Cintrón-Molero, Gilberto, Schaeffer-Novelli, Yara, Moraes de Oliveira Abuchahla, Guilherme ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0314-2699 and Rovai, André S. (2023) Chapter 19 - Coastal Zone Adaptive Management in the Context of Complex Adaptive Systems. In: Brazilian Mangroves and Salt Marshes. . Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, pp. 381-392. ISBN 978-3-031-13485-2 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13486-9_19.

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Abstract

Natural systems form an undivided, seamless whole, but in order to understand the vastness of this planetary entity, we carve it into form and process structures (ecosystems). These aggregate into interconnected higher levels of organization to form a succession of linked complexes up to the level of the biosphere. Regardless of this virtual partitioning, we must study the Earth as an integrated entity composed of hierarchically organized complex adaptive systems (CASs) where ecosystems, as mangrove and salt marshes, and the biosphere behave as CASs. In this chapter, we explore the theoretical and practical implications of this concept in the context of adaptive management and the evolution of environmental management from authoritative top-down command-control managerial modality to a new mode coherent with the emergent recognition of CAS behavior and complexity theory. Dynamic framing is suggested as a multiscalar approach for problem framing which considers nature’s hierarchical organization. Management of natural systems is linked to the way nature is structured so management systems must be compatible with and as dynamic as the context they intend to manage.

Document Type:	Book chapter
Programme Area:	PA4
Research affiliation:	Ecology > Mangrove Ecology
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13486-9_19
ISSN:	2520-1077
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2025 15:52
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2025 15:52
URI:	http://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/5292

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