Collaborative Research: AOC: Reconceptualizing the Genesis of Change in Rural African Societies: Exploratory Research on the Co-Production of Land Use and Livelihood Change

合作研究：AOC：重新概念化非洲农村社会变革的起源：土地利用和生计变化共同生产的探索性研究

• 批准号: 0719788
• 负责人: Edward Carr
• 金额: $ 2.39万
• 依托单位: University South Carolina Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0719788&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; AOC; Reconceptualizing; Genesis

This award is one of three collaborative awards for a project that supports social scientists from three U.S. universities (West Virginia University, the University of South Carolina, and Oregon State University) to partner with collaborators at the University of Malawi to study exactly how land use changes contribute to livelihood systems, and vice-versa, in Malawi, a developing African country. Natural resources are an essential component of the livelihood systems of poor people. Across the globe, human use of such resources is increasing rapidly with very little understanding of how this affects poverty levels. The central objective of the research is to test the hypothesis that land use and livelihood changes are co-produced, that is, deliberative decisions relating to both are made simultaneously, rather than in a ?driver-feedback? manner as has often been suggested. The researchers will implement a diverse range of methods including field-based surveys, household economic modeling, and geographic information systems. The research outcomes will include a dataset of household interviews, maps of land use and land cover change, and empirical evidence relating to the project?s main hypotheses. The U.S. scientists will engage their foreign collaborators through both official university linkages and personal, long-standing, working relationships. The PI and Co-PIs will donate their time to teach courses at the University of Malawi. This research will provide direct educational experience for up to four U.S. university students to travel to Malawi to engage in scientific fieldwork. Indirectly, many other students will benefit from videos and project-related information presented in classes by the four professors. This project will inform policy makers on poverty and natural resources issues, focusing on how change in one affects change in the other. The project outcomes can then be used by policy makers in many developing countries as they develop strategies to alleviate such issues as poverty, AIDS, and the impact of climate changes on local populations.

该奖项是一个项目的三个合作奖项之一，该项目支持来自三所美国大学(西弗吉尼亚大学、南卡罗来纳大学和俄勒冈州立大学)的社会科学家与马拉维大学的合作者合作，确切地研究土地利用变化如何有助于马拉维这个非洲发展中国家的生计体系，反之亦然。自然资源是穷人生计体系的重要组成部分。在全球范围内，人类对这类资源的使用正在迅速增加，而对这如何影响贫困水平却知之甚少。这项研究的中心目标是检验土地利用和生计变化是共同产生的假设，即与两者相关的深思熟虑的决定是同时做出的，而不是在司机反馈的情况下做出的。就像人们经常建议的那样。研究人员将采用一系列不同的方法，包括实地调查、家庭经济建模和地理信息系统。研究成果将包括一组家庭访谈的数据集，土地利用和土地覆盖变化的地图，以及与该项目相关的经验证据--S主要假设。美国科学家将通过官方大学联系和个人长期工作关系与他们的外国合作者进行接触。PI和共同PI将捐献他们的时间在马拉维大学教授课程。这项研究将为最多四名美国大学生前往马拉维从事科学实地考察提供直接的教育经验。间接地，许多其他学生将从这四位教授在课堂上展示的视频和与项目相关的信息中受益。该项目将就贫困和自然资源问题向政策制定者提供信息，重点是一个方面的变化如何影响另一个方面的变化。然后，许多发展中国家的政策制定者可以利用项目成果制定战略，以缓解贫困、艾滋病和气候变化对当地人口的影响等问题。