SE-AS framework modelling library

This repository contains a modelling library SE-AS 0.1 which can be used in draw.io (free, high quality diagramming software, online or desktop) to create conceptual models of social-ecological systems using the social-ecological action situation (SE-AS) framework.¹

A list of case studies from the literature is included as examples of different system interests, supplied either as CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0. Each case study is annotated with its full reference.

List of Case Studies

System Behaviour	Case Study
Positive (Reinforcing) Feedback Loops	Poverty in the Pamir Mountains
	Patron-client relationships in small-scale fisheries in Mexico
	Dryland agriculture in Tanzania
Diffusion	Avian influenza
System Integrity	Integrity of lake Dümmer
	Integrity of lake Saint-Charles
Adaptation	Agricultural innovation for food security and income inequality
System(s) Evolution	Water-Energy-Food nexus coevolutionary processes (framework extension)
Regime Shifts	Baltic Sea cod population collapse
	Newfoundland cod fishery collapse
	Restoration of lake Ringsjön
System Transformations	Comparative mechanisms for policy change in small-scale fisheries

Prerequisites

• draw.io online or desktop.

Usage

• Existing/New Diagram - from an existing diagram in draw.io select File > Open Library and open SE-AS 0.1.xml (download from the lib folder or open from GitHub using the online version).

• Starter Diagram - or, download a copy the starter drawing in docs/starter.drawio.

• For guidance applying the analytical framework, refer to the two main references below and the individual case studies.

License

This repository is published under CC BY-NC 4.0, following the original framework's license (2019) and the most restrictive case study's license.

References

Schlüter, M., L. J. Haider, S. J. Lade, E. Lindkvist, R. Martin, K. Orach, N. Wijermans, and C. Folke. 2019. Capturing emergent phenomena in social-ecological systems: an analytical framework. Ecology and Society 24(3):11. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11012-240311 CC BY-NC 4.0

SE-AS tool https://www.seslink.org/methods-2/resources