The dwindling role of population pressure in land use change: a case from the Southwest Pacific
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The dwindling role of population pressure in land use change : a case from the Southwest Pacific. / Birch-Thomsen, Torben; Reenberg, Anette.
Ester Boserup’s legacy on sustainability: orientations for contemporary research. ed. / Marina Fischer-Kowalski; Anette Reenberg; Anke Schaffartzik; Andreas Mayer. New York : Springer, 2014. p. 45-60 (Human - Environment Interactions, Vol. 4).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - The dwindling role of population pressure in land use change
T2 - a case from the Southwest Pacific
AU - Birch-Thomsen, Torben
AU - Reenberg, Anette
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - This paper explores a contemporary coupled human-environmental system on a small island in the South West Pacific. It describes the historical change of the resource management strategies, notably the agricultural land use, in this former subsistence system. Our conceptual mindset draws on Boserup’s classic theories of land use intensification as well as on her more recently proposed heuristic framework to describe development processes that underpin land use system change. We illustrate how land use has become partially disconnected from the local population pressure and therefore remains relatively stable while the larger livelihood portfolio has undergone significant diversification. At present, the agricultural system is a supplement to a range of strategies that support the increasing number of people on the island. This explains why land use patterns continue relatively unchanged while livelihood and food supply strategies have changed.
AB - This paper explores a contemporary coupled human-environmental system on a small island in the South West Pacific. It describes the historical change of the resource management strategies, notably the agricultural land use, in this former subsistence system. Our conceptual mindset draws on Boserup’s classic theories of land use intensification as well as on her more recently proposed heuristic framework to describe development processes that underpin land use system change. We illustrate how land use has become partially disconnected from the local population pressure and therefore remains relatively stable while the larger livelihood portfolio has undergone significant diversification. At present, the agricultural system is a supplement to a range of strategies that support the increasing number of people on the island. This explains why land use patterns continue relatively unchanged while livelihood and food supply strategies have changed.
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-017-8678-2_4
DO - 10.1007/978-94-017-8678-2_4
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-94-017-8677-5
T3 - Human - Environment Interactions
SP - 45
EP - 60
BT - Ester Boserup’s legacy on sustainability
A2 - Fischer-Kowalski, Marina
A2 - Reenberg, Anette
A2 - Schaffartzik, Anke
A2 - Mayer, Andreas
PB - Springer
CY - New York
ER -
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