Key features for more successful place-based sustainability research on social-ecological systems: A programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) perspective

Ecology and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Balvanera, Patricia ^a   Daw, Tim M ^b   Gardner, Toby A ^c   Martín López, Berta ^d   Norström, Albert V ^b   Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika ^e,f   Spierenburg, Marja ^g,h   Bennett, Elena M ^i,j   Farfan, Michelle ^k   Hamann, Maike ^b,h   Kittinger, John N ^l   Luthe, Tobias ^m,n   Maass, Manuel ^o   Peterson, Garry D ^b   Perez Verdin, Gustavo ^p  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^h STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^l University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur ^*  (United States)

^m University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur   (Switzerland)

ⁿ MonViso Institute   (Italy)

^o INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^p INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

Interdisciplinarity; PECS; Solutions; Stakeholders; Transdisciplinarity; Transformations

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85016782684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08826-220114     Document Type: Article

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