Claire Kelly
Plymouth University
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Journal of Environmental Planning and Management | 2016
Geoff A. Wilson; Giovanni Quaranta; Claire Kelly; Rosanna Salvia
This study analyses social, economic and political “lock-ins” for understanding community resilience and land degradation. The study focuses on lock-ins from within communities, using four case study communities in Italy affected by land degradation. The analysis highlights the complex interrelationships between various lock-ins, and suggests that the communities are on declining resilience pathways that may lead to increasing difficulties in addressing land degradation issues in future.
Journal of Environmental Management | 2016
Agostino Ferrara; Claire Kelly; Geoff A. Wilson; Angelo Nolè; Giuseppe Mancino; Sofia Bajocco; Luca Salvati
The temporal speeds and spatial scales at which ecosystem processes operate are often at odds with the scale and speed at which natural resources such as soil, water and vegetation are managed those. Scale mismatches often occur as a result of the time-lag between policy development, implementation and observable changes in natural capital in particular. In this study, we analyse some of the transformations that can occur in complex forest-shrubland socio-ecological systems undergoing biophysical and socioeconomic change. We use a Multiway Factor Analysis (MFA) applied to a representative set of variables to assess changes in components of natural, economic and social capitals over time. Our results indicate similarities among variables and spatial units (i.e. municipalities) which allows us to rank the variables used to describe the SES according to their rapidity of change. The novelty of the proposed framework lies in the fact that the assessment of rapidity-to-change, based on the MFA, takes into account the multivariate relationships among the systems variables, identifying the net rate of change for the whole system, and the relative impact that individual variables exert on the system itself. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of fast and slow variables on the evolution of socio-economic systems based on simplified multivariate procedures applicable to vastly different socio-economic contexts and conditions. This study also contributes to quantitative analysis methods for long-established socio-ecological systems, which may help in designing more effective, and sustainable land management strategies in environmentally sensitive areas.
Journal of Environmental Management | 2016
Luca Salvati; C. Kosmas; O. Kairis; C. Karavitis; S. Acikalin; A. Belgacem; Albert Solé-Benet; Miloud Chaker; V. Fassouli; C. Gokceoglu; H. Gungor; Rudi Hessel; H. Khatteli; A. Kounalaki; Abdellah Laouina; Faruk Ocakoğlu; M. Ouessar; Coen J. Ritsema; M. Sghaier; H. Sonmez; H. Taamallah; L. Tezcan; J. de Vente; Claire Kelly; A. Colantoni; Margherita Carlucci
This study investigates the relationship between fine resolution, local-scale biophysical and socioeconomic contexts within which land degradation occurs, and the human responses to it. The research draws on experimental data collected under different territorial and socioeconomic conditions at 586 field sites in five Mediterranean countries (Spain, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia and Morocco). We assess the level of desertification risk under various land management practices (terracing, grazing control, prevention of wildland fires, soil erosion control measures, soil water conservation measures, sustainable farming practices, land protection measures and financial subsidies) taken as possible responses to land degradation. A data mining approach, incorporating principal component analysis, non-parametric correlations, multiple regression and canonical analysis, was developed to identify the spatial relationship between land management conditions, the socioeconomic and environmental context (described using 40 biophysical and socioeconomic indicators) and desertification risk. Our analysis identified a number of distinct relationships between the level of desertification experienced and the underlying socioeconomic context, suggesting that the effectiveness of responses to land degradation is strictly dependent on the local biophysical and socioeconomic context. Assessing the latent relationship between land management practices and the biophysical/socioeconomic attributes characterizing areas exposed to different levels of desertification risk proved to be an indirect measure of the effectiveness of field actions contrasting land degradation.
International Forestry Review | 2015
L. Salvati; Agostino Ferrara; Giuseppe Mancino; Claire Kelly; Francesco Chianucci; Piermaria Corona
SUMMARY This study analyses spatio-temporal patterns of wildfires in Greece using a multidimensional statistical framework based on non-parametric correlations, principal component analysis, clustering and stepwise discriminant analysis. Specifically, we assess the frequency, seasonal profile, severity and land-use type of 135 178 wildfires which occurred between 2000–2012 in Greece, one of the countries most affected by fire in Europe. Our results show that both the number of fires and the average size of the area covered by fire show a specific seasonal pattern with a marked increase during the dry season. Principal component analysis identifies three dimensions linked with the main type of land-use affected by the fires: (i) medium and large fires primarily affected landscapes composed of forests, mixed woodlands/shrublands and croplands; (ii) small fires mainly affected fragmented landscapes, i.e. those with mosaics of different crops, market gardens and non-vegetated, abandoned or marginal areas; (iii) fires affecting wetlands and pastures occurred particularly in late summer and showing medium-low severity. Hierarchical clustering highlights similarities in spatio-temporal patterns between fire indicators (ignition date, burnt land cover classes, fire size, fire density). K-means clustering allows us to distinguish between low-severity fires occurring in the wet season from intense and frequent fires occurring in the dry season but with distinct land-use selectivity. The research reported here contributes insight into the complexity of wild fires in the Mediterranean region and supports the design of more effective fire prevention measures including sustainable forest management practices and careful regional planning to minimise risk factors.
Journal of Rural Studies | 2018
Claire Kelly; Richard Yarwood
Citizenship is gaining increased attention in the social sciences but has been under-utilised in rural studies. It refers to a person’s relationship with a political unit (Cheshire and Woods, 2009) but has also been used to understand how meanings of belonging and identity shape the ways that individuals participate in society (Bullen and Whitehead, 2005; Desforges et al., 2005; Painter and Philo, 1995; Stevenson, 2001; Yarwood 2014). Anderson et al. (2008, 34) contend that:
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | 2004
T A Romano; M J Keogh; Claire Kelly; P Feng; Lee Berk; C E Schlundt; D A Carder; J J Finneran
Land Use Policy | 2015
Claire Kelly; Agostino Ferrara; Geoff A. Wilson; Francesco Ripullone; Angelo Nolè; Nichola Harmer; Luca Salvati
Ocean & Coastal Management | 2004
Claire Kelly; Gillian Glegg; C.D Speedie
Marine Policy | 2012
Claire Kelly; Stephen Essex; Gillian Glegg
Land Degradation & Development | 2017
Geoff A. Wilson; Claire Kelly; Helen Briassoulis; Agostino Ferrara; Gianni Quaranta; Rosanna Salvia; Vassilis Detsis; Michiel Curfs; Artemio Cerdà; Ahmed ElAich; Honghu Liu; C. Kosmas; Concepción L. Alados; Anton Imeson; Ruta Landgrebe-Trinkunaite; Luca Salvati; Sandra Naumann; Hu Danwen; Theodoros Iosifides; Thanassis Kizos; Giuseppe Mancino; Angelo Nolè; Min Jiang; Pingcang Zhang