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Regime shifts in social-ecological systems: impacts on ecosystem services and implications for poverty alleviation
Regime shifts refer to large, persistent changes in the structure and function of complex systems such as intertwined social-ecological systems (SES).
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Urban flood risk management needs nature-based solutions: a coupled social-ecological system perspective
Zhou, Kejing, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Georgia Destouni, Michae E. Meadows, Erik Andersson, Liding Chen, Bin Chen, Zhenya Li and Jie Su. 202...
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Adaptive Peace: Insights from Complexity for Strengthening the Resilience and Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems
Complexity theory offers new ways of understanding how social-ecological systems function under pressure, for example how climate change related stressors may exacerbate competition over scarce resources or limit livelihood options.
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Getting the measure of ecosystem services: a social-ecological approach
Belinda Reyers, Reinette Biggs, Graeme S Cumming, et al. 2013. Getting the measure of ecosystem services: a social-ecological approach. Fron...
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Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services
Reinette Biggs, Maja Schlüter, Duan Biggs, et al. 2013. Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services. Annual Review ...
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Adaptive Governance, Ecosystem Management, and Natural Capital: Fig. 1.
Schultz, Lisen, Carl Folke, Henrik Österblom, and Per Olsson. 2015. Adaptive Governance, Ecosystem Management, and Natural Capital: Fig. 1. ...
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Strategies for Managing Complex Social-Ecological Systems in the Face of Uncertainty: Examples from South Africa and beyond
Biggs, Reinette Oonsie, Clint Rhode, Sally Archibald, Lucky Makhosini Kunene, Shingirirai S Mutanga, Nghamula Nkuna, Peter Omondi Ocholla, a...
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Social-ecological systems and biosphere stewardship
Humanity interacts with the dynamics of the biosphere in new ways.