Social/economic/cultural components

Patricia L. Winter; Jonathan W. Long; Susan Charnley

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Social/economic/cultural components

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Patricia L. Winter, Jonathan W. Long, Susan Charnley

Year:

2014

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-247. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 497-499

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Abstract

Previous chapters of this synthesis rely on multiple ecological disciplines to frame core aspects of a sustainable, resilient ecosystem. Approaching forest management in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range in a manner that promotes socioecological resilience and sustains important forest values requires consideration of not only the ecological, but also the social, economic, cultural, and institutional components of the ecosystem, using a systems approach (Higgins and Duane 2008). The term "socioecological system" has been widely used in scientific literature on resilience. Key ideas underpinning the concept of integrated socioecological systems are: interactions between biophysical and social factors; linkages across spatial, temporal, and organizational scales; regulation of the flow and use of critical resources that are natural, socioeconomic, and cultural; and continuous adaptation (Redman et al. 2004).

Parent Publication

Science synthesis to support socioecological resilience in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range

Keywords

ecological restoration, socioecological systems, ecosystem resilience, forest planning, fire management, altered fire regimes, wildfire, climate change, anthropogenic disturbance, invasive species, water resources, species of conservation concern, California

Citation

Winter, P.L.; Long, J.W.; Charnley, S. 2014. Social/economic/cultural components. In: Long, J.W.; Quinn-Davidson, L.; Skinner, C.N., eds. Science synthesis to support socioecological resilience in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-247. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 497-499.