Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Keywords
Arctic, Indicators, Monitoring, Social-ecological system, Socially-oriented observations, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary approaches
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume
13
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
14
Abstract
Monitoring of social-ecological systems dynamics and sustainability is of high importance in a rapidly changing Arctic. The goal of this essay is to discuss and articulate the principles for designing a suitable Arctic sustainability monitoring framework based on the convergence between resilience thinking and sustainable development paradigms. We propose to integrate sustainability monitoring into the socially-oriented observations (SOO) methodologies in order to design Arctic sus-tainability monitoring as a transdisciplinary participatory activity that results in both co-production of sustainability knowledge and building more sustainable and resilient Arctic social-ecological systems by enabling continuous observation and informed decision-making. Special attention is given to approaches for developing sustainability indicators to monitor trends in Arctic social-ecological systems. It is argued that sustainability monitoring is a valuable component of the Arctic sustain-ability knowledge system that integrates social and natural sciences and engages Indigenous, local, and traditional knowledge, entrepreneurship, education, and decision-making. Bringing together diverse knowledge systems is the primary route to collectively pursue sustainability in a holistic, polycentric, multifaceted, participatory, and knowledge-driven manner. Transdisciplinary SOO approaches and methods are specifically discussed.
Department
Department of Geography
Original Publication Date
1-1-2021
Object Description
1 PDF File
DOI of published version
10.3390/su13010177
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2021 by the Authors. Tatiana Vlasova, Andrey N. Petrov, and Sergey Volkov
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Vlasova, Tatiana; Petrov, Andrey N.; and Volkov, Sergey, "Rethinking Sustainability Monitoring In The Arctic By Linking Resilience And Sustainable Development In Socially-Oriented Observations: A Perspective" (2021). Faculty Publications. 203.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/203
Comments
First published in Sustainability, v.13 n. 1 (2021), by the MDPI. DOI: 10.3390/su13010177