A framework for mapping and comparing behavioural theories in models of social-ecological systems

Ecological Economics

Volumn 131, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-35

  Schlüter, Maja ^a   Baeza, Andres ^b,c   Dressler, Gunnar ^d   Frank, Karin ^d   Groeneveld, Jürgen ^d,e   Jager, Wander ^f   Janssen, Marco A ^c   McAllister, Ryan R J ^g   Müller, Birgit ^d   Orach, Kirill ^a   Schwarz, Nina ^d   Wijermans, Nanda ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f University ot Groningen   (Netherlands)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Descriptive norm; Habitual; Human decision making; Natural resource management; Prospect theory; Rational actor; Reinforcement learning; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84983509062     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.08.008     Document Type: Article

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