eCite Digital Repository

What are the traits of a social-ecological system: towards a framework in support of urban sustainability

Citation

Andersson, E and Haase, D and Anderson, P and Cortinovis, C and Goodness, J and Kendal, D and Lausch, A and McPhearson, T and Sikorska, D and Wellmann, T, What are the traits of a social-ecological system: towards a framework in support of urban sustainability, npj Urban Sustainability, 1, (1) Article 14. ISSN 2661-8001 (2021) [Refereed Article]


Preview		PDF (Published version)
1Mb		  

Copyright Statement

© The Author(s) 2021. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

DOI: doi:10.1038/s42949-020-00008-4

Abstract

To ensure that cities and urban ecosystems support human wellbeing and overall quality of life we need conceptual frameworks that can connect different scientific disciplines as well as research and practice. In this perspective, we explore the potential of a traits framework for understanding social-ecological patterns, dynamics, interactions, and tipping points in complex urban systems. To do so, we discuss what kind of framing, and what research, that would allow traits to (1) link the sensitivity of a given environmental entity to different globally relevant pressures, such as land conversion or climate change to its social-ecological consequences; (2) connect to human appraisal and diverse bio-cultural sense-making through the different cues and characteristics people use to detect change or articulate value narratives, and (3) examine how and under what conditions this new approach may trigger, inform, and support decision making in land/resources management at different scales.

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Research Division:Built Environment and Design
Research Group:Urban and regional planning
Research Field:Land use and environmental planning
Objective Division:Environmental Management
Objective Group:Terrestrial systems and management
Objective Field:Terrestrial biodiversity
UTAS Author:Kendal, D (Dr Dave Kendal)
ID Code:145643
Year Published:2021
Deposited By:Geography and Spatial Science
Deposited On:2021-07-28
Last Modified:2021-09-16
Downloads:8 View Download Statistics

Repository Staff Only: item control page