The Savannah River Basin (SRB), a highly stressed southeastern river in United States is a conservation priority for State, Federal government, and nongovernment organizations. A four‐stage sustainable development tool was developed in this study using meta‐analysis and the drivers–pressures–state–impacts–responses (DPSIR) framework. Through the synthesis of ~150 references in the SRB this study addressed three research questions: (1) What were the drivers, pressures, state, impacts, and responses (components of DRSIR framework) in SRB (2) Can these components be grouped together from various studies in SRB (3) Can causal chain/loops be developed, and will they be useful for policy and decision making? First in the Stage 1, the state of the SRB was represented (S component of DPSIR), in Stage 2, the drivers–pressures–impacts–responses (DPIR components of DPSIR) were represented, in the third stage (Stage 3) the common units characterizing each DPSIR component were identified. Finally, in Stage 4, the causal chains/loops were developed and organized into scientific research at a level appropriate for building better understanding about SRB and helping stakeholders and policy makers in managing basin sustainability challenges. Although the tool was applied to SRB, the methodology is applicable to other river basins and ecosystems.

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使用荟萃分析和DPSIR框架的可持续发展工具-在美国萨凡纳河流域的应用

萨凡纳河流域（SRB）是美国东南部压力很大的河流，是州，联邦政府和非政府组织的保护重点。本研究使用荟萃分析和驱动力－压力－状态－影响－响应（DPSIR）框架开发了一个四阶段的可持续发展工具。通过在SRB中汇总约150个参考文献，本研究解决了三个研究问题：（1）SRB中的驱动因素，压力，状态，影响和响应（DRSIR框架的组成部分）是什么（2）这些组成部分可以组合在一起吗？来自SRB的各种研究（3）是否可以建立因果链/环，它们是否对政策和决策有用？首先在阶段1中，表示SRB的状态（DPSIR的S组件），在阶段2中，代表了驱动力-压力-冲击-响应（DPSIR的DPIR分量），在第三阶段（阶段3）中，确定了表征每个DPSIR分量的通用单位。最后，在第4阶段，将因果链/因果链开发并组织到科学研究中，其水平适合于加深对SRB的理解，并帮助利益相关者和决策者应对流域可持续性挑战。尽管该工具已应用于SRB，但该方法适用于其他流域和生态系统。因果链/因果环已发展并组织为科学研究，其水平适合于加深对SRB的理解，并帮助利益相关者和决策者应对流域可持续性挑战。尽管该工具已应用于SRB，但该方法适用于其他流域和生态系统。因果链/因果环已被开发并组织为科学研究，其水平适合于加深对SRB的理解，并帮助利益相关者和决策者应对流域可持续性挑战。尽管该工具已应用于SRB，但该方法适用于其他流域和生态系统。