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THE SERV-ILEK PROJECT SOCIAL-ECOLOGICALLY RESILIENT VISIONS Social-Ecological Pilot Case Study in the US Virgin Islands Wm. Alex Webb and Dr. Kostas Alexandridis University of the Virgin Islands Institute for Geocomputational Statistics and Analysis (GeoCAS)
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THE SERV-ILEK PROJECTSOCIAL-ECOLOGICALLY RESILIENT VISIONS
Social-Ecological Pilot Case Study in the US Virgin Islands
Wm. Alex Webb and Dr. Kostas AlexandridisUniversity of the Virgin Islands
Institute for Geocomputational Statistics and Analysis (GeoCAS)
PROJECT GOALS
To explore collective social knowledge related to the drivers of change within a social-ecological system of interactions
To assess the capacity of diverse groups to share a common vision of sustainability within St. Thomas, USVI
SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL FOCAL SCALE
Island of St. Thomas, USVI
All participants either born on island or maintained 5+ years of residency
SCENARIO PLANNING FOCUS GROUPS
Approximately 2 hours in duration
4-9 participants per group
Four stages of scenario development
Adapted Q-Method incorporated into process
Preparing for focus group session with members of Rastafarian farming Co-op Photo credit Kostas Alexandridis
PROJECT DETAILS
5 groups were sampled comprising 32 participants
Focus Group# of
Participants
# of Q-Method Statements
MPA Management Team 4 24Hospitality Social Group 5 28
Local NRM 5 39Rastafarian Farming Co-op 9 43
Environmental Conservation/Education
Group9 42
Total 32 176
ANALYSIS
Each Discussion was transcribed into natural language text documents and analyzed using semantic network analysis
Summary Results Total__ Percent Total__ Total Responses: 1,058 100%Total Words: 53,372 100%Extracted concepts: 12,191 22.8%
(n=176, Runs p = .024, x2 = 0.0)
• Distribution of coded statements from Q-Method portion of focus groups
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
• WordCloud of concepts derived from Q-Method statements
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
• Semantic network representation of hospitality social group discussing drivers of change
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
• Semantic network representation of hospitality social group describing sustainability
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
Research funded through NSF VI-EPSCoR award #814471
Additional partial funding was supported by the initiative-based project EO-5 “Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons through Formation of Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge”, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan
