Mapping social-ecological systems archetypes
Achieving sustainable development goals requires targeting and monitoring sustainable solutions tailored to different social and ecological contexts. A social-ecological systems (SESs) framework was developed to help diagnose problems, identify complex interactions, and solutions tailored to each SE...
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| author | Juan Rocha Katja Malmborg Line Gordon Kate Brauman Fabrice DeClerck |
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| description | Achieving sustainable development goals requires targeting and monitoring sustainable solutions tailored to different social and ecological contexts. A social-ecological systems (SESs) framework was developed to help diagnose problems, identify complex interactions, and solutions tailored to each SES. Here we develop a data-driven method for upscaling the SES framework and apply it to a context where data is scarce, but also where solutions towards sustainable development are needed. The purpose of upscaling the framework is to create a tool that facilitates decision-making in data-scarce contexts. We mapped SES by applying the framework to poverty alleviation and food security issues in the Volta River basin in Ghana and Burkina Faso. We found archetypical configurations of SES in space, and discuss where agricultural innovations such as water reservoirs might have a stronger impact at increasing food availability and therefore alleviating poverty and hunger. We conclude by outlining how the method can be used in other SES comparative studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0682da210d2f4a4b8416736f799af96b2023-08-09T15:03:30ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262020-01-0115303401710.1088/1748-9326/ab666eMapping social-ecological systems archetypesJuan Rocha0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2322-5459Katja Malmborg1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-4514Line Gordon2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-4340Kate Brauman3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8099-285XFabrice DeClerck4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3631-8745Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University , Kräftriket 2B, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Beijer Institute, Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, SE-104 05 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University , Kräftriket 2B, SE-10691 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University , Kräftriket 2B, SE-10691 Stockholm, SwedenInstitute of Environment, University of Minnesota , St Paul, MN 55108, United States of AmericaStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University , Kräftriket 2B, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; Bioversity International, CGIAR, Montpellier Cedex 5, FranceAchieving sustainable development goals requires targeting and monitoring sustainable solutions tailored to different social and ecological contexts. A social-ecological systems (SESs) framework was developed to help diagnose problems, identify complex interactions, and solutions tailored to each SES. Here we develop a data-driven method for upscaling the SES framework and apply it to a context where data is scarce, but also where solutions towards sustainable development are needed. The purpose of upscaling the framework is to create a tool that facilitates decision-making in data-scarce contexts. We mapped SES by applying the framework to poverty alleviation and food security issues in the Volta River basin in Ghana and Burkina Faso. We found archetypical configurations of SES in space, and discuss where agricultural innovations such as water reservoirs might have a stronger impact at increasing food availability and therefore alleviating poverty and hunger. We conclude by outlining how the method can be used in other SES comparative studies.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab666esocial-ecological systemsarchetypessustainable development goals |
| spellingShingle | Juan Rocha Katja Malmborg Line Gordon Kate Brauman Fabrice DeClerck Mapping social-ecological systems archetypes Environmental Research Letters social-ecological systems archetypes sustainable development goals |
| title | Mapping social-ecological systems archetypes |
| title_full | Mapping social-ecological systems archetypes |
| title_fullStr | Mapping social-ecological systems archetypes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping social-ecological systems archetypes |
| title_short | Mapping social-ecological systems archetypes |
| title_sort | mapping social ecological systems archetypes |
| topic | social-ecological systems archetypes sustainable development goals |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab666e |
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