The benefits and negative impacts of citizen science applications to water as experienced by participants and communities
Citizen science is proliferating in the water sciences with increasing public involvement in
monitoring water resources, climate variables, water quality, and in mapping and modeling …
monitoring water resources, climate variables, water quality, and in mapping and modeling …
Citizen science in hydrology and water resources: opportunities for knowledge generation, ecosystem service management, and sustainable development
W Buytaert, Z Zulkafli, S Grainger, L Acosta… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The participation of the general public in the research design, data collection and
interpretation process together with scientists is often referred to as citizen science. While …
interpretation process together with scientists is often referred to as citizen science. While …
Toward principles for enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services
Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is
critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and …
critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and …
Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management
This paper evaluates the processes and mechanisms available for integrating different types
of knowledge for environmental management. Following a review of the challenges …
of knowledge for environmental management. Following a review of the challenges …
Integrated assessment and modelling: overview and synthesis of salient dimensions
Integrated assessment and its inherent platform, integrated modelling, present an
opportunity to synthesize diverse knowledge, data, methods and perspectives into an …
opportunity to synthesize diverse knowledge, data, methods and perspectives into an …
Understanding and overcoming obstacles in adaptive management
Adaptive management (AM) is widely promoted to improve management of natural
resources, yet its implementation is challenging. We show that obstacles to the …
resources, yet its implementation is challenging. We show that obstacles to the …
Agriculture and herbivorous waterfowl: A review of the scientific basis for improved management
AD Fox, J Elmberg, IM Tombre, R Hessel - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Swans, geese and some ducks (A natidae) are obligate herbivores, many are important
quarry species and all contribute to a variety of ecosystem services. Population growth and …
quarry species and all contribute to a variety of ecosystem services. Population growth and …
[HTML][HTML] Civic ecology practices: Participatory approaches to generating and measuring ecosystem services in cities
Civic ecology practices are community-based, environmental stewardship actions taken to
enhance green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and human well-being in cities and other …
enhance green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and human well-being in cities and other …
Adaptive co-management: A novel approach to tourism destination governance?
Although tourism destination governance has been a subject of academic enquiry for some
time now, in practice, governance is still a challenge for many tourism destinations around …
time now, in practice, governance is still a challenge for many tourism destinations around …
The social, the ecological, and the adaptive. Von Bertalanffy's general systems theory and the adaptive governance of social‐ecological systems
K Van Assche, G Verschraegen… - Systems Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Based on biological insights, Ludwig von Bertalanffy coined general systems theory (GST)
and later expanded his perspective, exploring what GST could mean for other disciplines …
and later expanded his perspective, exploring what GST could mean for other disciplines …