale and the dimensions of scalar politics that are central to water resource management. We provide an overview of the
contributions to this special feature, concluding with a discussion of how scalar research can usefully challenge conventional
wisdom on water resource management. We hope that this discussion of water governance stimulates a broader debate and inquiry
relating to the scalar dimensions of environmental governance and management in general. 相似文献
14.
Ana M. Nobre 《Environmental management》2009,44(1):185-204
An adaptation of the Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Response methodology is presented in this work. The differential DPSIR
(ΔDPSIR) was developed to evaluate impacts on the coastal environment and as a tool for integrated ecosystem management. The
aim of the ΔDPSIR is to provide scientifically-based information required by managers and decision-makers to evaluate previously
adopted policies, as well as future response scenarios. The innovation of the present approach is to provide an explicit link
between ecological and economic information related to the use and management of a coastal ecosystem within a specific timeframe.
The application of ΔDPSIR is illustrated through an analysis of developments in a Southwest European coastal lagoon between
1985 and 1995. The value of economic activities dependent on the lagoon suffered a significant reduction (ca. −60%) over that
period, mainly due to a decrease in bivalve production. During that decade the pressures from the catchment area were managed
(ca. 176 million Euros), mainly through the building of waste water treatment plants. Notwithstanding this, the ecosystem
state worsened with respect to abnormal clam mortalities due to a parasite infection and to benthic eutrophication symptoms
in specific problematic areas. The negative economic impacts during the decade were estimated between −565 and −315 million
Euros, of which 9–49% represent the cost of environmental externalities. Evaluation of these past events indicates that future
management actions should focus on reducing the limitation on local clam seeds, which should result in positive impacts to
both the local socio-economy and biodiversity. 相似文献
15.
Lisa V. Bardwell 《Environmental management》1991,15(5):603-612
The specter of environmental calamity calls for the best efforts of an involved public. Ironically, the way people understand
the issues all too often serves to discourage and frustrate rather than motivate them to action. This article draws from problem-solving
perspectives offered by cognitive psychology and conflict management to examine a framework for thinking about environmental
problems that promises to help rather than hinder efforts to address them.
Problem-framing emphasizes focusing on the problem definition. Since how one defines a problem determines one's understanding
of and approach to that problem, being able to redefine or reframe a problem and to explore the “problem space” can help broaden
the range of alternatives and solutions examined.
Problem-framing incorporates a cognitive perspective on how people respond to information. It explains why an emphasis on
problem definition is not part of people's typical approach to problems. It recognizes the importance of structure and of
having ways to organize that information on one's problem-solving effort. Finally, problem-framing draws on both cognitive
psychology and conflict management for strategies to manage information and to create a problem-solving environment that not
only encourages participation but can yield better approaches to our environmental problems. 相似文献
16.
17.
Reed MG 《Environmental management》2007,39(1):30-49
Advocates of community-based approaches to environmental management argue that by respecting local circumstances, skills,
and concerns we may improve the prospects of achieving environmental sustainability; yet, within nation states such as Canada,
environmental conditions, management and enforcement costs and capabilities, and power differentials within and among civic
and public sectors may result in a highly differentiated capacity for environmental management across different localities
and regions. This article draws on insights of political ecology to 1) create a conceptual framework that identifies key elements
shaping regional environmental management regimes and to 2) undertake a comparative analysis to assess how elements interact
to generate uneven management outcomes. I compare experiences of two Canadian biosphere reserves designated in 2000: Clayoquot
Sound, BC; and Redberry Lake, SK. Analysis reveals that differences in governance and institutional capacities in the biosphere
reserves are key to explaining uneven local outcomes. Where the public and civic sectors are strong, a robust and publicly
vetted form of management will emerge. Where these sectors are weak and land is held as private property, environmental nongovernmental
organizations can set the type and level of management, to the exclusion of effective civic and state involvement. This result
may improve environmental sustainability but hinder social sustainability of a management regime and raises questions about
the efficacy of community-based management. 相似文献
18.
Venkateswara R. Rao 《Environmental management》1995,19(3):313-320
Risk management practices under the current environmental regulations is a long, complex process that considers scientific,
technologic, and management factors to develop various regulatory standards and pollution control measures. Using the mandatory
enforcement approach, sometimes referred to as “command-and-control”, a set of preliminary environmental goals, such as better
air and water qualities, were achieved. However, the information-intensive nature of the risk management process and the lack
of flexibility in conventional regulatory methods to changing economic and technologic realities of the decade has created
interest among risk managers to examine some innovative management approaches. Above all, environmental problems of a global
scale require novel management methods while striving to achieve the desired environmental goals.
As the principal analytical tool in risk management, quantitative risk assessment exerts considerable influence on the risk
management process. Therefore, advances in risk management are closely associated with scientific developments that enhance
the risk assessment process, particularly those efforts aimed at improving human exposure and toxicity assessments. Market
incentives, information dissemination, creative enforcement practices, and interagency and intergovernmental interactions
were identified as the key elements of innovative environmental risk management practices. This paper will present an overview
of the emerging innovative risk management approaches. 相似文献
19.
Urban Environmental Management in Botswana: Toward a Theoretical Explanation ofPublic Policy Failure
ELISHA N. TOTENG 《Environmental management》2001,28(1):19-30
For the last three and half decades, Botswana has been widely acclaimed to be one of sub-Saharan Africa's longest and most
stable liberal democracies, coupled with and sustained by a growing economy. One of the major contradictions, however, within
this development scenario, has been the neglect of environmental problems in the country in general, and urban environmental
issues in particular.
Part of the problem fueling the misconception of environmental issues in Botswana is the state's domination of the country's
environmental agenda. This is linked to the power disjunction in decision-making and policy processes between state and nonstate
actors over the most appropriate course of action to tackle the problems. Without adopting appropriate analytical frameworks,
it is possible that the problem of urban environmental mismanagement in Botswana will persist. This article examines some
of the major urban environmental issues in Botswana from neighborhood, citywide, and urban–rural interface perspectives. Further,
the elite theory of public policy is used to explain constraints on policy change in the urban environmental management arena
in Botswana. 相似文献
20.
Criteria for the Assessment of Sustainable Water Management 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
Hedelin B 《Environmental management》2007,39(2):151-163
Pressure on the world’s water resources is increasing, restraining social and economic development in many countries, and
threatening ecological values in others. In order to manage water resources in a more sustainable manner, new planning methodologies/processes
for river basin management need to be developed. This study attempts to construct a set of useable normative criteria for
the analysis and evaluation of such processes. The criteria were designed as a response to the lack of deductive approaches
in the evaluation of methodologies and working procedures used in the context of river basin management, making it possible
to highlight their potential for sustainable development. The criteria are based on the twin concepts of participation and integration. These concepts function as well-established dimensions of both sustainable development and sustainable river basin management,
and they are of significant methodological relevance. A synthesis of the key aspects connected to the two concepts is undertaken,
based on a broad literature review. Focus is laid on how in methodological terms, and in relation to regional water management,
to achieve participation and integration in a decision-making or planning process. The criteria are concerned with how knowledge
and values are integrated into the planning process and how commitment, legitimacy, or acceptance for the resulting plan is
generated. 相似文献