W/WS: Connecting Ecological and Social Systems: Watershed Research Relating Ecosystem Structure and Function to Human Values and Socioeconomic Behaviors

W/WS：连接生态系统和社会系统：将生态系统结构和功能与人类价值观和社会经济行为联系起来的分水岭研究

• 批准号: 9726861
• 负责人: Gaboury Benoit
• 金额: $ 79.5万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-10-01 至 2001-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9726861&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WS; Connecting; Ecological; Social; Systems

9726861 Benoit This research will examine how ecological and social systems influence each other through either positive or negative feedbacks. The central hypothesis is that relative health and integrity of ecosystems causes and in turn is caused by enhanced human performance and productivity. The current research will use observational techniques integrated by standard statistical methods to measure the quantifiable linkages between biophysical and social systems. This investigation will also lay the groundwork for a field experiment to test whether restoring a degraded watershed can significantly enhance social interactions in associated human communities. State-of-the-art analytical methods will be used to characterize approximately 30 subwatersheds in terms of key hydrological, chemical, biological, economic, and social parameters. This large number of biophysical and social measures will be integrated within a quantitative context that allows testing of predictions and generation of an overall index of watershed quality.

9726861本研究将探讨生态系统和社会系统如何通过正反馈或负反馈相互影响。核心假设是，生态系统的相对健康和完整性是原因，而反过来又是由提高人类表现和生产力造成的。目前的研究将使用与标准统计方法相结合的观测技术来衡量生物物理系统和社会系统之间的可量化联系。这项调查还将为实地试验奠定基础，以测试恢复退化的分水岭是否可以显著增强相关人类社区的社会互动。将使用最先进的分析方法，根据关键的水文、化学、生物、经济和社会参数来确定大约30个分流域的特征。这一大量的生物物理和社会措施将被整合到一个量化的背景下，从而能够检验预测并生成流域质量的总体指数。