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- Title
To tip or not to tip: The Window of Tipping Point Analysis for social‐ecological systems.
- Authors
Riekhof, Marie‐Catherine; Kluger, Lotta Clara; Salvatteci, Renato; Siebert, Lotta; Voss, Rudi
- Abstract
We introduce six steps to define a "Window of Tipping Point Analysis" which serves as a framework to increase the understanding of processes and tipping points in social‐ecological systems. We apply the Window of Tipping Point Analysis to a mathematical model and two case studies (i.e., Baltic Sea and the Humboldt Current Upwelling system), focusing on three aspects. In "to tip or be tipped" we look at agency in preventing (or driving) tipping. In "to be tipped or not to be tipped" we discuss intertemporal developments and chosen time periods for delineating regime shifts. In "to tip or not to tip" we discuss the desirability of states and their relation to the elements included. We argue that agency in tipping‐point management, the occurrence of tipping points, and desirable states depend on the window chosen for the analysis. Recommendations for Resource Managers: "Setting the stage" for a tipping point analysis in social‐ecological systems mattersand can be done with the introduced "Window of Tipping Point Analysis" that consists of six steps.It is a tool to regulate the complexity of the analysis that supports the discussion on the desirability of outcomes and the agency in tipping point management.Looking through different windows at the same social‐ecological system will help to move to a deeper understanding of the social‐ecological system, its tipping‐points, and its management.
- Subjects
PERU Current; POINT processes; MATHEMATICAL analysis; ECOSYSTEM management; MATHEMATICAL models
- Publication
Natural Resource Modeling, 2022, Vol 35, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0890-8575
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/nrm.12357