IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jlands/v10y2021i8p883-d619820.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Coping with Risk. A Deep-Time Perspective on Societal Responses to Ecological Uncertainty in the River Dalälven Catchment Area in Sweden

Author

Listed:
  • Kailin Hatlestad

    (Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 626, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Joakim Wehlin

    (Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 626, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden
    Dalarnas Museum, P.O. Box 22, 791 21 Falun, Sweden)

  • Karl-Johan Lindholm

    (Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 626, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden)

Abstract

In addressing the current climate crisis, research into how past societies have coped with risk and ecological uncertainty can provide old solutions to new problems. Here, we examine how human niche construction can be seen as risk management in the face of uncertainty by exploring the spatial patterning of land-use activities over time. Dalarna county, an agriculturally marginal boreal forest environment, provides the opportunity for addressing change in terms of agricultural responses and other activities. C14 archaeological records complied by Dalarna Museum were the base of this analysis. The spatial and temporal components of these Boreal Forest records were analyzed in the open-source software QGIS, guided by a historical ecology framework. Human niches diversified and intensified during specific periods in the Boreal forest environment; our focus has been on how humans managed resource risk related to the ecological uncertainty within this forest environment characterized by long winters and short growing seasons. We conclude that constructed niches shaped the Boreal Forest, spanning its environmentally unique upland and lowland regions, into a more predictable environment. Tracking the diversity, multi-functionality, and intensity of these past land-use activities can provide insights for best practices in land management, not only for the Boreal Forest area, but also for elsewhere. These insights will assist in policy-making decisions, as the methodology is adaptable and replicable for various landscapes.

Suggested Citation

  • Kailin Hatlestad & Joakim Wehlin & Karl-Johan Lindholm, 2021. "Coping with Risk. A Deep-Time Perspective on Societal Responses to Ecological Uncertainty in the River Dalälven Catchment Area in Sweden," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-18, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:8:p:883-:d:619820
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/8/883/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/8/883/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Matthias Bürgi & Panna Ali & Afroza Chowdhury & Andreas Heinimann & Cornelia Hett & Felix Kienast & Manoranjan Kumar Mondal & Bishnu Raj Upreti & Peter H. Verburg, 2017. "Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-13, August.
    2. Ove Eriksson & Matilda Arnell & Karl-Johan Lindholm, 2021. "Historical Ecology of Scandinavian Infield Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-24, January.
    3. Alison Ashby, 2016. "From global to local: reshoring for sustainability," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 9(3), pages 75-88, December.
    4. Ove Eriksson & Matilda Arnell, 2017. "Niche construction, entanglement and landscape domestication in Scandinavian infield systems," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 78-88, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Enrique García R & Alvaro Mendez, 2021. "Mañana Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(3), pages 410-413, May.
    2. Silvia Cosimato & Roberto Vona, 2021. "Digital Innovation for the Sustainability of Reshoring Strategies: A Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-16, July.
    3. Duy X. Tran & Diane Pearson & Alan Palmer & David Gray, 2020. "Developing a Landscape Design Approach for the Sustainable Land Management of Hill Country Farms in New Zealand," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-29, June.
    4. Kumar, Mukesh & Tsolakis, Naoum & Agarwal, Anshul & Srai, Jagjit Singh, 2020. "Developing distributed manufacturing strategies from the perspective of a product-process matrix," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 219(C), pages 1-17.
    5. Nina Edh Mirzaei & Per Hilletofth & Rudrajeet Pal, 2021. "Challenges to competitive manufacturing in high-cost environments: checklist and insights from Swedish manufacturing firms," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 272-292, December.
    6. Robert J. DiNapoli & Carl P. Lipo & Terry L. Hunt, 2021. "Triumph of the Commons: Sustainable Community Practices on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-23, November.
    7. Pietrobelli, Carlo & Seri, Cecilia, 2023. "Reshoring, nearshoring and developing countries," MERIT Working Papers 2023-003, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    8. Paulina G. Karimova & Kuang-Chung Lee, 2022. "An Integrated Landscape–Seascape Approach in the Making: Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for Socio-Ecological Revitalisation in Eastern Coastal Taiwan (2016–2021)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-22, April.
    9. Paolo Barbieri & Albachiara Boffelli & Stefano Elia & Luciano Fratocchi & Matteo Kalchschmidt & Danny Samson, 2020. "What can we learn about reshoring after Covid-19?," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 131-136, December.
    10. McIvor, Ronan & Bals, Lydia, 2021. "A multi-theory framework for understanding the reshoring decision," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(6).
    11. Pablo Farías, 2021. "The Local Aspect in the Successful Brands in Latin America: Empirical Evidence of Its Prevalence, the Role of Local and Global Companies, and Its Effect on Consumers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-12, January.
    12. Joanna Badach & Elżbieta Raszeja, 2019. "Developing a Framework for the Implementation of Landscape and Greenspace Indicators in Sustainable Urban Planning. Waterfront Landscape Management: Case Studies in Gdańsk, Poznań and Bristol," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-26, April.
    13. Li, Xinwei & Tse, Ying Kei & Zhang, Minhao & Phi, Hoang Dinh, 2023. "Impact of relocation strategy on brand trustworthiness and word-of-mouth: Experimental vignette research on the US fashion industry," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 257(C).
    14. Mohamed M. Dhiaf & Osama F. Atayah & Nohade Nasrallah & Guilherme F. Frederico, 2021. "Thirteen years of Operations Management Research (OMR) journal: a bibliometric analysis and future research directions," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 235-255, December.
    15. Seweryn Zielinski & Celene B. Milanés & Elena Cambon & Ofelia Perez Montero & Lourdes Rizo & Andres Suarez & Benjamin Cuker & Giorgio Anfuso, 2021. "An Integrated Method for Landscape Assessment: Application to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-30, April.
    16. Movin Sequeira & Anders Adlemo & Per Hilletofth, 2023. "A hybrid fuzzy-AHP-TOPSIS model for evaluation of manufacturing relocation decisions," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 164-191, March.
    17. Maged Mohammed Elkady, 2024. "Digital Transformation in the Fashion Industry in the United Kingdom – A Review," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 11(5), pages 947-958, May.
    18. Ileana Pătru-Stupariu & Marioara Pascu & Matthias Bürgi, 2019. "Exploring Tangible and Intangible Heritage and its Resilience as a Basis to Understand the Cultural Landscapes of Saxon Communities in Southern Transylvania (Romania)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-18, June.
    19. Amy V. Benstead & Mark Stevenson & Linda C. Hendry, 2017. "Why and how do firms reshore? A contingency-based conceptual framework," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 85-103, December.
    20. Barbaglia, Martina & Bianchini, Roberto & Butticè, Vincenzo & Elia, Stefano & Mariani, Marcello M., 2023. "The role of environmental sustainability in the relocation choices of MNEs: Back to the home country or welcome in a new host country?," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(5).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:8:p:883-:d:619820. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.