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Social-ecological Hotspots Mapping:

Social-ecological Hotspots Mapping: . An approach to understanding social-ecological space Andy Kliskey Lil Alessa Resilience and Adaptive Management Group University of Alaska Anchorage. Outline. Context - The Anthropocene Existing tools to understand social-ecological systems

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Social-ecological Hotspots Mapping:

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  1. Social-ecological Hotspots Mapping: An approach to understanding social-ecological space Andy Kliskey Lil Alessa Resilience and Adaptive Management Group University of Alaska Anchorage

  2. Outline • Context - The Anthropocene • Existing tools to understand social-ecological systems • Mapping perceptions – Kenai Peninsula landscape values • Mapping vulnerabilities – Seward Peninsula

  3. The Anthropocene • Currently human activities and/or residence largely occupy Earth • e.g. Ellis & Ramankutty, Front. Ecol. Environ. 2008 • recognizing coupled social-ecological systems . • Such systems must be studied differently than traditional disciplines currently do.

  4. Context • Location, distance, space matters Source: Kliskey & Byrom, 2004, Trans. In GIS

  5. Context • Hotspots as localities of intensity or coincidence

  6. Kenai Peninsula study Source: Alessa, Kliskey, Brown. Landscape & Urban Planning. 2008.

  7. Kenai Peninsula study • Social survey techniques linked to GIS • 561 useable surveys • 23% response rate • Mapping exercise • Where important values are located • Weighting (0-50) of the importance of that value at that location

  8. Landscape values • Aesthetic – areas / places valued for scenery • Biological – valued for plant, animal, wildlife habitat • Cultural – valued as locales for passing down traditional knowledge • Recreation – valued for recreation activities and experiences • Subsistence – valued for provision of food and materials • Economic, Future, Historic, Intrinsic, Learning, Spiritual, Therapeutic, Wilderness

  9. Kenai Peninsula study • Point density mapping • Kernel density

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  16. Kenai Peninsula study Key Points • A single space will host a plurality of values, including social ones held by different communities. • Management of natural resources often assumes a standard set of values. • Biophysical measures on their own do not convey enough information to ensure their sustainability over time.

  17. Mapping vulnerability to change • Vulnerability mapping on Seward Peninsula • Community-derived (salmon habitat, permafrost distribution, proximity to streams, traditional use, mining sites) Source: Alessa, Kliskey, et al. Global Environmental Change, 2008.

  18. Existing and Future Directions • Distancing of society from resources Source: Alessa, Kliskey, Williams. Polar Geography, 2007.

  19. Summary • Important role for perceptions of biophysical state (resources) • Need to include the human state • Socio-ecological systems • Need for new approaches toward understanding, representing, and modeling social-ecological space • Acknowledgements: EPSCoR, Alaska SeaGrant, Greg Brown, Sean Mack, Paula Williams

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