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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Cross-scale value trade-offs in managing social-ecological systems: The politics of scale in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Ecology and Society, Volume 16, No. 4, Year 2011
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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. Copyright © 2011 by the author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Zia, Asim
United States, Burlington
The University of Vermont
Hirsch, Paul D.
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Songorwa, Alexander N.
Tanzania, Morogoro
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Mutekanga, David R.
Tanzania, Iringa
Ruaha National Park
O'Connor, Sheila
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
McShane, Thomas O.
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Brosius, Peter
United States, Athens
University of Georgia
Norton, Bryan
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
Statistics
Citations: 66
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.5751/ES-04375-160407
e-ISSN:
17083087
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Tanzania