Complex land systems: The need for long time perspectives to assess their future

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Dearing, John A ^a   Braimoh, Ademola K ^b,c   Reenberg, Anette ^d   Turner, Billie L ^e   van der Leeuw, Sander ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Complex systems; Global Land Project; Land systems; Multidecadal timescales; Resilience; Socioecological systems; Sustainability science

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMPLEXITY; DECADAL VARIATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 78651476331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03645-150421     Document Type: Article

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