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A diagnostic approach for going beyond panaceas
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The articles in this special feature challenge the presumption that scholars can make simple, predictive models of social–ecological systems (SESs) and deduce universal solutions, panaceas, to problems of overuse or destruction of resources. Moving beyond panaceas to develop cumulative capacities to diagnose the problems and potentialities of linked SESs requires serious study of complex, multivariable, nonlinear, cross-scale, and changing systems. Many variables have been identified by researchers as affecting the patterns of interactions and outcomes observed in empirical studies of SESs. A step toward developing a diagnostic method is taken by organizing these variables in a nested, multitier framework. The framework enables scholars to organize analyses of how attributes of ( i ) a resource system (e.g., fishery, lake, grazing area), ( ii ) the resource units generated by that system (e.g., fish, water, fodder), ( iii ) the users of that system, and ( iv ) the governance system jointly affect and are indirectly affected by interactions and resulting outcomes achieved at a particular time and place. The framework also enables us to organize how these attributes may affect and be affected by larger socioeconomic, political, and ecological settings in which they are embedded, as well as smaller ones. The framework is intended to be a step toward building a strong interdisciplinary science of complex, multilevel systems that will enable future diagnosticians to match governance arrangements to specific problems embedded in a social–ecological context.
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“Typically, CHANS are difficult to study because of their non-linearity characteristics, multiple space-time scales, complex feedback mechanisms, and unique local contexts that are linked to forces of globalization.”
From Modelling Tourism in the Galapagos Islands: An Agent-Based Model Approach (2014) · cites this paper as Ostrom 2007
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“The collection and evaluation of evidence in our approach is organized according to modes of accumulation identified by the CEQ (1997), including those such as nonlinear and cross-boundary effects that are of widely recognized importance in complex social-ecological systems like the salmon fisheries of the Pacific Northwest (Ostrom 2007).”
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“The concept of near decomposability has been extended to the analysis of natural resource systems, which are typically conceived as having multiple levels of subsystems that function independently in many respects but are also functionally linked with higher-level and lower-level subsystems within the larger natural resource system (see E. Ostrom, 2007).”
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“For example, Nobel 30 laureate Elinor Ostrom drew on models from natural sciences 31 to create a framework for studying socio-environmental sys- 32 tems that integrates the analysis of systems resources, users, 33 and governance (5, 6).”
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- Authors
- Ostrom, E.
- Affiliations
- Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University, 408 North Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408; Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, 513 North Park, Bloomington, IN 47408; and Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2007-09-25
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 39
- Pages
- 15181-15187
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC2000497
- OpenAlex
- W2071962320
- Cited by
- 2,728
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 60.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Coastal and Marine Management
- Keywords
- social-ecological systems, panacea, diagnostic framework, multilevel systems, governance arrangements, resource utilization (natural resources), nonlinear interactions, cross-scale analysis, resource degradation, interdisciplinary research, fisheries, lake ecosystems, grazing systems
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecology, Environment, Environmental Health, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollution, Humans, Models, Biological, Public Policy, Social Environment, Ecosystem
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