The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA)
Socio-ecological systems are in constant transformation and adaptation, with dynamic and constant interaction between the social and environmental dimensions. This reality requires interdisciplinary studies, or a holistic approach sometimes referred to as “global ecology”, to address that complexity...
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| author | Le Tourneau, François-Michel Fisher, Larry A. Zuniga-Teran, Adriana A. Wilder, Benjamin T. Boyer, Anne-Lise Blanchon, David Dubertret, Fabrice |
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| description | Socio-ecological systems are in constant transformation and adaptation, with dynamic and constant interaction between the social and environmental dimensions. This reality requires interdisciplinary studies, or a holistic approach sometimes referred to as “global ecology”, to address that complexity at every level in their analysis. “Human-environment observatories” (Observatoires Hommes-Milieux, OHM) are an ideal setting to develop such studies since they are inherently interdisciplinary and develop both short and long-term perspectives on specific socio-ecological systems. Pima County observatory (OHMi-PC), located in Arizona (USA), is one of the 13 “Human-Environment observatories” of the DRIIHM LabEx. In this paper, we show how we can apply the DRIIHM framework to Pima County and how this allows for innovative interdisciplinary approaches of issues related to environmental and human dynamics in southeastern Arizona, such as the dynamics of wildfires, which we show to be related to human as well as environmental factors, the restauration of the Santa Cruz river, which we analyze as ambiguous in terms of ecology, or the Cienega creek area, where the OHMi-PC has been involved in local landscape conservation efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a743edf742714078ae08fd00d14d90a32025-02-07T10:41:59ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Géoscience1778-70252024-09-0111910.5802/crgeos.26710.5802/crgeos.267The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA)Le Tourneau, François-Michel0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1184-8624Fisher, Larry A.1Zuniga-Teran, Adriana A.2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2912-2469Wilder, Benjamin T.3Boyer, Anne-Lise4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8091-2015Blanchon, David5Dubertret, Fabrice6CNRS, UMR 8586 PRODIG, Aubervilliers, FranceEnvironmental Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USASchool of Geography, Development and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USANext Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers, Tucson, AZ, USALabex DRIIHM, FranceUniversité Paris Nanterre et CNRS Mosaïques/LAVUE, FranceCNRS UMR PASSAGES, Bordeaux, FranceSocio-ecological systems are in constant transformation and adaptation, with dynamic and constant interaction between the social and environmental dimensions. This reality requires interdisciplinary studies, or a holistic approach sometimes referred to as “global ecology”, to address that complexity at every level in their analysis. “Human-environment observatories” (Observatoires Hommes-Milieux, OHM) are an ideal setting to develop such studies since they are inherently interdisciplinary and develop both short and long-term perspectives on specific socio-ecological systems. Pima County observatory (OHMi-PC), located in Arizona (USA), is one of the 13 “Human-Environment observatories” of the DRIIHM LabEx. In this paper, we show how we can apply the DRIIHM framework to Pima County and how this allows for innovative interdisciplinary approaches of issues related to environmental and human dynamics in southeastern Arizona, such as the dynamics of wildfires, which we show to be related to human as well as environmental factors, the restauration of the Santa Cruz river, which we analyze as ambiguous in terms of ecology, or the Cienega creek area, where the OHMi-PC has been involved in local landscape conservation efforts.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.267/ComplexityClimate changeArizonaHuman-Environment observatoriesFire |
| spellingShingle | Le Tourneau, François-Michel Fisher, Larry A. Zuniga-Teran, Adriana A. Wilder, Benjamin T. Boyer, Anne-Lise Blanchon, David Dubertret, Fabrice The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA) Comptes Rendus. Géoscience Complexity Climate change Arizona Human-Environment observatories Fire |
| title | The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA) |
| title_full | The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA) |
| title_fullStr | The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA) |
| title_short | The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA) |
| title_sort | socio ecological complexity of facing climate change a case study from pima county arizona usa |
| topic | Complexity Climate change Arizona Human-Environment observatories Fire |
| url | https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.267/ |
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