Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom's framework through orientation in sustainability research
Structuring integrated social-ecological systems (SES) research remains a core challenge for achieving sustainability. Numerous concepts and frameworks exist, but there is a lack of mutual learning and orientation of knowledge between them. We focus on two approaches in particular: the ecosystem ser...
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doaj-c4fbe47cc0a847368b6fb6e157d14fea2020-11-24T21:13:47ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872016-09-012132710.5751/ES-08524-2103278524Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom's framework through orientation in sustainability researchStefan Partelow0Klara J. Winkler1Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, GermanyCarl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, GermanyStructuring integrated social-ecological systems (SES) research remains a core challenge for achieving sustainability. Numerous concepts and frameworks exist, but there is a lack of mutual learning and orientation of knowledge between them. We focus on two approaches in particular: the ecosystem services concept and Elinor Ostrom's diagnostic SES framework. We analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each and discuss their potential for mutual learning. We use knowledge types in sustainability research as a boundary object to compare the contributions of each approach. Sustainability research is conceptualized as a multi-step knowledge generation process that includes system, target, and transformative knowledge. A case study of the Southern California spiny lobster fishery is used to comparatively demonstrate how each approach contributes a different lens and knowledge when applied to the same case. We draw on this case example in our discussion to highlight potential interlinkages and areas for mutual learning. We intend for this analysis to facilitate a broader discussion that can further integrate SES research across its diverse communities.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss3/art27/boundary objectknowledge typessocial-ecological systemssustainability science |
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Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom's framework through orientation in sustainability research |
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Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom's framework through orientation in sustainability research |
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Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom's framework through orientation in sustainability research |
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Ecology and Society |
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Structuring integrated social-ecological systems (SES) research remains a core challenge for achieving sustainability. Numerous concepts and frameworks exist, but there is a lack of mutual learning and orientation of knowledge between them. We focus on two approaches in particular: the ecosystem services concept and Elinor Ostrom's diagnostic SES framework. We analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each and discuss their potential for mutual learning. We use knowledge types in sustainability research as a boundary object to compare the contributions of each approach. Sustainability research is conceptualized as a multi-step knowledge generation process that includes system, target, and transformative knowledge. A case study of the Southern California spiny lobster fishery is used to comparatively demonstrate how each approach contributes a different lens and knowledge when applied to the same case. We draw on this case example in our discussion to highlight potential interlinkages and areas for mutual learning. We intend for this analysis to facilitate a broader discussion that can further integrate SES research across its diverse communities. |
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