Social-ecological Systems of Latin America: Complexities and Challenges

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Delgado, Luisa E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Marín, Víctor H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Ecosystems.; Applied ecology.; Environmental sociology.; Ethnology.; Latin America-Economic conditions.; Applied Ecology.; Environmental Sociology.; Social Anthropology.; Latin American and Caribbean Economics.

Human societies are influencing nature in such a way that their independent analysis is no longer suitable. Fortunately, social-ecological systems provide a conceptual framework for the interconnected analysis of societies and ecosystems. However, in the case of Latin America, the complexity of soci...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1
• Social-ecological systems and postnormal science
• Chapter 2
• Studying social-ecological systems from the perspective of social sciences in Latin America
• Chapter 3
• Simplifying the complexity of social-ecological systems with conceptual models
• Chapter 4
• Social actors and participative modelling
• Chapter 5
• Social-ecological systems and human wellbeing.-Chapter 6
• Poor-people ecologism
• Chapter 7
• A new environmental governance
• Chapter 8
• A hierarchical approach for the valuation of multiple ecosystem services
• Chapter 9
• Novel ecosystems and social-ecological complexities
• Chapter 10
• Social-ecological systems and the economy of nature: A Latin-American perspective.-Chapter 11
• Spatial modelling of social-ecological systems: The Arroyo las Conchas watershed, Argentina
• Chapter 12
• Analyzing social vulnerability to natural disasters in northeast Brazil: catastrophic flooding cycles at Alagoas littoral zone
• Chapter 13
• San Rafael Reserve, Paraguay: key social actors and sustainability scenarios. through environmental governance schemes
• Chapter 14
• Valuation of hydrological supply in high Andes wetlands of Chinchiná River, Colombia
• Chapter 15
• Participative management and local institutional strengthening: the successful case of mangle social-ecological systems in Ecuador.-Chapter 16
• Integrated assessment of the effects of the payment for hydrological services program at Ajusco, Mexico City
• Chapter 17
• Influence of the rural/urban context in the implementation of forest conservation programs in Mexico: Oaxaca and Mexico City case studies
• Chapter 18
• Characterizing social-ecological traps: A case study of forest and marine systems in Southern and Austral Chile
• Chapter 19
• Ecosystem services from a multi-stakeholder perspective: a case study in a Biosphere Reserve in central Chile.-Chapter 20
• Restoration of riverside forests: contributing to the fisheries management of river Pichis watershed, central jungle, Perú
• Chapter 21
• The challenge of integrated management of Isla de Chiloé coastal zone
• Chapter 22
• Social valuation of ecosystem services at local scale: challenges for the management of a multiple-use coastal and marine protected area (MU-CMPA): Isla Grande de Atacama.-Chapter 23
• Potential futures of social-ecological systems in Latin America.