Global Environmental Change,
Journal Year:
2014,
Volume and Issue:
28, P. 227 - 238
Published: Aug. 20, 2014
Humanity
faces
a
major
global
challenge
in
achieving
wellbeing
for
all,
while
simultaneously
ensuring
that
the
biophysical
processes
and
ecosystem
services
underpin
are
exploited
within
scientifically
informed
boundaries
of
sustainability.
We
propose
framework
defining
safe
just
operating
space
humanity
integrates
social
into
original
planetary
concept
(Rockström
et
al.,
2009a,b)
application
at
regional
scales.
argue
such
can:
(1)
increase
policy
impact
as
most
governance
takes
place
rather
than
scale;
(2)
contribute
to
understanding
dissemination
complexity
thinking
throughout
policy-making;
(3)
act
powerful
metaphor
communication
tool
equity
demonstrate
approach
two
rural
Chinese
localities
where
we
define
lies
between
an
environmental
ceiling
foundation
from
analysis
time
series
drawn
monitored
palaeoecological
data,
survey
statistics
respectively.
Agricultural
intensification
has
led
poverty
reduction,
though
not
eradicated
it,
but
expense
degradation.
Currently,
is
exceeded
degraded
water
quality
both
even
least
well-met
standards
available
piped
sanitation.
The
conjunction
these
needs
constraints
around
issue
access
illustrates
broader
value
sustainable
development.
AMBIO,
Journal Year:
2014,
Volume and Issue:
43(5), P. 579 - 591
Published: March 21, 2014
Indigenous
and
local
knowledge
systems
as
well
practitioners'
can
provide
valid
useful
to
enhance
our
understanding
of
governance
biodiversity
ecosystems
for
human
well-being.
There
is,
therefore,
a
great
need
within
emerging
global
assessment
programs,
such
the
IPBES
other
international
efforts,
develop
functioning
mechanisms
legitimate,
transparent,
constructive
ways
creating
synergies
across
systems.
We
present
multiple
evidence
base
(MEB)
an
approach
that
proposes
parallels
whereby
indigenous,
scientific
are
viewed
generate
different
manifestations
knowledge,
which
new
insights
innovations
through
complementarities.
MEB
emphasizes
evaluation
occurs
primarily
rather
than
on
particular
issue
creates
enriched
picture
understanding,
triangulation
joint
starting
point
further
generation.
PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2012,
Volume and Issue:
7(6), P. e38970 - e38970
Published: June 18, 2012
Ecosystem
service
assessments
have
increasingly
been
used
to
support
environmental
management
policies,
mainly
based
on
biophysical
and
economic
indicators.
However,
few
studies
coped
with
the
social-cultural
dimension
of
ecosystem
services,
despite
being
considered
a
research
priority.
We
examined
how
bundles
trade-offs
emerge
from
diverging
social
preferences
toward
services
delivered
by
various
types
ecosystems
in
Spain.
conducted
3,379
direct
face-to-face
questionnaires
eight
different
case
study
sites
2007
2011.
Overall,
90.5%
sampled
population
recognized
ecosystem's
capacity
deliver
services.
Formal
studies,
behavior,
gender
variables
influenced
probability
people
recognizing
provide
The
most
frequently
perceived
were
regulating
services;
those,
air
purification
held
greatest
importance.
statistical
analysis
showed
that
socio-cultural
factors
conservation
strategy
(i.e.,
National
Park,
Natural
or
non-protected
area)
an
effect
identified
analyzing
through
multivariate
(redundancy
hierarchical
cluster
analysis).
found
clear
trade-off
among
provisioning
(and
recreational
hunting)
versus
almost
all
cultural
three
associated
rural-urban
gradient.
conclude
can
serve
as
tool
identify
relevant
for
people,
underlying
these
preferences,
emerging
trade-offs.
Ecology and Society,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
21(3)
Published: Jan. 1, 2016
Folke,
C.,
R.
Biggs,
A.
V.
Norström,
B.
Reyers,
and
J.
Rockström.
2016.
Social-ecological
resilience
biosphere-based
sustainability
science.
Ecology
Society
21(3):41.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08748-210341
Ecology and Society,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
21(4)
Published: Jan. 1, 2016
Resilience
thinking
in
relation
to
the
environment
has
emerged
as
a
lens
of
inquiry
that
serves
platform
for
interdisciplinary
dialogue
and
collaboration.
is
about
cultivating
capacity
sustain
development
face
expected
surprising
change
diverse
pathways
potential
thresholds
between
them.
The
evolution
resilience
coupled
social-ecological
systems
truly
intertwined
human-environment
planet.
persistence,
adaptability,
transformability
complex
adaptive
focus,
clarifying
dynamic
forward-looking
nature
concept.
emphasizes
systems,
from
individual,
community,
society
whole,
are
embedded
biosphere.
biosphere
connection
an
essential
observation
if
sustainability
be
taken
seriously.
In
continuous
advancement
there
efforts
aimed
at
capturing
finding
ways
people
institutions
govern
dynamics
improved
human
well-being,
local,
across
levels
scales,
global.
Consequently,
thinking,
issues
planet,
framed
context
understanding
governing
part
Ecology and Society,
Journal Year:
2014,
Volume and Issue:
19(4)
Published: Jan. 1, 2014
Scholars
and
policy
makers
are
becoming
increasingly
interested
in
the
processes
that
lead
to
transformations
toward
sustainability.We
explored
how
resilience
thinking,
a
stronger
focus
on
social-ecological
systems,
can
contribute
existing
studies
of
sustainability
transformations.First,
we
responded
two
major
points
critique:
claim
theory
is
not
useful
for
addressing
transformations,
role
"power"
transformation
has
been
underplayed
by
scholars.Second,
highlighted
promising
work
combines
insights
from
different
theoretical
strands,
strategy
strengthens
our
understanding
transformations.We
elaborated
three
research
areas
which
such
combined
perspectives
could
focus:
innovation
social-ecological-technological
systems
interactions,
patterns
transformation,
agency
transformation.
