03572naa a2200685 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400520006010000120011224500740012426000090019830000100020752017600021765000180197765000240199565000100201965300110202965300110204065300380205165300380208965300370212765300140216465300250217865300120220365300140221565300100222965300150223965300230225465300140227765300490229165300210234065300190236165300190238065300170239965300290241665300190244570000130246470000190247770000160249670000140251270000110252670000180253770000220255570000180257770000110259570000220260670000210262870000170264970000150266670000150268170000200269670000170271670000200273370000190275370000190277270000200279170000140281170000120282577300490283719615342014-01-23       2013    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttp://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ ES-05873-1802262DOI1 aLIU, J.  aFraming sustainability in a telecoupled world.h[electronic resource]  c2013  a19 p.  aInteractions between distant places are increasingly widespread and influential, often leading to unexpected outcomes with profound implications for sustainability. Numerous sustainability studies have been conducted within a particular place with little attention to the impacts of distant interactions on sustainability in multiple places. although distant forces have been studied, they are usually treated as exogenous variables and feedbacks have rarely been considered. To understand and integrate various distant interactions better, we propose an integrated framework based on telecoupling, an umbrella concept that refers to socioeconomic and environmental interactions over distances. The concept of telecoupling is a logical extension of research on coupled human and natural systems, in which interactions occur within particular geographic locations. The telecoupling framework contains five major interrelated components, i.e., coupled human and natural systems, flows, agents, causes, and effects. We illustrate the framework using two examples of distant interactions associated with trade of agricultural commodities and invasive species, highlight the implications of the framework, and discuss research needs and approaches to move research on telecouplings forward. The framework can help to analyze system components and their interrelationships, identify research gaps, detect hidden costs and untapped benefits, provide a useful means to incorporate feedbacks as well as trade-offs and synergies across multiple systems (sending, receiving, and spillover systems), and improve the understanding of distant interactions and the effectiveness of policies for socioeconomic and environmental sustainability from local to global levels.  aGlobalization  aTechnology transfer  aTrade  aAgents  aCauses  aCoupled human and natural systems  aCoupled human-environment systems  aCoupled socialecological systems  aDispersal  aDistant interactions  aEffects  aFeedbacks  aFlows  aInvestment  aKnowledge transfer  aMigration  aSocioeconomic and environmental interactions  aSpecies invasion  aSustainability  aTeleconnection  aTelecoupling  aTransnational land deals  aWater transfer1 aHULL, V.1 aBATISTELLA, M.1 aDEFRIES, R.1 aDIETZ, T.1 aFU, F.1 aHERTEL, T. W.1 aIZAURRALDE, R. C.1 aLAMBIN, E. F.1 aLI, S.1 aMARTINELLI, L. A.1 aMCCONNELL, W. J.1 aMORAN, E. F.1 aNAYLOR, R.1 aOUYANG, Z.1 aPOLENSKE, K. R.1 aREENBERG, A.1 aROCHA, G. DE M.1 aSIMMONS, C. S.1 aVERBURG, P. H.1 aVITOUSEK, P. M.1 aZHANG, F.1 aZHU, C.  tEcology and Societygv. 18, n. 2, jun. 2013.