Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea.
The context in which many self-governed commons systems operate will likely be significantly altered as globalization processes play out over the next few decades. Such dramatic changes will induce some systems to fail and subsequently to be transformed, rather than merely adapt. Despite this possib...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Resilience Alliance
2014-06-01
|
| Series: | Ecology and Society |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss2/art2/ |
| _version_ | 1818691565863829504 |
|---|---|
| author | David J. Yu John M. Anderies Dowon Lee Irene Perez |
| author_facet | David J. Yu John M. Anderies Dowon Lee Irene Perez |
| author_sort | David J. Yu |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The context in which many self-governed commons systems operate will likely be significantly altered as globalization processes play out over the next few decades. Such dramatic changes will induce some systems to fail and subsequently to be transformed, rather than merely adapt. Despite this possibility, research on globalization-induced transformations of social-ecological systems (SESs) is still underdeveloped. We seek to help fill this gap by exploring some patterns of transformation in SESs and the question of what factors help explain the persistence of cooperation in the use of common-pool resources through transformative change. Through the analysis of 89 forest commons in South Korea that experienced such transformations, we found that there are two broad types of transformation, cooperative and noncooperative. We also found that two system-level properties, transaction costs associated group size and network diversity, may affect the direction of transformation. SESs with smaller group sizes and higher network diversity may better organize cooperative transformations when the existing system becomes untenable. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-17T12:43:55Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-f15e1f8676cf47e28a4c7da01668e9a7 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1708-3087 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-17T12:43:55Z |
| publishDate | 2014-06-01 |
| publisher | Resilience Alliance |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Ecology and Society |
| spelling | doaj.art-f15e1f8676cf47e28a4c7da01668e9a72022-12-21T21:47:50ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872014-06-01192210.5751/ES-06135-1902026135Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea.David J. Yu0John M. Anderies1Dowon Lee2Irene Perez3School of Sustainability, Arizona State UniversityCenter for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State UniversityGraduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National UniversityCenter for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State UniversityThe context in which many self-governed commons systems operate will likely be significantly altered as globalization processes play out over the next few decades. Such dramatic changes will induce some systems to fail and subsequently to be transformed, rather than merely adapt. Despite this possibility, research on globalization-induced transformations of social-ecological systems (SESs) is still underdeveloped. We seek to help fill this gap by exploring some patterns of transformation in SESs and the question of what factors help explain the persistence of cooperation in the use of common-pool resources through transformative change. Through the analysis of 89 forest commons in South Korea that experienced such transformations, we found that there are two broad types of transformation, cooperative and noncooperative. We also found that two system-level properties, transaction costs associated group size and network diversity, may affect the direction of transformation. SESs with smaller group sizes and higher network diversity may better organize cooperative transformations when the existing system becomes untenable.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss2/art2/collective actioncommunity-based forest managementforest commonsmultilevel governancenested enterprisenetwork diversityrobustnessrobustness trade-offssocial-ecological systemssonggyetransformative capacity of social-ecological systems |
| spellingShingle | David J. Yu John M. Anderies Dowon Lee Irene Perez Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea. Ecology and Society collective action community-based forest management forest commons multilevel governance nested enterprise network diversity robustness robustness trade-offs social-ecological systems songgye transformative capacity of social-ecological systems |
| title | Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea. |
| title_full | Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea. |
| title_fullStr | Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea. |
| title_short | Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea. |
| title_sort | transformation of resource management institutions under globalization the case of songgye community forests in south korea |
| topic | collective action community-based forest management forest commons multilevel governance nested enterprise network diversity robustness robustness trade-offs social-ecological systems songgye transformative capacity of social-ecological systems |
| url | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss2/art2/ |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT davidjyu transformationofresourcemanagementinstitutionsunderglobalizationthecaseofsonggyecommunityforestsinsouthkorea AT johnmanderies transformationofresourcemanagementinstitutionsunderglobalizationthecaseofsonggyecommunityforestsinsouthkorea AT dowonlee transformationofresourcemanagementinstitutionsunderglobalizationthecaseofsonggyecommunityforestsinsouthkorea AT ireneperez transformationofresourcemanagementinstitutionsunderglobalizationthecaseofsonggyecommunityforestsinsouthkorea |