Payam Aminpour

Assessing (Social-Ecological) Systems Thinking by Evaluating Cognitive Maps

2019 · Sustainability

Systems thinking (ST) skills are often the foundation of sustainability science curricula. Though ST skill sets are used as a basic approach to reasoning about complex environmental problems, there are gaps in our understanding regarding …

Urbanized knowledge syndrome—erosion of diversity and systems thinking in urbanites’ mental models

2022 · npj Urban Sustainability

Abstract Coastal ecosystems nearby human societies collectively shape complex social-ecological systems (SESs). These ecosystems support high levels of ecological biodiversity while providing resources and services to humans. However, shoreline armoring, land transformation, and urban homogenization …