Applying Place-Based Social-Ecological Research to Address Water Scarcity: Insights for Future Research

Antonio J. Castro, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Jodi Brandt, Carla L. Atkinson, Colden V. Baxter, Morey Burnham, Benis N. Egoh, Marina García-Llorente, Jason P. Julian, Berta Martín-López, Haifeng Liao (), Katrina Running, Caryn C. Vaughn and Albert V. Norström
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Antonio J. Castro: Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Cristina Quintas-Soriano: Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Jodi Brandt: Human-Environment Systems Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
Carla L. Atkinson: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 300 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
Colden V. Baxter: Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Morey Burnham: Department of Sociology, Idaho State University, Social Work, and Criminology, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Benis N. Egoh: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa
Marina García-Llorente: Department of Applied Research and Agricultural Extension, Madrid Institute for Rural, Agricultural and Food Research and Development (IMIDRA), Finca Experimental ‘‘El Encín’’Ctra N-II, Km 38,200, 28800 Alcala de Henares, Spain
Jason P. Julian: Department of Geography, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, ELA 139, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
Berta Martín-López: Institute for Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability, Universitätsallee 1, 21355 Lüneburg, Germany
Katrina Running: Department of Sociology, Idaho State University, Social Work, and Criminology, 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Caryn C. Vaughn: Oklahoma Biological Survey and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, 111 E Chesapeake St, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Albert V. Norström: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Globally, environmental and social change in water-scarce regions challenge the sustainability of social-ecological systems. WaterSES, a sponsored working group within the Program for Ecosystem Change and Society, explores and compares the social-ecological dynamics related to water scarcity across placed-based international research sites with contrasting local and regional water needs and governance, including research sites in Spain and Sweden in Europe, South Africa, China, and Alabama, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Texas in the USA. This paper aims to provide a commentary on insights into conducting future solutions-oriented research on water scarcity based on the understanding of the social-ecological dynamics of water scarce regions.

Keywords: PECS; water governance; ecosystem service; place-based research; social-ecological system; sustainability; transdisciplinary science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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