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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Socio-ecological system"”.
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Irish Sea : a socio-ecological system
… to look beyond the coastal zone and adopt an ecosystem-based approach to sustainable use and conservation in marine management. At the same time there has been a growing recognition that ecosystem management involves coupled, complex socio-ecological systems which are inherently unpredictable due …
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Wildfire risk: a participatory approach in an alpine socio-ecological system
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Moms on a mission : a case study exploring the socio-ecological impact of a pre-trial intervention program on participant self agency.
… of this single case study was to employ the socio-ecological system framework (Bronfenbrenner, 1992) to investigate how the ReMerge program impacts the sense of agency of mothers involved in the justice system at each layer of her socio-ecological system. This qualitative case study examined …
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Strategic sustainability and industrial ecology in an island context, with considerations for a green economy roadmap: a study in the tourist accommodation sector, Grenada.
… to operate in perpetuity are challenged by the socio-ecological system that constitutes sustainability. But all businesses have materials, energy and waste flows, (MEWFs) and a more strategic approach to managing these flows can assist businesses with the sustainability challenge. Firstly …
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Ecology, Society, and Self: Toward a Multi-Tiered Framework for Participatory Approaches in Knowledge Generation
… environments and integrating human and natural systems. Such approaches have been used to discover new species, address environmental injustices, and develop land management practices. However, frameworks and models used to explore participatory approaches tend to be oversimplified or focus on a …
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EXAMINING THE USER EXPERIENCE IN CLIMATE-ADAPTIVE POLICIES: TUCSON ARIZONA'S RESIDENTIAL GRAY WATER RECYCLING
… they design policies to address complex social-ecological challenges. Acknowledging the fundamental role that stakeholders and ‘end users’ play in implementing said policies is imperative to achieving the desired policy outcomes. This research explores Tucson Arizona’s Residential Graywater …
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Co-creating forevers : stories of multi-level governance for implementation of rural development projects in India
In my thesis, I study systems of governance, and actors, involved in the implementation of social audits and digitized wage payments in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Andhra and Telangana, India. Theoretically, I begin by looking at Stoker's propositions of …
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Agent-based Modelling and Social Theory Reveal How People Change Their Yards in Response to Wildlife
… shape yard management decisions and the ecological outcomes of these feedback loops over time, we 1) conducted a systematic literature review focused on the interconnections of residents’ yard management decisions and their observations of wildlife in their yards and gardens and 2) …
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Getting insight into the wellbeing needs of Māori youth : perspectives of students attending alternative education : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
… Māori and concludes that a wider pūnaha hauropi (socio-ecological system) approach should be considered to optimise the wellbeing of rangatahi Māori who have or are at risk of experiencing school disenfranchisement.
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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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Pedagogy and culture through the voices of teachers and students: contextualising effective teaching and learning in primary schools of the Dominican Republic
… Educational Revolution to improve the education system through a competency-based curriculum (CBC) and other reforms. However, Dominican public schools continue to face low levels of learning and high levels of school violence. This study contributes to the literature on effective teaching and …
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Environmental governance: urban community-driven conservation endeavors in the Cape
Conservation of ecosystems on all scales is important, especially in light of the Anthropocene. The Cape is an important site for biodiversity and is home to many people and ecosystems. The ecosystems in urban environments influence the well-being of communities and provide essential services. …
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Advancing climate-adaptive watershed health by integrating socio-ecological systems and team science
… amid accelerating climate change and compounding socio-ecological stressors demands integrative approaches that link systems analysis, risk and vulnerability assessments, and justice-centered collaboration. The Río Grande de Añasco (RGA) watershed in Puerto Rico, a landscape still grappling with …
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Marrying water and soil: adaptation to climate by a smallholder farmer in Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe
… barriers between local and exogenous knowledge systems. Ethnographic fieldwork aided by an analytical framework of resilience makes clear that his farming practices are informed by a realisation that dualisms are problematic. His innovations are a way of building resilience to climate change and …
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Towards more integrated human-nature relationships: A Local Area Spatial Development Framework for the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP) Site
… strategic spatial planning. The idea that ecological planning, at a number of scales, should be an integral part of the strategic spatial planning process, in order to enable this integration, was investigated, in the current context of environmental degradation as a result of unsustainable …
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From cultural to supporting ecosystem services, the value of shelterbelts to prairie agriculture, Canada
… Knowledge gaps remain about shelterbelts' ecosystem services to the agro-landscape, hence hiding farmers' trade-offs in a changing agriculture. This research first investigated shelterbelts' effect on soil biological activity and fertility. Soil samples were collected in September 2012 from …
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Wetland landscape dynamics and its socio-ecological implications
… without wetlands, which have benefits that serve ecological values for both plants and animals. Wetlands have been loosely defined as a transitional habitat between aquatic systems and highlands; they may be a part of coasts, estuaries, floodplains, or watersheds of surface waters. As a relatively …
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The effectiveness of school anti-cyberbullying policies and their compliance with South African laws
… To achieve this, the researcher using systematic literature review, synthesised existing literature identifying various theoretical works including the socio-ecological system theory which are used to support the developed conceptual framework. The literature review showed that for …