Challenges and opportunities for modeling coupled human and natural systems

Yan Li; Shan Sang; Safa Mote; Jorge Rivas; Eugenia Kalnay

doi:10.1093/nsr/nwad054

Challenges and opportunities for modeling coupled human and natural systems

Natl Sci Rev. 2023 Mar 7;10(7):nwad054. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwad054. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Authors

Yan Li^{1

2}, Shan Sang^{1

2}, Safa Mote^{3

4}, Jorge Rivas, Eugenia Kalnay^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resources Ecology, Beijing Normal University, China.
² Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China.
³ Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, USA.
⁴ Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, USA.

Abstract

With the growing recognition of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), modeling CHANS with two-way feedbacks has become a frontier research area and a critical tool to achieve sustainability. The challenges in CHANS modeling and opportunities to advance its science and application to promote the sustainability of CHANS are discussed in this paper.