法学最新文献

英文中文

IF： -

Exploring the resource nexus between forest-based land restoration and food security: The case of the African great green wall initiative countries

IF 6 1区社会学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Land Use Policy

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107499

Ramoudane Orou Sannou , Edeltraud Guenther

Land restoration is often considered crucial for improving food security, although the complex causal relationship between the two remains unclear. Forests established through land restoration efforts can contribute positively by providing direct food sources or enhancing ecosystem services, yet afforestation efforts may have unintended negative impacts, such as reducing soil moisture and lowering water tables, which could potentially exacerbate food insecurity. This paper contributes to the literature by exploring the complex association between a large-scale forest-based land restoration project and food security in the African Great Green Wall (GGW) countries. We utilized FAO survey data on food insecurity from 2015 to 2019, along with near-real-time Land Use Land Cover classification (LULC) generated by deep learning on Sentinel 2 images. Our findings indicate that GGW countries have lower food insecurity compared to non-GGW countries over the considered years. An increase in forest cover, used as a proxy indicator of land restoration, is positively correlated with a reduction in food insecurity. We also find that food insecurity varies across GGW countries, depending on their overall country fragility level. By factoring in country fragility and social sustainability indicators, this study provides a nuanced perspective on how context-specific factors in GGW countries—such as land tenure policies and governance structures—shape food security outcomes. This study highlights the importance of aligning land restoration efforts with social goals, including food security, tenure security, human development, peace, and effective governance. Such an integrated approach can maximize the achievement of multiple social and environmental benefits, ensuring more sustainable and impactful outcomes.

{"title":"Exploring the resource nexus between forest-based land restoration and food security: The case of the African great green wall initiative countries","authors":"Ramoudane Orou Sannou , Edeltraud Guenther","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107499","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107499","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land restoration is often considered crucial for improving food security, although the complex causal relationship between the two remains unclear. Forests established through land restoration efforts can contribute positively by providing direct food sources or enhancing ecosystem services, yet afforestation efforts may have unintended negative impacts, such as reducing soil moisture and lowering water tables, which could potentially exacerbate food insecurity. This paper contributes to the literature by exploring the complex association between a large-scale forest-based land restoration project and food security in the African Great Green Wall (GGW) countries. We utilized FAO survey data on food insecurity from 2015 to 2019, along with near-real-time Land Use Land Cover classification (LULC) generated by deep learning on Sentinel 2 images. Our findings indicate that GGW countries have lower food insecurity compared to non-GGW countries over the considered years. An increase in forest cover, used as a proxy indicator of land restoration, is positively correlated with a reduction in food insecurity. We also find that food insecurity varies across GGW countries, depending on their overall country fragility level. By factoring in country fragility and social sustainability indicators, this study provides a nuanced perspective on how context-specific factors in GGW countries—such as land tenure policies and governance structures—shape food security outcomes. This study highlights the importance of aligning land restoration efforts with social goals, including food security, tenure security, human development, peace, and effective governance. Such an integrated approach can maximize the achievement of multiple social and environmental benefits, ensuring more sustainable and impactful outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"151 ","pages":"Article 107499"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143337943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Platformizing structural policy instruments? Fostering (infrastructural) power in the context of Digital Free Trade Zones

IF 3.4 2区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Geoforum

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104218

Sina Hardaker

Digital platforms are revolutionizing various sectors by altering existing framework conditions and reshaping the geography of economic activities. This study investigates the role of digital platforms in the establishment and operationalization of Digital Free Trade Zones (DFTZs) in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Malaysia. By conceptualizing DFTZs as an innovative evolution of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the paper explores how digital platforms like Alibaba extend their infrastructural power through the strategic integration of digital and physical infrastructures. It examines how the platform partners with governments to create ecosystems that facilitate cross-border e-commerce, potentially support SMEs, and mediate global supply chains. Drawing on expert interviews, the study uncovers the dual role of digital platforms as technological enablers and geopolitical actors, shaping trade policies and regional development. This paper advances theoretical discourse on platformization and infrastructural power, providing insights into how digital platforms redefine governance and economic dependencies in the global digital economy.

