Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being
Publisher DOI
Abstract
Competition over land is at the core of many sustainable development challenges in Myanmar: villagers, companies, governments, ethnic minority groups, civil soci-ety organisations and non-governmental organisations from local to the international level claim access to and decision-making power over the use of land. Therefore, this article investigates the actor interactions influencing land-use changes and their impacts on the supply of ecosystem services and human well-being. We utilise a transdisciplinary mixed-methods approach and the analytical lens of the social-eco-logical systems framework. Results reveal that the links between land-use changes, ecosystem services and human well-being are multifaceted; For example ecosys-tem services can decline, while human well-being increases. We explain this find-ing through three different pathways to impact (changes in the resource systems, the governance systems or the broader social, economic and political context). We con-clude with implications of these results for future sustainable land governance.
Date Issued
2020
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
Subjects
Claims on land
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Sustainability
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Ecosystem services
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Human well-being
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Myanmar
Language(s)
en
Author(s)
Myint, Win | |
Nuam, Cing Don | |
Tun, Nwe Nwe | |
Tun, Aung Myin |
Additional Credits
Journal
The European journal of development research
Publisher
Springer
ISSN
0957-8811
Access(Rights)
open.access