Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Comparative Studies and Theory Development
A state-of-the-science account of resilience theory, based on comparisons of case studies.
The capacity of a system – an ecosystem or a social-ecological system – to tolerate disturbance, without collapsing into a qualitatively different state controlled by a different set of processes, is known as resilience. A resilient system:
- can absorb considerable change and still retain the same controls on function and structure
- is capable of a high degree of self-organisation
- has the ability to build and increase its capacity for learning and adaptation
Also available as a special issue of the journal Ecology and Society.
Contents
1- IntroductionBrian H. Walker, John M. Anderies, Ann P. Kinzig and Paul Ryan
2 - A Handful of Heuristics and Some Propositions for Understanding Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Brian Walker, Lance Gunderson, Ann Kinzig, Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter and Lisen Schultz
3 - Scale Mismatches in Social-Ecological Systems: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Graeme S. Cumming, David H. M. Cumming and Charles L. Redman
4 - Toward a Network Perspective of the Study of Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Marco A. Janssen, Örjan Bodin, John M. Anderies, Thomas Elmqvist, Henrik Ernstson, Ryan R. J. McAllister, Per Olsson and Paul Ryan
5 - Water RATs (Resilience, Adaptability, and Transformability) in Lake and Wetland Social-Ecological Systems
Lance H. Gunderson, Steve R. Carpenter, Carl Folke, Per Olsson and Garry Peterson
6 - Collapse and Reorganization in Social-Ecological Systems: Questions, Some Ideas, and Policy Implications
Nick Abel, David H. M. Cumming and John M. Anderies
7 - Shooting the Rapids: Navigating Transitions to Adaptive Governance of Social-Ecological Systems
Per Olsson, Lance H. Gunderson, Steve R. Carpenter, Paul Ryan, Louis Lebel, Carl Folke and C. S. Holling
8 - Governance and the Capacity to Manage Resilience in Regional Social-Ecological Systems
9 - Resilience and Regime Shifts: Assessing Cascading Effects
Ann P. Kinzig, Paul Ryan, Michel Etienne, Helen Allison, Thomas Elmqvist and Brian H. Walker
10 - Fifteen Weddings and a Funeral: Case Studies and Resilience-based Management
John M. Anderies, Brian H. Walker and Ann P. Kinzig
11 - Case Studies in Resilience: Fifteen Social-Ecological Systems across Continents and Societies
• Causse Méjan, France
• Coral reefs of the Caribbean
• Dry Spiny Forests, Southern Madagascar
• Everglades, Florida, USA
• Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
• Goulburn-Broken Catchment, Australia
• Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden
• Mae Ping River Basin, Thailand
• Maine Fisheries, USA
• Malinau Region, Borneo
• Northern Highland Lakes District, Wisconsin, USA
• Phoenix, Arizona, USA
• Rangelands of New South Wales, Australia
• South-East Lowveld, Zimbabwe
• Western Australian Wheatbelt, Australia
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