Journal article
Towards a bridging concept for undesirable resilience in social-ecological systems
Global Sustainability, Vol.3, E20
2020
Abstract
Resilience is a cross-disciplinary concept that is relevant for understanding the sustainability of the social and environmental conditions in which we live. Most research normatively focuses on building or strengthening resilience, despite growing recognition of the importance of breaking the resilience of, and thus transforming, unsustainable social-ecological systems. Undesirable resilience (cf. lock-ins, social-ecological traps), however, is not only less explored in the academic literature, but its understanding is also more fragmented across different disciplines. This disparity can inhibit collaboration among researchers exploring interdependent challenges in sustainability sciences. In this article, we propose that the term lock-in may contribute to a common understanding of undesirable resilience across scientific fields.
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- Title
- Towards a bridging concept for undesirable resilience in social-ecological systems
- Authors/Creators
- A.Z. Dornelles (Author/Creator) - University of ReadingE. Boyd (Author/Creator) - Lund UniversityR.J. Nunes (Author/Creator) - University of ReadingM. Asquith (Author/Creator) - European Environment AgencyW.J. Boonstra (Author/Creator) - Stockholm UniversityI. Delabre (Author/Creator) - University of SussexJ.M. Denney (Author/Creator) - University of Massachusetts SystemV. Grimm (Author/Creator) - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchA. Jentsch (Author/Creator) - University of BayreuthK.A. Nicholas (Author/Creator) - Lund UniversityM. Schröter (Author/Creator)R. Seppelt (Author/Creator) - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchJ. Settele (Author/Creator) - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchN. Shackelford (Author/Creator) - University of Colorado SystemR.J. Standish (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityG.T. Yengoh (Author/Creator) - Lund UniversityT.H. Oliver (Author/Creator) - University of Reading
- Publication Details
- Global Sustainability, Vol.3, E20
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005543313007891
- Copyright
- © 2020 The Authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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