Derek Katznelson, Antonia Sohns, Dongkyu Kim, Evelyn Roozee, William R Donner, Andrew M Song, Jasper R de Vries, Owen Temby, Gordon M Hickey
{"title":"Examining the presence and effects of coherence and fragmentation in the Gulf of Maine fishery management network.","authors":"Derek Katznelson, Antonia Sohns, Dongkyu Kim, Evelyn Roozee, William R Donner, Andrew M Song, Jasper R de Vries, Owen Temby, Gordon M Hickey","doi":"10.1007/s10113-024-02328-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10113-024-02328-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Natural resource management networks cohere due to mutual dependencies and fragment, in part, due to the perceived risks of interaction. However, research on these networks has tended to accept coherence a priori rather than problematizing dependence, and few studies exist on interorganizational risk perception. This article presents the results of a study operationalizing these concepts and measuring the distribution of three types of dependence (capital, legitimacy, and regulatory) and two types of perceived risk (performance and sanction) among nearly fifty stakeholder groups and organizations participating in the management of fisheries in the binational Gulf of Maine. The analysis reveals an organizationally diverse network with several stakeholder types participating, with communications clustered binationally, with low levels of perceived risk in interacting, and interdependencies cohering the network. The types of interorganizational dependence present varied across dyadic relationships, but legitimacy dependence, based on shared understandings that organizations should work together, was the most present and had the largest effect on collaboration-oriented network traits. Sanction risk was more common than performance risk but had the most substantial negative effect. The results suggest an opportunity for additional studies of interorganizational dependance and perceived risk to operationalize and measure the sources of network coherence and fragmentation and their effect on collaboration.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10113-024-02328-y.</p>","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"25 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11624248/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter John Robinson, Marjolijn van Schendel, Jeroen C J H Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Pieter van Beukering
{"title":"The non-market value of reclaiming natural landscape and biodiversity: a Dutch case study.","authors":"Peter John Robinson, Marjolijn van Schendel, Jeroen C J H Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Pieter van Beukering","doi":"10.1007/s10113-025-02418-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10113-025-02418-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biodiversity and natural landscapes have been lost over time due to global agricultural expansion and urbanization. Our study assesses the non-market economic value of reclaiming natural landscapes in the Zuid-Limburg region of the Netherlands, a country in which large-scale intensive agriculture dominates rural landscapes. Through a discrete choice experiment conducted among non-residents of Zuid-Limburg, we find that individuals planning to visit the area are willing to contribute a similar (insignificantly different) monetary amount toward conservation efforts in the area as those who do not plan to visit. This implies that the area is largely valued for its indirect use values and non-use values rather than its option values. We further find that societal concerns explain some preferences in the choice experiment. In particular, increased levels of concern about the Dutch nitrogen crisis relate to a higher preference for agricultural businesses to be contributing to nature-inclusive farming. More concern about built-up area leads to a higher preference for natural landscapes. Furthermore, individuals with more concern about extinction risk prefer fewer animal species in Zuid-Limburg with threatened status. Moreover, our study reveals that individuals with greater patience and higher household incomes are more willing to invest in conservation efforts.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10113-025-02418-5.</p>","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"25 3","pages":"80"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12149000/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144276738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robbert Biesbroek, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Katharine J Mach, Arthur C Petersen
{"title":"Adaptation planning in the context of a weakening and possibly collapsing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).","authors":"Robbert Biesbroek, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Katharine J Mach, Arthur C Petersen","doi":"10.1007/s10113-025-02434-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10113-025-02434-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate scientists have raised concerns about the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) or even its potential collapse in the future. Their messages should not hinder urgent adaptation to climate risks; rather, they underscore the growing need for adaptive planning across a range of possible futures, including high-impact, low-likelihood AMOC scenarios. There are five ways to consider the consequences of AMOC weakening or collapse in adaptation planning: (1) broaden the set of future adaptation scenarios considered; (2) develop adaptation pathways beyond the most likely range of possible outcomes; (3) create robustness and redundancy in adaptation portfolios; (4) expand the solution space, attuned to path dependencies and their implications; and (5) monitor emerging, weak signals of AMOC changes to inform adaptation planning. We argue that closer collaboration between climate scientists and the adaptation planning community is needed to generate timely, policy-relevant insights that can guide proactive and effective adaptation action.</p>","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"25 3","pages":"93"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12222237/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144576975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bram De Botselier, Lisanne Groen, Jean Hugé, Dave Huitema
