Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1038/s41893-018-0116-y |
The structure of mental models of sustainable agriculture | |
Levy, Michael A.1; Lubell, Mark N.1; McRoberts, Neil2 | |
2018-08-01 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 1期号:8页码:413-420 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Progress towards sustainability is hampered by differing perceptions of how to advance goals in systems characterized by massive interdependency. Systems thinking has been advocated as a model for improving understanding and management of complex systems, but theory and methods to analyse systems thinking are not well developed. We propose and apply a new way of assessing systems thinking using social network tools to analyse mental models. We examine the cognitive maps of 148 thought leaders in sustainable agriculture in California and measure the extent to which each map captures six fundamental causal patterns. We find that the more complex forms of causal structure that are associated with systems thinking are relatively under-represented in the experts' maps. Our findings have important implications for individual and collective decision making about sustainable agriculture and other science and policy debates involving complex systems. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000441628900010 |
WOS关键词 | FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS ; SYSTEMS THINKING ; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH ; KNOWLEDGE ; CONSERVATION ; UNDERSTAND ; MANAGEMENT ; FRAMEWORK ; NETWORKS ; DYNAMICS |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/289654 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Environm Sci & Policy, Davis, CA 95616 USA; 2.Univ Calif Davis, Plant Pathol, Davis, CA 95616 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Levy, Michael A.,Lubell, Mark N.,McRoberts, Neil. The structure of mental models of sustainable agriculture[J]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,2018,1(8):413-420. |
APA | Levy, Michael A.,Lubell, Mark N.,&McRoberts, Neil.(2018).The structure of mental models of sustainable agriculture.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,1(8),413-420. |
MLA | Levy, Michael A.,et al."The structure of mental models of sustainable agriculture".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 1.8(2018):413-420. |
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