{"title":"Platformizing structural policy instruments? Fostering (infrastructural) power in the context of Digital Free Trade Zones","authors":"Sina Hardaker","doi":"10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104218","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104218","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital platforms are revolutionizing various sectors by altering existing framework conditions and reshaping the geography of economic activities. This study investigates the role of digital platforms in the establishment and operationalization of Digital Free Trade Zones (DFTZs) in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Malaysia. By conceptualizing DFTZs as an innovative evolution of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the paper explores how digital platforms like Alibaba extend their infrastructural power through the strategic integration of digital and physical infrastructures. It examines how the platform partners with governments to create ecosystems that facilitate cross-border e-commerce, potentially support SMEs, and mediate global supply chains. Drawing on expert interviews, the study uncovers the dual role of digital platforms as technological enablers and geopolitical actors, shaping trade policies and regional development. This paper advances theoretical discourse on platformization and infrastructural power, providing insights into how digital platforms redefine governance and economic dependencies in the global digital economy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12497,"journal":{"name":"Geoforum","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104218"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143259498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Race, Indigenous knowledge, and a relational alternative in fisheries policy research

IF 3.5 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Marine Policy

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106600

Nicole Latulippe

This paper responds to the contemporary academic and policy interest in bridging, integrating, and co-producing knowledge across Indigenous and non-Indigenous difference. I draw on my work on fish and fish relations with Nipissing First Nation (NFN), a Nbisiing Anishinaabeg community that governs its fishing activities according to community-derived law. In the form of critical policy analysis, I respond to three core research questions driving a national research partnership on Indigenous and Western knowledge systems in fisheries governance: (1) How and to what extent are different knowledge systems incorporated into fisheries governance and processes by Indigenous nations in Canada at national, regional and local scales? (2) Can varied Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) be used to improve the effectiveness of fisheries governance at national, regional, and local scales in Canada and internationally? (3) Can various IKS be used to inform and enhance an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management in Canada and internationally, given the complexities of ecosystems and additional uncertainties posed by climate-induced changes? Indigenous knowledge certainly could and already does improve the effectiveness of fisheries governance in Canada, but this occurs despite the dominant resource regulatory regime. At Lake Nipissing, NFN leadership and an exceptional case of provincial recognition and support for Nbisiing Anishinaabeg law and jurisdiction have resulted in the recovery of the lake’s most sought-after fish population. Ultimately, I argue against “knowing” racialized forms of difference and conclude with an alternative, relational approach to fisheries policy and knowledge research.

{"title":"Race, Indigenous knowledge, and a relational alternative in fisheries policy research","authors":"Nicole Latulippe","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106600","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106600","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper responds to the contemporary academic and policy interest in bridging, integrating, and co-producing knowledge across Indigenous and non-Indigenous difference. I draw on my work on fish and fish relations with Nipissing First Nation (NFN), a Nbisiing Anishinaabeg community that governs its fishing activities according to community-derived law. In the form of critical policy analysis, I respond to three core research questions driving a national research partnership on Indigenous and Western knowledge systems in fisheries governance: (1) How and to what extent are different knowledge systems incorporated into fisheries governance and processes by Indigenous nations in Canada at national, regional and local scales? (2) Can varied Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) be used to improve the effectiveness of fisheries governance at national, regional, and local scales in Canada and internationally? (3) Can various IKS be used to inform and enhance an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management in Canada and internationally, given the complexities of ecosystems and additional uncertainties posed by climate-induced changes? Indigenous knowledge certainly could and already does improve the effectiveness of fisheries governance in Canada, but this occurs despite the dominant resource regulatory regime. At Lake Nipissing, NFN leadership and an exceptional case of provincial recognition and support for Nbisiing Anishinaabeg law and jurisdiction have resulted in the recovery of the lake’s most sought-after fish population. Ultimately, I argue against “knowing” racialized forms of difference and conclude with an alternative, relational approach to fisheries policy and knowledge research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"175 ","pages":"Article 106600"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143203998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Implications of Chinese overseas mining operations for community-level social conflict

