Mediterranean land system dynamics and their underlying drivers: Stakeholder perception from multiple case studies
Catarina Esgalhado, Maria Helena Guimarães, Sylvie Lardon, Marta Debolini, Mario V. Balzan, Sabine Gennai-Schott, Marian Simón Rojo, Insaf Mekki, Salah Bouchemal
Abstract
• Land system dynamics from seven Mediterranean case studies are discussed. • Despite the diversity of contexts captured, transversal patterns were found. • Data shows disconnection between expected and desired futures. • Territorial actors can identify opportunities and actions towards desired futures. • Embedding actors within dynamics enables to frame local actions as drivers of change.
Topics & Concepts
Futures contractDisconnectionPerceptionDynamics (music)Environmental resource managementMediterranean climateGeographySystem dynamicsDiversity (politics)Economic geographyTransversal (combinatorics)EmbeddingStakeholderComputer scienceEnvironmental scienceBusinessPolitical scienceSociologyMathematicsArchaeologyPedagogyBiologyArtificial intelligenceLawPublic relationsMathematical analysisNeuroscienceFinanceRural development and sustainabilityLand Rights and ReformsLand Use and Ecosystem Services