Social-Ecological System

Our study demonstrated that network analysis could be one promising direction to untangle the complex SES and understand the relationship between SES structure and outcomes. We suggest comanaging the cross-boundary river and lands to further match the SES for basin sustainability.

Adaptive governance theory is influenced by “common pool resources management”, “resilience” and “governance”, and lays a foundation for the construction of transformative governance and collaborative governance.

China’s Yellow River Basin (YRB) is one of the most anthropogenically altered large river basins worldwide. Therefore, coupling human and natural system studies is crucial to support its sustainability. This project aims at using a social-ecological system framework to deepen our understanding of this complex system.