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Conceptualization of Social-Ecological Systems of the California Current: An Examination of Interdisciplinary Science Supporting Ecosystem-Based Management
- Source :
- Coastal Management. 44:397-408
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Improved understanding and management of social-ecological systems (SES) requires collaboration between biophysical and social scientists; however, issues related to research philosophy and approaches, the nature of data, and language hinder interdisciplinary science. Here, we discuss how we used conceptual models to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in support of integrated ecosystem assessments (IEAs) in the California Current ecosystem. Initial con-ceptualizations of the California Current IEA were based on the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response framework. This initial framing was biophysically centered, with humans primarily incorporated as impacts on the system. We wished to move from a conceptualization that portrayed an antagonistic relationship between humans and nature to one that integrated humans and social systems into the IEA framework. We propose a new conceptualization of the California Current that functions across temporal and spatial scales, captures the diverse relationships...
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Knowledge management
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Conceptualization
Research philosophy
business.industry
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Environmental resource management
Ecological systems theory
01 natural sciences
Ecosystem-based management
Framing (social sciences)
Social system
Environmental Chemistry
Sociology
business
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
General Environmental Science
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15210421 and 08920753
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Coastal Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........335cdf3f6cde2fb0f92cfa73d5b081ec