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In addition, it is highly important to broach the subject of power structures when
seeking to achieve sustainable land management. In land management processes,
it is essential to illustrate which stakeholders currently have the opportunities to
significantly manage land uses at present. It is also equally important to realise
which changes may be necessary to make adaptations in keeping with sustainable
land use in a bid to strike a better balance between different land use interests.
Current normative values are the core foundation of this. Overarching norms
and values, such as justice, are the core foundation of target setting, assessment
and development in land management. They need to be disclosed and presented for
debate (Doernberg & Weith; Haase). The same should also apply to the question of
ownership structures. However, this issue has only been raised rarely in the past, not
least because of poor data availability. Yet it is considered an increasingly important
component for sustainable land management in the current literature (above all Davy
2012).
Further developing research activities in the interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary context
In addition to the aforementioned approaches for implementing and advancing
sustainable land management, the authors, with research in mind, make additional recommendations for action that go beyond the approaches addressed in the
individual chapters.
First and foremost, they address the generation of additional knowledge bases
with change processes in mind. The development of what is referred to as transformation knowledge (Zscheischler & Rogga) should accompany the further development of models and concepts for social innovations and transition processes. In
the process, the gap between theoretical requirements and practical implementation,
described repeatedly in the literature (e.g. Pohl and Hirsch-Hadorn 2008), should also
be addressed at an early stage. This can be achieved by linking various approaches,
where possible, to concrete real-world use cases, particularly in transdisciplinary
settings (Zscheischler).
To ensure the design of such an approach is feasible in practice, scientific skills
should focus more strongly on this aspect, whilst also proposing potential practical
applications in collaboration with the various stakeholder groups (roadshows, Heck)
or actively initiating them (Dorfkern companies, Heck).
18.3 Final Conclusion
The approaches to sustainable land management compiled in this book provide key
building blocks for a new form of land governance that
• considers the use of land resources in an integrative rather than a sectoral manner,
i.e. that is derived from concrete problems with reference to land, which society
recognises as a problem, formulating a need for action accordingly,
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In addition, it is highly important to broach the subject of power structures when
seeking to achieve sustainable land management. In land management processes,
it is essential to illustrate which stakeholders currently have the opportunities to
significantly manage land uses at present. It is also equally important to realise
which changes may be necessary to make adaptations in keeping with sustainable
land use in a bid to strike a better balance between different land use interests.
Current normative values are the core foundation of this. Overarching norms
and values, such as justice, are the core foundation of target setting, assessment
and development in land management. They need to be disclosed and presented for
debate (Doernberg & Weith; Haase). The same should also apply to the question of
ownership structures. However, this issue has only been raised rarely in the past, not
least because of poor data availability. Yet it is considered an increasingly important
component for sustainable land management in the current literature (above all Davy
2012).
Further developing research activities in the interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary context
In addition to the aforementioned approaches for implementing and advancing
sustainable land management, the authors, with research in mind, make additional recommendations for action that go beyond the approaches addressed in the
individual chapters.
First and foremost, they address the generation of additional knowledge bases
with change processes in mind. The development of what is referred to as transformation knowledge (Zscheischler & Rogga) should accompany the further development of models and concepts for social innovations and transition processes. In
the process, the gap between theoretical requirements and practical implementation,
described repeatedly in the literature (e.g. Pohl and Hirsch-Hadorn 2008), should also
be addressed at an early stage. This can be achieved by linking various approaches,
where possible, to concrete real-world use cases, particularly in transdisciplinary
settings (Zscheischler).
To ensure the design of such an approach is feasible in practice, scientific skills
should focus more strongly on this aspect, whilst also proposing potential practical
applications in collaboration with the various stakeholder groups (roadshows, Heck)
or actively initiating them (Dorfkern companies, Heck).
18.3 Final Conclusion
The approaches to sustainable land management compiled in this book provide key
building blocks for a new form of land governance that
• considers the use of land resources in an integrative rather than a sectoral manner,
i.e. that is derived from concrete problems with reference to land, which society
recognises as a problem, formulating a need for action accordingly,