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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab22c9
	Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science
	Downing A.S.; Bhowmik A.; Collste D.; Cornell S.E.; Donges J.; Fetzer I.; Häyhä T.; Hinton J.; Lade S.; Mooij W.M.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:7
英文摘要	Background: The Planetary Boundaries concept (PBc) has emerged as a key global sustainability concept in international sustainable development arenas. Initially presented as an agenda for global sustainability research, it now shows potential for sustainability governance. We use the fact that it is widely cited in scientific literature (>3500 citations) and an extensively studied concept to analyse how it has been used and developed since its first publication. Design: From the literature that cites the PBc, we select those articles that have the terms 'planetary boundaries' or 'safe operating space' in either title, abstract or keywords. We assume that this literature substantively engages with and develops the PBc. Results: We find that 6% of the citing literature engages with the concept. Within this fraction of the literature we distinguish commentaries - that discuss the context and challenges to implementing the PBc, articles that develop the core biogeophysical concept and articles that apply the concept by translating to sub-global scales and by adding a human component to it. Applied literature adds to the concept by explicitly including society through perspectives of impacts, needs, aspirations and behaviours. Discussion: Literature applying the concept does not yet include the more complex, diverse, cultural and behavioural facet of humanity that is implied in commentary literature. We suggest there is need for a positive framing of sustainability goals - as a Safe Operating Space rather than boundaries. Key scientific challenges include distinguishing generalised from context-specific knowledge, clarifying which processes are generalizable and which are scalable, and explicitly applying complex systems' knowledge in the application and development of the PBc. We envisage that opportunities to address these challenges will arise when more human social dimensions are integrated, as we learn to feed the global sustainability vision with a plurality of bottom-up realisations of sustainability. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	footprints approach; global sustainability science; human dimensions; life cycle analysis; Planetary boundaries; resilience; safe operating space
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Life cycle; footprints approach; Global sustainability; Human dimensions; Life cycle analysis; resilience; safe operating space; Sustainable development
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154513
作者单位	Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International, CERDI, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PO Box 60 12 03, Potsdam, D-14412, Germany; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria; Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), PO Box 50, Wageningen, 6700 AB, Netherlands; Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, Wageningen, 6700 AA, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Downing A.S.,Bhowmik A.,Collste D.,et al. Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science[J],2019,14(7).
APA	Downing A.S..,Bhowmik A..,Collste D..,Cornell S.E..,Donges J..,...&Mooij W.M..(2019).Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science.Environmental Research Letters,14(7).
MLA	Downing A.S.,et al."Matching scope, purpose and uses of planetary boundaries science".Environmental Research Letters 14.7(2019).