ABSTRACT

This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior and the different dimensions and scales. With a problem-focused, sustainability-oriented approach to the analysis of human-nature relations, this text will be a useful resource for scholars of human and social ecology, geography, sociology, development studies, social anthropology and natural resources management.

part |70 pages

Social-Ecological Systems (SES) and Complexity

chapter |30 pages

Modelling Social-Ecological Systems

Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Social Sciences

chapter |15 pages

Complexity and Emergence

Key Concepts in Non-Linear Dynamic Systems

part |34 pages

Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability

part |32 pages

Pathways Towards New Systems Thinking in Human Ecology