Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships
Increasingly, the world is becoming socioeconomically and environmentally connected, but many studies have focused on human-environment interactions within a particular area. Although some studies have considered the impacts of external factors, there is little research on multiple reciprocal socioe...
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| author | Jianguo Liu Vanessa Hull Junyan Luo Wu Yang Wei Liu Andrés Viña Christine Vogt Zhenci Xu Hongbo Yang Jindong Zhang Li An Xiaodong Chen Shuxin Li Zhiyun Ouyang Weihua Xu Hemin Zhang |
| author_facet | Jianguo Liu Vanessa Hull Junyan Luo Wu Yang Wei Liu Andrés Viña Christine Vogt Zhenci Xu Hongbo Yang Jindong Zhang Li An Xiaodong Chen Shuxin Li Zhiyun Ouyang Weihua Xu Hemin Zhang |
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| description | Increasingly, the world is becoming socioeconomically and environmentally connected, but many studies have focused on human-environment interactions within a particular area. Although some studies have considered the impacts of external factors, there is little research on multiple reciprocal socioeconomic and environmental interactions between a focal area and other areas. Here we address this important knowledge gap by applying the new integrated framework of telecouplings (socioeconomic and environmental interactions between two or more areas over distances). Results show that even a protected area - i.e., the Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas in southwest China - has multiple telecoupling processes with the rest of the world; these include panda loans, tourism, information dissemination, conservation subsidies, and trade of agricultural and industrial products. The telecoupling processes exhibit nonlinear patterns, they change over time, and they have varying socioeconomic and environmental effects across the world. We also find complex relationships among different telecouplings - e.g., amplification, offsetting, spatial overlaps - which cannot be detected by traditional separate studies. Such an integrated study leads to a more comprehensive understanding of distant human-environment interactions and has significant implications for global sustainability and human well-being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b6c6da48aee4d5b9e4958298e6187892022-12-29T20:06:28ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872015-09-012034410.5751/ES-07868-2003447868Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationshipsJianguo Liu0Vanessa Hull1Junyan Luo2Wu Yang3Wei Liu4Andrés Viña5Christine Vogt6Zhenci Xu7Hongbo Yang8Jindong Zhang9Li An10Xiaodong Chen11Shuxin Li12Zhiyun Ouyang13Weihua Xu14Hemin Zhang15Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityDepartment of Community Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityDepartment of Geography, San Diego State UniversityDepartment of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State UniversityState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesWolong Nature ReserveIncreasingly, the world is becoming socioeconomically and environmentally connected, but many studies have focused on human-environment interactions within a particular area. Although some studies have considered the impacts of external factors, there is little research on multiple reciprocal socioeconomic and environmental interactions between a focal area and other areas. Here we address this important knowledge gap by applying the new integrated framework of telecouplings (socioeconomic and environmental interactions between two or more areas over distances). Results show that even a protected area - i.e., the Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas in southwest China - has multiple telecoupling processes with the rest of the world; these include panda loans, tourism, information dissemination, conservation subsidies, and trade of agricultural and industrial products. The telecoupling processes exhibit nonlinear patterns, they change over time, and they have varying socioeconomic and environmental effects across the world. We also find complex relationships among different telecouplings - e.g., amplification, offsetting, spatial overlaps - which cannot be detected by traditional separate studies. Such an integrated study leads to a more comprehensive understanding of distant human-environment interactions and has significant implications for global sustainability and human well-being.https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss3/art44chinaconservationcross-scale interactionsenvironmental interactionsgiant panda ( ailuropoda melanoleuca )human-environment interactionsinformation disseminationnature reservesocioeconomic interactionstelecouplingtelecoupling frameworkwolong nature reserve |
| spellingShingle | Jianguo Liu Vanessa Hull Junyan Luo Wu Yang Wei Liu Andrés Viña Christine Vogt Zhenci Xu Hongbo Yang Jindong Zhang Li An Xiaodong Chen Shuxin Li Zhiyun Ouyang Weihua Xu Hemin Zhang Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships Ecology and Society china conservation cross-scale interactions environmental interactions giant panda ( ailuropoda melanoleuca ) human-environment interactions information dissemination nature reserve socioeconomic interactions telecoupling telecoupling framework wolong nature reserve |
| title | Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships |
| title_full | Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships |
| title_fullStr | Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships |
| title_short | Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships |
| title_sort | multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships |
| topic | china conservation cross-scale interactions environmental interactions giant panda ( ailuropoda melanoleuca ) human-environment interactions information dissemination nature reserve socioeconomic interactions telecoupling telecoupling framework wolong nature reserve |
| url | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss3/art44 |
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