IF 3.6 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101619

Yu Cao

In the context of increasing foreign mining activities and their impacts, and the growing number of social conflicts resulting from mining operations, this paper investigates whether Chinese multinational corporation (MNC) investment is positively associated with social conflict, and if so, whether that relationship is a result of MNC practices, and/or other factors. Broadly speaking, scholars paint a picture in which China's political regime together with its national culture and its economic development path influence Chinese extractive MNCs’ activities abroad and might contribute to more social conflict. At the same time, scholars writing on extractive conflicts have argued that conflicts result from companies’ inadequate performances, especially regarding community engagement practices. That is, in this second view, social conflict is due to mistakes that any company could make; that is, there is no “Chinese way” of operating abroad. The paper asks: Are Chinese mining MNCs’ operations more prone to social conflict than non-Chinese MNCs’ operations? If so, how? To what extent do firm practices explain variation in conflict? Through quantitative and Geographical Information System (GIS) analysis of an original database of 1001 mining properties worldwide, this paper finds that Chinese MNCs do not confront more conflict than other foreign-owned MNCs. This finding has theoretical contributions as the results that Chinese mining MNCs do not perform worse threaten to falsify much of what has been discussed about Chinese mining firms, that they behave worse and cause conflict. The study contributes to our understanding of extractive conflict, with implications for the trajectory of extractive sectors and, in turn, alternative or sustainable development options.

{"title":"Implications of Chinese overseas mining operations for community-level social conflict","authors":"Yu Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101619","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101619","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of increasing foreign mining activities and their impacts, and the growing number of social conflicts resulting from mining operations, this paper investigates whether Chinese multinational corporation (MNC) investment is positively associated with social conflict, and if so, whether that relationship is a result of MNC practices, and/or other factors. Broadly speaking, scholars paint a picture in which China's political regime together with its national culture and its economic development path influence Chinese extractive MNCs’ activities abroad and might contribute to more social conflict. At the same time, scholars writing on extractive conflicts have argued that conflicts result from companies’ inadequate performances, especially regarding community engagement practices. That is, in this second view, social conflict is due to mistakes that <em>any</em> company could make; that is, there is no “Chinese way” of operating abroad. The paper asks: Are Chinese mining MNCs’ operations more prone to social conflict than non-Chinese MNCs’ operations? If so, how? To what extent do firm practices explain variation in conflict? Through quantitative and Geographical Information System (GIS) analysis of an original database of 1001 mining properties worldwide, this paper finds that Chinese MNCs do not confront more conflict than other foreign-owned MNCs. This finding has theoretical contributions as the results that Chinese mining MNCs do not perform worse threaten to falsify much of what has been discussed about Chinese mining firms, that they behave worse and cause conflict. The study contributes to our understanding of extractive conflict, with implications for the trajectory of extractive sectors and, in turn, alternative or sustainable development options.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 101619"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143301607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Beyond agroecology versus organics: Alternative farmer subgroups in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103587

Isaac Sohn Leslie

Alternative farmers vary widely in their social and environmental practices, yet scholars and practitioners tend to portray alternative farmers as either a single group or dualistically divided between “big organics” and the radical rest (“agroecology” in Argentina). Through observation and 50 interviews, I trace the economic and social networks of alternative farmers in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and find six subgroups: export organics, local organics, solidarity agroecology, unionized agroecology, extensive agroecology, and biodynamic agroecology. I argue that farmers' socioeconomic power and privilege mark the fault lines between subgroups and systematically affect farmers’ pathways into alternative agriculture, scale, crops grown, prioritization of labor, and relationship with the state. For alternative agriculture to realize its potential for environmental and social change, it must address the social and economic inequities among its farmers.

引用次数: 0

Prediction and spillover effects of forest expansion and management to increase carbon sinks in karst mountainous areas: A case study in Guizhou, China

IF 6 1区社会学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Land Use Policy

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107491

Meng Zhu , Zhongfa Zhou , Xiaopiao Wu , Jiaxue Wan , Jiale Wang , Jiajia Zheng , Rongping Liu , Fadong Li

