Since landscape ecology envisions the landscape as the outcome of the complex relations between humans and nature, it provides a useful framework for sustainability science. By definition, sustainability hinges on the dynamic relationship between society and nature. This relationship can be taken as a basis for analytical and integrative research for understanding complex social-ecological systems (SES). Generating sustainable landscape solutions requires the inclusion of multifunctional concepts like green infrastructure and landscape services that can facilitate actors from different sectors to converge towards a common goal and also stimulate collaborative landscape management sustaining and improving biodiversity targets. I suggest then a nexus approach that can contribute to characterize interactions between humans and nature at different temporal and spatial scales while integrating cross-scale effects in trade-off analyses. I will open ideas for discussion on how this nexus can be implemented for revealing the interdependencies between policy sectors, spatial and land use planning to support the implementation of SDG’s.
Mots clés : Sustainability science|Social-Ecological Systems|Trade-offs|Nexus thinking|Landscape ecology
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