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A Critical Systems Approach to Socio-Ecological Systems
This dissertation builds on work that has applied complex systems thinking to socio-ecological systems as well as on research that explores critical and reflective approaches to planning. A broad, interdisciplinary literature review was undertaken to explore the implications of complex … Continue reading
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Researching Inequalities from a Socio-ecological Perspective
The inequality implications of nature exploitation, utilitarian representations of nature and processes of (global) environmental change are substantial. In Latin America social inequalities are historically rooted in unequal allocation systems of land rights or mining rents. Current investments in natural … Continue reading
Posted in Inequality, Materiality, Social inequality, Socio-ecological systems
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Sustainability Transformations – a Resilience Perspective
Scholars and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in the processes that lead to transformations toward sustainability. We explored how resilience thinking, and a stronger focus on social-ecological systems, can contribute to existing studies of sustainability transformations. First, we responded … Continue reading
Posted in Resilience, Resilience thinking, Socio-ecological systems, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Sustainable transformations, Transformation
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Resilience implications of Policy responses to Climate Change
This article examines whether some response strategies to climate variability and change have the potential to undermine long-term resilience of social–ecological systems. We define the parameters of a resilience approach, suggesting that resilience is characterized by the ability to absorb … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Complexity governance, Public policy, Resilience, Socio-ecological systems
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A decade of Adaptive Governance Scholarship: Synthesis and Future Directions
Adaptive governance is an emergent form of environmental governance that is increasingly called upon by scholars and practitioners to coordinate resource management regimes in the face of the complexity and uncertainty associated with rapid environmental change. Although the term “adaptive … Continue reading
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Complex Systems Regime Shift – Readings I
For a Complex Systems point of view. Towards sustainability, it is important to understand the dynamics of socio-ecological systems, as complex adaptive systems. An essential aspect of such complex systems is nonlinearity, leading to historical dependency and multiple possible outcomes … Continue reading
Posted in Complex adaptive system, Reading, Resilience, Socio-ecological systems, Sustainability, System regime, Tipping point, Transition
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Social-ecological Resilience and Socio-technical Transitions
Technology contributes both positively and negatively to the resilience of ‘social-ecological systems’, but is not considered in depth in that literature. A technology-focused literature on socio-technical transitions shares some of the complex adaptive systems sensibilities of social-ecological systems research. It … Continue reading
Resilience Thinking and Large-scale Transformations in Social-ecological Systems
Despite pleas for major change, there is still a lack of understanding of the mechanisms and patterns involved, and of the conditions under which critical transformations can emerge. This lack of understanding greatly decreases the chances for successfully navigating transformation … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Resilience, Socio-ecological systems, Thresholds, Transformation, Transition
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Social-ecological Systems contain various Tipping Points or Thresholds that can Trigger Large-scale Reorganization
Understanding of regime shifts is important for ecosystem governance as they often have substantial impacts on human economies and societies, tend to occur unexpectedly, and are difficult, expensive and sometimes impossible to reverse. Sudden, large, long-lasting shifts in system structure … Continue reading
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Adaptive Governance of Interdependent Social and Ecological Systems
Adaptive governance of interdependent social ecological systems is key to address complex interactions and to manage uncertainty and periods of change. A central characteristic of such adaptive governance is collaborative, flexible and learning-based issue management across different scales. Adaptive governance … Continue reading
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