Frontiers in socio-environmental research: components, connections, scale, and context

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

JampelDell'Angelo,¹  Steven M. Alexander,²  Paul F. McCord,³  Kathryn L. Sobocinski,⁵  NicolaUlibarri,⁷  SimonePulver,⁸  Michelle L. Johnson,⁹ 

[1] Environmental Change and Governance Group, University of Waterloo;Long Live the Kings, under contract to NOAA-Northwest Fisheries Science Center;Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University;Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University;College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University;Department of Environmental Policy Analysis, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California, Irvine;Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara;National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland;Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service

关键词: components;    connections;    context;    coupled human;    natural systems;    ecosystem services;    frameworks;    human environment;    resilience;    scale;    social-ecological systems;    socio-environmental systems;    vulnerability;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-10280-230323

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

The complex and interdisciplinary nature of socio-environmental (SE) problems has led to numerous efforts to develop organizing frameworks to capture the structural and functional elements of SE systems. We evaluate six leading SE frameworks, i.e., human ecosystem framework, resilience, integrated assessment of ecosystem services, vulnerability framework, coupled human-natural systems, and social-ecological systems framework, with the dual goals of (1) investigating the theoretical core of SE systems research emerging across diverse frameworks and (2) highlighting the gaps and research frontiers brought to the fore by a comparative evaluation. The discussion of the emergent theoretical core is centered on four shared structuring elements of SE systems: components, connections, scale, and context. Cross-cutting research frontiers include: moving beyond singular case studies and small-n studies to meta-analytic comparative work on outcomes in related SE systems; combining descriptive and data-driven modeling approaches to SE systems analysis; and promoting the evolution and refinement of frameworks through empirical application and testing, and interframework learning.

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