Social-Ecological Systems Across the Asian Drylands Belt (ADB)

Chen, Jiquan; Ouyang, Zutao; John, Ranjeet; Henebry, Geoffrey M.; Groisman, P. Y.; Karnieli, Arnon; Pueppke, Steven G.; Kussainova, Maira; Amartuvshin, Amarjargal; Tulobaev, Askarbek; Yespolov, Tlektes; Crank, Connor; Kadhim, Ameen A.; Qi, Jiaguo; Gutman, Graciela E.

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“…To illustrate this new metric, we used information in a database from Chen et al, (2020) [50] for the countries in the Asian Drylands Belt (ADB) to calculate IMoSES and its terms for two purposes. First, we examine if IMoSES provides new insights for the SESs over those obtained using traditional measures, such as GDP pc and HANPP, and other metrics used in the natural and social sciences (cf.…”

Section: Imoses Of the Asian Drylands Beltmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…IMoSES values in all PEs, except Iraq and six provinces of China, decreased during the 1990s. Although it is beyond the scope of this study to detail the causal underlying mechanisms driving the observed changes, the decreasing and rebounding of IMoSES values for the five countries in Central Asia and Mongolia are likely due to the formal disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the profound socio-economic and biogeophysical consequences of this profound shift in institutions [50,54]. For example, Kazakhstan is heavily reliant on trade with Russia, so the decline in IMoSES after 2013 likely reflects the impacts of international sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Crimea in 2014.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Towards a Single Integrative Metric on the Dynamics of Social-Environmental Systems

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Integrating the dynamics and interconnections of natural and human system properties into a single measure would make it simpler to reliably and repeatedly assess and compare different social-environmental systems (SES). We propose a novel metric to assess the magnitudes and variations in SES dynamics by integrating longitudinal gross domestic product, population, and ecosystem net primary production. We use annual public data across the Asian Drylands Belt (ADB) from 1992 through 2016 for 18 political entities as our testbed for assessing the efficacy of the metric. We perform cross-comparisons with existing natural and social science metrics to demonstrate the validity of the proposed metric, including the Human Development Index and the Palmer Drought Severity Index. The new metric demonstrates notable and meaningful differences in trends among the political entities that reflect major social, economic and environmental events over the 25-year period. It provides unique perspectives about the three pillar components (social, economic and environmental systems) in each of the 18 political entities (PE) of the ADB. The metric also shows meaningful associations with key economic and environmental indicators and great potential for broader application and evaluation, given additional testing in other countries, regions, and biomes.

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Section: Imoses Of the Asian Drylands Beltmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Empirical Evidence For Imoses Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%