Socio-ecological models for environmental decision making

解决环境问题的努力能否成功，至少部分取决于人类的反应。然而，环境决策分析工具通常不包括社会过程，由于理论和方法的障碍，包括强大的学科分歧。该项目将首次将联合收割机计算社会科学和生态学相结合，开发环境决策科学的新方法。该项目将利用生物多样性市场设计中的案例研究，提供社会生态模式如何支持管理决策的具体实例。社会生态模型的使用将代表环境决策理论的范式转变，从而实现更有效的环境管理。

The success of efforts to solve environmental problems will hinge, at least partly, on human responses. Yet environmental decision analysis tools typically do not include social processes, due to theoretical and methodological obstacles including strong disciplinary divides. For the first time, this project will combine computational social science and ecology to develop a new approach to environmental decision science. Using case-studies in the design of biodiversity markets, this project will provide concrete examples of how socio-ecological models can support management decisions. The use of socio-ecological models will represent a paradigm shift in environmental decision theory that will lead to more effective environmental management.