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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 1419-1425.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202405.019

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Socio-ecological risk analysis framework coupled with ecosystem services

YANG Limin1, WANG Kunpeng2, YI Jialin1, GUO Jie1,3,4*, OU Minghao1,3,4   

  1. 1College of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
    2College of Resource and Environments, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450000, China;
    3State and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Rural Land Resources Utilization and Consolidation, Nanjing 210095, China;
    4China Resources & Environment and Development Academy, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Received:2023-11-24 Accepted:2024-02-26 Online:2024-05-18 Published:2024-11-18

Abstract: The strong coupling between society and ecosystem makes socio-ecological risks become the main object of risk management. As the link between ecological and social processes, ecosystem services (ESs) are the core variable in deconstructing the social-ecological risks and the crucial point in resolving the risks. We explored the concept and the internal formation mechanisms of socio-ecological risk combining ESs, and further put the cascade logic and evolution process of “real risk-risk perception-risk behavior”. Based on driver-pressure-state-impact-response framework (DPSIR), we proposed a framework for analyzing socio-ecological risk, and expanded the content and methodology system of research and management practices related to socio-ecological risks. We proposed that socio-ecological risk research coupled with ESs should focus on: 1) exploring the transmission mechanism between ecosystem processes, ecosystem services, and human well-being; 2) exploring the response mechanism of social subject behavior and its impacts on ecosystem services and human well-being; 3) construction of a multi-scale assessment model for social ecological risks coupled with ESs. The socio-ecological risk analysis framework for coupled ecosystem services was based on the mutual feedback between human and nature to explore the logic of risk formation, evolution, and governance, which could provide ideas for clarifying the deep meaning of ecological problems and selecting pathways to resolve socio-ecological risks.

Key words: risk, ecosystem service, socio-ecological system, risk evolution, driver-pressure-state-impact-response (DPISR) framework