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Vulnerability assessment of rural social-ecological system to climate change: a case study of Yunnan Province, China [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2021
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively measure the vulnerability level of the whole rural social-ecological system in Yunnan Province and to analyze the spatial differences of the vulnerability in different regions.
Yueyue He, Changchun Zhou, Tanveer Ahmed
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Social-ecological system changes in China from 1990 to 2018

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Social-ecological systems provide a comprehensive scientific framework for understanding the complex processes and interactions between natural and human systems.
Cao Mengxue   +4 more
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Hexagonal cyclical network structure and operating mechanism of the social-ecological system

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Research on the social-ecological system unifies society, the economy, resources and the environment and provides an integrated and systematic research framework through which to study complex earth system problems, such as climate change, globalization,
Kaige Wang   +3 more
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The correlation mechanism and transmission path of green regeneration of urban industrial brownfields from the perspective of social-ecological system resilience

open access: yesEcological Indicators
As a bearing space for urban social-ecological systems, industrial brownfields have exposed dual vulnerabilities in the social and ecological sectors. Therefore, this study introduces social-ecosystem resilience theory, which is pivotal for transforming ...
Yang Zhang, Yufang Zhong, Guangmin Zhang
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How can social–ecological system models simulate the emergence of social–ecological crises?

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2021
The idea that human impacts on natural systems might trigger large‐scale, social–ecological ‘crises’ or ‘breakdowns’ is attracting increasing scientific, societal and political attention, but the risks of such crises remain hard to assess or ameliorate ...
Calum Brown, Mark Rounsevell
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Coupling coordination degree between social-economic development and water environment: A case study of Taihu lake basin, China

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2023
Exploring the coupled and coordinated development of social-ecological systems is an important basis for promoting integrated watershed management. Based on the framework of the social-ecological system of lake water environment governance, this study ...
Liting Xu, Sophia Shuang Chen
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Physical Constraints on Global Social-Ecological Energy System

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Energy is the main driver of human Social-Ecological System (SES) dynamics. Collective energy properties of human SES can be described applying the principles of statistical mechanics: (i) energy consumption repartition; (ii) efficiency; (iii ...
Marco Casazza   +4 more
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Using Causal Loop Diagrams to Conceptualize Groundwater as a Social-Ecological System

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Groundwater systems are social-ecological systems (SES) in which human communities, groundwater dependent ecosystems and groundwater resources are linked, and therefore, cannot be studied in isolation.
Louis Bouchet   +2 more
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Mapping Social-Ecological-Oriented Dried Fish Value Chain: Evidence from Coastal Communities of Odisha and West Bengal in India

open access: yesCoasts, 2023
The production and trade of dried fish are important sources of livelihood and employment for poor people engaged in the dried fish value chain. More importantly, half of them are women.
Sisir Kanta Pradhan   +2 more
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An expert-based reference list of variables for characterizing and monitoring social-ecological systems

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2020
The social-ecological system (SES) approach is fundamental for addressing global change challenges and to developing sustainability science. Over the last two decades, much progress has been made in translating this approach from theory to practice ...
Manuel Pacheco-Romero   +3 more
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