Learning to live in a global commons: socioeconomic challenges for a sustainable environment

摘要: Ecologists, economists and other social scientists have much incentive for interaction. First of all, ecological systems socioeconomic are linked in their dynamics, these linkages key to coupling environmental protection economic growth. Beyond this, however, the obvious similarities how function, common theoretical challenges understanding dynamics. This should not be surprising. Socioeconomic fact systems, which familiar phenomena exploitation, cooperation parasitism all can identified as features. Or, viewed from opposite perspective, competition resources is key, an evolutionary process shapes individual agents a distribution specialization function that leads emergence flows functionalities at higher levels organization. Most fundamentally, alike complex adaptive patterns macroscopic level emerge interactions selection mechanisms mediated many organization, collectives whole even above. In such robustness must understood emergent processes operating different levels, inherent nonlinearities trigger sudden shifts regimes that, case biosphere, major consequences humanity. lecture will explore nature ecosystems, implications ecosystem services on we depend, particular examine conditions under cooperative behavior emerges. It then turn attention management based, ask what lessons learned our examination natural modify norms achieve global managing future. Of special interest issues intragenerational intergenerational equity, importance various forms discounting.