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Learning About the History of Landscape Use for the Future: Consequences for Ecological and Social Systems in Swedish Bergslagen

Angelstam, Per; Andersson, Kjell; Isacson, Maths; Gavrilov, Dmitri G.; Axelsson, Robert; Bäckström, Mattias; Degerman, Erik; Elbakidze, Marine; Kazakova-Apkarimova, Elena Yu; Sartz, Lotta; Sädbom, Stefan; Törnblom, Johan

Sammanfattning

Barriers and bridges to implement policies about sustainable development and sustainability commonly depend on the past development of social-ecological systems. Production of metals required integration of use of ore, streams for energy, and wood for bioenergy and construction, as well as of multiple societal actors. Focusing on the Swedish Bergslagen region as a case study we (1) describe the phases of natural resource use triggered by metallurgy, (2) the location and spatial extent of 22 definitions of Bergslagen divided into four zones as a proxy of cumulative pressure on landscapes, and (3) analyze the consequences for natural capital and society. We found clear gradients in industrial activity, stream alteration, and amount of natural forest from the core to the periphery of Bergslagen. Additionally, the legacy of top-down governance is linked to today's poorly diversified business sector and thus municipal vulnerability. Comparing the Bergslagen case study with other similar regions in Russia and Germany, we discuss the usefulness of multiple case studies.

Nyckelord

Environmental history; Forest; Water; Mining; Regional studies; Sustainable development

Publicerad i

AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
2013, Volym: 42, nummer: 2, sidor: 146-159
Utgivare: SPRINGER

      SLU författare

              • Globala målen

              SDG15 Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald
              SDG11 Göra städer och bosättningar inkluderande, säkra, motståndskraftiga och hållbara

              UKÄ forskningsämne

              Annan biologi

              Publikationens identifierare

              DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0369-z

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              https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42877