Nouvelle publication sur les trajectoires socio-écologiques

Thomas Bolognesi, chercheur au sein du Pôle GEDT, a récemment publié un article intitulé "Explaining and Measuring Social-Ecological Pathways: The Case of Global Changes and Water Security".

La description de l'article est la suivante: "This research results from the collaboration of different members of the Institute for Environmental Sciences. It illustrates the innovative potential of grouping together researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds when focusing on environmental issues. The Social-Ecological Systems framework serves as a valuable framework to explore and understand social and ecological interactions, and pathways in water governance. However, it lacks a robust understanding of change. Authors argue an analytical and methodological approach to engaging global changes in SES is critical to strengthening the scope and relevance of the SES framework. Relying on SES and resilience thinking, they propose an institutional and cognitive model of change where institutions and natural resources systems co-evolve. The proposed model of change provides a dynamic understanding of SES that stands on three causal mechanisms: institutional complexity trap, rigidity trap, and learning processes. Authors illustrate how data cube technology could overcome current limitations and offer reliable avenues for testing hypotheses about the dynamics of Social-Ecological Systems and water security by offering to combine spatial and time data with no major technical requirements for users."

L'article est disponible en libre accès dans le journal Sustainability.

Bolognesi, T., Gerlak, A. K., & Giuliani, G. (2018). Explaining and Measuring Social-Ecological Pathways: The Case of Global Changes and Water Security. Sustainability, 10(12), 4378.