Leveraging the metacoupling framework for sustainability science and global sustainable development

J Liu - National Science Review, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sustainability science seeks to understand human–nature interactions behind sustainability
challenges, but has largely been place-based. Traditional sustainability efforts often solved …

Assessment of soil erosion risk and vulnerability in the transboundary Sio-Malaba-Malakisi watershed in Kenya and Uganda

S Chasia, LO Olang, C Bess, J Kimuyu… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Persistent soil erosion poses a significant threat to water quality, ecosystem viability and soil
health in many regions of the world. Addressing this challenge requires a comprehensive …

Cross-county characteristics of water–ecology–economy coupling coordination in the Wuding River watershed, China

J Tao, Y Xie, H Zhou, Y Xu, G Zhao - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Investigating the coupling coordination relationship between water resources, ecology and
the economy is the basis process for watershed governing to achieve sustainable …

Social–ecological benefits of land–sea planning at multiple scales in Mesoamerica

JMS Delevaux, JM Silver, SG Winder, N Bood… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Deforestation impacts the ecosystem services provided by downstream coral reefs to coastal
communities in multiple ways, such as through increased sedimentation and nutrification …

Natural Resources Conflicts on Borderlands by the Five Spheres of Earth System

H Lee, J Son, S Min, H Lee, MS Park - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Border regions face challenges managing natural resources, which include forests, wildlife,
air, and rivers. This study aims to provide an overview of research on various natural …

Untangling the coupling relationships between socio-economy and eco-environment in arid inland river basin

J Meng, Z Han, L Zhu, L Zhu, X Dai - Environment, Development and …, 2024 - Springer
Water reallocation in arid inland river basins could influence the interactions between socio-
economy and eco-environment. However, how these interactions are teleconnected among …

Metacoupled tourism and wildlife translocations affect synergies and trade-offs among sustainable development goals across spillover systems

Z Zhao, M Cai, T Connor, MG Chung, J Liu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Synergies and trade-offs among the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
have been hotly debated. Although the world is increasingly metacoupled (socioeconomic …

Understanding ecosystem services in a metacoupled world

J Sun - Transactions in Earth, Environment, and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Driven by intensive globalization and technological development, shifting from place-based
research on ecosystem services to an understanding of multiple human and natural …

Analysis on Management Policies on Water Quantity Conflict in Transboundary Rivers Embedded with Virtual Water—Using Ili River as the Case

X Xu, F Wu, Q Yu, X Chen, Y Zhao - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Current studies neglect how virtual water transfer (VWT) between countries within a
drainage basin affects water stress and then yields an invisible effect on the water quantity …

Climate change and water dynamics in rural Uganda

L McKinney, DC Wright - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this case study is to examine the effects of climate change on agricultural life
in rural Uganda. Based on primary data, the authors examine major themes related to …