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In this paper, we examine both stability and sustainability of a network-based model of natural resource consumption. Stability is studied from a dynamical systems perspe...Show More

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In this paper, we examine both stability and sustainability of a network-based model of natural resource consumption. Stability is studied from a dynamical systems perspective, though we argue that sustainability is a fundamentally different notion from stability in social- ecological systems. Accordingly, we also present a criterion for sustainability that is guided by the existing literature on sustainable development. Assuming a generic social network of consuming agents' interactions, we derive sufficient conditions for both the stability and sustainability of the model as constraints on the network structure itself. We complement these analytical results with numerical simulations and discuss the implications of our findings for policy-making for sustainable resource governance.

Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering ( Volume: 7, Issue: 4, 01 Oct.-Dec. 2020)

Page(s): 2876 - 2888

Date of Publication: 01 June 2020

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DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2020.2999039

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I. Introduction

SUSTAINABILITY of social-ecological systems has been a subject of considerable interest for some time [1]. However, despite its importance, sustainability of this kind is still far from being adequately defined in a rigorous context. The confusion stems directly from the definition of sustainable development itself, given by the Brundtland Commision of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) [2], which leaves much room for interpretation. This has led to research spanning across multiple disciplines in search of a formal definition of the concept [3]–[5].

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