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- Title
Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom's framework through orientation in sustainability research.
- Authors
Partelow, Stefan; Winkler, Klara J.
- Abstract
Structuring integrated social-ecological systems (SES) research remains a core challenge for achieving sustainability. Numerous concepts and frameworks exist, but there is a lack of mutual learning and orientation of knowledge between them. We focus on two approaches in particular: the ecosystem services concept and Elinor Ostrom's diagnostic SES framework. We analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each and discuss their potential for mutual learning. We use knowledge types in sustainability research as a boundary object to compare the contributions of each approach. Sustainability research is conceptualized as a multi-step knowledge generation process that includes system, target, and transformative knowledge. A case study of the Southern California spiny lobster fishery is used to comparatively demonstrate how each approach contributes a different lens and knowledge when applied to the same case. We draw on this case example in our discussion to highlight potential interlinkages and areas for mutual learning. We intend for this analysis to facilitate a broader discussion that can further integrate SES research across its diverse communities.
- Subjects
SOCIAL ecology; SOCIAL sustainability; ECOLOGICAL disturbances; OSTROM, Elinor, 1933-2012; ECOLOGY
- Publication
Ecology & Society, 2016, Vol 21, Issue 3, p717
- ISSN
1708-3087
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5751/ES-08524-210327