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Providing Social Science Objectives And Indicators To Compare Management Options In The Queensland Trawl Planning Process, Cathy Dichmont, S Pascoe, E Jebreen, R Pears, Kate Brooks, Pascal Perez Nov 2012

Providing Social Science Objectives And Indicators To Compare Management Options In The Queensland Trawl Planning Process, Cathy Dichmont, S Pascoe, E Jebreen, R Pears, Kate Brooks, Pascal Perez

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An Ontology-Based Simulation Model Exploring The Social Contexts Of Psychostimulant Use Among Young Australians, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, Paul Dietze, David Moore, Rebecca Jenkinson, Christine Siokou, Rachael Green, Susan L. Hudson, Lisa Maher, Gabriele Bammer Nov 2012

An Ontology-Based Simulation Model Exploring The Social Contexts Of Psychostimulant Use Among Young Australians, Pascal Perez, Anne Dray, Paul Dietze, David Moore, Rebecca Jenkinson, Christine Siokou, Rachael Green, Susan L. Hudson, Lisa Maher, Gabriele Bammer

Professor Pascal Perez

The principal anthropogenic factors driving reef degradation have been known for years, if not decades. Overfishing, sedimentation and nutrient loads are just some of the key impacts of human activities in and around reef communities. Therefore, the future of reefs does not rely on generating new knowledge, but rather on implementing and integrating the knowledge we already have. This will require creating effective links between researchers, managers and communities to promote mutual learning, negotiation and collaborative action for reef management. Combining agent-based models and role-play games, through a technique known as Companion Modelling (ComMod), creates a dynamic and interactive setting …


Embracing Social Uncertainties With Complex Systems Science, Pascal Perez Nov 2012

Embracing Social Uncertainties With Complex Systems Science, Pascal Perez

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Human ecosystems are real-life systems characterized by very strong and longterm interactions between human communities and their environment; as such they constitute an expansion of the ecological concept of ecosystem. According to Stepp and colleagues (2003), human ecosystems not only process matter and energy flows, but - and more specifically - information flows as well. Therefore, they display very specific characteristics due to our ability to communicate and learn from others, creating the conditions for co-evolutionary processes in which chance lends a hand to necessity. Bradbury (2006) argues that, until recently, human beings had been able to adapt to changes …