Empirical social-ecological system analysis: From theoretical framework to latent variable structural equation model

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1077-1090

  Asah, Stanley Tanyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring and assessment; Social ecological resilience; System indicators

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LAKE CHAD BASINS; LATENT VARIABLES; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENTS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTS; POLICY MAKERS; QUALITATIVE METHODS; REAL TIMES; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SPECIFIC NATURES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; SYSTEM INDICATORS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

BIOPHYSICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOODPLAIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; CHAD BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56549090412     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9172-9     Document Type: Review

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