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An information ecology approach to science&amp;#8211;policy integration in adaptive management of social-ecological systems
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Eddy, Brian G; Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada; Brian.Eddy@NRCan.gc.ca; Hearn, Brian; Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada; Brian.Hearn@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca; Luther, Joan E; Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada; JoanE.Luther@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca; van Zyll de Jong, Michael; Environmental Policy Institute, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland; michaelv@grenfell.mun.ca; Bowers, Wade; Environmental Policy Institute, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland; wbowers@grenfell.mun.ca; Parsons, Reg; Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada; Reg.Parsons@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca; Piercey, Douglas; Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada; Douglas.Piercey@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca; Strickland, Guy; Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada; Guy.Strickland@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca; Wheeler, Barry; Atlantic Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada; Barry.Wheeler@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca.
Adaptive management of social-ecological systems requires integration and collaboration among scientists, policy makers, practitioners, and stakeholders across multiple disciplines and organizations. Challenges associated with such integration have been attributed to gaps between how human systems are organized and how ecosystems function. To address this gap, we explore the application of information ecology as a theoretical basis for integrating human systems and natural systems. First, we provide an overview of information ecology with reference to its relationship with information theory and how we define &amp;#8220;information.&amp;#8221; Principles governing whole-part relationships, i.e., holons and holarchies, are then used to develop a general...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Ecosystems-based management; Holons; Information ecology; Information theory; Science&amp;#8211; Policy integration.
Ano: 2014

Remarkable Properties of Human Ecosystems
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Stepp, John Richard; University of Florida; stepp@anthro.ufl.edu; Jones, Eric C; University of Georgia;; Pavao-Zuckerman, Mitchell; ;; Casagrande, David; ;; Zarger, Rebecca K; ;.
This paper explores some of the remarkable properties that set human ecosystems apart from nonhuman ecosystems. The identification of these properties provides a framework for bridging the theoretical and methodological divide between biological ecology and human ecology. The unique information-processing capability of humans in ecosystems is central to this framework. We discuss several manifestations of human cognitive and behavioral abilities, termed "remarkable properties" of human ecosystems. A cross-cultural and historical approach is taken in demonstrating some of these properties. Related to these properties are the ways in which complex functional and dysfunctional or maladaptive processes take place in human ecosystems. We assert that one of the...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Ecological anthropology; Human ecosystems; Information ecology; Remarkable properties.
Ano: 2003