Using Matching Methods to Link Social and Physical Analyses for Sustainability Planning

dc.contributor.authorKemp-Benedict, Eric J.
dc.contributor.authorBharwani, Sukaina
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Michael D.
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-16T14:40:27Z
dc.date.available2010-09-16T14:40:27Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstract"Sustainability planning requires an understanding of social and physical systems and their interactions. However, there is a mismatch between the methods of the social sciences and those of the natural sciences. Although there have been numerous attempts to adapt the methods of the natural sciences for use in the social sciences, the results are usually unsatisfactory. Key features of societies such as institutions and power relationships, and of individuals such as the rich symbolic systems by which individuals transmit knowledge, do not lend themselves to the standard analytical methods of the natural sciences. We argue that rather than transfer the methods of one discipline to the other, an appropriate goal can be to seek 'matching methods' that work at the boundary between the social and natural sciences. We discuss how knowledge elicitation tools (KnETs) can be used to develop matching methods. An explicit example is provided by combining a KnETs-derived decision tree with a physical water allocation model that was built using the scenario-based Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) software. We conclude that, through a relatively weak link, the social and physical domains can be effectively combined for integrated planning using matching methods, thereby permitting a more holistic approach to sustainable resource planning."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalEcology and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJuneen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber3en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume15en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/6345
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectdecision makingen_US
dc.subjectnatural resourcesen_US
dc.subjectplanningen_US
dc.subjectintegrationen_US
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dc.subject.sectorGeneral & Multiple Resourcesen_US
dc.titleUsing Matching Methods to Link Social and Physical Analyses for Sustainability Planningen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.methodologyModelingen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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