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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.012
	Institutional change in social-ecological systems: The evolution of grassland management in Inner Mongolia
	Robinson B.E.; Li P.; Hou X.
发表日期	2017
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	47
英文摘要	Communities living in the grasslands of present day Inner Mongolia have experienced dramatic social, economic and ecological changes over the past millennium. More recently, these grasslands have undergone widespread degradation, raising concern for securing local herders’ livelihoods. To understand these changes in ecological and welfare outcomes over long time scales, we define five broad periods of relative institutional stability over the past millennium, characterize social-ecological system during each period, and then assess major changes between these periods. Looking at changes in institutional contexts helps explain some of our outcomes of interest. We find that while much attention has been given to the change in grassland lease structures in China, the role of market integration and buffers against historically natural constraints on livestock production (e.g., protection from the winter months) have decoupled formerly tight local social-ecological links. This decoupling, along with weak land tenure security due to a complex and volatile policy landscape, suppresses local incentives for grassland conservation. © 2017
英文关键词	Grasslands; Inner Mongolia; Institutional change; Social ecological systems
学科领域	economic conditions; environmental change; environmental degradation; environmental management; grassland; incentive; institutional framework; land management; livelihood; market system; social change; timescale; welfare reform; China; Nei Monggol
语种	英语
scopus关键词	economic conditions; environmental change; environmental degradation; environmental management; grassland; incentive; institutional framework; land management; livelihood; market system; social change; timescale; welfare reform; China; Nei Monggol
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117197
作者单位	McGill University, Department of Geography, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 705, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B9, Canada; Institute of Grassland Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology and Restoration, Ministry of Agriculture, 120 Wulanchabu East Street, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010010, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Robinson B.E.,Li P.,Hou X.. Institutional change in social-ecological systems: The evolution of grassland management in Inner Mongolia[J],2017,47.
APA	Robinson B.E.,Li P.,&Hou X..(2017).Institutional change in social-ecological systems: The evolution of grassland management in Inner Mongolia.Global Environmental Change,47.
MLA	Robinson B.E.,et al."Institutional change in social-ecological systems: The evolution of grassland management in Inner Mongolia".Global Environmental Change 47(2017).