TY - JOUR
T1 - A social-ecological systems approach for environmental management
AU - Virapongse, Arika
AU - Brooks, Samantha
AU - Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli
AU - Zedalis, Morgan
AU - Gosz, Jim
AU - Kliskey, Andrew
AU - Alessa, Lilian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Urgent environmental issues are testing the limits of current management approaches and pushing demand for innovative approaches that integrate across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Practitioners, scholars, and policy-makers alike call for increased integration of natural and social sciences to develop new approaches that address the range of ecological and societal impacts of modern environmental issues. From a theoretical perspective, social-ecological systems (SES) science offers a compelling approach for improved environmental management through the application of transdisciplinary and resilience concepts. A framework for translating SES theory into practice, however, is lacking. In this paper, we define the key components of an SES-based environmental management approach. We offer recommendations for integrating an SES approach into existing environmental management practices. Results presented are useful for management professionals that seek to employ an SES environmental management approach and scholars aiming to advance the theoretical foundations of SES science for practical application.
AB - Urgent environmental issues are testing the limits of current management approaches and pushing demand for innovative approaches that integrate across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Practitioners, scholars, and policy-makers alike call for increased integration of natural and social sciences to develop new approaches that address the range of ecological and societal impacts of modern environmental issues. From a theoretical perspective, social-ecological systems (SES) science offers a compelling approach for improved environmental management through the application of transdisciplinary and resilience concepts. A framework for translating SES theory into practice, however, is lacking. In this paper, we define the key components of an SES-based environmental management approach. We offer recommendations for integrating an SES approach into existing environmental management practices. Results presented are useful for management professionals that seek to employ an SES environmental management approach and scholars aiming to advance the theoretical foundations of SES science for practical application.
KW - Environmental management
KW - Land management
KW - Natural resource management
KW - Social-ecological systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964691928&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.02.028
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.02.028
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27131638
AN - SCOPUS:84964691928
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 178
SP - 83
EP - 91
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
ER -