Journal
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 48, Issue -, Pages 53-58Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.09.008
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- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA19030201]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41991230, 41722102]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
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The fit of social-ecological systems (SESs) is crucial for achieving sustainability, especially in dryland areas. By proposing structural, dynamic, and scale approaches, the study aims to enhance the SES fit, though more quantitative indicators and tools are required to analyze complex SES structure-function relationships.
The fit of social-ecological systems (SESs) is regarded as an important criterion for achieving sustainability. However, there is still a shortage of approaches to achieve this matching, especially for dryland areas, where ecosystems are more vulnerable and sensitive than other areas, and mismatches between institutions and ecological processes can cause worse consequences in a shorter time. By drawing on the cases of SES management in dryland areas, we propose three distinct but complementary approaches to promote SES fit based on comprehensive and systematic analyses, which can be summarized as structural, dynamic, and scale approaches. These approaches could contribute to enhance the fit of SES, but more quantitative indicators and tools are needed to analyze complex SES structure?function relationships.
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