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Socioeconomic and land-use factors shape sustainable management in the Catalan Pyrenees
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Miguel Lurgi Rivera ,
Bernat Claramunt-López
Communications Sustainability, Volume: 1, Start page: 13
Swansea University Author:
Miguel Lurgi Rivera
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DOI (Published version): 10.1038/s44458-025-00012-8
Abstract
Mountain social-ecological systems are facing profound land-use, climatic, and socioeconomic changes, and sustainable management requires understanding how different system elements interact and align with local stakeholders’ preferences. Here, we used socioeconomic and environmental data to develop...
| Published in: | Communications Sustainability |
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| ISSN: | 3059-4308 |
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Springer Nature
2026
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71262 |
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Mountain social-ecological systems are facing profound land-use, climatic, and socioeconomic changes, and sustainable management requires understanding how different system elements interact and align with local stakeholders’ preferences. Here, we used socioeconomic and environmental data to develop a multi-stage quantitative framework to identify processes involved in trade-offs and convergences between scenarios satisfying different stakeholders in the Catalan Pyrenees. We explored system trajectories leading to potential future scenarios with outcomes favourable to various stakeholders using a dynamical network model. Further, a classification tree allowed us to identify key drivers of desired outcomes. Our results show that socioeconomic and land-use factors are crucial for the determination of system trajectories that meet the needs of different stakeholders. Strategies such as limiting forest expansion and balancing tourism and agriculture can align with stakeholder priorities. Our approach can inform management strategies that meet diverse development goals while accounting for the complexity of the social-ecological system dynamics. |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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Anaïs Jolivet was supported by a doctoral grant FI (2022 FI_B 00839), funded by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) from the Autonomous Government of Catalonia until December 2023; and a doctoral grant FPU (FPU22/03094), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities from January 2024. This research has been carried out within the framework of the LIFE PYRENEES4CLIMA project (Grant Agreement No. 101104957). Co-funded by the European Union. |
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