Sources of Social-Ecological Resilience: The LTER Network as a Testbed to Explore General Patterns of Adjustment to Rapid Changes

Terry Chapin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:39:17 +0000

Final Report (Required, .pdf format only) :

Sources of Social-Ecological Resilience - Final Report

Organizer:

Terry Chapin

Resilience has matured substantially as a system concept since Holling first applied the concept to ecological systems (Holling 1973). The literature has developed exponentially in the last quarter-century (Jansson et al.). It has been extended to apply to social systems (Westley et al. 2002) and to social-ecological systems. Finally it has been increasingly integrated into other literatures such as vulnerability analysis and sustainability science (e.g., Turner et al. 2003, Clark et al. 2003) and included in policy documents that address societal responses to climate change.

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 14

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 6

Session(s):

Working Group Session 7

Room:

Longs Peak Chasm Lake

2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting - Theoretical Population Biology

Sources of Social-Ecological Resilience: The LTER Network as a Testbed to Explore General Patterns of Adjustment to Rapid Changes