Transdisciplinary conceptual modeling of a social-ecological system--A case study application in Terceira Island, Azores

Maria Helena Guimarães, Johanna Ballé-Béganton (), Denis Bailly (), Alice Newton, Tomasz Boski and Tomaz Dentinho
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Maria Helena Guimarães: Departamento de Ciências Agrárias - Universidade dos Açores
Johanna Ballé-Béganton: AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - IUEM - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Denis Bailly: AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - IUEM - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Alice Newton: CIMA - Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental - UAlg - Universidade do Algarve
Tomasz Boski: CIMA - Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental - UAlg - Universidade do Algarve

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Abstract: Science and policy integration towards natural resource management is not novel; however it has not always been successful. Partially, this failure is explained by the lack of consideration of different forms of knowledge. In order to incorporate the diversity of knowledge, transdisciplinary has been proposed and, this paper tests conceptual modeling as a tool to promote it. Qualitative modeling is an intermediate step of Systems Approach Framework (SAF) that is a methodology towards the sustainability of social-ecological systems. SAF has been applied in Praia da Vitoria Bay, in the Azores to analyze the future use of wetlands. We promoted a workshop bringing together 18 stakeholders: scientists, managers, private sectors and Non-Governmental Organizations. This paper presents the procedures and discusses the observed interaction between participants, their views and, how the wetlands services were described. Results show that non-scientists found the exercise particularly challenging but with high value due to: the systemic view and, opportunity of sharing viewpoints. The wetlands were mostly described by the direct benefits. The results show that transdisciplinarity can be operationalized and that conceptual modeling is an adequate exercise to achieve it. However, interdisciplinary work and stakeholders' analysis are also necessary because the knowledge gathered is different.

Keywords: Conceptual modeling; Social-ecological systems; Ecosystem goods and services; Systems thinking; Transdisciplinary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-03-01
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Published in Ecosystem Services, 2013, 3, pp.Pages e22-e31. ⟨10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.12.007⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.12.007

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