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Environment Theme Mid-Term Review

This review explores the relationships between natural capital, community capacity, and environmental management. It focuses on how natural resources function as multi-functional assets that link rural and urban interests. Key research questions address the use of natural capital in the new economy, local resource management effectiveness, and the shared environmental values among Canadians. Strategies include literature surveys, case studies, and surveys tailored to assess climate change impacts. This research aims to enhance social cohesion, economic wealth, and community resilience in face of environmental challenges.

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Environment Theme Mid-Term Review

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  1. Environment ThemeMid-Term Review Tom Beckley University of New Brunswick Beckley@unb.ca 506-453-4917 http://nre.concordia.ca

  2. CAPACITY MODEL RELATIONS & CHOICES Bureaucratic Associative Market Communal OUTCOMES • Economic wealth • Social and political inclusion • Social Cohesion • Environmental security • Social and self-worth • Health • Personal security ASSETS • Economic Capital • Human Skills and Abilities • Social Capital • Natural Resources outcomes can become new assets and liabilities

  3. Environment and Capacity • Natural Resources remain key assets • Natural Resources are multi-functional • Natural Resources and environment link rural and urban interests

  4. Natural Capital Project • Assumption: • Functions and use of natural capital are changing • Research Questions: • How is natural capital used in the new economy? • What are the links between NC and capacity? • Strategy: • Survey the literature • Develop indicators • Identify how it is used in NRE sites

  5. Governance of natural resources • Assumption: • Local resource management can be effective • Research Questions: • Which resource management approaches enhance local capacity? • What are the limits to local resource management? • Strategy: • Case study analysis of successes and failures

  6. Environmental Values Project • Assumptions: • Concern for the environment is shared by rural and urban Canadians • Research Questions: • How do rural and urban people share or differ in environmental values and behaviour? • Strategy: • Random sample survey research

  7. Climate Change Project • Assumption: • Climate change and mitigation policies will affect all rural communities • Research questions: • How will climate change and mitigation policies affect rural communities? • What capacity currently exists and how can communities build capacity to deal with these changes? • Strategy: • Develop indicators for climate change impacts

  8. What we are learning about capacity and the environment • New forms and uses of natural capital • Nature of contextual constraints on local resource management • Useful strategies for reorganizing natural capital and other assets • Common interests on which to build rural-urban alliances • The role of environment, natural capital and capacity in community adaptability and resilience

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