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Co-evolution and Co-management of Economic and Ecological Sustainability: A Semantic Approach to Modeling Climate Adapted Land Use Strategies in Northwestern Germany

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Ecosystems and economic systems are functionally intertwined. With respect to climate change and sustainability conflicting dynamics accelerate. A careful framing of issues is therefore seen as a precondition for structuring complexity without being exclusive. In the project northwest2050 research is conducted on climate adapted innovation strategies in the northwest of Germany. One issue is the regional regulation of land use conflicts. Anticipatory co-management of ecological and economic purposes will be supported by the use of dynamic modeling. Analyzing and regulating socio-economic conflicts requires quantitative as well as qualitative data. Information that is scattered among multiple levels has to be identified, valued, and communicated on the ground. Hence, a semantic approach is presented here that is aimed at structuring the conceptual interfaces the dynamic model is working with. The integration of capabilities of economic actors, who make decisions, with the sensitive bundling of information is built on the concept of ecosystem services. The model serves as a tool for reflecting different settings and adjustments together with regional actors.

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Karlstetter, N. (2011). Co-evolution and Co-management of Economic and Ecological Sustainability: A Semantic Approach to Modeling Climate Adapted Land Use Strategies in Northwestern Germany. In: Golinska, P., Fertsch, M., Marx-Gómez, J. (eds) Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering. Environmental Science and Engineering(), vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19536-5_17

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