Community, Natural Resources, and Sustainability: Overview of an Interdisciplinary and International Literature

Hua Qin, Martha Bass, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, David Matarrita-Cascante, Christine Sanders and Barituka Bekee
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Hua Qin: Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Martha Bass: Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad: Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
David Matarrita-Cascante: Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Christine Sanders: Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Barituka Bekee: Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: The Special Issue Community, Natural Resources, and Sustainability seeks to engage in an interdisciplinary and international dialogue on the interrelationships of society, natural resources, and sustainability at the community level. In addition to introducing the twelve research articles published in this collection, we provide an overview of the existing literature on community and natural resource management, mainly through a review of previous reviews and a bibliometric analysis. While this literature is dominated by studies on various aspects of community-based natural resource management, the present Special Issue showcases multiple thematic areas of research that collectively contribute to a more complete understanding of the community-resources-sustainability linkages. Our review also pinpoints important gaps in existing meta-analyses and bibliometric analyses. Promising directions for future research are highlighted.

Keywords: community-based natural resource management; natural resource dependence; vulnerability and adaptation; community response; community resilience; community sustainability; systematic review and meta-analysis; bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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