Significance of telecoupling for exploration of land-use change

摘要: Land systems are increasingly infl uenced by distal connections: the externalities and unintended consequences of social ecological processes which occur in distant locations, feedback mechanisms that lead to new institutional developments governance arrangements. Economic globalization urbanization accentuate these novel telecoupling relationships. The prevalence land demands approaches research analysis science. This chapter presents a working defi nition telecoupled system, emphasizing role change interactions. social, institutional, conditions through emerges described. relationships science both integrative diverse epistemological perspectives methods. Such analyses require focus on how motivations values actors relate processes, as well produce unanticipated outcomes among systems.