Have a personal or library account? Click to login
An Index to Measure Rural Diversity in the Light of Rural Resilience and Rural Development Debate Cover

An Index to Measure Rural Diversity in the Light of Rural Resilience and Rural Development Debate

European Countryside
Volume 6 (2014): Issue 2 (June 2014)
By: Giovanni Quaranta and  Rosanna Salvia  
Open Access
|May 2014

References

  1. [1] Abson, D. J., Fraser, E. D. G. & Benton, T. G. (2013). Landscape diversity and the resilience of agricultural returns: a portfolio analysis of land use patterns and economic returns from lowland agriculture. Agriculture & Food Security 2(2), 1-15. Doi: 10.1186/2048-7010-2-2.10.1186/2048-7010-2-2
    Search in Google Scholar
  2. [2] Ambrosio-Albalá, M., Bastiaensen, J. (2010). The New Territorial Paradigm of Rural Development: Theoretical Foundations From Systems and Institutional Theories.Discussion Paper 2010/02, IOB Antwerp University.
    Search in Google Scholar
  3. [3] Anderies, J. M. (2006). Robustness, institutions, and large-scale change in socialecological systems: the Hohokam of the Phoenix Basin. Journal of Institutional Economics, 2(2), 133-155. Doi: 10.1017/S1744137406000312.10.1017/S1744137406000312
    Search in Google Scholar
  4. [4] Anderies, J. M., Walker, B. H. & Kinzig, A. P. (2006). Fifteen weddings and a funeral: case studies and resilience-based management. Ecology and Society, 11(1), 21. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art21/.
    Search in Google Scholar
  5. [5] Anderies, J. M., Rodriguez, A. A., Janssen, M. A. & Cifdaloz, O. (2007). Panaceas, uncertainty, and the robust control framework in sustainability science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 (39), 15194-15199.10.1073/pnas.0702655104
    Search in Google Scholar
  6. [6] Apeldoorn, D. F. v.d, Kok, K., Sonnevald, M. P. W. & Veldkamp, T. A. (2011). Panarchy Rules: Rethinking Resilience of Agro-systems, Evidence from Dutch Diary-Farming.Ecology and Society 16 (1): 39. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art39.
    Search in Google Scholar
  7. [7] Biggs, R., Schluter, M., Biggs, D., Bohensky, E. L., BurnSilver, S., Cundill, G., Dakos, V., Daw, T. M., Evans, L. S., Kotschy, K., Leitch, A. M., Meek, C., Quinlan, A., Raudsepp- Hearne, C., Robards, M. D., Schoon, M. L., Schultz, L. & West, P. C. (2012). Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 37, 421-448. Doi: 10.1146/annurev-environ-051211-123836.10.1146/annurev-environ-051211-123836
    Search in Google Scholar
  8. [8] Bryden, J. M., Efstratoglou, S., Ferenczi, T., Knickel, K., Johnson, T., Refsgaard, K., Thomson, K. J., eds. (2011). Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe, Exploring Inter-Relationships Between Rural Policies, Farming, Environment, Demographics, Regional Economies and Quality of Life Using System Dynamics. London: Routledge.
    Search in Google Scholar
  9. [9] Cabell, J. F. & Oelofse, M. (2012). An indicator framework for assessing agroecosystem resilience. Ecology and Society 17(1): 18. Doi: 10.5751/ES-04666-170118.10.5751/ES-04666-170118
    Search in Google Scholar
  10. [10] Chapin III, F. S., Walker, B. H., Hobbs, R. J., Hooper, D. U., Lawton, J. H., Sala, O. E. & Tilman, D. (1997). Biotic control over the functioning of ecosystems. Science, 277(5325), 500-504. Doi: 10.1126/science.277.5325.500.10.1126/science.277.5325.500
    Search in Google Scholar
  11. [11] Chapin, F. S., Kofinas G. P., Folke, C., eds. (2009). Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resources Management in a Changing World. New York: Springer.
