Climate & Environmentarticle2026-09-02

Beyond static conservation: social-ecological system resilience insights for Karst World Heritage buffer zone management

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Abstract This SALSA-based review of 197 WoS and CNKI articles synthesizes advances and gaps in SESR theory, methods, model construction, empirical demonstration, and benefit evaluation. It examines how resilience thinking may inform a shift from static conservation to adaptive management in Karst World Natural Heritage buffer zones, while clarifying the conditions under which SESR insights may be relevant to uncertainty, conservation-development tensions, and long-term heritage sustainability.

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Authors: Juan Zhang, Si Peng, Lixiang He

Institutions: Central China Normal University, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics