Karina Liechti
Biographic Data
| ID | 5611053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karina Liechti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karina |
| FAMILY NAME | Liechti |
| SIGNATURE | LIECHTI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0928-5722 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Food Systems and Ecosystem Restoration
Ecosystems provide fundamental functions for food systems, are essential for freshwater provision and biodiversity conservation, and play a crucial role in climate change adaptation. This is especially important in the vulnerable mountain regions of arid and semiarid landscapes that have high levels of food insecurity (Romeo et al 2020). To address food insecurity and support sustainable food systems, the strong potential for synergies (O'Connell…
Understanding threat appraisal and protective action concerning forest fires in low-exposure regions
Progressing climate change and escalating global warming are increasing the danger of forest fires. Unlike regions with a history of forest fires and recurrent periods of elevated fire danger, areas north of the European Alps have had limited exposure to this hazard. As a result, residents have little experience, knowledge, or awareness of protective behaviours during high-danger periods and in forest fire prevention. This study aimed to enhance …
Naturressourcennutzung im Kontext struktureller Unsicherheiten
Reviewed: Naturressourcennutzung im Kontext struktureller Unsicherheiten: Eine Politische Ökologie der Weideländer Kirgisistans in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche [Natural Resource Use in a Context of Structural Insecurity: A Political Ecology of Kyrgyztan's Pastures in Times of Radical Social Change]. By Andrei Dörre. Stuttgart, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2014. 416 pp. € 64.00, US$ 72.00. ISBN 978-3-515-10761-7
Why do individuals behave differently in commons dilemmas? The case of alpine farmers using common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland
The sustainable use of common-pool resources depends on users’ behaviour with regards to appropriation and provision. Most knowledge about behaviour in such situations comes from experimental research. As experiments take place in confined environments, motivational drivers and actions in the field might differ. This paper analyses farmers’ use of common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Binary logistic regression is applied to surve…
Integrative Geography at the University of Bern
The Department of Integrative Geography at the University of Bern is dedicated to sustainability research and teaching. Within its sustainable regional development and sustainable land management foci, it is firmly committed to mountain research and development. One of the study regions is the Swiss Alps, where issues such as common property resource use and protected area monitoring link to global debates
Why do individuals behave differently in commons dilemmas? The case of alpine farmers using common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland
The sustainable use of common-pool resources depends on users’ behaviour with regards to appropriation and provision. Most knowledge about behaviour in such situations comes from experimental research. As experiments take place in confined environments, motivational drivers and actions in the field might differ. This paper analyses farmers’ use of common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Binary logistic regression is applied to surve…
The Meanings of Pasture in Resource Degradation Negotiations
Pasture use in the Kyrgyz Republic has changed significantly as a result of fundamental political, economic, and societal changes following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent changes in people's livelihoods. Government institutions criticize current land use patterns as unsustainable and the cause of degradation. But at the local level, pasture quality is rarely seen as a major problem. This article uses a qualitative approach to…
Linking a World Heritage Site to Sustainable Regional Development—Contested Natures in a Local Negotiation Process
Based on the candidature of a region in the Swiss Alps as a World Natural Heritage Site (WHS), this article outlines the negotiation process as reflected in the local media. Discussions of the World Heritage issue over a time span of 4 years revealed how the region concerned was discursively constructed and that discursive constructions implied specific views of nature. By elaborating on these conflicting views of nature, we intend to reflect on …
Between Conservation and Development
This article presents an empirical interdisciplinary study of an extensive participatory process that was carried out in 2004 in the recently established World Natural Heritage Site “Jungfrau–Aletsch–Bietschhorn” in the Swiss Alps. The study used qualitative and quantitative empirical methods of social science to address the question of success factors in establishing and concretizing a World Heritage Site. Current international scientific and po…
La contribution des biens naturels du Patrimoine Mondial au développement régional durable
Les sites naturels du Jungfrau- Aletsch-Bietschhorn et du Mont Kenya, tous deux inscrits au Patrimoine Mondial de l'Unesco, diffèrent l'un de l'autre sur le plan économique et socioculturel ainsi que par la dynamique écologique de leur région avoisi- nante. Dans le cas de Grindelwald, le paysage culturel est plus menacé que le paysage naturel protégé du patrimoine mondial, alors que dans le cas du système des hautes et basses terres du Mont Kenya…
The Contributions of World Natural Heritage Sites to Sustainable Regional Development - Two Case Studies from the North and the South
The Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietsch- horn and Mount Kenya World Natural Heritage Sites differ in terms of the economic, socio-cultural and ecological dynamics of their surrounding regions. In the case of the Grindelwald region, the cultural landscape is more endangered than the protected natural landscape of the World Heritage Site, whereas in the case of the highland-lowland system of Mt. Kenya, the pressure on the high-potential resources of the World…
Linking a World Heritage Site to Sustainable Regional Development—Contested Natures in a Local Negotiation Process