    Search in Google Scholar
  12. [12] Chavas J. P. & Di Falco S. (2012). On the productive value of crop biodiversity: evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia. Land Economics 88(1), 58-74.10.3368/le.88.1.58
    Search in Google Scholar
  13. [13] David, P. & Rothwell, G. (1996). Standardization, Diversity and Learning: strategies for the co evolution of technology and industrial capacity. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 14(2), 181-201. Doi: 10.1016/0167-7187(95)00475-0.10.1016/0167-7187(95)00475-0
    Search in Google Scholar
  14. [14] Di Falco, S., Chavas, J. P. (2008). Rainfall shocks, resilience, and the effects of crop biodiversity on agroecosystem productivity. Land Economics 84(1):83-96.
    Search in Google Scholar
  15. [15] Ellis, F. (1999). Rural Livelihood diversity in developing countries: evidence and policy implications. Natural Resource Perspectives, 40. Retrieved from http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/2112.pdf.
    Search in Google Scholar
  16. [16] Elmqvist, T., Folke, C., Nystrom, M., Peterson, G. D., Bengtsson, J., Walker, B. H. & Norberg, J. (2003). Response diversity and ecosystem resilience. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 1, 488-494. Doi: 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0488:RDECAR]2.0.CO;2).
    Search in Google Scholar
  17. [17] Folke, C. (2006). Resilience: The emergence of a perspective for social-ecological systems analyses. Global Environmental Change 16(3), 253-267.Doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.04.002.10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.04.002
    Search in Google Scholar
  18. [18] Folke, C., Carpenter, S., Elmqvist T., Gunderson, L., Holling, C. S. & Walker, B. (2002).Resilience and Sustainable Development: Building Adaptive Capacity in a World of Transformations. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 31(5), 437-440.Doi: 10.1579/0044-7447-31.5.437.10.1579/0044-7447-31.5.43712374053
    Search in Google Scholar
  19. [19] Fonte, M. (2006). Slow Food’s Presidia: what do small producers do with big retailers Research in Rural Sociology and Development, 12, 203-240. Doi: 10.1016/S1057-1922(06)12009-0.10.1016/S1057-1922(06)12009-0
    Search in Google Scholar
  20. [20] Fraser, E. D. G., Mabee, W. & Slaymaker, O. (2003). Mutual dependence, mutual vulnerability: the reflexive relation between society and the environment. Global Environmental Change, 13(2), 137-144. Doi: 10.1016/S0959-3780(03)00022-0.10.1016/S0959-3780(03)00022-0
    Search in Google Scholar
  21. [21] Garmestani, A. S., Allen, C. R., Mittelstaedt, J. D., Stow, C. A. & Ward, W. A. (2006). Firm size diversity, functional richness, and resilience. Environmental and Development Economics, 11(4), 533-551. Doi: 10 .1017/S1355770X06003081.10.1017/S1355770X06003081
    Search in Google Scholar
  22. [22] Heijman, W., Hagelaar, G. & Heide, M. v.d. (2007). Rural resilience as a new development concept. EAAE seminar Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists Novi Sad, Serbia.Last accessed 5 January 2012. Retrieved from: http://portal.zzbaco.com/mojo_baco/Data/Sites/1/docs/mono/EAAE/C/52%20SC%20Heijm an_Wim.pdf.
    Search in Google Scholar
  23. [23] Hill, M. (1973). Diversity and Evenness: a Unifying Notation and its Consequences.Ecology, 54(2), 427-432. Doi: 10.2307/1934352.10.2307/1934352
    Search in Google Scholar
  24. [24] Horlings, L. G., Marsden, T. K. (2011). Towards the real green revolution? Exploring the conceptual dimensions of a new ecological modernisation of agriculture that could 'feed the world'. Global Environmental Change, 21(2), 441-452.Doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.01.004.10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.01.004
    Search in Google Scholar
  25. [25] Ives, A. R. & Carpenter, S. R. (2007). Stability and diversity in ecosystems. Science, 317(5834), 58-62. Doi: 10.1126/science.1133258.10.1126/science.113325817615333
    Search in Google Scholar
  26. [26] Janssen, M. A. & Anderies, J. M. (2007). Robustness-tradeoffs for social-ecological systems. International Journal of the Commons, 1(1), 43-66.10.18352/ijc.12
    Search in Google Scholar
  27. [27] Janssen, M. A., Anderies, J. M. & Ostrom, E. (2007). Robustness of social-ecological systems to spatial and temporal disturbances regimes. Society and Natural Resources, 20(4), 307-322. Doi: 10.1080/08941920601161320.10.1080/08941920601161320
    Search in Google Scholar
  28. [28] Sachs, J. D. & Warner, A. M. (1995). Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth.NBER Working Papers 5398. Cambridge (MA): National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.10.3386/w5398
    Search in Google Scholar
  29. [29] Junge, K. (1994). Diversity of ideas about diversity measurement. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 35(1), 16-26. Doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1994.tb00929.x.10.1111/j.1467-9450.1994.tb00929.x
    Search in Google Scholar
  30. [30] Kempener, R., Kaufman, P., Stagl, S., Stirling, A. & Perez, K. (2009). Teresa - Diversity and Resilience of Rural Areas [Research report]. Brighton: University of Sussex.
