Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management
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| 作者 | Wang, Shuai; Fu, Bojie2 ; Bodin, Orjan1; Liu, Jianguo4; Zhang, Mengmeng2; Li, Xiaoyan
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| 刊名 | SCIENCE BULLETIN
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| 出版日期 | 2019-09-30 |
| 卷号 | 64期号:18页码:1318-1324 |
| 关键词 | River management Heihe River Social ecological system Institutional fit |
| ISSN号 | 2095-9273 |
| 英文摘要 | Large hydrologic basins involve multiple stakeholders, and coupled dynamic social and ecological processes. Managing such basins has long been a challenge. Balancing the demand for water from nature against that from humans is always difficult, particularly in arid watersheds. Here, we analyze potential institutional causes of ecological degradation and how it can be reversed by introducing new forms of governance. The framework and assumptions are illustrated using China's second-largest endorheic basin, where empirical evidence shows that the introduction of a new governing authority connecting midstream and downstream actors facilitated the establishment of a new governance regime that is better aligned with the biophysical scales of the watershed. A trans-regional water allocation project initiated by the new higher-level authority successfully rescued downstream oases and restored a dried terminal lake. These outcomes suggest that when social and ecological structures are better aligned our ability to manage the interplay between social and ecological processes increases. However, the lack of direct connection between the actors of the middle and lower reaches resulted in the paradox of an increase in water demand. We therefore suggest that measures to stimulate the emergence of horizontal social ties linking different critical groups of actors across the watershed could further the alignment of the institutional and biophysical structures-without these changes sustainable management of river basins and other common pool resources will remain problematic. (C) 2019 Science China Press. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science China Press. All rights reserved. |
| 源URL | [http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/42377]  |
| 专题 | 生态环境研究中心_城市与区域生态国家重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Urban & Reg Ecol, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 3.Michigan State Univ, Ctr Syst Integrat & Sustainabil, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife, E Lansing, MI 48823 USA 4.Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Shuai,Fu, Bojie,Bodin, Orjan,et al. Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management[J]. SCIENCE BULLETIN,2019,64(18):1318-1324. |
| APA | Wang, Shuai,Fu, Bojie,Bodin, Orjan,Liu, Jianguo,Zhang, Mengmeng,&Li, Xiaoyan.(2019).Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management.SCIENCE BULLETIN,64(18),1318-1324. |
| MLA | Wang, Shuai,et al."Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management".SCIENCE BULLETIN 64.18(2019):1318-1324. |
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