Based on the candidature of a region in the Swiss Alps as a World Natural Heritage Site (WHS), this article outlines the negotiation process as reflected in the local media. Discussions of the World Heritage issue over a time span of 4 years revealed how the region concerned was discursively constructed and that discursive constructions implied specific views of nature. By elaborating on these conflicting views of nature, we intend to reflect on …
La contribution des biens naturels du Patrimoine Mondial au développement régional durable
Les sites naturels du Jungfrau- Aletsch-Bietschhorn et du Mont Kenya, tous deux inscrits au Patrimoine Mondial de l'Unesco, diffèrent l'un de l'autre sur le plan économique et socioculturel ainsi que par la dynamique écologique de leur région avoisi- nante. Dans le cas de Grindelwald, le paysage culturel est plus menacé que le paysage naturel protégé du patrimoine mondial, alors que dans le cas du système des hautes et basses terres du Mont Kenya…
The Contributions of World Natural Heritage Sites to Sustainable Regional Development - Two Case Studies from the North and the South
The Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietsch- horn and Mount Kenya World Natural Heritage Sites differ in terms of the economic, socio-cultural and ecological dynamics of their surrounding regions. In the case of the Grindelwald region, the cultural landscape is more endangered than the protected natural landscape of the World Heritage Site, whereas in the case of the highland-lowland system of Mt. Kenya, the pressure on the high-potential resources of the World…
Between Conservation and Development
This article presents an empirical interdisciplinary study of an extensive participatory process that was carried out in 2004 in the recently established World Natural Heritage Site “Jungfrau–Aletsch–Bietschhorn” in the Swiss Alps. The study used qualitative and quantitative empirical methods of social science to address the question of success factors in establishing and concretizing a World Heritage Site. Current international scientific and po…
Linking a World Heritage Site to Sustainable Regional Development—Contested Natures in a Local Negotiation Process
Based on the candidature of a region in the Swiss Alps as a World Natural Heritage Site (WHS), this article outlines the negotiation process as reflected in the local media. Discussions of the World Heritage issue over a time span of 4 years revealed how the region concerned was discursively constructed and that discursive constructions implied specific views of nature. By elaborating on these conflicting views of nature, we intend to reflect on …
The Meanings of Pasture in Resource Degradation Negotiations
Pasture use in the Kyrgyz Republic has changed significantly as a result of fundamental political, economic, and societal changes following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent changes in people's livelihoods. Government institutions criticize current land use patterns as unsustainable and the cause of degradation. But at the local level, pasture quality is rarely seen as a major problem. This article uses a qualitative approach to…
Why do individuals behave differently in commons dilemmas? The case of alpine farmers using common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland
The sustainable use of common-pool resources depends on users’ behaviour with regards to appropriation and provision. Most knowledge about behaviour in such situations comes from experimental research. As experiments take place in confined environments, motivational drivers and actions in the field might differ. This paper analyses farmers’ use of common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Binary logistic regression is applied to surve…
Integrative Geography at the University of Bern
The Department of Integrative Geography at the University of Bern is dedicated to sustainability research and teaching. Within its sustainable regional development and sustainable land management foci, it is firmly committed to mountain research and development. One of the study regions is the Swiss Alps, where issues such as common property resource use and protected area monitoring link to global debates
Why do individuals behave differently in commons dilemmas? The case of alpine farmers using common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland
The sustainable use of common-pool resources depends on users’ behaviour with regards to appropriation and provision. Most knowledge about behaviour in such situations comes from experimental research. As experiments take place in confined environments, motivational drivers and actions in the field might differ. This paper analyses farmers’ use of common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Binary logistic regression is applied to surve…
Naturressourcennutzung im Kontext struktureller Unsicherheiten
Reviewed: Naturressourcennutzung im Kontext struktureller Unsicherheiten: Eine Politische Ökologie der Weideländer Kirgisistans in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche [Natural Resource Use in a Context of Structural Insecurity: A Political Ecology of Kyrgyztan's Pastures in Times of Radical Social Change]. By Andrei Dörre. Stuttgart, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2014. 416 pp. € 64.00, US$ 72.00. ISBN 978-3-515-10761-7
Understanding threat appraisal and protective action concerning forest fires in low-exposure regions
Progressing climate change and escalating global warming are increasing the danger of forest fires. Unlike regions with a history of forest fires and recurrent periods of elevated fire danger, areas north of the European Alps have had limited exposure to this hazard. As a result, residents have little experience, knowledge, or awareness of protective behaviours during high-danger periods and in forest fire prevention. This study aimed to enhance …
Food Systems and Ecosystem Restoration
Ecosystems provide fundamental functions for food systems, are essential for freshwater provision and biodiversity conservation, and play a crucial role in climate change adaptation. This is especially important in the vulnerable mountain regions of arid and semiarid landscapes that have high levels of food insecurity (Romeo et al 2020). To address food insecurity and support sustainable food systems, the strong potential for synergies (O'Connell…
Geography (8 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Sustainability (5 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works)