Challenges and opportunities for modeling coupled human and natural systems. [PDF]
Natl Sci Rev, 2023 With the growing recognition of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), modeling CHANS with two-way feedbacks has become a frontier research area and a critical tool to achieve sustainability.
Li Y, Sang S, Mote S, Rivas J, Kalnay E.
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Causal inference in coupled human and natural systems. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) are complex, dynamic, interconnected systems with feedback across social and environmental dimensions. This feedback leads to formidable challenges for causal inference.
Ferraro PJ, Sanchirico JN, Smith MD.
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A Coupled Human and Natural Systems Framework to Characterize Emerging Infectious Diseases—The Case of Fibropapillomatosis in Marine Turtles [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife have markedly increased in the last few decades. Unsustainable, continuous, and rapid alterations within and between coupled human and natural systems have significantly disrupted wildlife disease dynamics. Direct
Costanza Manes +2 more
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Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems [PDF]
Science, 2007 Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied by social or natural scientists separately.
Jianguo Liu +15 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 The sustainability of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), linked to several of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, affects both global sustainable development and human wellbeing.
Haimeng Liu +5 more
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How coupled is coupled human-natural systems research?
Ecology and Society, 2022 Interdisciplinary research that links human and natural systems is critical to addressing complex environmental and ecological problems. A growing number of interdisciplinary research teams investigate coupled natural-human systems, but the degree to ...
Yoon Ah Shin +3 more
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The modeling framework of the coupled human and natural systems in the Yellow River Basin
Geography and SustainabilityA mechanistic understanding and modeling of the coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) are frontier of geographical sciences and essential for promoting regional sustainability.
Shan Sang +9 more
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Coupled human and natural systems: The evolution and applications of an integrated framework : This article belongs to Ambio's 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Anthropocene. [PDF]
Ambio, 2021 In our paper ‘‘Coupled Human and Natural Systems’’ (Liu et al. 2007), we developed a timely, theoretical, and practical foundation for research on Coupled Human And Natural Systems (CHANS).
Liu J +10 more
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Using Landsat time series for characterizing forest disturbance dynamics in the coupled human and natural systems of Central Europe. [PDF]
ISPRS J Photogramm Remote Sens, 2017 Remote sensing is a key information source for improving the spatiotemporal understanding of forest ecosystem dynamics. Yet, the mapping and attribution of forest change remains challenging, particularly in areas where a number of interacting disturbance
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Top 40 questions in coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) research
Ecology and Society, 2017 Understanding and managing coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) is a central challenge of the 21st century, but more focus is needed to pursue the most important questions within this vast field given limited research capacity and funding.
Daniel Boyd. Kramer +7 more
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