Nonlinear responses of coupled socioecological systems to land use and climate changes in the Yangtze river basin.

ABSTRACT: The intensification of land use and climate change threatens watershed sustainability. These external disturbances drive complex interactions among components within watershed socio-ecological systems (SESs). Understanding how SESs respond to these changes is crucial for developing effective integrated watershed management strategies. Nevertheless, the nonlinear responses of these systems to such changes remain poorly understood. To fill this gap, this study proposes a network analysis method focusing on the Yangtze River Basin to construct an SES network comprising six dimensions, revealing the response of coupled relationships among network elements to climate and land-use change. The results showed that changes in land-use dynamics (LUD) and the standardized precipitation evapotranspira

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865432 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature