ABSTRACT

Sustaining our agricultural landscapes is no longer just a technical, scientific or even political problem, but it has evolved into a socially complex, so-called wicked problem of conflicting social governance and economics. This creates an extreme economic obstacle where the value of ecosystem services remains low and diffuse and the transactions costs remain high and multiple.Using Uber-like business platform technology and a shared governance model, a symbiotic demand for environmental benefits is created. Enabling multi-sector transactions for environmental benefits, this platform innovation would remedy the "tragedy of the commons"; the economic nemesis to achieving landscape sustainability. In a nutshell, to sustain our agricultural landscapes a transdisciplinary approach supported by a shared governance model housed within a multi-sided platform in needed. This book introduces an assessment framework identifying governance actors, styles and ratios for socio-ecological systems. The assessment uses a new governance compass to identify the types of actors completing which tasks and identifies the styles of governance used to complete the tasks. It is aimed to anyone involved in sustainability science, agricultural policy planning, or integrated landscape design.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Section I: An enduring wicked problem

chapter 2|18 pages

An enduring wicked problem

chapter 3|12 pages

Natural capital outputs and outcomes

chapter 5|14 pages

Conflicting governance styles

part |2 pages

Section II: Devising a wicked solution

chapter 6|18 pages

Devising a wicked solution

chapter 7|18 pages

A landscape language

chapter 8|48 pages

Aligning sustainability activities

chapter 9|18 pages

A shared governance platform

part |2 pages

Section III: Designing a glocal business ecosystem

chapter 10|14 pages

Governance of the glocal commons

chapter 11|12 pages

Designing a business ecosystem

chapter 12|22 pages

Enabling an eco-commerce ecosystem

chapter 13|6 pages

Conclusion