Linking concepts of change and ecosystem services research: A systematic review
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In: Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems, Vol. 4, No. 1, 01.12.2018, p. 33-45.
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T1 - Linking concepts of change and ecosystem services research: A systematic review
AU - Rau, Anna-Lena
AU - Bickel, Manuel W.
AU - Hilser, Stefan
AU - Jenkins, Shona
AU - McCrory, Gavin
AU - Pfefferle, Nicole
AU - Rathgens, Julius
AU - Roitsch, Dennis
AU - Schroth, Thilo Norman
AU - Stålhammar, Sanna
AU - Villada, Danna
AU - Weiser, Annika
AU - Wamsler, Christine
AU - Krause, Torsten
AU - Wehrden, Henrik
N1 - This review paper is the result of a student-driven research project and collaboration involving members of Leuphana University in Lüneburg (Germany) and Lund University (Sweden). This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. There is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Transformation, transition and regime shift are increasingly applied concepts in the academic literature to describe changes in society and the environment. Ecosystem services represent one framework that includes the implicit aim of supporting transformation towards a more sustainable system. Nevertheless, knowledge and systematic reviews on the use of these concepts within ecosystem services research are so far lacking. Therefore, we present a systematic literature review to analyse the interlinkages between these concepts and ecosystem services. Using a search string we identified 258 papers that we analysed based on 40 review criteria. Our results show that transformation was mentioned most often (197 articles), followed by transition (183 articles) and regime shifts (43 articles). Moreover, there is no consolidation of these concepts. Only 13% of all articles gave definitions for the three concepts. These definitions strongly overlapped in their use. Moreover, most papers described changes that happened in the past (73%). We conclude that research would benefit from being directed towards the future rather than evaluating what has happened in the past. Based on our results, we present: i) clear definitions for the three concepts; and ii) a framework highlighting the interlinkages between the ecosystem services cascade and the concepts of change.
AB - Transformation, transition and regime shift are increasingly applied concepts in the academic literature to describe changes in society and the environment. Ecosystem services represent one framework that includes the implicit aim of supporting transformation towards a more sustainable system. Nevertheless, knowledge and systematic reviews on the use of these concepts within ecosystem services research are so far lacking. Therefore, we present a systematic literature review to analyse the interlinkages between these concepts and ecosystem services. Using a search string we identified 258 papers that we analysed based on 40 review criteria. Our results show that transformation was mentioned most often (197 articles), followed by transition (183 articles) and regime shifts (43 articles). Moreover, there is no consolidation of these concepts. Only 13% of all articles gave definitions for the three concepts. These definitions strongly overlapped in their use. Moreover, most papers described changes that happened in the past (73%). We conclude that research would benefit from being directed towards the future rather than evaluating what has happened in the past. Based on our results, we present: i) clear definitions for the three concepts; and ii) a framework highlighting the interlinkages between the ecosystem services cascade and the concepts of change.
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Transformation
KW - Transition
KW - Regime shift
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - Ökosystemleistungen
KW - Ökosystemdienstleistungen
KW - Ecosystem service
KW - Ecosystem cascade framework
KW - ecosystem service
KW - transformation
KW - transition
KW - regime shift
KW - change
KW - dynamic
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/adbc1ed8-d03d-304b-8e82-2a517c9d7f60/
U2 - 10.1515/cass-2018-0004
DO - 10.1515/cass-2018-0004
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 4
SP - 33
EP - 45
JO - Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
JF - Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
SN - 2300-3669
IS - 1
ER -