Browsing by Author "Thiboumery, A."

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    Community capitals: Poverty reduction and rural development in dry areas
    Flora, Cornelia B.; Thiboumery, A. (Jodhpur, India: Arid Zone Research Association of India, 2006)
    The lack of water in communities in arid lands is often related to the mal-distribution or absence of other resources. In the past, many communities responded to scarce resources by transhumance, building on cultural capital and social capital to produce sustainable livelihoods. But lack of political capital has reduced the options of transhumant communities. As they settle, new pressures are put on natural capital, beginning a downward spiral of other community resources. Successful efforts to reduce poverty in arid lands invest in many capitals in order to reverse the spiral. Attention to bridging and bonding social capital as an entry to poverty reduction is often more successful than built capital to provide bore holes or wells. Attention to cultural, human, social, and political, as well as natural, financial and built, is required for sustainable development in arid lands.
  • Governance of landscape systems: A dinner party approach
    Flora, Cornelia B.; Thiboumery, A. (Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society, 2009)
    This chapter creates an extended metaphor comparing the governance of landscape systems to a dinner party. Common themes of both of these include collaboration, proper etiquette, diversity of interests, power relations, integration, inclusion, and facilitation. There are a lot of responsibilities as a good host--similarly it can be a difficult and long process to establish, coordinate, and maintain a successful landscape system. It is important to make sure that guests, or stakeholders, feel respected, comfortable, and engaged. Complex adaptive systems aim to have legitimacy, fairness, transparency, and accountability because with these conditions the collaboration process will be successful.
  • The Sciences and Art of Adaptive Management: Innovating for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
    Moore, K. M. (ed.) (Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society, 2009)
    In this book, various authors describe their expertise and each explains a different aspect of adaptive management. This collective work offers a detailed breakdown of the nested landscape system, related case studies, and successful solutions for land management practices.