Marín Víctor H, Delgado Luisa E, Bachmann Pamela
Laboratorio de Modelación Ecológica, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Nuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
J Environ Manage. 2008 Sep;88(4):1109-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.05.012. Epub 2007 Aug 1.
The use of brainstorming techniques for the generation of conceptual models, as the basis for the integrated management of physical-ecological-social systems (PHES-systems) is tested and discussed. The methodology is applied in the analysis of the Aysén fjord and watershed (Southern Chilean Coast). Results show that the proposed methods can be adequately used in management scenarios characterized by highly hierarchical, experts/non-experts membership.