Perceptions of change in southwest Yukon land and socialscapes: Implications for the study of cumulative effects and social thresholds
Dates
Year
2008
Citation
Christensen, Lisa Marie, 2008, Perceptions of change in southwest Yukon land and socialscapes: Implications for the study of cumulative effects and social thresholds: University of Alberta (Canada).
Summary
This research focuses on contemporary and historical relationships between landscape change and human impacts in southwest Yukon, Canada, in order to bring to light the nature of cumulative social effects, and culturally appropriate methodologies that may be used for their evaluation. Results were acquired through twenty eight semi-structured interviews with natural resource managers, health and social workers, First Nations, and non-First Nations residents, in which resource development, and other important local markers of change were topics of discussion. Social thresholds are also developed from these results for their use in supporting resource management decisions. Resilience theory plays a center role in this work, because it [...]
Summary
This research focuses on contemporary and historical relationships between landscape change and human impacts in southwest Yukon, Canada, in order to bring to light the nature of cumulative social effects, and culturally appropriate methodologies that may be used for their evaluation. Results were acquired through twenty eight semi-structured interviews with natural resource managers, health and social workers, First Nations, and non-First Nations residents, in which resource development, and other important local markers of change were topics of discussion. Social thresholds are also developed from these results for their use in supporting resource management decisions. Resilience theory plays a center role in this work, because it provides a unique framework for understanding human responses to change and recognizing the diverse roles people play as agents and recipients of change, particularly in terms of how social learning, over time, is applied to manage new resource activities. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
