Glaser, Marion ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8910-900X, Christie, Patrick, Diele, Karen, Dsikowitzky, Larissa, Ferse, Sebastian C. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-5356, Nordhaus, Inga, Schlüter, Achim, Schwerdtner-Mañez, Kathleen and Wild, Christian (2012) Measuring and understanding sustainability-enhancing processes in tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 4 (3). pp. 300-308. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.05.004.

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Abstract

Tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems (CM-SES) are diverse, complex and dynamic, facing special challenges as hotspots of biodiversity and centres of population growth. Sustainability science focuses on the state of such systems and mostly analyses undesirable social–ecological outcomes. In a collaborative effort between natural and social scientists, this paper examines not only key indicators for identifying the states of CM-SES but puts major emphasis on examining the processes that support sustainable tropical CM-SES dynamics. We identify a number of processes that drive desirable social–ecological dynamics, link the debates on ecosystem services and social–ecological systems analysis and offer a framework for identifying the links between key social–ecological processes. The article suggests linking relevant knowledge production processes and other sustainability-enhancing processes to each other and indicates related research needs.

Document Type:	Article
Programme Area:	PA4
Research affiliation:	Social Sciences > Social-Ecological Systems Analysis Biogeochemistry and Geology > Ecological Biogeochemistry Ecology > Mangrove Ecology Ecology Social Sciences > Institutional and Behavioural Economics
Refereed:	Yes
Open Access Journal?:	No
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.05.004
ISSN:	18773435
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2019 14:46
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2025 17:16
URI:	https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/2761

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