Consumer preferences determine resilience of ecological-economic systems
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Consumer preferences determine resilience of ecological-economic systems. / Baumgärtner, Stefan; Derissen, Sandra; Quaas, Martin F. et al.
in: Ecology and Society, Jahrgang 16, Nr. 4, 9, 01.01.2011.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - Consumer preferences determine resilience of ecological-economic systems
AU - Baumgärtner, Stefan
AU - Derissen, Sandra
AU - Quaas, Martin F.
AU - Strunz, Sebastian
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - We perform a model analysis to study the origins of limited resilience in coupled ecological-economic systems. We demonstrate that under open access to ecosystems for profit-maximizing harvesting forms, the resilience properties of the system are essentially determined by consumer preferences for ecosystem services. In particular, we show that complementarity and relative importance of ecosystem services in consumption may significantly decrease the resilience of (almost) any given state of the system. We conclude that the role of consumer preferences and management institutions is not just to facilitate adaptation to, or transformation of, some natural dynamics of ecosystems. Rather, consumer preferences and management institutions are themselves important determinants of the fundamental dynamic characteristics of coupled ecological-economic systems, such as limited resilience.
AB - We perform a model analysis to study the origins of limited resilience in coupled ecological-economic systems. We demonstrate that under open access to ecosystems for profit-maximizing harvesting forms, the resilience properties of the system are essentially determined by consumer preferences for ecosystem services. In particular, we show that complementarity and relative importance of ecosystem services in consumption may significantly decrease the resilience of (almost) any given state of the system. We conclude that the role of consumer preferences and management institutions is not just to facilitate adaptation to, or transformation of, some natural dynamics of ecosystems. Rather, consumer preferences and management institutions are themselves important determinants of the fundamental dynamic characteristics of coupled ecological-economic systems, such as limited resilience.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
KW - consumption
KW - ecological-economic systems
KW - ecosystem services
KW - natural resource management
KW - preferences
KW - resilience
KW - Economics
KW - consumption
KW - ecological-economic systems
KW - ecosystem services
KW - natural resource management
KW - preferences
KW - resilience
KW - Consumption
KW - Ecological-economic systems
KW - Ecosystem services
KW - Natural resource management
KW - Preferences
KW - Resilience
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d800eb4e-ce26-3232-a734-b2efbee38152/
U2 - 10.5751/ES-04392-160409
DO - 10.5751/ES-04392-160409
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 16
JO - Ecology and Society
JF - Ecology and Society
SN - 1708-3087
IS - 4
M1 - 9
ER -