Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems Export

@article{citeulike:1658647, abstract = {Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied by social or natural scientists separately. Synthesis of six case studies from around the world shows that couplings between human and natural systems vary across space, time, and organizational units. They also exhibit nonlinear dynamics with thresholds, reciprocal feedback loops, time lags, resilience, heterogeneity, and surprises. Furthermore, past couplings have legacy effects on present conditions and future possibilities. 10.1126/science.1144004}, author = {Liu, Jianguo and Dietz, Thomas and Carpenter, Stephen R. and Alberti, Marina and Folke, Carl and Moran, Emilio and Pell, Alice N. and Deadman, Peter and Kratz, Timothy and Lubchenco, Jane and Ostrom, Elinor and Ouyang, Zhiyun and Provencher, William and Redman, Charles L. and Schneider, Stephen H. and Taylor, William W.}, citeulike-article-id = {1658647}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/317/5844/1513}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17872436}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17872436}, day = {14}, doi = {10.1126/science.1144004}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {adaptive-systems, complexity, cultural-evolution}, month = {September}, number = {5844}, pages = {1513--1516}, posted-at = {2008-11-27 02:27:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144004}, volume = {317}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1658647 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1658647 N2 - Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied by social or natural scientists separately. Synthesis of six case studies from around the world shows that couplings between human and natural systems vary across space, time, and organizational units. They also exhibit nonlinear dynamics with thresholds, reciprocal feedback loops, time lags, resilience, heterogeneity, and surprises. Furthermore, past couplings have legacy effects on present conditions and future possibilities. 10.1126/science.1144004 IS - 5844 JF - Science EP - 1516 TI - Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems VL - 317 SP - 1513 KW - adaptive-systems KW - complexity KW - cultural-evolution AU - Liu, Jianguo AU - Dietz, Thomas AU - Carpenter, Stephen AU - Alberti, Marina AU - Folke, Carl AU - Moran, Emilio AU - Pell, Alice AU - Deadman, Peter AU - Kratz, Timothy AU - Lubchenco, Jane AU - Ostrom, Elinor AU - Ouyang, Zhiyun AU - Provencher, William AU - Redman, Charles AU - Schneider, Stephen AU - Taylor, William PY - 2007/09/14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1144004 ER -