Forest expansion and quality improvement in karst mountain areas are the main sources of carbon sink increases in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the carbon sink curve that responds to carbon neutrality goals through the expansion of forest areas and the improvement of forest management quality is still unclear, which limits our understanding of the spillover pathways of carbon sequestration benefits in karst mountainous areas. This study is based on the afforestation carbon sink methodology and improved forest management carbon sink calculation method and uses Guizhou Province, a typical karst mountainous area, as a case study. We simulated and predicted the carbon sink increase resulting from ecological engineering afforestation, as well as the potential carbon sink increase resulting from spatial expansion of afforested areas. We also estimated the increase in carbon sequestration associated with forest management and clarified the path for enhancing spillover effects. The results show that forest management has significant potential for increasing carbon sequestration under limited afforestation space and with increasing forest age. It is predicted that by 2060, the expansion of forest area will increase carbon sinks by 70.79 million t C, and the cumulative increase in carbon sinks through forest management will reach 777.08 million t C, which can contribute 2.92 %-3.74 % of China's carbon neutrality target. The accumulated carbon sink from the increase in forest area and forest management can achieve a climate regulating an ecological product value of approximately 309.27–352.92 billion yuan through the carbon trading market. In addition, this study proposes consolidating and enhancing the spillover effects of carbon sequestration in four dimensions: energy substitution for carbon reduction, ecological protection for carbon maintenance, forest area expansion for carbon expansion, and forest management carbon increase. The research results can provide a research basis and new perspectives for the contribution of forest expansion and management to carbon neutrality goals in karst mountainous areas and the resulting ecological and economic benefit spillovers.

{"title":"Prediction and spillover effects of forest expansion and management to increase carbon sinks in karst mountainous areas: A case study in Guizhou, China","authors":"Meng Zhu , Zhongfa Zhou , Xiaopiao Wu , Jiaxue Wan , Jiale Wang , Jiajia Zheng , Rongping Liu , Fadong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107491","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107491","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forest expansion and quality improvement in karst mountain areas are the main sources of carbon sink increases in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the carbon sink curve that responds to carbon neutrality goals through the expansion of forest areas and the improvement of forest management quality is still unclear, which limits our understanding of the spillover pathways of carbon sequestration benefits in karst mountainous areas. This study is based on the afforestation carbon sink methodology and improved forest management carbon sink calculation method and uses Guizhou Province, a typical karst mountainous area, as a case study. We simulated and predicted the carbon sink increase resulting from ecological engineering afforestation, as well as the potential carbon sink increase resulting from spatial expansion of afforested areas. We also estimated the increase in carbon sequestration associated with forest management and clarified the path for enhancing spillover effects. The results show that forest management has significant potential for increasing carbon sequestration under limited afforestation space and with increasing forest age. It is predicted that by 2060, the expansion of forest area will increase carbon sinks by 70.79 million t C, and the cumulative increase in carbon sinks through forest management will reach 777.08 million t C, which can contribute 2.92 %-3.74 % of China's carbon neutrality target. The accumulated carbon sink from the increase in forest area and forest management can achieve a climate regulating an ecological product value of approximately 309.27–352.92 billion yuan through the carbon trading market. In addition, this study proposes consolidating and enhancing the spillover effects of carbon sequestration in four dimensions: energy substitution for carbon reduction, ecological protection for carbon maintenance, forest area expansion for carbon expansion, and forest management carbon increase. The research results can provide a research basis and new perspectives for the contribution of forest expansion and management to carbon neutrality goals in karst mountainous areas and the resulting ecological and economic benefit spillovers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"151 ","pages":"Article 107491"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143337944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Framing the flames: Addressing public disengagement through fear framings in Australian bushfire preparedness campaign videos

IF 3.4 2区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Geoforum

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104215

Deniz Yildiz, Chloe Lucas, Aidan Davison

As bushfire seasons lengthen and intensify due to climate change, Australian fire agencies express concern about widespread public complacency and unpreparedness for bushfire. Agencies address this problem through public communication, relying particularly on short-form video campaigns in doing so. Building on previous quantitative analysis of Australian bushfire preparedness video campaigns, we present an in-depth qualitative examination of four videos that headlined fire agencies’ public communication campaigns between 2015 and 2022. We identify a dominant survivalist frame which assumes that public fear of bushfire is a precondition to rational preparation for bushfire risk informed by agency expertise. Preparedness is presented as a survivalist response to imminent threats to life and private property. This frame privileges individualistic, privatised and reactive forms of bushfire preparedness. In contrast, the most recent of the videos we study, coming after the 2019–20 Black Summer fires, indicates the presence of a collectivist frame. This frame presents collaborative forms of proactive, on-going preparation in the face of shared dangers as empowerment, with bushfire understood as a normal part of Australian life. In the context of research showing that fear appeals may entrench the disengagement they are designed to puncture, our analysis suggests that a dominant survivalist framing of preparedness aligns with institutional logics within fire agencies to weaken the effectiveness of public bushfire communication. These logics do so by privileging technical expertise that undervalues social diversity and social context and reduces complex dynamics of information and emotion to a critique of complacency. The presence of a counter-frame emphasising collectivist modes of preparedness raises important questions about opportunities to reduce reliance on fear-based bushfire communication.

