Authors
Patricia Balvanera, Rafael Calderó N-Contreras, Antonio Castro, María Felipe-Lucia, I.R. Geijzendorffer, Sander Jacobs, Berta Martín-López, Ugo Arbieu, Ifejika Speranza Chinwe, Bruno Locatelli, Natalia Pé Rez Harguindeguy, Ilse Ruiz Mercado, Marja Spierenburg, Améline Vallet, Laura Lynes, Lindsey Gillson, Debra Zuppinger-Dingley, Cornelia Krug, Bernhard. Schmid
Publication date
2017
Journal
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 29. 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.09.005.
Description
Highlights
- Long-term networks of place-based research can inform global sustainability.
- Place-based research fosters co-construction of local sustainability solutions.
- Transference and scaling-up of place-based insights faces several challenges.
- New institutional frameworks, settings and communities foster place-based research.
Global sustainability initiatives are gaining momentum and impact, and place-based research can provide complementary insights to strengthen them. Here, we explore the current and potential role of place-based research into informing global sustainability initiatives by assessing the strengths, challenges, and opportunities. We show that place-based research allows for a better understanding of global social–ecological dynamics, and that transformations towards sustainability are often triggered at the local scale through the co-construction of local solutions. We discuss that the very …
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