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.

Language: Английский