Publications
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Promoting sustainable development in less developed regions: an empirical study of old revolutionary base areas in China
Published on May 1, 2024
Using the panel data of 19 old revolutionary base areas in China from 2003 to 2020, this study measures the process of sustainable development and the coupling and coordination of economic, environmental, and social systems in less developed regions ... -
A study on the spatial and temporal evolution patterns of water resource-ecology-social economy composite system resilience in the Huaihe River Basin
Published on May 1, 2024
Water resources are important supporting elements in the ecological environment and socio-economic system of sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the comprehensive resilience level of the water resources-ecology-socioecon... -
Exploring the role of public participation in delivering inclusive, quality, and resilient green infrastructure for climate adaptation in the UK
Published on May 1, 2024
Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) is crucial for socio-ecological systems that tackle urbanisation challenges. Participatory approaches involve the public in local environmental decision-making, and they are receiving renewed attention from academics,... -
Assessing social-ecological vulnerability and risk to coastal flooding: A case study for Prince Edward Island, Canada
Published on May 1, 2024
Traditional flood risk assessment studies mainly looked at potential exposures and damage to human settlements, without considering the whole social-ecological systems. This study presents a comprehensive flood risk assessment considering hazard char... -
A complex transdisciplinary approach to achieve water sustainability: lessons from a case study in Morelia, Mexico
Published on May 1, 2024
Although the theoretical-methodological complexity theory and transdisciplinary approach is increasingly accepted within sustainability science, its application at local-scale work with rural communities in the global south is still incipient and req... -
The multilocality of sense of place in ecosystem services discourse
Published on May 1, 2024
This paper focuses on sense of place as a cultural ecosystem service and a mediatory experience in grasping a collection of ecosystem benefits. Through phenomenological and social constructionism/relational approaches, we focus on sense of place as a... -
Comparing apples and pears: Linking capitals and capacities to assess the resilience of commercial farming operations
Published on May 1, 2024
As the concept of social-ecological resilience gains increasing policy attention, there is growing demand for approaches that operationalise it. Amongst these demands is the need to empirically assess absorptive, adaptive and transformative ... -
Drought intensification in Brazilian catchments: implications for water and land management
Published on May 1, 2024
Droughts exert widespread impacts on both natural and social systems, and there is accumulating evidence that this situation may worsen in the context of global warming. Despite the importance of assessing changes in droughts to understand their pote... -
Gender-transformative programmes: a framework for demonstrating evidence of social impact
Published on May 1, 2024
Ample evidence has demonstrated that gender inequality and restrictive gender norms wield significant influence over health outcomes. While gender-transformative programmes have grown with the aim of challenging these norms and promoting gender equal... -
Twenty five years of world heritage status: Show us the benefits!
Published on May 1, 2024
In the Solomon Islands and around the Pacific there is commonly a disconnect between government priorities for economic development through resource extraction and community aspirations for local resource management, conservation, and alternative pat... -
Assessing the interplay of environmental change, cyclonic hazards, and their ramifications on agriculture in Indian Sundarban
Published on May 1, 2024
Indian Sundarban region is vulnerable to cyclonic hazards, causing livelihood threats. Study evaluates cyclonic hazards' impact on crop production and crop land. MODIS, Landsat 8 datasets analyzed for cropping intensity, diversity. Study reveals Khar... -
The masked influence of remote ENSO-related drivers on the trophic dynamics of Independencia Bay, Peru: Insights for management from time-series analysis and food-web modelling
Published on May 1, 2024
Independencia Bay is a very productive ecosystem in central -south Peru and a hotspot for the artisanal diving fishery and the aquaculture of scallop Argopecten purpuratus. Warm waters from strong Canonical El Nino (EN) events can have negative and p... -
Timing of egg-laying in relation to a female's social environment in European starlings
Published on May 1, 2024
It is widely assumed that female birds use nonphotic supplemental cues, including social factors, to fine-tune timing of egg-laying to local conditions, but our knowledge of the nature of these social cues and how they operate remains limited. We ana... -
Plant root mechanisms and their effects on carbon and nutrient accumulation in desert ecosystems under changes in land use and climate
Published on May 1, 2024
Deserts represent key carbon reservoirs, yet as these systems are threatened this has implications for biodiversity and climate change. This review focuses on how these changes affect desert ecosystems, particularly plant root systems and their impac... -
Assessing the effectiveness of marine nature-based solutions with climate risk assessments
Published on May 1, 2024
Prospective risks from climate change impacts in ocean and coastal systems are urging the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS). These are climate-resilient strategies to maintain biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services, contribu... -
Lower fishing effort would benefit fish stocks and fisheries profitability in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea
Published on May 1, 2024
The increasing pressure on marine resources due to the high demand for fish and fishery products from an increasing population can lead to the overexploitation of fish stocks worldwide. In addition, climate change has already impacted fish population... -
A Social-Ecological Framework to Enhance Sustainable Reforestation Under Geological Constraints
Published on May 1, 2024
South China Karst faces the challenge of balancing ecological conservation and regional development, a task made more intricate by the geological limitations of carbonate formations. Large-scale conservation and restoration initiatives have mitigated... -
Exploring climate variability in the Mataquito river basin of the Maule region, Chile: a spectral analysis approachTop of Form
Published on May 1, 2024
The ecosystem services of freshwater provision and climate regulation depend on climate variability, so it is critical to understand climate variability to analyze the interaction between the natural and social systems. The Mataquito River basin, loc... -
Ecological connectivity of invasive and native fishes in a historic navigation waterway
Published on May 1, 2024
Regulated waterways, interconnected by navigation barriers (locks and dams), are uniquely difficult to manage, given interest in enabling native species connectivity while minimizing invasions. Canada's historic Rideau Canal Waterway, a 202 km naviga... -
Transient social-ecological dynamics reveal signals of decoupling in a highly disturbed Anthropocene landscape
Published on April 23, 2024
Understanding the transient dynamics of interlinked social-ecological systems (SES) is imperative for assessing sustainability in the Anthropocene. However, how to identify critical transitions in real - world SES remains a formidable challenge. In t...
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