Mapping social-ecological systems: Identifying 'green-loop' and 'red-loop' dynamics based on characteristic bundles of ecosystem service use

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 218-226

  Hamann, Maike ^a   Biggs, Reinette ^a,b   Reyers, Belinda ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Human well being; Land use planning; Natural resource management; South Africa; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; BIOPHYSICS; CENSUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LAND TENURE; RESOURCE USE; SERVICE PROVISION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84938680413     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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