socio-ecological
Society meets nature
Socio-ecological describes the interaction between human societies and their natural environments.
The term recognizes that social systems and ecosystems are interconnected—human activity shapes the environment, and environmental conditions shape human communities.
The drought revealed the socio-ecological fragility of the region's farming communities.
Common in environmental science, sustainability research, and policy discussions.
Preventing waste or loss
- resource managementAllocating available means efficiently
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- livelihoodsWays people earn money
commons · governance · traditional knowledge · agroecology · permaculture · restoration · land use · watershed
Capacity to recover quickly
- feedback loopsSelf-modifying response cycles
- complexityState of being complicated
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- dynamicsStudy of forces
thresholds · tipping points · interactions · equilibrium · disturbance · recovery · stability · transformation
Planetary atmospheric transformation
- environmental justiceFair sharing of ecological burdens
- degradationDecline in condition
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
inequality · displacement · scarcity · collapse · extinction · overfishing · desertification · urbanization
Underlying support system
- interdisciplinaryCombining distinct fields
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- indicatorsSigns that reveal status
assessment · case study · ethnography · participatory · mapping · monitoring · qualitative · quantitative
conservation
Preventing waste or loss
- resource managementAllocating available means efficiently
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
livelihoods · commons · governance · traditional knowledge · agroecology · permaculture · restoration · land use · watershed · sustainable development
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
- feedback loopsSelf-modifying response cycles
- complexityState of being complicated
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
dynamics · thresholds · tipping points · interactions · equilibrium · disturbance · recovery · stability · transformation · vulnerability
climate change
Planetary atmospheric transformation
- environmental justiceFair sharing of ecological burdens
- degradationDecline in condition
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
pollution · inequality · displacement · scarcity · collapse · extinction · overfishing · desertification · urbanization · marginalization
framework
Underlying support system
- interdisciplinaryCombining distinct fields
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
indicators · assessment · case study · ethnography · participatory · mapping · monitoring · qualitative · quantitative · fieldwork
socio-ecologicalreductionist
One who oversimplifies complexity
mechanistic · linear · atomistic · narrow
social, socially, sociable, sociability, society, societies, societal, socialism, socialist