    Search in Google Scholar
  31. [31] Kinzig, A. P., Pacala, S. (2002). Successional biodiversity and eco system functioning (pp. 175-212). In Kinzig, A. P., Pacala, S. & Tilman, D., eds., Functional consequences of biodiversity: empirical progress and theoretical extensions. Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press.
    Search in Google Scholar
  32. [32] Kirman, A. (1992). Variety: the coexistence of techniques. Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 59(1), 62-74.10.3406/rei.1992.1403
    Search in Google Scholar
  33. [33] Lietaer, B., Ulanowicz, R. E., Goerner, S. J. & McLaren N. (2010). Is our monetary structure a systemic cause for financial instability? Evidence and remedies from nature.Journal of Futures Studies, 14(3), 89-108.
    Search in Google Scholar
  34. [34] Lin, B. B. (2011). Resilience in Agriculture through Crop Diversification: Adaptive Management for Environmental Change. BioScience, 61(3), 183-193.Doi: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.3.4.10.1525/bio.2011.61.3.4
    Search in Google Scholar
  35. [35] Low, B., Ostrom, E., Simon, C. & Wilson, J. (2003). Redundancy and diversity: Do they influence optimal management? (pp. 83-114). In: Berkes, F., Colding, J. & Folke, C., eds., Navigating social-ecological systems: building resilience for complexity and change.Cambridge University Press.
    Search in Google Scholar
  36. [36] Marsden, T. (2009). Mobilities, Vulnerabilities and Sustainabilities: Exploring Pathways from Denial to Sustainable Rural Development. Sociologia Ruralis, 49(2), 113-131.Doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00479.x.10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00479.x
    Search in Google Scholar
  37. [37] McCann, K. (2000). The diversity-stability debate. Nature 405(6783), 228-233.Doi: 10.1038/35012234.10.1038/3501223410821283
    Search in Google Scholar
  38. [38] McCann, K. (2007). Protecting Bio-structure. Nature 446(7131), 29. Doi: 10.1038/446029.
    Search in Google Scholar
  39. [39] McIntosh, R. (1967). An Index of Diversity and the Relation of Certain Concepts to Diversity. Ecology, 48(3), 392-404. Doi: 10.2307/1932674.10.2307/1932674
    Search in Google Scholar
  40. [40] Metcalfe, J. (1992). Variety, Structure and Change: an evolutionary perspective on the competitive process. Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 59(1), 46-61.10.3406/rei.1992.1402
    Search in Google Scholar
  41. [41] Metcalfe, J. & Gibbons, M. (1989). Technology, Variety and Organization: a Systematic Perspective on the Competitive Process. Research on Technological Innovation, Management and Policy, 4,153-193.
    Search in Google Scholar
  42. [42] Naeem, S., Bunker, D. E., Hector, A., Loreau, M. & Perrings, C., eds. (2009). Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective.Oxford Univ. Press.10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547951.001.0001
    Search in Google Scholar
  43. [43] Nelson, M. C., Hegmon, M., Kulow, S. R., Peeples, M. A., Kintigh, K. W. & Kinzig, A. P. (2011). Resisting Diversity: a Long-Term Archaeological Study. Ecology and Society, 16(1): 25. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art25/.
