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Resilience and Adaptability of Rice Terrace Social-Ecological Systems: A Case Study of a Local Community's Perception in Banaue, Philippines

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dc.contributor.author Castonguay, Adam C.
dc.contributor.author Burkhard, Benjamin
dc.contributor.author Müller, Felix
dc.contributor.author Horgan, Finbarr
dc.contributor.author Settele, Josef
dc.date.accessioned 2016-11-14T21:32:48Z
dc.date.available 2016-11-14T21:32:48Z
dc.date.issued 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/10196
dc.description.abstract "The social-ecological systems of rice terraces across Southeast Asia are the result of centuries of long-term interactions between human communities and their surrounding ecosystems. Processes and structures in these systems have evolved to provide a diversity of ecosystem services and benefits to human societies. However, as Southeast Asian countries experience rapid economic growth and related land-use changes, the remaining extensive rice cultivation systems are increasingly under pressure. We investigated the long-term development of ecosystem services and the adaptive capacity of the social-ecological system of rice terrace landscapes using a case study of Banaue (Ifugao Province, Northern-Luzon, Philippines). A set of indicators was used to describe and assess changes in the social-ecological state of the study system. The resilience of the rice terraces and the human communities that maintain them was examined by comparing the current state of the system with results from the literature. Our findings indicate that, although the social-ecological system has not yet shifted to an alternative state, pressures are increasing and some cultural ecosystem services have already been lost." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject adaptive systems en_US
dc.subject agroecology en_US
dc.subject complex systems en_US
dc.title Resilience and Adaptability of Rice Terrace Social-Ecological Systems: A Case Study of a Local Community's Perception in Banaue, Philippines en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.coverage.region East Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Philippines en_US
dc.subject.sector Agriculture en_US
dc.subject.sector Land Tenure & Use en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Ecology and Society en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 21 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 2 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth June en_US


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