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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab4562
	The American West as a social-ecological region: drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems
	Jones K.; Abrams J.; Belote R.T.; Beltrán B.J.; Brandt J.; Carter N.; Castro A.J.; Chaffin B.C.; Metcalf A.L.; Roesch-Mcnally G.; Wallen K.E.; Williamson M.A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:11
英文摘要	The American West exists in the popular imagination as a distinct region, and policies and politics often suggest that both the challenges and the opportunities for land management and human well-being across the region are relatively homogeneous. In this paper, we argue that there are key characteristics that define the West as a social-ecological region, and also that there are myriad social-ecological systems (SESs) within the region that require diverse and dynamic approaches to managing change over time. We first conceptualize aridity, topography, and a unique political economy of land as exogenous factors that persist over time and space to define the American West as a contiguous social-ecological region. We then identify a second set of characteristics that show high degrees of variation across SESs within the American West. Finally, we operationalize the relationships between regional characteristics and local dynamics through a set of case studies that exemplify specific types of SESs in the region. The results of these empirical representations of the regional and intra-regional social-ecological dynamics of the contemporary American West highlight the implications for research and management of taking a cross-scale integrated approach to address pressing social-ecological opportunities and challenges in complex adaptive systems. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	American West; Social-ecological region; social-ecological system
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Dynamics; Topography; American West; Complex adaptive systems; Ecological dynamics; Ecological regions; Integrated approach; Key characteristics; Regional characteristics; Social-ecological systems; Ecology; attitudinal survey; ecological approach; integrated approach; land management; national politics; political economy; public attitude; social behavior; Western perception; United States
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/154779
作者单位	Center for Large Landscape Conservation, United States; JG Research and Evaluation, United States; University of Georgia, United States; Wilderness Society, United States; Heart of the Rockies Initiative, United States; Boise State University, United States; University of Michigan, United States; Universidad de Almería, Spain; Idaho State University, United States; W A Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, United States; American Farmland Trust, United States; University of Idaho, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jones K.,Abrams J.,Belote R.T.,et al. The American West as a social-ecological region: drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems[J],2019,14(11).
APA	Jones K..,Abrams J..,Belote R.T..,Beltrán B.J..,Brandt J..,...&Williamson M.A..(2019).The American West as a social-ecological region: drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems.Environmental Research Letters,14(11).
MLA	Jones K.,et al."The American West as a social-ecological region: drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems".Environmental Research Letters 14.11(2019).