Readings

Week 1. Introduction to CHANS/SES

• Liu et al. 2007 “Coupled Human and Natural Systems”

Week 2. Introduction to Ecosystem Services (ES) and Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)

• Engle et al. 2008. “Designing payment for environmental services in theory and practice” (Discussion 1)

Week 3. Vulnerability Framework

• Turner et al. 2003. “A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science”

Week 4. Driver, Pressure, State, Impact, Response (DPSIR) Framework

• Carr et al. 2007. “Applying DPSIR to sustainable development”

Week 5. Management and Transitions Framework (MTF)

• Pahl-Wostl. 2009. “A conceptual framework for analysing adaptive capacity and multi-level learning processes in resource governance regimes”

Week 6. Social Ecological Systems Framework (SESF)

• Ostrom, 2009. “A general framework for analyzing sustainability of social-ecological systems “

Week 7. Guest speaker: Dr. Kathy Halvorsen, Michigan Tech University, on collaboration across disciplines

• Halvorsen et al. 2016."A case study of strategies for fostering international, interdisciplinary research."

Week 8. Guest panel from CHANS system in Veracruz, Mexico

• No Reading

Additional Readings (Not Required)

• Chapin et al. 2009. A framework for understanding change
• Kramer et al. 2017. “Top 40 Questions in Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Research”
• Binder et al. 2013. Comparison of Frameworks for Analyzing Social-ecological Systems
• Bennett et al. 2015 “Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being: three challenges for designing research for sustainability”