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标题：A typology for complex social-ecological systems in mountain communities
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作者：Mark Altaweel ; Arika Virapongse ; David Griffith 等
期刊名称：Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
电子版ISSN：1548-7733
出版年度：2015
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：1-13
DOI：10.1080/15487733.2015.11908142
摘要：Effective and standardized assessment of social-ecological systems is crucial for supporting increased resilience of human communities and for developing adaptation strategies. However, few analytical frameworks exist to assess the social-ecological resilience and vulnerability of different landscapes. To help fill the gap in this literature, we investigated the utility of a conceptual social-ecological systems typology by assessing 21 mountain communities in the western United States. Our results show that larger cities or urban areas are generally more resilient than smaller communities, but the variation is not particularly notable. Resilience differences are found most often among communities of different population sizes. In our sample, no community was deemed to be highly vulnerable to socialecological change. More broadly, development of standardized social-ecological systems typologies can be applied toward accommodating unique environmental niches while allowing for cross-comparisons among regions on a broader continental scale.
关键词：classification ; local communities ; montane environments ; ecosystem resilience ; environmental sociology