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Value |
Knowledge
gained |
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| GOVERNANCE |
- including legal, social, and economic
aspects. |
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Policy effectiveness |
Improved understanding of policy effectiveness or of
the potential value of policy options. |
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Issue conflicts |
Clearer definition of conflicts and information
helpful for their resolution; evaluation of risks and costs generated by human
activities responsible for resource exhaustion and degradation. |
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Sustainable development |
Action or information that could advance the
sustainability of a system, subsystem, or policy action.
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| SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE |
- Contributing to transdisciplinary research
in support of sustainable development. |
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Systems thinking |
Perspectives gained by maintaining an holistic view
of the coastal zone system while investigating the function of subcomponents.
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Simulation analysis |
Quantification and understanding of the
system’s function, pattern of organization, and structure of components.
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Science–policy interface |
Realization of actual or potential collaboration for
sustainable solutions and achievement of knowledge transfer to policy,
stakeholders, and the public.
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| SIMULATION ANALYSIS
TOOLS |
- Regarding simulation models and resulting
analyses as a mechanism for enriching research and promoting collaborative
dialog. |
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Ecological component |
Combining methods and knowledge to represent and
quantify the function of a natural system, its cause-and-effect chains,
internal interactions, and its external links. |
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Economic component |
Valuation methodology appropriate for market and
non-market activities, links between ecological and social systems, and
improved strategies for self-regulation of economic activities. |
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Social component |
Understanding the social milieu and its dynamic role
in determining public preferences; using a collaborative approach for policy
effectiveness; facilitating the acceptance of science for guiding sustainable
development. |
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