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  • Studying the complexity of change: Toward an analytical framework for understanding deliberate social-ecological transformations

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    Moore, Michele-Lee
    Tjornbo, Ola
    Enfors, Elin
    Knapp, Corrie
    Hodbod, Jennifer
    Baggio, Jacopo A
    Norstrom, Albert
    Olsson, Per
    Biggs, Duan
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    Biggs, Duan
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    Faced with numerous seemingly intractable social and environmental challenges, many scholars and practitioners are increasingly interested in understanding how to actively engage and transform the existing systems holding such problems in place. Although a variety of analytical models have emerged in recent years, most emphasize either the social or ecological elements of such transformations rather than their coupled nature. To address this, first we have presented a definition of the core elements of a social-ecological system (SES) that could potentially be altered in a transformation. Second, we drew on insights about ...
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    Faced with numerous seemingly intractable social and environmental challenges, many scholars and practitioners are increasingly interested in understanding how to actively engage and transform the existing systems holding such problems in place. Although a variety of analytical models have emerged in recent years, most emphasize either the social or ecological elements of such transformations rather than their coupled nature. To address this, first we have presented a definition of the core elements of a social-ecological system (SES) that could potentially be altered in a transformation. Second, we drew on insights about transformation from three branches of literature focused on radical change, i.e., social movements, socio-technical transitions, and social innovation, and gave consideration to the similarities and differences with the current studies by resilience scholars. Drawing on these findings, we have proposed a framework that outlines the process and phases of transformative change in an SES. Future research will be able to utilize the framework as a tool for analyzing the alteration of social-ecological feedbacks, identifying critical barriers and leverage points and assessing the outcome of social-ecological transformations.
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    Journal Title
    Ecology and Society
    Volume
    19
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06966-190454
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    © 2014 by the author(s). Published here under license by the Resilience Alliance. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website or contact the author[s].
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    Ecological applications not elsewhere classified
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/339487
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