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Characterizing culture’s influence in land systems

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  • Leonie Hodel

    (ETH Zürich)

  • Yann Polain de Waroux

    (McGill University
    McGill University)

  • Rachael D. Garrett

    (University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Group-shared attributes, coded in cultural systems, heavily influence how land is used. Despite recent advances in behavioural theory, the central role of culture in land-use decision-making and linked sustainability outcomes is underexplored. We expanded on institutional analysis and system-dynamics frameworks to analyse 66 studies that causally link culture to land use. We found that most studies focus on norms, practices, values or meanings. These can lead actors to maintain a particular land use, which is coded into cultural systems, adding to the land system’s resilience. Internal group events or changes in structural factors can also lead to shifting norms and values, changing land use or destabilizing systems, leading to new system dynamics or resistance to new feedbacks. Our findings further link cultural underpinnings of land systems to positive and negative sustainability outcomes. We call for further research on the role of culture in land-system dynamics.

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  • Leonie Hodel & Yann Polain de Waroux & Rachael D. Garrett, 2024. "Characterizing culture’s influence in land systems," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 7(8), pages 973-982, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:7:y:2024:i:8:d:10.1038_s41893-024-01381-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01381-z
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