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Human societies are influencing nature in such a way that their independent analysis is no longer suitable. Fortunately, social-ecological systems provide a conceptual framework for the interconnected analysis of societies and ecosystems. However, in the case of Latin America, the complexity of social-ecological processes undermined a much-needed compilation of theoretical concepts, methods and case studies. Increasing readers' understanding of such systems using a postnormal approach, the book discusses current concepts and methods with examples of studies from eight countries. It is a useful resource for social actors, government decision makers and scholars.
List of contents
Chapter 1.- Social-ecological systems and postnormal science.- Chapter 2.- Studying social-ecological systems from the perspective of social sciences in Latin America.- Chapter 3.- Simplifying the complexity of social-ecological systems with conceptual models.- Chapter 4.- Social actors and participative modelling.- Chapter 5.- Social-ecological systems and human wellbeing.-Chapter 6.- Poor-people ecologism.- Chapter 7.- A new environmental governance.- Chapter 8.- A hierarchical approach for the valuation of multiple ecosystem services.- Chapter 9.- Novel ecosystems and social-ecological complexities.- Chapter 10.- Social-ecological systems and the economy of nature: A Latin-American perspective.-Chapter 11.- Spatial modelling of social-ecological systems: The Arroyo las Conchas watershed, Argentina.- Chapter 12.- Analyzing social vulnerability to natural disasters in northeast Brazil: catastrophic flooding cycles at Alagoas littoral zone.- Chapter 13.- San Rafael Reserve, Paraguay: key social actors and sustainability scenarios. through environmental governance schemes.- Chapter 14.- Valuation of hydrological supply in high Andes wetlands of Chinchiná River, Colombia.- Chapter 15.- Participative management and local institutional strengthening: the successful case of mangle social-ecological systems in Ecuador.-Chapter 16.- Integrated assessment of the effects of the payment for hydrological services program at Ajusco, Mexico City.- Chapter 17.- Influence of the rural/urban context in the implementation of forest conservation programs in Mexico: Oaxaca and Mexico City case studies.- Chapter 18.- Characterizing social-ecological traps: A case study of forest and marine systems in Southern and Austral Chile.- Chapter 19.- Ecosystem services from a multi-stakeholder perspective: a case study in a Biosphere Reserve in central Chile.-Chapter 20.- Restoration of riverside forests: contributing to the fisheries management of river Pichis watershed, central jungle,Perú.- Chapter 21.- The challenge of integrated management of Isla de Chiloé coastal zone.- Chapter 22.- Social valuation of ecosystem services at local scale: challenges for the management of a multiple-use coastal and marine protected area (MU-CMPA): Isla Grande de Atacama.-Chapter 23.- Potential futures of social-ecological systems in Latin America.
About the author
Luisa E. Delgado is a Professor at Universidad de Chile, Invited Professor at Universidad Nacional de Asunción (Paraguay) and founder of Fundación Centro Transdisciplinario de Estudios FES-sistémicos (Chile). She has a doctoral degree in Social Processes and Public Policies from Universidad de Artes y Ciencias Sociales and a master’s degree in Ecology from Universidad de Chile. She was awarded scholarships by the Deutshcer Akademisher Austauschdients (DAAD, Germany) and the World Bank. She is currently pursuing research, financed by CONICYT-Chile, on social-ecological systems, ecosystem services, human wellbeing and environmental governance.
Víctor H. Marín is Full Professor at Universidad de Chile (Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias). He has a Ph.D. in Oceanography and postdoc in Ecosystem Ecology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA), and he received a Georg Forster fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) to study aquatic ecosystems. He is currently a Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Numerical Modelling at Universidad de Chile.
Summary
Human societies are influencing nature in such a way that their independent analysis is no longer suitable. Fortunately, social-ecological systems provide a conceptual framework for the interconnected analysis of societies and ecosystems. However, in the case of Latin America, the complexity of social-ecological processes undermined a much-needed compilation of theoretical concepts, methods and case studies. Increasing readers’ understanding of such systems using a postnormal approach, the book discusses current concepts and methods with examples of studies from eight countries. It is a useful resource for social actors, government decision makers and scholars.
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