A social representation approach to facilitating adaptive co-management in mountain destinations managed for conservation and recreation

Lai, PH; Hsu, YC; Wearing, S

A social representation approach to facilitating adaptive co-management in mountain destinations managed for conservation and recreation

Lai, PH Hsu, YC Wearing, S

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Citation:: Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2016, 24 (2), pp. 227 - 244
Issue Date:: 2016-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lai, PH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hsu, YC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wearing, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-059X	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2016, 24 (2), pp. 227 - 244	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0966-9582	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/39481
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Mountain destinations are often managed not only to support tourism and recreation but also to maintain a range of sensitive ecological processes and services. Resource use and management activities in mountain destinations are manifestations of various representations of mountain landscapes that may contribute to tension and conflicts, or collaboration and learning between stakeholders of mountain destinations. Adaptive co-management (ACM) that adopts a social learning model to forge collaborative natural resource management provides one approach to managing complex and dynamic social-ecological systems in mountain destinations. Social representations (SR) theory, as a theory of social knowledge and social change, offers one theoretical lens with which to gain insights into the representations that different stakeholders ascribe to mountain landscapes and to assist in developing functioning ACM. The utility of SR theory for ACM arrangements is examined using a case study that explores the representations of the mountain landscape within Yushan National Park (YNP) in Taiwan from the perspectives of three resource user groups: committed mountaineers, professional guides, and mountain tourists. The study findings are used to demonstrate how the processes of representations and dialogical antinomies embedded in representations can impede or facilitate stakeholder interactions in ACM.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/09669582.2015.1062018	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	en_US
dc.title	A social representation approach to facilitating adaptive co-management in mountain destinations managed for conservation and recreation	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Mountain destinations are often managed not only to support tourism and recreation but also to maintain a range of sensitive ecological processes and services. Resource use and management activities in mountain destinations are manifestations of various representations of mountain landscapes that may contribute to tension and conflicts, or collaboration and learning between stakeholders of mountain destinations. Adaptive co-management (ACM) that adopts a social learning model to forge collaborative natural resource management provides one approach to managing complex and dynamic social-ecological systems in mountain destinations. Social representations (SR) theory, as a theory of social knowledge and social change, offers one theoretical lens with which to gain insights into the representations that different stakeholders ascribe to mountain landscapes and to assist in developing functioning ACM. The utility of SR theory for ACM arrangements is examined using a case study that explores the representations of the mountain landscape within Yushan National Park (YNP) in Taiwan from the perspectives of three resource user groups: committed mountaineers, professional guides, and mountain tourists. The study findings are used to demonstrate how the processes of representations and dialogical antinomies embedded in representations can impede or facilitate stakeholder interactions in ACM.

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