A model integrating social-cultural concepts of nature into frameworks of interaction between social and natural systems

Andreas Muhar; Christopher M. Raymond; Riyan J.G. van den Born; Nicole Bauer; Kerstin Böck; Michael Braito; Arjen Buijs; Courtney Flint; Wouter T. de Groot; Christopher D. Ives; Tamara Mitrofanenko; Tobias Plieninger; Catherine Tucker; Carena J. van Riper

doi:10.1080/09640568.2017.1327424

A model integrating social-cultural concepts of nature into frameworks of interaction between social and natural systems

Andreas Muhar^*, Christopher M. Raymond, Riyan J.G. van den Born, Nicole Bauer, Kerstin Böck, Michael Braito, Arjen Buijs, Courtney Flint, Wouter T. de Groot, Christopher D. Ives, Tamara Mitrofanenko, Tobias Plieninger, Catherine Tucker, Carena J. van Riper

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Abstract

Existing frameworks for analysing interactions between social and natural systems (e.g. Social-Ecological Systems framework, Ecosystem Services concept) do not sufficiently consider and operationalize the dynamic interactions between people's values, attitudes and understandings of the human-nature relationship at both individual and collective levels. We highlight the relevance of individual and collective understandings of the human-nature relationship as influencing factors for environmental behaviour, which may be reflected in natural resource management conflicts, and review the diversity of existing social-cultural concepts, frameworks and associated research methods. Particular emphasis is given to the context-sensitivity of social-cultural concepts in decision-making. These aspects are translated into a conceptual model aiming not to replace but to expand and enhance existing frameworks. Integrating this model into existing frameworks provides a tool for the exploration of how social-cultural concepts of nature interact with existing contexts to influence governance of social-ecological systems.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Volume	61
Issue number	5-6
Pages (from-to)	756-777
Number of pages	22
ISSN	0964-0568
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1327424
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2018

Keywords

environmental behaviour
governance
human-nature relationship
social-ecological system

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Muhar, A., Raymond, C. M., van den Born, R. J. G., Bauer, N., Böck, K., Braito, M., Buijs, A., Flint, C., de Groot, W. T., Ives, C. D., Mitrofanenko, T., Plieninger, T., Tucker, C., & van Riper, C. J. (2018). A model integrating social-cultural concepts of nature into frameworks of interaction between social and natural systems. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61(5-6), 756-777. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1327424

Muhar, A, Raymond, CM, van den Born, RJG, Bauer, N, Böck, K, Braito, M, Buijs, A, Flint, C, de Groot, WT, Ives, CD, Mitrofanenko, T, Plieninger, T, Tucker, C & van Riper, CJ 2018, 'A model integrating social-cultural concepts of nature into frameworks of interaction between social and natural systems', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol. 61, no. 5-6, pp. 756-777. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1327424

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