Illustrating the coupled human–environment system for vulnerability analysis: Three case studies

By Benjamin L Turner, P. Matson, J. McCarthy, R. Corell, L. Christensen, Noelle Eckley, G. Hovelsrud-Broda, J. Kasperson, R. Kasperson, Amy Luers and 8 more. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science

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The globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research (2006, background): “…from analyses focusing either on ecological systems or on social systems toward holistic conceptualizations and models of socio-ecological systems (SESs) (Gallopı´n et al., 1989), social–ecological systems (Berkes and Folke, 1998), or coupled human–environment systems (Turner et al., 2003a, b).”
Linking science with environmental decision making: Experiences from an integrated modeling approach to supporting sustainable water resources management (2008, background): “…watershed approach (e.g., NRC, 1999), the ecosystems approach (e.g., Grumbine, 1994, 1997), the coupled human-environment systems approach (e.g., Turner et al., 2003; Monticino et al., 2007; Yuan et al., 2007), integrated assessment (e.g., Jakeman and Letcher, 2003; Parson, 1995; Matthies et…”
Research, part of a Special Feature on A Framework for Analyzing, Comparing, and Diagnosing Social-Ecological Systems Comparison of Frameworks for Analyzing Social-ecological Systems (2013, methodology): “Other terms used to denote such systems are “socio-ecological system” (Gallopín 1991) or “human-environment system” (Turner et al. 2003 a , Scholz 2011). l Ecological system: We use this term even if the term used in the analyzed framework to refer to this concept is “environmental system.” l…”
Does Adaptive Management of Natural Resources Enhance Resilience to Climate Change (2004, background): “Vulnerability among certain social groups is prevalent in virtually all resource circumstances (see Luers et al. 2003, Turner et al. 2003 for examples from Mexico, the Arctic, and elsewhere).”
Connecting people and place: a new framework for reducing urban vulnerability to extreme heat (2010, methodology): “This framework adds to a growing body of literature on vulnerability assessments (Turner et al 2003, Eakin and Luers 2006, Patt et al 2008), indicating that societal vulnerability to urban heat needs to be studied at a local level using topdown and bottom-up spatial scales and scales of…”
Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human-modified world. (2009, background): “…importance of the coupled social–ecological system within which tropical forest landscapes are embedded is a key step in informing a more useful and context-sensitive sustainability science that can make tangible contributions to the actual implementation of conservation plans (Turner et al. 2003).”
Mapping South African farming sector vulnerability to climate change and variability: A subnational assessment (2009, background): “According to Turner et al. (2003b), a full vulnerability assessment following these frameworks may lie well beyond the capacities of most research efforts.”
Governance, scale and the environment: the importance of recognizing knowledge claims in transdisciplinary arenas (2011, background): “Examples are the Global Land Project that spoke of the coupled human–environment system (Turner et al. 2003), and the Resilience Alliance (www.resalliance.org ), which addressed social-ecological systems (SES).”
Ecosystem Services, Land-Cover Change, and Stakeholders: Finding a Sustainable Foothold for a Semiarid Biodiversity Hotspot (2009, methodology): “…and simulations of land-cover change have also been used to examine the effects on single ecosystem services or processes (e.g., nitrogen levels (Turner et al. 2003), pollination (Priess et al. 2007), livestock production services (O’Farrell et al. 2007), or soil organic carbon (Yadav and…”