{"title":"Framing the flames: Addressing public disengagement through fear framings in Australian bushfire preparedness campaign videos","authors":"Deniz Yildiz, Chloe Lucas, Aidan Davison","doi":"10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104215","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104215","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As bushfire seasons lengthen and intensify due to climate change, Australian fire agencies express concern about widespread public complacency and unpreparedness for bushfire. Agencies address this problem through public communication, relying particularly on short-form video campaigns in doing so. Building on previous quantitative analysis of Australian bushfire preparedness video campaigns, we present an in-depth qualitative examination of four videos that headlined fire agencies’ public communication campaigns between 2015 and 2022. We identify a dominant survivalist frame which assumes that public fear of bushfire is a precondition to rational preparation for bushfire risk informed by agency expertise. Preparedness is presented as a survivalist response to imminent threats to life and private property. This frame privileges individualistic, privatised and reactive forms of bushfire preparedness. In contrast, the most recent of the videos we study, coming after the 2019–20 Black Summer fires, indicates the presence of a collectivist frame. This frame presents collaborative forms of proactive, on-going preparation in the face of shared dangers as empowerment, with bushfire understood as a normal part of Australian life. In the context of research showing that fear appeals may entrench the disengagement they are designed to puncture, our analysis suggests that a dominant survivalist framing of preparedness aligns with institutional logics within fire agencies to weaken the effectiveness of public bushfire communication. These logics do so by privileging technical expertise that undervalues social diversity and social context and reduces complex dynamics of information and emotion to a critique of complacency. The presence of a counter-frame emphasising collectivist modes of preparedness raises important questions about opportunities to reduce reliance on fear-based bushfire communication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12497,"journal":{"name":"Geoforum","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 104215"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143259497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

How does social acceptance affect transition minerals production in Europe? A system dynamics approach and case study in Portugal

IF 3.6 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101625

Alaize Dall-Orsoletta , Brunilde Verrier , Mauricio Uriona-Maldonado , Géremi Gilson Dranka , Paula Ferreira

Against the backdrop of competing interests between mining developments, energy transition minerals procurement, and local communities striving to preserve their heritage and livelihoods, this paper delves into the dynamics between mining and social acceptance. Drawing from a participatory approach, the study offers qualitative and quantitative insights into this complex relationship. Cause-and-effect links surrounding social acceptance and mining activities are represented in a causal loop diagram (CLD), which illustrates how social acceptance is affected by trust, perceived procedural fairness, socioeconomic and environmental impacts, and (mis)alignment between government's and community's interests. The conceptual diagram aided the development of an adaptable quantitative system dynamics model, which is applied to a case study, the Barroso lithium project in Northern Portugal. Analysis reveals how low levels of social acceptance during initialisation and across the project lifecycle can lead to a significant decrease in operational performance and the amount of lithium recovered, while attempts to obtain the social licence to operate (SLO) are highly dependent on building genuine trust. The relevance of trust-building delays for decarbonisation agendas is also discussed. The paper concludes by delineating a future research agenda that points to embedding community engagement as core rather than side practice to leverage industry and policy decision-making towards just energy transitions.

