Mismatches in spatial scale of supply and demand and their consequences for local welfare in Scottish aquaculture

dc.contributor.authorO'Higgins, Tim
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Karen
dc.contributor.authorGraziano, Marcello
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-17T15:26:46Z
dc.date.available2019-09-17T15:26:46Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-22
dc.description.abstractMismatches in spatial scales, or spatial disconnections between causes and effects of ecosystem degradation, can reduce resilience in social–ecological systems. These mismatches can be particularly disruptive in coastal and marine areas, where multiple social and ecological systems are multi-layered. Scotland’s Western Isles have a history of local resource exploitation to meet extra-regional, larger-scale demands, which has resulted in a long process of socio-demographic decline. Salmon aquaculture is a major and expanding industry in the area, often linked to “Blue Growth”. The expansion of this industry operates within and contributes to create several scale mismatches. Combining a systems approach across nested scales with a classification of scale mismatches, this work analyses the characteristics of the Western Isles salmon aquaculture industry, and it explores effects on social–ecological resilience. An extent scale mismatch between the global stocks of fishmeal species and the local capacity to respond to fluctuations is identified. The implications for this mismatch for the Western Isles are discussed. Some potential policy arrangements for incorporating matched spatial scales are considered.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationO’Higgins, T., Alexander, K. and Graziano, M. (2019) 'Mismatches in spatial scale of supply and demand and their consequences for local welfare in Scottish aquaculture', Anthropocene Coasts, 2(1), pp. 261-278. (17pp.) DOI: 10.1139/anc-2018-0025en
dc.identifier.doi10.1139/anc-2018-0025en
dc.identifier.endpage278en
dc.identifier.issn2561-4150
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleAnthropocene Coastsen
dc.identifier.startpage261en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8551
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCanadian Science Publishingen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/anc-2018-0025#.XYCW4C5KiCj
dc.rights©Copyright remains with the author(s) or their institution(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectScaleen
dc.subjectSpatial Mismatchesen
dc.subjectDPSWRen
dc.subjectScotlanden
dc.subjectAquacultureen
dc.titleMismatches in spatial scale of supply and demand and their consequences for local welfare in Scottish aquacultureen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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