    Search in Google Scholar
  44. [44] Ostrom, E. (2005). Understanding Institutional Diversity. Princeton: Princeton University Press, New Jersey, USA.
    Search in Google Scholar
  45. [45] Quaranta, G. & Salvia, R. (2000). Peasant agriculture and part-time farming: use of resources and landscape effects in a rural area of Southern Italy. Medit, 11(1), 41-45.
    Search in Google Scholar
  46. [46] Reidsma, P. & Ewert F. (2008). Regional farm diversity can reduce vulnerability of food production to climate change. Ecology and Society 13(1): 38.URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art38/.
    Search in Google Scholar
  47. [47] Schouten, M., Heide, M. v.d. & Heijman, W. (2009). Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems in European Rural Areas: Theory and Prospects. EAAE Seminar “The Role of Knowledge, Innovation and Human Capital in Multifunctional Agriculture and Territorial Rural Development”, Belgrade December 2009. Last accessed 5 January 2012 http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/57343/2/Schouten%20Marleen%20cover.pdf
    Search in Google Scholar
  48. [48] Simpson, E. H. (1949). Measurement of Diversity. Nature, 163, 688.Doi: 10.1038/163688a0.10.1038/163688a0
    Search in Google Scholar
  49. [49] Stirling, A. (1999). On the economics and analysis of diversity. Mimeo, SPRU Electronic Working Paper, n. 28. Brighton: University of Sussex. 50] Stirling, A. (2007). A general frame work for analyzing diversity in science, technology and society. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 4(15), 707-719, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2007.0213.10.1098/rsif.2007.0213237338917327202
    Search in Google Scholar
  50. [51] Ulanowicz, R. E., Goerner, S. J., Lietaer, B. & Gomez, R. (2009). Quantifying sustainability: resilience, efficiency and the return of information theory. Ecological Complexity 6(1), 27-36. Doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.005.10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.005
    Search in Google Scholar
  51. [52] Van Der Ploeg, J. D., Renting, H., Brunori, G., Knickel, K., Mannion, J., Marsden, T., De Roest, K., Sevilla-Guzmán, E. & Ventura, F. (2000). Rural Development: From Practices and Policies towards Theory. Sociologia Ruralis 40(4), 391-408. Doi: 10.1111/1467-9523.00156.10.1111/1467-9523.00156
    Search in Google Scholar
  52. [53] Wagner, J. E. (2002). Regional Economic Diversity: Action, Concept, or State of Confusion. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 30 (2), 1-22.
    Search in Google Scholar
  53. [54] Wagner, J. E. & Deller, S. C. (1998). Measuring the Effects of Economic Diversity on Growth and Stability. Land Economics, 74(4), 541-556.10.2307/3146884
    Search in Google Scholar
  54. [55] Walker, B. H., Gunderson, L. H., Kinzig, A. P., Folke, C., Carpenter, S. & Schultz, L. (2006). A handful of heuristics and some propositions for understanding resilience in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society, 11(1): 13. Last accessed 5 January 2012 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art13/.
    Search in Google Scholar
  55. [56] Walker, B. H., Kinzig, A. P. & Langridge, J. (1999). Plant attribute diversity, resilience, and ecosystem function: the nature and significance of dominant and minor species.Ecosystems, 2(2), 95-113. Doi: 10.1007/s100219900062.10.1007/s100219900062
    Search in Google Scholar
  56. [57] Waring, T. M. 2011. Ethnic forces in collective action: diversity, dominance, and irrigation in Tamil Nadu. Ecology and Society 16(4): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-04265-16040110.5751/ES-04265-160401
    Search in Google Scholar
  57. [58] Wilson, G. A. (2012). Community resilience and environmental transitions. London: Earthscan. 10.4324/9780203144916
    Search in Google Scholar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2014-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1803-8417
Journal RSS Feed
Language: English
Page range: 161 - 178
Submitted on: Jun 20, 2013
|
Accepted on: Mar 14, 2014
|
Published on: May 27, 2014
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
diversity,
diversity index,
resilience,
rural development
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

© 2014 Giovanni Quaranta, Rosanna Salvia, published by Mendel University in Brno
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Previous articleVolume 6 (2014): Issue 2 (June 2014)Next article