Integrating fast and slow processes is essential for simulating human-freshwater interactions.

Autor: Ward NK; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA. nkward@vt.edu., Fitchett L; Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 310 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Hart JA; Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 680 N Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, USA., Shu L; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 East College Avenue, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.; Department of Land, Air and Water Resource, University of California, Davis, 223 Hoagland Hall, Davis, CA, 95616, USA., Stachelek J; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA., Weng W; Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, 250 Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Zhang Y; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 East College Avenue, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA., Dugan H; Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 680 N Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, USA., Hetherington A; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Boyle K; Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, 250 Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Carey CC; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Cobourn KM; Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 310 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Hanson PC; Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 680 N Park Street, Madison, WI, 53706, USA., Kemanian AR; Department of Plant Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 116 ASI Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA., Sorice MG; Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 310 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Weathers KC; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY, 12545, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ambio [Ambio] 2019 Oct; Vol. 48 (10), pp. 1169-1182. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 19.
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-018-1136-6
Abstrakt: Integrated modeling is a critical tool to evaluate the behavior of coupled human-freshwater systems. However, models that do not consider both fast and slow processes may not accurately reflect the feedbacks that define complex systems. We evaluated current coupled human-freshwater system modeling approaches in the literature with a focus on categorizing feedback loops as including economic and/or socio-cultural processes and identifying the simulation of fast and slow processes in human and biophysical systems. Fast human and fast biophysical processes are well represented in the literature, but very few studies incorporate slow human and slow biophysical system processes. Challenges in simulating coupled human-freshwater systems can be overcome by quantifying various monetary and non-monetary ecosystem values and by using data aggregation techniques. Studies that incorporate both fast and slow processes have the potential to improve complex system understanding and inform more sustainable decision-making that targets effective leverage points for system change.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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