Literature Review
Thresholds in Ecological and Social–Ecological Systems: a Developing Database
Authors: Walker, Meyers (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"This paper describes a developing database established to address this need [lack of empirical data on regime shifts in SES]. The database is freely available and comprises a set of summarized published examples and a searchable bibliographic database of publications on the topic." [Edit this posting]
Thresholds in Ecological and Social–Ecological Systems (Walker and Meyers 2004)
Thresholds in Ecological and Social–Ecological Systems: a Developing Database
Authors: Walker, Meyers (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"This paper describes a developing database established to address this need [lack of empirical data on regime shifts in SES]. The database is freely available and comprises a set of summarized published examples and a searchable bibliographic database of publications on the topic." [Edit this posting]
Thresholds in Ecological and Social–Ecological Systems (Walker and Meyers 2004)
Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems: An Impossibility?
Authors: Ostrom (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"...scientists are worried that many of the social-ecological systems existing today may collapse by the end of the 21st century... more important than simply worrying, however, is th development of a strong diagnostic method for analyzing the diversity of processes and the multiplicity of potential social and biophysical solutions that are needed to cope effectively with these varied processes. Past efforts to impose simple solutions to these complex problems have frequently led to worse outcomes than the problems addressed. Our need today is building a strong interdisciplinary science of complex, multilevel systems that will enable over time a matching of potential solutions to a careful diagnosis of specific problems embedded in a social-ecological context. I will take some small steps toward this goal in my presentation" (presented at the 2007 Annual Mtg of AAAS). [Edit this posting]
Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems (Ostrom 2007)
Emerging Framework of Urban Ecology, as Illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
Authors: Pickett (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"The findings suggest a broader range of structural and functional relationships than is often assumed for urban ecological systems. We address the relationships between social status and awareness of environmental problems, and between race and environmental hazard. We present patterns of species diversity, riparian function, and stream nitrate loading. In addition, we probe the suitability of land-use models, the diversity of soils, and the potential for urban carbon sequestration. Finally, we illustrate lags between social patterns and vegetation, the biogeochemistry of lawns, ecosystem nutrient retention, and social-biophysical feedbacks. These results suggest a framework for a theory of urban ecosystems. [Edit this posting]
Urban Ecology Baltimore Synthesis (Pickett et al. 2008)
Adaptive Comanagement for Building Resilience in Social–Ecological Systems
Authors: Olsson, Folke, Berkes (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"We present... the development of adaptive comanagement systems, showing how local groups self-organize, learn, and actively adapt to and shape change with social networks that connect institutions and organizations across levels and scales and that facilitate information flows...The results suggest that the institutional and organizational landscapes should be approached as carefully as the ecological in order to clarify features that contribute to the resilience of social–ecological systems." [Edit this posting]
Adaptive Co-management (Olsson et al. 2004)
Adaptive Comanagement for Building Resilience in Social–Ecological Systems
Authors: Olsson, Folke, Berkes (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"We present... the development of adaptive comanagement systems, showing how local groups self-organize, learn, and actively adapt to and shape change with social networks that connect institutions and organizations across levels and scales and that facilitate information flows...The results suggest that the institutional and organizational landscapes should be approached as carefully as the ecological in order to clarify features that contribute to the resilience of social–ecological systems." [Edit this posting]
Adaptive Co-management (Olsson et al. 2004)
Adaptive Comanagement for Building Resilience in Social–Ecological Systems
Authors: Olsson, Folke, Berkes (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"We present... the development of adaptive comanagement systems, showing how local groups self-organize, learn, and actively adapt to and shape change with social networks that connect institutions and organizations across levels and scales and that facilitate information flows...The results suggest that the institutional and organizational landscapes should be approached as carefully as the ecological in order to clarify features that contribute to the resilience of social–ecological systems." [Edit this posting]
Adaptive Co-management (Olsson et al. 2004)
A conceptual template for integrative human–environment research
Authors: Newell (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"..we describe a ‘conceptual template’ that comprises (a) a list of high-level concepts that capture the essential aspects of any significant human–environment problem, plus (b) broad lists of low-level basic concepts drawn from a range of disciplines. We suggest that a conceptual template like that presented here can provide strong support to the initial phases of integrative research programs." [Edit this posting]
Conceptual Template (Newell et al 2005)
Approaches to the study of urban ecosystems
Authors: Grimm, Redman (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"In this large-scale project, biological, physical, and social scientists are working together to study the structure and function of the urban ecosystem, to assess the effects of urban development on surrounding agricultural and desert lands, and to study the relationship and feedbacks between human decisions and ecological processes.Our interdisciplinary investigations into the relationship between land-use decisions and ecological conse-quences in the rapidly growing urban environment of Phoenix are of broad relevance for the study of socialecological systems and cites in particular." [Edit this posting]
Urban Ecosystems
Approaches to the study of urban ecosystems
Authors: Grimm, Redman (Uploaded by: Aly Bean)"In this large-scale project, biological, physical, and social scientists are working together to study the structure and function of the urban ecosystem, to assess the effects of urban development on surrounding agricultural and desert lands, and to study the relationship and feedbacks between human decisions and ecological processes.Our interdisciplinary investigations into the relationship between land-use decisions and ecological conse-quences in the rapidly growing urban environment of Phoenix are of broad relevance for the study of socialecological systems and cites in particular." [Edit this posting]
Urban Ecosystems