New horizons for managing the environment: A review of coupled social-ecological systems modeling

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-272

  Schluter M ^a   McAllister, R R J ^b   Arlinghaus, R ^a,c   Bunnefeld, N ^d   Eisenack, K ^e   Holker F ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^d   Muller B ^f   Nicholson, E ^d   Quaas, M ^g   Stoven M ^g  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Ecological structure; Human decision making; Social structure; Social ecological modeling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN DECISION-MAKING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM MODELS; UNCERTAINTY;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855225821     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2011.00108.x     Document Type: Review

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