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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Socio-Ecological Systems"”.
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A socio-ecological systems perspective on planning for informality
… impact. Taking nullah-adjacent JJCs as a social-ecological system (SES), I conduct a mixed methods study, demonstrating that environmental planning for the river is interwoven with lack of sanitation and waste disposal infrastructure in drain-adjacent JJCs, that necessitates planning for …
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Assessing Climatic Hazards in Coastal Socio-Ecological Systems using Complex System Approaches
Coastal socio-ecological systems face unprecedented challenges due to climate change, with impacts encompassing long-term, chronic changes and short-term extreme events. These events will impact society in many ways and prompt human responses that are extremely challenging to predict. This …
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Developing a learning progression for energy and causal reasoning in socio-ecological systems
… reasoning in their explanations of energy and socio-ecological events using both interview and written assessments.
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Conceptualizing horizontal cooperation in regional socio-ecological systems through actor networks and collective action: the case of Berg River catchment
… in the adaptive management of regional socio-ecological systems (SESs). Horizontal cooperation refers to the collaborative, non-hierarchical interactions of actors across sectors, modes of governance and spatial scales. It can allow diverse actors to deal with the complexity and …
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A socio-ecological systems approach to understanding development in a dynamic world : a case study of traditional agriculture in Pondoland, South Africa
… trajectories, this research takes a social-ecological systems approach in order to: 1. investigate the past, present and future dynamics of smallholder agriculture and food practices in mPondo communities of the Wild Coast 2. locate the role of agriculture and agri-food systems in the local …
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Integrating traditional ecological knowledge in South Africa's small-scale fisheries: the Olifants Estuary Gillnet Fishery
… understanding small-scale fisheries as complex socio-ecological systems. As a result, managing fisheries is no longer only about managing fish but also about managing people. One mechanism for incorporating the human dimension into small-scale fishery management is knowledge integration. Through …
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‘Exploring the potential of the law of delict in South Africa to address climate harms caused by private actors'
… human rights and compounds existing systemic socio-economic inequalities. In South Africa, this reality threatens the Constitution's transformative goals to achieve social justice. The Constitution mandates that common law evolve in line with its transformative objectives, values, and the …
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Community Resilience: A Meta-Study of International Development Rhetoric in Emerging Economies
… relates to sustainability and the capability of socio-ecological systems and communities to adapt and transform to both day to day fluctuations and stressors as well as major disasters (Milman & Short, 2008; Walker et al., 2004). This meta-study seeks to shed light on how the large body of …
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Discover. Develop. Deliver: An investigation of innovation processes and systems within New Zealand's red meat industry
… A hybridised lens of design thinking, systems thinking, and regenerative thinking was used to investigate the innovation processes and systems within New Zealand’s red meat industry. The case studies selected centred on the emerging relationship between Silver Fern Farms (a meat …
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Sand mining challenges in the Western Cape: The case of the Tormin Mineral Sands and Maccsand Mining and Quarrying Mines
… Western Cape, revisiting their environmental and socio-economic desirability as well as their varying impacts. A Socio-ecological Systems (SES) approach was used to document the processes associated with environmental applications, authorisation and operations pertaining to the MaccSand Mining and …
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Spatial energetics : a thermodynamically-consistent methodology for modelling resource acquisition, distribution, and end-use networks in nature and society
… are ubiquitous in natural and human-engineered systems, connecting spatially-distributed points of supply and demand, to provide energy and material resources required by these systems for growth and maintenance. A clear understanding of the dynamics of these networks is crucial to protect those …
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Coastal wetlands food provisioning ecosystem services under a changing climate
… their physical structure, community composition, ecological processes, and functions. However, society and ecosystems are deeply interconnected, since humans depend on ecosystems to live, while at the same time shaping and transforming ecosystems and their dynamics. The concept of socio-ecological …
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Taming the tiger: the political ecology of prawn production in Tanzania
This dissertation explores the social-ecological dynamics and consequences of global shifts in the prawn farming industry from Southeast Asia to East Africa. The main contribution of my dissertation research is its integration of ecological theory with social theory through a political ecology …
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Forests in Conflict: A social-ecological analysis of the nexus between armed conflict and deforestation in Colombia
… deforestation in Colombia through the lens of socio-ecological systems (SES). Armed groups in Colombia have historically exploited forests as strategic resources, fueling warfare, financing operations, and sheltering illicit activities. However, conflict has also produced unintended …
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An ecosystem approach assessing the impacts of the construction and operation of the Mersey Gateway Crossing on the Upper Mersey Estuary
… services can be used in long-term management of socio-ecological systems. Expert opinion and consultation in form of a Delphi technique were used to identify triggers of change and relevant ecosystem services of the Upper Mersey Estuary. Alongside this, a critical review of planning documents was …
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Analysis of institutional arrangements and common pool resources governance: the case of Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia
… The framework integrates the concept of Socio-Ecological Systems (SES) and Interactive Governance (IG) perspectives where social actors, institutions, the politico-economic context, discourses and ecological features across governance and government levels were considered. It has been …
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COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: GROUP CAPACITY, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSESSING SUCCESS
… plans (RMPs) produced by CBNRM groups on the ecological integrity of the prescribed area. This multi-disciplinary project necessitated reliance on the principles of both sociology and ecology, as required by explorations of socio-ecological systems. This dissertation is an attempt to model the …
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Investigating the ecological and economic consequences of marine climate change in UK waters
… are required to assess potential responses of socio-ecological systems to climate change, implement measures to enhance their adaptability, and ensure the persistence of marine species and the livelihoods that depend on them. This requires a combination of modelling techniques, making use of a …
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The Thalassocentric Apparatus: Connected art processes from the sea showing multi-scale changes through their own emergence and collapse
… a result are hard to predict Connected, changing systems of different scale are found in many areas of life. As well as physical systems such as the sea, they are apparent in emerging and collapsing ecological systems (Gunderson, Holling 2002), in systems of human ideas such as the philosophy of …
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Sustainable urban development under climate change and resource scarcity
… quality. Urban complexity, cross-scale impacts, socio-institutional diversity and adaptability become crucial when thinking about alternative development pathways. This dissertation seeks to explore why and how cities face change in this context by revisiting the concepts of resilience, …
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