Social-ecological feedbacks lead to unsustainable lock-in in an inland fishery

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-25

  Laborde, Sarah ^a   Fernández, Alfonso ^b,c   Phang, Sui Chian ^a   Hamilton, Ian M ^a   Henry, Nathaniel ^a   Jung, Hahn Chul ^d,e   Mahamat, Aboukar ^f   Ahmadou, Mouadjamou ^g   Labara, Bruno K ^h   Kari, Saïdou ^h   Durand, Michael ^a,b   Mark, Bryan ^a,b   Scholte, Paul ⁱ   Xiao, Ningchuan ^a   Ziebe, Roland ^g   Moritz, Mark ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f Association Camerounaise pour l'Education Environnementale   (Cameroon)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MAROUA   (Cameroon)

^h Centre d'Appui a la Recherche et au Pastoralisme   (Cameroon)

ⁱ German International Cooperation   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

African floodplain; Common pool resources; Fishery; Lock in; Social ecological system; Social ecological trap

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FISHING INDUSTRY; FLOODPLAIN; INLAND FISHERY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MARINE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84983486435     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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