Applying Place-Based Social-Ecological Research to Address Water Scarcity: Insights for Future Research
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Globally, environmental and social change in water-scarce regions challenge the sustainability of social-ecological systems. WaterSES, a sponsored working group within the Program for Ecosystem Change and Society, explores and compares the social-ecological dynamics related to water scarcity across placed-based international research sites with contrasting local and regional water needs and governance, including research sites in Spain and Sweden in Europe, South Africa, China, and Alabama, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Texas in the USA. This paper aims to provide a commentary on insights into conducting future solutions-oriented research on water scarcity based on the understanding of the social-ecological dynamics of water scarce regions.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1516 |
| Journal | Sustainability |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISSN | 2071-1050 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10.05.2018 |
Bibliographical note
The research reported in this paper contributes to the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (www.pecs-science.org) and is funded by the NSF Idaho EPSCoR Program and by the National Science Foundation under award number IIA-1301792. MGL is funded by a postdoctoral grant from the Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA), co-funded by the Social European Fund.
- Sustainability Science - PEC S, water governance, ecosystem service, place-based research, social-ecological system, sustainability, transdisciplinary science