社会资本及其在自然资源管理中的作用

Social Capital and Its Impacts on Natural Resources Management

围绕社会资本三要素范式对社会资本在社区自然资源管理中所起的作用进行分析研究得出：社会资本是一个多维度且仍处于发展中的概念；社会资本在社区自然资源管理中起重要作用，但这与社区内部如何整合、利用当地社会资本密切相关。做到有效释放社会资本潜力需要长期的磨合；衡量社会资本可以通过不同的切入点以及不同的数据处理方法，但不同的切入点代表社会资本的不同含义，需要在研究中加以说明。

This paper focuses on the concept of social capital and its impacts on natural resources management. The paper contributes to the continuing debate over the multifaceted concept of social capital, and its three dimensions including network, trust and norm. Then it analyzes impacts of social capital on natural resources management based on the three dimensions, Lastly, it reviews some classic approaches on how to measure social capital. Three conclusions have been made. Firstly, social capital is a multifaceted and developing concept. Secondly, social capital has great impact on natural resources management; however, efforts and time are needed to explore the potential of social capital. Thirdly, many approaches to measure social capital can be adopted. Different approaches represent different analysis perspectives.