Tipping point and sentinels : monitoring, interpreting and managing environmental changes in southern Arizona
Point de basculement et sentinelles : surveillance, interprétation et gestion des changements environnementaux dans le sud de l'Arizona
2022
OHM Project
Pima County OHMi
Leader : Blanchon David
Project leader’s laboratory : LAVUE
Full address of laboratory : 200 avenue de la Republique, 92000 Nanterre
Keywords :
Tipping points
sentinels
water resources
fire
environmental awareness
Disciplines :
Anthropologie
Biogeographie
Botanique
Geographie
Sociologie
Socio-anthropologie
Abstract :
This research project aims at linking two concepts, “tipping points” and “sentinels”, which are highly debated in the scientific literature. Its originality is to combine a range of approaches, from ecology to social and behavioral sciences.
The research project focuses on three case studies in Pima County: the effects of fire on the lower slopes of mount Lemmon; the perception of tipping points by water resources managers in Eastern Tucson watershed; and the development of wine-growing industry in the face of climate change. Based on empirical findings, the project was aimed to provide new insights into the role of tipping points and sentinels in assessing and managing environmental changes.
Despite Covid-19, field research has been done during the first years of the project, and 2022 will be mostly focused on finishing field surveys and publications, organizing conferences (which have been canceled due to COVID-19) in order to present the main results.
Translated abstract :
This research project aims at linking two concepts, “tipping points” and “sentinels”, which are highly debated in the scientific literature. Its originality is to combine a range of approaches, from ecology to social and behavioral sciences.
The research project focuses on three case studies in Pima County: the effects of fire on the lower slopes of mount Lemmon; the perception of tipping points by water resources managers in Eastern Tucson watershed; and the development of wine-growing industry in the face of climate change. Based on empirical findings, the project was aimed to provide new insights into the role of tipping points and sentinels in assessing and managing environmental changes.
Despite Covid-19, field research has been done during the first years of the project, and 2022 will be mostly focused on finishing field surveys and publications, organizing conferences (which have been canceled due to COVID-19) in order to present the main results.
