What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review
In the last decade, probably in response to global changes and the environmental crisis, the use of the term “social-ecological system” (SES) in scientific literature has grown. This is certainly a sign that the need and importance of transdisciplinary research has been recognized. Here, we explore...
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| author | Herrero Jáuregui, Cristina Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia Reyes, María Fernanda Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia Hernandez Agramonte, Ignacio M. Easdale, Marcos Horacio Schmitz, María Fe Aguiar, Martín Roberto Gómez Sal, Antonio Montes, Carlos |
| author_browse | Aguiar, Martín Roberto Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia Easdale, Marcos Horacio Gómez Sal, Antonio Hernandez Agramonte, Ignacio M. Herrero Jáuregui, Cristina Montes, Carlos Reyes, María Fernanda Schmitz, María Fe Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia |
| author_facet | Herrero Jáuregui, Cristina Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia Reyes, María Fernanda Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia Hernandez Agramonte, Ignacio M. Easdale, Marcos Horacio Schmitz, María Fe Aguiar, Martín Roberto Gómez Sal, Antonio Montes, Carlos |
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| description | In the last decade, probably in response to global changes and the environmental crisis, the use of the term “social-ecological system” (SES) in scientific literature has grown. This is certainly a sign that the need and importance of transdisciplinary research has been recognized. Here, we explore whether the use of the term is a buzzword or, rather, actually represents a key concept in the integration of social and ecological research. We compiled a database of publications (N = 1289) that mentioned SES in the title, keywords and abstract. Subsequently, we analyzed the authors’ affiliations, type of work (conceptual, empirical or review), study site, prevailing human use, temporal and spatial scales of the analysis, kind of variables analyzed (socioeconomic or biophysical), and the method/s used to integrate them. We detected four time spans in the use of the term (1975–1997, 1998–2006, 2007–2012, 2013–2016). Our results suggest that SES is a widely invoked concept in the study of the interface between social and ecological systems. Most works show some common elements, such as the analysis of resilience, ecosystem services, sustainability, governance and adaptive management. However, the majority of studies do not study SES as a whole, integrating both social and ecological variables and their feedback loops. We consider SES as a concept still in construction in order to build a necessary framework for the integration of social and ecological sciences. For a robust evolution, we recommend that one focus on: (i) A conscious, discussed and agreed effort of scientists to conduct the transdisciplinary research needed to study SES; and (ii) the development of methodological tools for the true integration of social and ecological data. |
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| spelling | INTA31462019-09-18T15:01:37Z What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review Herrero Jáuregui, Cristina Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia Reyes, María Fernanda Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia Hernandez Agramonte, Ignacio M. Easdale, Marcos Horacio Schmitz, María Fe Aguiar, Martín Roberto Gómez Sal, Antonio Montes, Carlos Ecología Investigación Ecology Research Indexing of Information Indización de la Información Sistema Socio-Ecológico In the last decade, probably in response to global changes and the environmental crisis, the use of the term “social-ecological system” (SES) in scientific literature has grown. This is certainly a sign that the need and importance of transdisciplinary research has been recognized. Here, we explore whether the use of the term is a buzzword or, rather, actually represents a key concept in the integration of social and ecological research. We compiled a database of publications (N = 1289) that mentioned SES in the title, keywords and abstract. Subsequently, we analyzed the authors’ affiliations, type of work (conceptual, empirical or review), study site, prevailing human use, temporal and spatial scales of the analysis, kind of variables analyzed (socioeconomic or biophysical), and the method/s used to integrate them. We detected four time spans in the use of the term (1975–1997, 1998–2006, 2007–2012, 2013–2016). Our results suggest that SES is a widely invoked concept in the study of the interface between social and ecological systems. Most works show some common elements, such as the analysis of resilience, ecosystem services, sustainability, governance and adaptive management. However, the majority of studies do not study SES as a whole, integrating both social and ecological variables and their feedback loops. We consider SES as a concept still in construction in order to build a necessary framework for the integration of social and ecological sciences. For a robust evolution, we recommend that one focus on: (i) A conscious, discussed and agreed effort of scientists to conduct the transdisciplinary research needed to study SES; and (ii) the development of methodological tools for the true integration of social and ecological data. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Herrero-Jáuregui, Cristina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución; España Fil: Arnaiz-Schmitz, Cecilia. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Laboratorio de Socioecosistemas; España Fil: Reyes, María Fernanda. Fil: Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Agramonte, Ignacio. University of Tartu. Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Department of Botany; Estonia Fil: Easdale, Marcos Horacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Schmitz, María Fe. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución; España Fil: Aguiar, Martín Roberto. Fil: Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina Fil: Gómez-Sal, Antonio. Universidad de Alcalá, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Ecología; España Fil: Montes, Carlos. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Laboratorio de Socioecosistemas; España 2018-08-22T14:31:38Z 2018-08-22T14:31:38Z 2018-08-20 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3146 http://mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/8/2950 2071-1050 https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082950 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Sustainability 10 (8) : 2950 (2018) |
| spellingShingle | Ecología Investigación Ecology Research Indexing of Information Indización de la Información Sistema Socio-Ecológico Herrero Jáuregui, Cristina Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia Reyes, María Fernanda Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia Hernandez Agramonte, Ignacio M. Easdale, Marcos Horacio Schmitz, María Fe Aguiar, Martín Roberto Gómez Sal, Antonio Montes, Carlos What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review |
| title | What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review |
| title_full | What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review |
| title_short | What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review |
| title_sort | what do we talk about when we talk about social ecological systems a literature review |
| topic | Ecología Investigación Ecology Research Indexing of Information Indización de la Información Sistema Socio-Ecológico |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3146 http://mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/8/2950 https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082950 |
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