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	Alignment of social and ecological structures increased the ability of river management
	Wang Shuai; Fu Bojie; Bodin Orjan; Liu Jianguo; Zhang Mengmeng; Li Xiaoyan
来源期刊	Science Bulletin
ISSN	2095-9273
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 structureswithout these changes sustainable management of river basins and other common pool resources will remain problematic.
英文关键词	River management Heihe River Social ecological system Institutional fit
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	CSCD
WOS研究方向	Engineering
CSCD记录号	CSCD:6580017
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/336178
作者单位	Wang Shuai, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing 100875, China.; Li Xiaoyan, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing 100875, China.; Fu Bojie, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University;;Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology;;State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, ;;, Beijing;;Beijing 100875;;100085.; Bodin Orjan, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden.; Liu Jianguo, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48823, USA.; Zhang Mengmeng, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regiona...
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],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.