在矿业发展、能源转型矿产采购以及当地社区努力保护其遗产和生计之间存在利益竞争的背景下，本文深入探讨了矿业与社会认可之间的动态关系。本研究采用参与式方法，从定性和定量两个方面深入探讨了这一复杂关系。围绕社会接受度和采矿活动的因果关系用因果循环图（CLD）来表示，说明了社会接受度如何受到信任、程序公平性、社会经济和环境影响以及政府和社区利益（不一致）的影响。该概念图有助于开发一个可调整的定量系统动力学模型，并将其应用于葡萄牙北部巴罗佐锂电项目的案例研究。分析揭示了在项目初始阶段和整个项目生命周期中，低水平的社会认可会如何导致运营绩效和锂回收量的显著下降，而获得社会运营许可（SLO）的尝试在很大程度上取决于建立真正的信任。本文还讨论了建立信任的延迟与去碳化议程的相关性。最后，论文提出了未来的研究议程，指出将社区参与作为核心而非辅助实践，以利用行业和政策决策实现公正的能源转型。

{"title":"How does social acceptance affect transition minerals production in Europe? A system dynamics approach and case study in Portugal","authors":"Alaize Dall-Orsoletta , Brunilde Verrier , Mauricio Uriona-Maldonado , Géremi Gilson Dranka , Paula Ferreira","doi":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101625","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.exis.2025.101625","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the backdrop of competing interests between mining developments, energy transition minerals procurement, and local communities striving to preserve their heritage and livelihoods, this paper delves into the dynamics between mining and social acceptance. Drawing from a participatory approach, the study offers qualitative and quantitative insights into this complex relationship. Cause-and-effect links surrounding social acceptance and mining activities are represented in a causal loop diagram (CLD), which illustrates how social acceptance is affected by trust, perceived procedural fairness, socioeconomic and environmental impacts, and (mis)alignment between government's and community's interests. The conceptual diagram aided the development of an adaptable quantitative system dynamics model, which is applied to a case study, the Barroso lithium project in Northern Portugal. Analysis reveals how low levels of social acceptance during initialisation and across the project lifecycle can lead to a significant decrease in operational performance and the amount of lithium recovered, while attempts to obtain the social licence to operate (SLO) are highly dependent on building genuine trust. The relevance of trust-building delays for decarbonisation agendas is also discussed. The paper concludes by delineating a future research agenda that points to embedding community engagement as core rather than side practice to leverage industry and policy decision-making towards just energy transitions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47848,"journal":{"name":"Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 101625"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143354079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Workplace Experiences of Muslim Women in STEM in Canada: An Intersectional Qualitative Analysis

IF 3.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Sex Roles

Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11199-025-01563-9

Sareh Nazari

This study explores the workplace experiences of Muslim women in two STEM sectors in Canada: computer sciences and engineering sciences. Through qualitative semi-structured interviews with 17 Muslim women and drawing on theories of inequality regimes and intersectionality, this paper investigates the barriers that Muslim women face to fit into the organizational cultures within the computer and engineering fields due to their intersectional identities and how they respond to perceived barriers. Results revealed that most participants felt excluded from both formal and informal interactions. Their technical abilities were often questioned by non-Muslim, white male colleagues, leading to feelings of alienation and difficulty establishing trust and deeper connections. The visibility of their religious identity, particularly through the wearing of headscarves, intensified these challenges due to intersectional stereotypes. Additionally, balancing work and home responsibilities emerged as a significant barrier, as extended work hours and traditional religious gender roles, which prioritize childcare and household duties, hindered career progression. In response, participants employed strategies of confrontation and negotiation to navigate these workplace barriers. This research contributes to the gender and organizational literature by highlighting the specific challenges Muslim women face in STEM fields in Canada and underscores the need for inclusive policies that address these intersectional obstacles.

{"title":"Workplace Experiences of Muslim Women in STEM in Canada: An Intersectional Qualitative Analysis","authors":"Sareh Nazari","doi":"10.1007/s11199-025-01563-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-025-01563-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the workplace experiences of Muslim women in two STEM sectors in Canada: computer sciences and engineering sciences. Through qualitative semi-structured interviews with 17 Muslim women and drawing on theories of inequality regimes and intersectionality, this paper investigates the barriers that Muslim women face to fit into the organizational cultures within the computer and engineering fields due to their intersectional identities and how they respond to perceived barriers. Results revealed that most participants felt excluded from both formal and informal interactions. Their technical abilities were often questioned by non-Muslim, white male colleagues, leading to feelings of alienation and difficulty establishing trust and deeper connections. The visibility of their religious identity, particularly through the wearing of headscarves, intensified these challenges due to intersectional stereotypes. Additionally, balancing work and home responsibilities emerged as a significant barrier, as extended work hours and traditional religious gender roles, which prioritize childcare and household duties, hindered career progression. In response, participants employed strategies of confrontation and negotiation to navigate these workplace barriers. This research contributes to the gender and organizational literature by highlighting the specific challenges Muslim women face in STEM fields in Canada and underscores the need for inclusive policies that address these intersectional obstacles.</p>","PeriodicalId":48425,"journal":{"name":"Sex Roles","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Prenatal Care, Son Preference, and the Sex Ratio at Birth.

