Humankind’s amazing innovative capacity, through the development of technology, has resulted in a tremendous expansion of civilisation but with little consideration on ecological sustainability. There is very limited understanding on the mechanism of the impacts of technology on both society and ecology. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to explicitly articulate the role of technology as a mediator of the reciprocal relationship between the eco-hydrological system and socio-economic system in catchments. It helps re-orient future technological innovation for more sustainable human–environmental relationships.

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重新调整技术发展方向，建立更可持续的人与环境关系

通过技术的发展，人类惊人的创新能力导致了文明的巨大扩展，但却很少考虑生态的可持续性。对技术对社会和生态的影响机理的理解非常有限。本文提出了一个概念框架，以明确阐明技术作为流域生态水文系统与社会经济系统之间相互关系的中介者的作用。它有助于重新定位未来的技术创新，以建立更可持续的人与环境关系。