IFF Social Ecology e-Newsletter Nr. 35 – August 2016

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New Book – Out Now!

Land Use Competition. Ecological, Economic and Social Perspectives

J. Niewöhner, A. Bruns, P. Hostert, T. Krueger, J.Ø. Nielsen, H. Haberl, C. Lauk, J. Lutz, D. Müller (Eds.)
Land Use Competition. Ecological, Economic and Social Perspectives
Series: Human-Environment Interactions, Vol. 6
Springer, 2016

Contributors from the Institute of Social Ecology:
L. Bartels, H. Haberl, C. Lauk, J. Lutz, A. Mayer, M. Pichler, G. Pollack, A. Schaffartzik, C. Spitzbart-Glasl, M. Theurl

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Provides new conceptual frames for analyzing land use competition
Offers a diverse range of case studies, reflecting the global context of research
Bridges various disciplines to encourage and enable interdisciplinary collaboration?

This book contributes to broadening the interdisciplinary knowledge basis for the description, analysis and assessment of land use practices. It presents conceptual advances grounded in empirical case studies on four main themes: distal drivers, competing demands on different scales, changing food regimes and land-water competition.
Competition over land ownership and use is one of the key contexts in which the effects of global change on social-ecological systems unfold. As such, understanding these rapidly changing dynamics is one of the most pressing challenges of global change research in the 21st century. This book contributes to a deeper understanding of the manifold interactions between land systems, the economics of resource production, distribution and use, as well as the logics of local livelihoods and cultural contexts. It addresses a broad readership in the geosciences, land and environmental sciences, offering them an essential reference guide to land use competition.

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Kohlenstoffumsatz in Ökosystemen wird durch Landnutzung doppelt so schnell

Um Klimawandel zu verstehen und weitere Entwicklungen verlässlicher vorhersagen zu können, ist mehr Wissen über den globalen Kohlenstoffkreislauf nötig. Bisher ist weitgehend unbekannt, wie lange Kohlenstoff in der Biomasse verbleibt, bevor er wieder in den Kreislauf, also in die Atmosphäre oder Böden, weitergegeben wird (biomass turnover time), und welche Faktoren diese zentrale Größe beeinflussen. Eine aktuelle Publikation in Nature Geoscience zeigt nun, dass sich die Geschwindigkeit des Kohlenstoffumsatzes in der Vegetation durch den Einfluss des Menschen verdoppelt.

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Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Neues Buch zu den Wechselwirkungen von Gesellschaft und Natur

Ein neues Buch, das rechtzeitig zum 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology 2016 in Wien erscheint, präsentiert den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft der Wiener Schule der Sozialen Ökologie. Das konzeptuelle Repertoire der Sozialen Ökologie wird darin in seiner Breite und mit einer Vielzahl an empirischen Studien und neuen Ergebnissen dargestellt.

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IFF Social Ecology e-Newsletter Nr. 34 – June 2016

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Social Ecology. Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space

H. Haberl, M. Fischer-Kowalski, F. Krausmann, V. Winiwarter (Eds.)
Social Ecology. Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space.
Series: Human-Environment Interactions, Vol. 5
Springer, 2016

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The book comprehensively presents the current state-of-the-art of the Vienna School of Social Ecology
The conceptual repertoire of Social Ecology is exemplified by a cornucopia of empirical studies presenting exciting original research
The book differs from most edited volumes by its high internal consistency achieved through stringent editing and organization of several author’s workshops
Method Précis outline socioecological research methods and guide the reader to more detailed methodological publications through carefully selected references
Due to its nature, the book is suitable for classroom use, as a primer and overview of Social Ecology as well as its current research frontiers

This book presents the current state of the art in Social Ecology as practiced by the Vienna School of Social Ecology, globally one of the main research groups in this field. As a significant contribution to the growing literature on interdisciplinary sustainability studies, the book introduces the purpose and nature of Social Ecology and then places the “Vienna School” within the broader context of socioecological and other interdisciplinary environmental approaches. The conceptual and methodological foundations of Social Ecology are discussed in detail, allowing the reader to obtain a broad overview of current socioecological thinking. Issues covered include socio-metabolic transitions, socioecological approaches to land use, the relation between actor-centered and system approaches, a socioecological theory of labor and the importance of legacies, as conceived in Environmental History and in Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research. To underpin this overview empirically, the strengths of socioecological research are elucidated in cases of cutting-edge research, introducing a variety of themes the Vienna School has been tackling empirically over the past years.

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