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Article Dans Une Revue Science of the Total Environment Année : 2021

Unequal access to resources undermines global sustainability

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Within a global society there exist various land use patterns, inequality, and the movement of people and goods. The various practices and behaviours associated with our current society raise questions about the future sustainability of the human population and the natural environment. We derive a simplified model of the global socio-ecological system in an effort to explore the connections between human well-being and land resources, specifically looking at resource accessibility, conservation initiatives and human migration between two economically diverse regions. We find that the spatial aspect of a global system with two distinct regions allows for faster development of technology, higher peaks in population size, greater natural land degradation, and generally speaking lower population well-being in the long-term. The unequal access to resources and differences in technological progress, alter the outcome of land management (i.e., conservation) and social behaviours (i.e., migration). We conclude that any socio-ecological management practices should be conscientious of the diversity in land access, population size, population well-being and development within the global society, as the potential for unintended consequences is high.
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hal-03574395 , version 1 (03-02-2023)

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Kirsten Henderson, Michel Loreau. Unequal access to resources undermines global sustainability. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 763, pp.142981. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142981⟩. ⟨hal-03574395⟩
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