Non-renewable groundwater use and groundwater depletion: a review

MFP Bierkens, Y Wada - Environmental Research Letters, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Population growth, economic development, and dietary changes have drastically increased
the demand for food and water. The resulting expansion of irrigated agriculture into semi …

[HTML][HTML] Network resilience

X Liu, D Li, M Ma, BK Szymanski, HE Stanley, J Gao - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Many systems on our planet shift abruptly and irreversibly from the desired state to an
undesired state when forced across a “tip** point”. Some examples are mass extinctions …

Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers

S Willcock, GS Cooper, J Addy, JA Dearing - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
A major concern for the world's ecosystems is the possibility of collapse, where landscapes
and the societies they support change abruptly. Accelerating stress levels, increasing …

Middle-range theories of land system change

P Meyfroidt, RR Chowdhury, A de Bremond… - Global environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more
sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid theoretical foundations on the causes of …

Evolution and effects of the social-ecological system over a millennium in China's Loess Plateau

X Wu, Y Wei, B Fu, S Wang, Y Zhao, EF Moran - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
Understanding the regime shifts of social-ecological systems (SES) and their local and
spillover effects over a long time frame is important for future sustainability. We provide a …

Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands

M Berdugo, JJ Gaitán… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The constant provision of plant productivity is integral to supporting the liability of
ecosystems and human wellbeing in global drylands. Drylands are paradigmatic examples …

Eight grand challenges in socio-environmental systems modeling

S Elsawah, T Filatova, AJ Jakeman… - Socio-Environmental …, 2020 - research.utwente.nl
Modeling is essential to characterize and explore complex societal and environmental
issues in systematic and collaborative ways. Socio-environmental systems (SES) modeling …

Multisector dynamics: Advancing the science of complex adaptive human‐Earth systems

PM Reed, A Hadjimichael, RH Moss, C Brelsford… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The field of MultiSector Dynamics (MSD) explores the dynamics and co‐
evolutionary pathways of human and Earth systems with a focus on critical goods, services …

An overview of the system dynamics process for integrated modelling of socio-ecological systems: Lessons on good modelling practice from five case studies

S Elsawah, SA Pierce, SH Hamilton… - … Modelling & Software, 2017 - Elsevier
Similar to other modelling methodologies, the potential of system dynamics to contribute to
system understanding and decision making depends upon the practices applied by the …

[HTML][HTML] Agent-based modelling of social-ecological systems: achievements, challenges, and a way forward

J Schulze, B Müller, J Groeneveld… - Journal of Artificial …, 2017 - jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk
Understanding social-ecological systems (SES) is crucial to supporting the sustainable
management of resources. Agent-based modelling is a valuable tool to achieve this …