Can a problem-solving approach strengthen landscape ecology's contribution to sustainable landscape planning?

被引:29
作者
McAlpine, Clive A. [1 ,2 ]
Seabrook, Leonie M. [1 ]
Rhodes, Jonathan R. [1 ,2 ]
Maron, Martine [1 ]
Smith, Carl [3 ]
Bowen, Michiala E. [1 ]
Butler, Sarah A. [1 ]
Powell, Owen [1 ]
Ryan, Justin G. [1 ]
Fyfe, Christine T. [4 ]
Adams-Hosking, Christine [1 ]
Smith, Andrew [1 ]
Robertson, Oliver [1 ]
Howes, Alison [1 ]
Cattarino, Lorenzo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Queensland, Sch Geog Planning & Environm Management, Ctr Spatial Environm Res, Landscape Ecol & Conservat Grp, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
[2] Univ Queensland, Ctr Ecol, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
[3] Univ Queensland, Sch Integrat Syst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
[4] Univ New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
Adaptive management; Communities; Decision analysis; Economic constraints; Landscape sustainability problems; Multiple functions; Risk; Uncertainty; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; CLIMATE-CHANGE; MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; DESIGN; IMPLEMENTATION; SCIENCE; DEFORESTATION; UNCERTAINTY;
D O I
10.1007/s10980-010-9514-x
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
The need to avert unacceptable and irreversible environmental change is the most urgent challenge facing society. Landscape ecology has the capacity to help address these challenges by providing spatially-explicit solutions to landscape sustainability problems. However, despite a large body of research, the real impact of landscape ecology on sustainable landscape management and planning is still limited. In this paper, we first outline a typology of landscape sustainability problems which serves to guide landscape ecologists in the problem-solving process. We then outline a formal problem-solving approach, whereby landscape ecologists can better bring about disciplinary integration, a consideration of multiple landscape functions over long time scales, and a focus on decision making. This framework explicitly considers multiple ecological objectives and socio-economic constraints, the spatial allocation of scarce resources to address these objectives, and the timing of the implementation of management actions. It aims to make explicit the problem-solving objectives, management options and the system understanding required to make sustainable landscape planning decisions. We propose that by adopting a more problem-solving approach, landscape ecologists can make a significant contribution towards realising sustainable future landscapes.
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页码:1155 / 1168
页数:14
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