Coupling socioeconomic and lake systems for sustainability: A conceptual analysis using Lake St. Clair region as a case study

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-287

  Mavrommati, Georgia ^a   Baustian, Melissa M ^a   Dreelin, Erin A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinton River watershed; Coupled human and natural systems; Ecosystem services; Lake St. Clair; Stakeholders; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LAKE WATER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER USE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SAINT CLAIR; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; LAKES; MICHIGAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84898726918     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0432-4     Document Type: Article

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