Regional Environmental Change

期刊简介：Environmental changes of many kinds are accelerating worldwide, posing significant challenges for humanity. Solutions are needed at the regional level, where physical features of the landscape, biological systems, and human institutions interact.The goal of Regional Environmental Change is to publish scientific research and opinion papers that improve our understanding of the extent of these changes, their causes, their impacts on people, and the options for society to respond. "Regional" refers to the full range of scales between local and global, including regions defined by natural criteria, such as watersheds and ecosystems, and those defined by human activities, such as urban areas and their hinterlands.We encourage submissions on interdisciplinary research across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and on more focused studies that contribute towards the solutions to complex environmental problems. Topics addressed include (i) the regional manifestations of global change, especially the vulnerability of regions and sectors; (ii) the adaptation of social-ecological systems to environmental change in the context of sustainable development; and (iii) trans-boundary and cross-jurisdictional issues, legislative and governance frameworks, and the broad range of policy and management issues associated with building, maintaining and restoring robust social-ecological systems at regional scales.The primary format of contributions are research articles, presenting new evidence from analyses of empirical data or else more theoretical investigations of regional environmental change. In addition to research articles, we also publish editorials, short communications, invited mini-reviews on topics of strong current interest, as well as special features that provide multifaceted discussion of complex topics or particular regions

【译文】全球各地正在加速发生各种环境变化，这对人类构成了重大挑战。需要在区域层面寻找解决方案，因为景观的物理特征、生物系统和人类机构在这里相互作用。《区域环境变化》的目标是发表科学研究和观点文章，以增进我们对这些变化的范围、原因、对人类的影响以及社会应对选项的理解。'区域'指的是从地方到全球的全面范围，包括由自然标准定义的区域，如流域和生态系统，以及由人类活动定义的区域，如城市及其腹地。我们鼓励提交跨自然科学、社会科学和人文学科的研究论文，以及针对复杂环境问题解决方案的更专注的研究。涉及的主题包括（i）全球变化的区域表现，特别是区域和部门的脆弱性；（ii）社会-生态系统在可持续发展背景下对环境变化的适应；（iii）跨界和跨管辖权问题、立法和治理框架，以及与在区域尺度上构建、维护和恢复强大的社会-生态系统相关的广泛政策和管理问题。主要贡献形式是研究文章，展示对经验数据的分析或对区域环境变化的更理论性研究的新证据。除了研究文章外，我们还发表社论、简报、关于当前强烈关注主题的邀请性迷你综述，以及提供对复杂主题或特定地区的多方面讨论的特色文章。