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Panarchy (political Philosophy)
Panarchy may refer to: * Panarchy (political philosophy), a political philosophy that emphasizes an individual's right to choose their governmental jurisdiction without changing their physical location * Panarchy (ecology) * Panarchy (Dartmouth), student society at Dartmouth College {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panarchy (ecology)
A social-ecological system consists of 'a bio-geo-physical' unit and its associated social actors and institutions. Social-ecological systems are complex and adaptive and delimited by spatial or functional boundaries surrounding particular ecosystems and their context problems.Glaser, M., Krause, G., Ratter, B., and Welp, M. (2008) Human-Nature-Interaction in the Anthropocene. Potential of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis. ebsite Available from: ssessed: 28 Feb 2020/ref> Definitions A social-ecological system (SES) can be defined as:Redman, C., Grove, M. J. and Kuby, L. (2004). Integrating Social Science into the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network: Social Dimensions of Ecological Change and Ecological Dimensions of Social Change. Ecosystems Vol.7(2), pp. 161–171. (p. 163) # A coherent system of biophysical and social factors that regularly interact in a resilient, sustained manner; # A system that is defined at several spatial, temporal, and organisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Understanding Transformations In Human And Natural Systems
Understanding is a cognitive process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to use concepts to model that object. Understanding is a relation between the knower and an object of understanding. Understanding implies abilities and dispositions with respect to an object of knowledge that are sufficient to support intelligent behavior. Understanding is often, though not always, related to learning concepts, and sometimes also the theory or theories associated with those concepts. However, a person may have a good ability to predict the behavior of an object, animal or system—and therefore may, in some sense, understand it—without necessarily being familiar with the concepts or theories associated with that object, animal, or system in their culture. They may have developed their own distinct concepts and theories, which may be equivalent, better or worse than the recognized standard concepts and theories of their cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
