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DOI	10.1016/j.scib.2019.07.016
	Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management
	Wang, Shuai 1; Fu, Bojie 1,2; Bodin, Orjan 3; Liu, Jianguo 4; Zhang, Mengmeng 2; Li, Xiaoyan 1
通讯作者	Fu, Bojie
来源期刊	SCIENCE BULLETIN
ISSN	2095-9273
EISSN	2095-9281
出版年	2019
卷号	64 期号:18 页码:1318-1324
英文摘要	Large hydrologic basins involve multiple stakeholders, and coupled dynamic social and ecological processes. Managing such basins has long been a challenge. Balancing the demand for water from nature against that from humans is always difficult, particularly in arid watersheds. Here, we analyze potential institutional causes of ecological degradation and how it can be reversed by introducing new forms of governance. The framework and assumptions are illustrated using China's second-largest endorheic basin, where empirical evidence shows that the introduction of a new governing authority connecting midstream and downstream actors facilitated the establishment of a new governance regime that is better aligned with the biophysical scales of the watershed. A trans-regional water allocation project initiated by the new higher-level authority successfully rescued downstream oases and restored a dried terminal lake. These outcomes suggest that when social and ecological structures are better aligned our ability to manage the interplay between social and ecological processes increases. However, the lack of direct connection between the actors of the middle and lower reaches resulted in the paradox of an increase in water demand. We therefore suggest that measures to stimulate the emergence of horizontal social ties linking different critical groups of actors across the watershed could further the alignment of the institutional and biophysical structures-without these changes sustainable management of river basins and other common pool resources will remain problematic. (C) 2019 Science China Press. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science China Press. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	River management Heihe River Social ecological system Institutional fit
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Peoples R China ; Sweden ; USA
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000487226500008
WOS关键词	YELLOW-RIVER ; WATER ; BASIN ; GOVERNANCE ; LESSONS ; SUSTAINABILITY ; COMPLEXITY ; FRAMEWORK ; CHINA
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
来源机构	北京师范大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218555
作者单位	1.Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China; 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Urban & Reg Ecol, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China; 3.Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden; 4.Michigan State Univ, Ctr Syst Integrat & Sustainabil, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife, E Lansing, MI 48823 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Shuai,Fu, Bojie,Bodin, Orjan,et al. Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management[J]. 北京师范大学,2019,64(18):1318-1324.
APA	Wang, Shuai,Fu, Bojie,Bodin, Orjan,Liu, Jianguo,Zhang, Mengmeng,&Li, Xiaoyan.(2019).Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management.SCIENCE BULLETIN,64(18),1318-1324.
MLA	Wang, Shuai,et al."Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management".SCIENCE BULLETIN 64.18(2019):1318-1324.