{"title":"Explaining the adaptation gap in Dutch coastal risk management through lock-in mechanisms.","authors":"Bram De Botselier, Lisanne Groen, Jean Hugé, Dave Huitema","doi":"10.1007/s10113-025-02411-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10113-025-02411-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article investigates Dutch coastal risk management in light of recent scientific evidence on long-term sea level rise. While the so-called <i>Delta Programme</i>, meant as a national boost for flood safety, remains central to the Netherlands' coastal defence strategy, our analysis reveals that it does not offer sufficient protection beyond the year 2050. It is therefore evidence of a climate adaptation gap. Drawing on the concept of lock-ins, this study examines how certain mechanisms may be at play. The study uses a framework on \"adaptation lock-ins\" developed by Groen et al. (2022) in an attempt to study and explain this adaptation gap. A qualitative analysis of policy documents, secondary literature and semi-structured interviews with experts points to the existence of several lock-in mechanisms which are implied in the stagnation of Dutch coastal risk management. The insights gathered are relevant for practitioners and academics alike as it might be used to inform the upcoming revision of the <i>Delta Programme</i> in 2027. At the conceptual level, the study adds insights on previously undiscovered types of lock-ins, thus adding to the explanatory power of the lock-in concept. The article concludes that further research can focus on how lock-ins vary across time, regions or contexts, and how they can be addressed and overcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"25 3","pages":"86"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12165899/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hela Gasmi, J. Burte, Eduardo Sávio Passos Rodrigues Martins, Soumaya Younsi, Sylvie Morardet, Marcel Kuper
{"title":"A participatory approach for characterizing the resilience of rural water supply systems in semi-arid areas","authors":"Hela Gasmi, J. Burte, Eduardo Sávio Passos Rodrigues Martins, Soumaya Younsi, Sylvie Morardet, Marcel Kuper","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02161-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02161-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139444844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Kheiri, J. Kambouzia, Sajjad Rahimi-Moghaddam, S. M. Moghaddam, László Vasa, Hossein Azadi
{"title":"Effects of agro-climatic indices on wheat yield in arid, semi-arid, and sub-humid regions of Iran","authors":"M. Kheiri, J. Kambouzia, Sajjad Rahimi-Moghaddam, S. M. Moghaddam, László Vasa, Hossein Azadi","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02173-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02173-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"51 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139447174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Zango-Palau, Anaïs Jolivet, Miguel Lurgi, B. Claramunt-López
{"title":"A quantitative approach to the understanding of social-ecological systems: a case study from the Pyrenees","authors":"Anna Zango-Palau, Anaïs Jolivet, Miguel Lurgi, B. Claramunt-López","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02177-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02177-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139445887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wyclife Agumba Oluoch, Christian Borgemeister, João de Deus Vidal Junior, Tobias Fremout, Hannes Gaisberger, Cory Whitney, Christine B. Schmitt
{"title":"Predicted changes in distribution and richness of wild edible plants under climate change scenarios in northwestern Kenya","authors":"Wyclife Agumba Oluoch, Christian Borgemeister, João de Deus Vidal Junior, Tobias Fremout, Hannes Gaisberger, Cory Whitney, Christine B. Schmitt","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02175-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02175-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"19 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139445281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The adaptive cycles of woodlands, croplands, rangelands, and fisheries: developing a procedure to test the theory","authors":"Noortje Wauben, Alark Saxena","doi":"10.1007/s10113-023-02171-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02171-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"8 47","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139125006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel Mallo, Patrizia Ziveri, Sergio Rossi, Victoria Reyes-García
{"title":"Coastal marine habitats deterioration according to users' perception: the case of Cap de Creus Marine Protected Area (NE Spain).","authors":"Miguel Mallo, Patrizia Ziveri, Sergio Rossi, Victoria Reyes-García","doi":"10.1007/s10113-024-02322-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10113-024-02322-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Assessing how different users of a Marine Protected Area perceive environmental changes can contribute to design management strategies. We assess how locals and tourists perceive environmental changes in the Cap de Creus protected area (NW Mediterranean, Spain). To identify locally perceived changes, we first conducted semi-structured interviews with locals (<i>n</i> = 38). Reported environmental changes were then used to construct a survey applied to locals and tourists (<i>n</i> = 427). In semi-structured interviews, environmental changes were the least reported changes compared to economic and social changes; reports of negative environmental changes dominated over reports of positive environmental changes. Overall, all survey participants reported a decline of the health status of the local environment, with locals displaying higher levels of agreement with statements referring to coastal environmental deterioration than tourists. The predominance of responses reporting economic versus environmental changes can be explained by the recent radical transformation of the area towards tourism. Reports of coastal marine area deterioration are in line with available instrumental data. Higher levels of agreement with statements referring to environmental deterioration among locals than among tourists highlight the importance of people's connection with nature to assess change. Considering that Cap de Creus has been protected for more than two decades, our findings raise concerns regarding its ongoing deterioration and underscore the importance of monitoring the effectiveness of marine protection to modulate management strategies.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10113-024-02322-4.</p>","PeriodicalId":54502,"journal":{"name":"Regional Environmental Change","volume":"24 4","pages":"155"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11467071/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142481041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}