In recent years, social-ecological systems (SES) have emerged as a prominent analytical
framing with which to investigate pressing sustainability issues associated with the …

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a
synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems …

Context Counter-urbanization, or the reverse migration from the city to the countryside, is a
well-known demographic trend associated with rural restructuring since the 1980s. Counter …

4 phones we use every day. While this connectivity has brought about impressive
improvements to many people in terms of the distribution of food and other resources around …

In the light of the current changing global scenarios, green infrastructure is obtaining
increasing relevance in planning policies, especially due to its ecological, environmental …

The social and ecological impacts of urbanization require integrated management of cities
and their resource metabolism for long-term sustainability and economic prosperity …

Context Urban–rural gradients provide a suitable framework for studying the provision of
urban and rural ecosystem services (ES), linked to social welfare. Landscape structure (LS) …

Southern Africa is a diverse region harbouring exceptional natural and cultural values,
which are increasingly threatened by climate change. We investigated the progress of …

Studying social-ecological systems (SES) can be a challenging task, as explained in
Chapter 2. Phenomena of interest and characteristics of SES research result from both …

Mismanaged plastic waste (MPW) and urban flooding are typically considered distinct
environmental challenges. However, there are notable links between growing quantities of …