Social-ecological systems in the Anthropocene

The need for integrating social and biophysical records at regional scales

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ID4189042
AutoresJohn A Dearing (0000-0002-1466-9640, University of Southampton, autor de correspondencia), Ja Dearing, Bülent Açma (Anadolu University), Bub, Sascha Bub (Universität Koblenz), Frank M Chambers (0000-0002-0998-2093, University of Gloucestershire), Fm Chambers, Xu Chen (0000-0002-8164-3088, China University of Geosciences), Jago Cooper (0000-0002-2396-4414, British Museum), Darren Crook (University of Hertfordshire), Xh Dong (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Markus Dotterweich (University of Vienna), Edward, Edwards (University of Southampton), Th Foster (University of Tulsa), M-J Gaillard (Linnaeus University), Didier Galop (0000-0003-1746-4760, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès), Peter Gell (0000-0002-2251-5158, Federation University), Ángel Gil (0000-0001-7663-0939), Elizabeth S Jeffers (0000-0001-9679-5909, University of Oxford), E Jeffers, Rt Jones (University of Exeter), K Anupama (0000-0003-3130-0113, French Institute of Pondicherry), Peter G Langdon (0000-0003-2724-2643, University of Southampton), Pg Langdon, Rob Marchant (0000-0001-5013-4056, University of York), Florence Mazier (0000-0003-2643-0925, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès), Ce Mclean (Youngstown State University), Lucí Hidalgo Nunes (0000-0002-0911-1650, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Lh Nunes, Raman Sukumar (0000-0001-9077-7822, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore), I Suryaprakash (National Centre for Biological Sciences), Mohammed Umer (0009-0004-5043-1658, Addis Ababa University), Xd Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Rui Wang (0000-0001-7155-3356, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ke Zhang (0000-0002-1841-9016, James Cook University)
Año2015
Volumen2
Número3
Páginas220-246
Fecha de publicación2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Anthropocene Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2053-0196 • E-ISSN: 2053-020X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2053019615579128
OpenAlexW2129632070
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas97

Understanding social-ecological system dynamics is a major research priority for sustainable management of landscapes, ecosystems and resources. But the lack of multi-decadal records represents an important gap in information that hinders the development of the research agenda. Without improved information on the long-term and complex interactions between causal factors and responses, it will be difficult to answer key questions about trends, rates of change, tipping points, safe operating spaces and pre-impact conditions. Where available long-term monitored records are too short or lacking, palaeoenvironmental sciences may provide continuous multi-decadal records for an array of ecosystem states, processes and services. Combining these records with conventional sources of historical information from instrumental monitoring records, official statistics and enumerations, remote sensing, archival documents, cartography and archaeology produces an evolutionary framework for reconstructing integrated regional histories. We demonstrate the integrated approach with published case studies from Australia, China, Europe and North America

Anthropocene · Archaeology · China · Data science · Ecosystem · Environmental resource management · Geography · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Ecology