‘‘Generality of mis-fit’’? The real-life difficulty of matching scales in an interconnected world
A clear understanding of processes at multiple scales and levels is of special significance when conceiving strategies for human–environment interactions. However, understanding and application of the scale concept often differ between administrative-political and ecological disciplines. These mirro...
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ftunivturku:oai:www.utupub.fi:10024/157286 2023-05-15T16:11:54+02:00 ‘‘Generality of mis-fit’’? The real-life difficulty of matching scales in an interconnected world Jukka Käyhkö E. Carina H. Keskitalo Sonja Kivinen Bruce Forbes Tim Horstkotte maantiede, Geography 2606901 2022-10-27T12:14:49Z 742 752 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/157286 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-015-0757-2 en eng Springer Netherlands Netherlands Alankomaat NL 45 10.1007/s13280-015-0757-2 AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 6 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/157286 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-015-0757-2 URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042714638 1654-7209 0044-7447 2022 ftunivturku 2022-11-02T23:59:18Z A clear understanding of processes at multiple scales and levels is of special significance when conceiving strategies for human–environment interactions. However, understanding and application of the scale concept often differ between administrative-political and ecological disciplines. These mirror major differences in potential solutions whether and how scales can, at all, be made congruent. As a result, opportunities of seeking ‘‘goodness-of-fit’’ between different concepts of governance should perhaps be reconsidered in the light of a potential ‘‘generality of mis-fit.’’ This article reviews the interdisciplinary considerations inherent in the concept of scale in its ecological, as well as administrative-political, significance and argues that issues of how to manage ‘‘misfit’’ should be awarded more emphasis in social-ecological research and management practices. These considerations are exemplified by the case of reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia. Whilst an indigenous small-scale practice, reindeer husbandry involves multi-level ecological and administrative-political complexities—complexities thatwe argue may arise in any multi-level system. Other/Unknown Material Fennoscandia reindeer husbandry University of Turku: UTUPub |
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A clear understanding of processes at multiple scales and levels is of special significance when conceiving strategies for human–environment interactions. However, understanding and application of the scale concept often differ between administrative-political and ecological disciplines. These mirror major differences in potential solutions whether and how scales can, at all, be made congruent. As a result, opportunities of seeking ‘‘goodness-of-fit’’ between different concepts of governance should perhaps be reconsidered in the light of a potential ‘‘generality of mis-fit.’’ This article reviews the interdisciplinary considerations inherent in the concept of scale in its ecological, as well as administrative-political, significance and argues that issues of how to manage ‘‘misfit’’ should be awarded more emphasis in social-ecological research and management practices. These considerations are exemplified by the case of reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia. Whilst an indigenous small-scale practice, reindeer husbandry involves multi-level ecological and administrative-political complexities—complexities thatwe argue may arise in any multi-level system. |
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‘‘Generality of mis-fit’’? The real-life difficulty of matching scales in an interconnected world |
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‘‘generality of mis-fit’’? the real-life difficulty of matching scales in an interconnected world |
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