An integral approach to address socio-ecological systems sustainability
and their uncertainties

Martínez-Fernández, Julia; Banos-González, Isabel; Esteve-Selma, Miguel Ángel

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An integral approach to address socio-ecological systems sustainability and their uncertainties

dc.contributor.author	Martínez-Fernández, Julia
dc.contributor.author	Banos-González, Isabel
dc.contributor.author	Esteve-Selma, Miguel Ángel
dc.contributor.department	Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-16T06:54:16Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-16T06:54:16Z
dc.date.issued	2020-12-15
dc.description	© 2020 Elsevier B.V. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Science of The Total Environment. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144457
dc.description.abstract	The analysis of the sustainability should be addressed with a holistic approach that facilitates an integral analysis of the social, economic, institutional and environmental factors and their interactions characterizing complex socio-ecological systems (SES). Nevertheless, despite the increasing acknowledgment about the need for such systemic approaches, their application in real SES are less frequent than desirable. Among the difficulties behind this, the need for a new conceptual perspective concerning the relationships between science and the management of real SES, as well as the lack of tools to manage the inherent complexity of such systems should be emphasized. In this work, we further discuss these difficulties and propose an integral methodological framework for the assessment of SES sustainability, with the following key components: i) The hierarchical definition of sustainability goals and indicators. ii) A dynamic system model taking into account the key socio-economic and environmental factors and their interactions, in which the most representative indicators and their sustainability thresholds are integrated. iii) The analysis of vulnerabilities to exogenous drivers (scenario analysis) and the exploration of available management and planning options (policy assessment). iv) An uncertainty assessment concerning system behavior and model outcomes to guide decisions for an improved sustainability in complex SES. The whole framework highlights the need to integrate a participative approach, above all at the initial and final steps. In this work, these components are exemplified by means of their application to a real socioecological system: Fuerteventura island (The Canary Islands, Spain).
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dc.identifier.citation	Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 762, 2021, 144457.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144457
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 0048-9697
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1879-1026
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/141602
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720379882
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Dynamic models	es
dc.subject	Indicators	es
dc.subject	Policy assessment	es
dc.subject	Participatory approaches	es
dc.subject	Science for sustainability	es
dc.subject	Uncertainty analysis	es
dc.title	An integral approach to address socio-ecological systems sustainability and their uncertainties	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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