IF 3.6 1区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

Demography

Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1215/00703370-11798263

Rebeca Echavarri, Francisco Beltrán Tapia

The sex ratio at birth (SRB) in Spain jumped abruptly in the late 1970s and temporarily reached values of more than 109 boys per 100 girls in the early 1980s. This article shows that health care system expansion increased the likelihood of male births in Spain between 1975 and 1995. By facilitating the delivery of preterm and dystocic babies and improving overall maternal conditions, these developments increased the survival chances of male fetuses, who are biologically weaker than females. However, biological factors alone cannot explain the biased SRB. Our analysis shows that the availability of prenatal sex determination technologies and a strong son preference nurtured by the Francoist dictatorship fostered gender-biased behaviors that resulted in an excessively high SRB. The lack of evidence on sex-specific abortions suggests that women took better care of themselves when carrying a son. The spread of gender-egalitarian values brought about by the end of the dictatorship and the transition to democracy undermined son preference and returned the SRB to normal levels.

引用次数: 0

首页上一页

下一页尾页

类型

法学最新文献

全部化学•材料生命科学医学物理工程技术环境•农林材料科学地球科学法学管理学化学环境科学与生态学计算机科学教育学经济学农林科学人文科学生物学数学物理与天体物理心理学综合性期刊其他工业工程理学历史学农学文学信息工程

数据库

全部 ACS Publications Elsevier ieeexplore Springer The Royal Society of Chemistry Wiley

期刊

全部 Political Communication Polit Sci Science and culture Slavic Review Security Dialogue Sociological Methods & Research Social work Sociol Forum (Randolph N J) Social Indic. Res. South Atl Q Sociological Science Transfer (Bruss) Violence Against Women International Communication of Chinese Culture Journal of the Copyright Society of the Usa Journal of Criminology Zeitschrift Fur Ethnologie Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Social Anthropology Geografie-Sbornik CGS International Social Science Journal Journal of Social Sciences Systems Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine Data Comparative Migration Studies She Ji-The Journal of Design Economics and Innovation 社会 Research and Politics Social Inclusion Anthropozoologica Studies in Conflict & Terrorism Intersecciones En Antropologia Journal of Legal Education Business and Politics Securities Regulation Law Journal Zeitschrift Fur Evaluation 中国法学前沿 China Nonprofit Review Romanian Journal of Political Science Feministische Studien Austrian Journal of Political Science Internasjonal Politikk Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada Etud Fr Sociologus Nieuwe West Indische Gids Asia Pacific Law Review Review of Central and East European Law Eastern European Countryside Asian Journal of Wto & International Health Law and Policy Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. Africa (Lond) African Affairs African Studies Review AJS American Journal of Law & Medicine Agric. Hum. Values Am. Anthropol. Anthropol. Med. Antipode Archives of Sexual Behavior Anthropos Area Bulletin of Latin American Research Child Welfare 中国司法鉴定 Child & Family Social Work Comparative Political Studies Drugs (Abingdon Engl) Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Ethics & International Affairs ERDKUNDE European Journal of Social Work European Union Politics Foreign Aff French Cultural Studies Geoforum 贵州科学 Harm Reduction Journal Human Studies History (Lond) Hum Ecol Interdiscip J International Journal of Social Research Methodology Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Journal of Drug Issues J. Environ. Plann. Policy Manage. Journal of Forensic Medicine Journal of Gender Studies Journal of Public Child Welfare Journal of Rural Studies J Soc Issues Journal of Social Work Education 山西省政法管理干部学院学报 Journal of Youth Studies Land Use Policy Millennium - Journal of International Studies Middle East J Parliamentary Affairs

﹀