The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems

• Main Authors: Reinette Biggs, Rika Preiser, Hayley Clements, Alta de Vos, Kristine Maciejewski, Maja Schlüter
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2021; Chemonics International Inc. T/A Resilient Waters Program; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
• Subjects: Applied ecology; CAS; Causal Layered Analysis; Causal Loop Diagrams; Comparative Case Study Analysis; Complex SES; Dynamical Systems Modelling; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Ecology; Ecosystem Service Modelling; Ecosystem Services; Environment; Environmental Governance; Environmental policy and protocols; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; FCA; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Geography; Human geography; Knowledge Co-production; Land System Science; Nature; Provisioning Ecosystem Services; QCA; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regime Shifts; Research & Methodology; Research and information: general; Research methods; Research Methods for Social and Behavioral Sciences; Research Methods in Environmental Studies; Research methods: general; Resilience Assessment; Robustness Framework; Science; SES; SES Dynamic; SES Framework; SES Research; Social Ecological Interactions; Social impact of environmental issues; Social-ecological; The environment; Vice Versa; SES; Environmental Governance; Regime Shifts; Knowledge Co-production; Research; Vice Versa; Complex SES; SES Framework; Social Ecological Interactions; Sustainability Livelihood Framework; Provisioning Ecosystem Services; Research methods; Ecosystem Services; Resilience Assessment; FCA; SES Dynamic; Causal Layered Analysis; Dynamical Systems Modelling; QCA; SES Research; Social-ecological; CAS; Ecosystem Service Modelling; Environment; Land System Science; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Robustness Framework; Participatory Modelling Process; Comparative Case Study Analysis; Causal Loop Diagrams
• ISBN: 9781032020761; 9780367898403; 0367898403; 1032020768; 1000401510; 1003021336; 9781000401516; 9781000401530; 1000401537; 9781003021339
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003021339

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems (SES) research. The book is primarily targeted at graduate students, lecturers and researchers working on SES, and has been written in a style that is accessible to readers entering the field from a variety of different disciplinary backgrounds. Each chapter discusses the types of SES questions to which the particular methods are suited and the potential resources and skills required for their implementation, and provides practical examples of the application of the methods. In addition, the book contains a conceptual and practical introduction to SES research, a discussion of key gaps and frontiers in SES research methods, and a glossary of key terms in SES research. Contributions from 97 different authors, situated at SES research hubs in 16 countries around the world, including South Africa, Sweden, Germany and Australia, bring a wealth of expertise and experience to this book. The first book to provide a guide and introduction specifically focused on methods for studying SES, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainability science, environmental management, global environmental change studies and environmental governance. The book will also be of interest to upper-level undergraduates and professionals working at the science–policy interface in the environmental arena.