TY - JOUR
T1 - Inequality and the biosphere
AU - Hamann, Maike
AU - Berry, Kevin
AU - Chaigneau, Tomas
AU - Curry, Tracie
AU - Heilmayr, Robert
AU - Henriksson, Patrik J.G.
AU - Hentati-Sundberg, Jonas
AU - Jina, Amir
AU - Lindkvist, Emilie
AU - Lopez-Maldonado, Yolanda
AU - Nieminen, Emmi
AU - Piaggio, Matías
AU - Qiu, Jiangxiao
AU - Rocha, Juan C.
AU - Schill, Caroline
AU - Shepon, Alon
AU - Tilman, Andrew R.
AU - Van Den Bijgaart, Inge
AU - Wu, Tong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/10/17
Y1 - 2018/10/17
N2 - Rising inequalities and accelerating global environmental change pose two of the most pressing challenges of the twenty-first century. To explore how these phenomena are linked, we apply a social-ecological systems perspective and review the literature to identify six different types of interactions (or "pathways") between inequality and the biosphere. We find that most of the research so far has only considered one-directional effects of inequality on the biosphere, or vice versa. However, given the potential for complex dynamics between socioeconomic and environmental factors within social-ecological systems, we highlight examples from the literature that illustrate the importance of cross-scale interactions and feedback loops between inequality and the biosphere. This review draws on diverse disciplines to advance a systemic understanding of the linkages between inequality and the biosphere, specifically recognizing cross-scale feedbacks and the multidimensional nature of inequality.
AB - Rising inequalities and accelerating global environmental change pose two of the most pressing challenges of the twenty-first century. To explore how these phenomena are linked, we apply a social-ecological systems perspective and review the literature to identify six different types of interactions (or "pathways") between inequality and the biosphere. We find that most of the research so far has only considered one-directional effects of inequality on the biosphere, or vice versa. However, given the potential for complex dynamics between socioeconomic and environmental factors within social-ecological systems, we highlight examples from the literature that illustrate the importance of cross-scale interactions and feedback loops between inequality and the biosphere. This review draws on diverse disciplines to advance a systemic understanding of the linkages between inequality and the biosphere, specifically recognizing cross-scale feedbacks and the multidimensional nature of inequality.
KW - climate change
KW - feedbacks
KW - global environmental change
KW - multidimensional inequality
KW - scale
KW - social-ecological systems
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025949
DO - 10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025949
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85055350752
SN - 1543-5938
VL - 43
SP - 61
EP - 83
JO - Annual Review of Environment and Resources
JF - Annual Review of Environment and Resources
ER -