Social-ecological status index: A preliminary study of its structural composition and application
Social-ecological status index: A preliminary study of its structural composition and application
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.031
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发表时间：
2014-08-01
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6.9
通讯作者：
Murayama, Yuji
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作者：
Estoque, Ronald C.;Murayama, Yuji
了解社会生态系统(SES)的状态对于社会经济发展、自然资源和灾害管理具有重要意义。然而，应该用什么指标或衡量标准来衡量一个SES的实际状况仍然是一个重要的研究问题。本文提出了社会生态状况指数(SESI)，它基于社会生态弹性和压力来衡量社会生态状况。它是通过使用一个空间明确的框架得出的，该框架综合了各种地球物理和社会经济指标。本文探讨了该指标的结构组成，并将该指标的推导框架与目前的SESS评估实践进行了比较。还通过个案研究评估了它与某些其他指标的关系，从而突出了它在菲律宾各省的应用。研究发现，SESI似乎并不偏向于SES的人类或环境维度。这是一个重要的特征，表明SESI是一种中性的、更完整的、更稳健的社会生态状况评估指标。随着地理空间和社会经济数据的可获得性越来越高，该框架的灵活性和适应性使拟议的索引可以应用于其他地理位置，同时也为其进一步发展提供了途径。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Understanding the state of a social-ecological system (SES), a system that includes human and environmental subsystems interacting together, is important for sodo-economic development and for natural resources and disaster management. However, what index or measure should be used to show the actual status of an SES remains an important research question. This paper presents the social-ecological status index (SESI), which measures social-ecological status based on social-ecological resilience and pressure. It is derived by using a spatially explicit framework that integrates various geophysical and socio-economic indicators. In this paper, its structural composition is explored and the proposed framework for deriving this index is compared with the current practice of evaluating SESs. Its relationship with certain other indicators is also assessed through a case study, thereby highlighting its application in the provinces of the Philippines. It is found that the SESI does not seem to favor either the human or the environmental dimensions of an SES. This is an important feature, indicating that the SESI is a neutral, more complete, and robust measure for social-ecological status assessment. With the increasing availability of geospatial and socio-economic data, the flexibility and adaptability of the framework allow the proposed index to be applied in other geographic locations, at the same time providing an avenue for its further development. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.