Highlights•We review recent advances in trade-off analysis in agricultural
systems.•Techniques for performing trade-off analyses have developed substantially in …

The increasingly complex challenges facing agricultural systems require problem-solving
processes and systems analysis (SA) tools that engage multiple actors across disciplines. In …

There is a growing interest in the use of fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) as a participatory
method for understanding social-ecological systems (SESs). In recent years, FCM has been …

Abstract Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) modelling is highly suitable for the demands of future
studies: it uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative approaches, it enables the inclusion of …

Improvement of food security is a common objective for many agricultural systems analyses,
but how food security has been conceptualized and evaluated within agricultural systems …

Introduction: In the past decade significant attention has been given to the development of
tools that attempt to measure the vulnerability, risk or resilience of communities to disasters …

The devastating impacts of drought are fast becoming a global concern. Zimbabwe is among
the countries more severely affected, where drought impacts have led to water shortages …

Jakarta has suffered major floods in 2002, 2007, and 2013. To cope with and adapt to both
the current and future flood problem, the city requires quantitative assessments of flood risk …

This study aims to explore climate change induced socio-economic vulnerability of
mangrove-dependent communities in the Indus Delta. We evaluate the linkages between …

Smallholder farmers in semi-arid regions continuously face drought risk, leading to recurring
crop damage, income loss and food insecurity, and they are taking adaptive measures to …