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Cross-Scale Value Trade-Offs in Managing Social-Ecological Systems: The Politics of Scale in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Aiz, Asim
dc.contributor.author Hirsch, Paul
dc.contributor.author Songorwa, Alexander
dc.contributor.author Mutekanga, David R.
dc.contributor.author O'Connor, Shelia
dc.contributor.author McShane, Thomas
dc.contributor.author Brosius, Peter
dc.contributor.author Norton, Bryan
dc.date.accessioned 2012-02-22T16:12:29Z
dc.date.available 2012-02-22T16:12:29Z
dc.date.issued 2011 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7839
dc.description.abstract "Management of social-ecological systems takes place amidst complex governance processes and cross-scale institutional arrangements that are mediated through politics of scale. Each management scenario generates distinct cross-scale trade-offs in the distribution of pluralistic values. This study explores the hypothesis that conservation-oriented management scenarios generate higher value for international and national scale social organizations, whereas mixed or more balanced management scenarios generate higher value for local scale social organizations. This hypothesis is explored in the management context of Ruaha National Park (RNP), Tanzania, especially the 2006 expansion of RNP that led to the eviction of many pastoralists and farmers. Five management scenarios for RNP, i.e., national park, game reserve, game control area, multiple use area, and open area, are evaluated in a multicriteria decision analytical framework on six valuation criteria: economic welfare; good governance; socio-cultural values; social equity; ecosystem services; and biodiversity protection; and at three spatial scales: local, national, and international. Based upon this evaluation, we discuss the politics of scale that ensue from the implementation of management alternatives with different mixes of conservation and development goals in social-ecological systems." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject biodiversity en_US
dc.subject conservation en_US
dc.subject complexity en_US
dc.subject valuation en_US
dc.subject social-ecological systems en_US
dc.title Cross-Scale Value Trade-Offs in Managing Social-Ecological Systems: The Politics of Scale in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.coverage.region Africa en_US
dc.coverage.country Tanzania en_US
dc.subject.sector General & Multiple Resources en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Ecology and Society en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 16 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 4 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth December en_US


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