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Effective communication is essential to the success of collaborative ecosystem management projects. In this paper, we investigated the dynamics of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Projects (ICBEMP) cross-disciplinary integration process in the assessment phase. Using a case study research design, we captured the rich trail of experience through conducting in-depth interviews and collecting information from internal and public documents, videos, and meetings related to the ICBEMP. Coding and analysis was facilitated by a qualitative analysis software, NVivo. Results include the range of internal perspectives on barriers and facilitators of cross-disciplinary integration in the Science Integration Team (SIT). These are arrayed in terms of discipline-based differences, organizational structures and activities, individual traits of scientists, and previous working relationships. The ICBEMP organization included a team of communication staffs (CT), and the data described the CT as a mixed group in terms of qualifications and educational backgrounds that played a major role in communication with actors external to the ICBEMP organization but a minor one in terms of internal communication. The data indicated that the CT-SIT communication was influenced by characteristics of actors and structures related to organizations and their cultures. We conclude that the ICBEMP members may not have had a sufficient level of shared understanding of central domains, such as the task at hand and ways and timing of information sharing. The paper concludes by suggesting that future ecosystem management assessment teams use qualified communications specialists to design and monitor the development of shared cognition among organization members in order to improve the effectiveness of communication and cross-disciplinary integration. 相似文献
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Dickinson N Macpherson G Hursthouse AS Atkinson J 《Environmental geochemistry and health》2009,31(2):253-272
It is well documented that micronutrient malnutrition is of increasing concern in the developing world, resulting in poor
health and high rates of mortality and morbidity. During pregnancy, deficiency of iron and zinc can produce cognitive and
growth impairment of the foetus, which may continue into infancy. Iron and zinc are essential micronutrients for both plant
growth and human nutrition. Despite significant work in the areas of soil fertility, crop biofortification and dietary interventions,
the problems of micronutrient deficiencies persist in Africa. There is a need to examine why communities have not embraced
intervention strategies which may offer health benefits. Bottom-up, interdisciplinary approaches are required to effectively
study the relationships between local communities and their environment, and to assess the impact their behaviour has on the
cycling of micronutrients within the soil–plant–human system. From a detailed consideration of diverse influencing factors,
a methodological model is suggested for studying the barriers to improving micronutrient uptake within rural communities.
It combines environmental understanding with health and social factors, emphasising the need for and potential benefits of
understanding and coherence in true interdisciplinary working. 相似文献
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The Challenges of Incorporating Cultural Ecosystem Services into Environmental Assessment 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Debra Satz Rachelle K. Gould Kai M. A. Chan Anne Guerry Bryan Norton Terre Satterfield Benjamin S. Halpern Jordan Levine Ulalia Woodside Neil Hannahs Xavier Basurto Sarah Klain 《Ambio》2013,42(6):675-684
The ecosystem services concept is used to make explicit the diverse benefits ecosystems provide to people, with the goal of improving assessment and, ultimately, decision-making. Alongside material benefits such as natural resources (e.g., clean water, timber), this concept includes—through the ‘cultural’ category of ecosystem services—diverse non-material benefits that people obtain through interactions with ecosystems (e.g., spiritual inspiration, cultural identity, recreation). Despite the longstanding focus of ecosystem services research on measurement, most cultural ecosystem services have defined measurement and inclusion alongside other more ‘material’ services. This gap in measurement of cultural ecosystem services is a product of several perceived problems, some of which are not real problems and some of which can be mitigated or even solved without undue difficulty. Because of the fractured nature of the literature, these problems continue to plague the discussion of cultural services. In this paper we discuss several such problems, which although they have been addressed singly, have not been brought together in a single discussion. There is a need for a single, accessible treatment of the importance and feasibility of integrating cultural ecosystem services alongside others. 相似文献
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Restoration ecology of riverine wetlands: I. A scientific base 总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10
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This paper reviews a workshop discussion postulated on the notion that social, economic and behavioural factors are responsible
for the creation of environmental hazards and benefits that, in turn, can affect human health, with concomitant effects on
future social well-being. The workshop case study centred on environmental health investigations, public engagement and partnership
work undertaken following the death of two neighbouring children in Cheshire. Discussion included questions of causality and
generalisability. It revealed how the attribution of responsibility for environmental damage to health is fraught with difficulties.
It may often militate against an informed and open debate among interested parties, with concomitant implications for reducing
the danger from environmental hazards. To improve communication, vocabulary needs to be free from jargon and acronyms, and
differences in conceptual approach between different disciplines need to be better understood. The definition of the ‘community’
is itself far from clear-cut, yet questions of how to involve this community in intervention processes are important ones.
The workshop identified a clear need for better, more considered forms of communication with communities and the public if
fears are to be allayed, but recognised the additional costs that this would incur. 相似文献
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This paper takes up the challenge of providing a conceptual power framework to be used in the context of sustainability research. First, challenges of sustainability research are discussed by focusing specifically on recent insights from Integrated Sustainability Assessment (ISA), and on that basis some requirements for concepts to be used in sustainability research are postulated. It is argued that two of the most important aspects of sustainability assessment research are the long-term dynamics of change and an interdisciplinary paradigm. Second, a dynamic power framework is presented that was developed in the context of research on socio-technical sustainability transitions, including the basics of this power framework as well as some empirical illustrations. Third, it is discussed how the presented power framework deals with time, change and long-term dynamics, and how this contributes to the state-of-the-art. Fourth, it is indicated how the power framework integrates interdisciplinary and ‘interparadigmaticatic’ research requirements, and how this contributes to the state-of-the art. In conclusion, the arguments are summarized and some challenges for future research are distilled. 相似文献