Internet-Based Approaches to Building Stakeholder Networks for Conservation and Natural Resource Management

Kreakie, B. J.; Hychka, K. C.; Belaire, J. A.; Minor, E.; Walker, H. A.

doi:10.1007/s00267-015-0624-8

Title: Internet-Based Approaches to Building Stakeholder Networks for Conservation and Natural Resource Management

Journal Article · 26 October 2015 · Environmental Management

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0624-8 · OSTI ID:1623601

Kreakie, B. J. ^[1]; Hychka, K. C. ^[2]; Belaire, J. A. ^[3]; Minor, E. ^[4]; Walker, H. A. ^[2]

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Narragansett, RI (United States). Office of Research and Development. Atlantic Ecology Division; DOE/OSTI
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Narragansett, RI (United States). Office of Research and Development. Atlantic Ecology Division
St. Edward's Univ., Austin, TX (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences

Social network analysis (SNA) is based on a conceptual network representation of social interactions and is an invaluable tool for conservation professionals to increase collaboration, improve information flow, and increase efficiency. We present two approaches to constructing internet-based social networks, and use an existing traditional (survey-based) case study to illustrate in a familiar context the deviations in methods and results. Internet-based approaches to SNA offer a means to overcome institutional hurdles to conducting survey-based SNA, provide unique insight into an institution’s web presences, allow for easy snowballing (iterative process that incorporates new nodes in the network), and afford monitoring of social networks through time. The internet-based approaches differ in link definition: hyperlink is based on links on a website that redirect to a different website and relatedness links are based on a Google’s ‘‘relatedness’’ operator that identifies pages ‘‘similar’’ to a URL. All networks were initiated with the same start nodes [members of a conservation alliance for the Calumet region around Chicago (n = 130)], but the resulting networks vary drastically from one another. Interpretation of the resulting networks is highly contingent upon how the links were defined.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0014664

OSTI ID:: 1623601

Journal Information:: Environmental Management, Journal Name: Environmental Management Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 57; ISSN 0364-152X

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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