TY - JOUR
T1 - Complexity of coupled human and natural systems
AU - Liu, Jianguo
AU - Dietz, Thomas
AU - Carpenter, Stephen R.
AU - Alberti, Marina
AU - Folke, Carl
AU - Moran, Emilio
AU - Pell, Alice N.
AU - Deadman, Peter
AU - Kratz, Timothy
AU - Lubchenco, Jane
AU - Ostrom, Elinor
AU - Ouyang, Zhiyun
AU - Provencher, William
AU - Redman, Charles
AU - Schneider, Stephen H.
AU - Taylor, William W.
PY - 2007/9/14
Y1 - 2007/9/14
N2 - Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied by social or natural scientists separately. Synthesis of six case studies from around the world shows that couplings between human and natural systems vary across space, time, and organizational units. They also exhibit nonlinear dynamics with thresholds, reciprocal feedback loops, time lags, resilience, heterogeneity, and surprises. Furthermore, past couplings have legacy effects on present conditions and future possibilities.
AB - Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied by social or natural scientists separately. Synthesis of six case studies from around the world shows that couplings between human and natural systems vary across space, time, and organizational units. They also exhibit nonlinear dynamics with thresholds, reciprocal feedback loops, time lags, resilience, heterogeneity, and surprises. Furthermore, past couplings have legacy effects on present conditions and future possibilities.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1144004
DO - 10.1126/science.1144004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17872436
AN - SCOPUS:34548690996
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 317
SP - 1513
EP - 1516
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5844
ER -