Social links for a nexus approach from an ecosystem services perspective in Central-East Patagonia

VIRGINIA ALONSO ROLDÁN

Ecosystem Services in Patagonia

Springer-Nature

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2021;

The integral approach of several development goals related with water, energy, food and health, has been gaining scientist?s attention in the last decade and it is known as nexus. The ecosystem service (ES) approach and network analysis can contribute to fill gaps linking the individual components of nexus by assessing two indissoluble components of social ecological systems: i) mechanisms underpinning ES and their interrelations and ii) the integrated governance schemes matching these interrelations. These components need to be considered for management actions success and to foresee policy results. This chapter explores the relation between existing ES and social actors of the Comarca VIRCH-Valdés by using two-mode networks in order to examine opportunities and threats of the governance system to get simultaneously multiple benefits. An SNA approach is applied to characterize the interrelations among different ES associated to the nexus approach components and to assess the match between natural and social relations. Implication of governance schemes and possible pathways to improve partnership for nexus approach are discussed.