Evaluation of Multi-level Social Learning for Sustainable Landscapes: Perspective of a Development Initiative in Bergslagen, Sweden

To implement policies about sustainable landscapes and rural development necessitates social learning about states and trends of sustainability indicators, norms that define sustainability, and adaptive multi-level governance. We evaluate the extent to which social learning at multiple governance le...

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Published inAmbio Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 241 - 253
Main Authors Axelsson, Robert, Angelstam, Per, Myhrman, Lennart, Sädbom, Stefan, Ivarsson, Milis, Elbakidze, Marine, Andersson, Kenneth, Cupa, Petr, Diry, Christian, Doyon, Frederic, Drotz, Marcus K., Hjorth, Arne, Hermansson, Jan Olof, Kullberg, Thomas, Lickers, F. Henry, McTaggart, Johanna, Olsson, Anders, Pautov, Yurij, Svensson, Lennart, Törnblom, Johan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer 01.03.2013
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
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Summary:To implement policies about sustainable landscapes and rural development necessitates social learning about states and trends of sustainability indicators, norms that define sustainability, and adaptive multi-level governance. We evaluate the extent to which social learning at multiple governance levels for sustainable landscapes occur in 18 local development initiatives in the network of Sustainable Bergslagen in Sweden. We mapped activities over time, and interviewed key actors in the network about social learning. While activities resulted in exchange of experiences and some local solutions, a major challenge was to secure systematic social learning and make new knowledge explicit at multiple levels. None of the development initiatives used a systematic approach to secure social learning, and sustainability assessments were not made systematically. We discuss how social learning can be improved, and how a learning network of development initiatives could be realized.
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ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209
1654-7209
DOI:10.1007/s13280-012-0378-y