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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.01.010
	Historical analogies as tools in understanding transformation
	Parsons M.; Nalau J.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	38
英文摘要	Historical analogies of environmental change and stress are a well-established method of examining vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. In our view historical analogies of social transformations can similarly illuminate what factors are conducive to transformation. In this paper we draw on the historical example of the environmental transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand from predominately woodlands into farmlands; a transformation which was inextricably linked with the social transformation of indigenous Māori society following European colonisation. The Aotearoa New Zealand case study illustrates how both incidental and purposeful transformations can be instigated by small groups of committed individuals working in formal or informal networks, but can also be imposed by outside experts who instituted widespread changes under notions of progress and improvement without local support or consent. Such transformations involved widespread changes to Indigenous governance regimes, agricultural systems, production and consumption patterns, lifestyles, values and worldviews, and inevitably involved both beneficial and negative outcomes for local peoples. We argue that thinking historically about transformational change provides an opportunity to assess the processes that shape both vulnerability and resilience, and the circumstances under which transformational change occurs, as well as the potential dangers of irreversible changes. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Adaptation; Historical; Indigenous peoples; Transformation; Wetlands
学科领域	climate change; colonization; environmental change; governance approach; indigenous population; vulnerability; wetland; woodland; New Zealand
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; colonization; environmental change; governance approach; indigenous population; vulnerability; wetland; woodland; New Zealand
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/117390
作者单位	School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand; Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT), Griffith University, Building G01QLD 4222, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Parsons M.,Nalau J.. Historical analogies as tools in understanding transformation[J],2016,38.
APA	Parsons M.,&Nalau J..(2016).Historical analogies as tools in understanding transformation.Global Environmental Change,38.
MLA	Parsons M.,et al."Historical analogies as tools in understanding transformation".Global Environmental Change 38(2016).