Social networks are frequently cited as vital for facilitating successful adaptation and
transformation in linked social–ecological systems to overcome pressing resource …

Resilience is generally considered the capacity to tolerate, absorb, cope with, and adjust to
changing social or environmental conditions while retaining key elements of structure …

Adaptive governance of social-ecological systems depends on adaptive institutions. Efforts
to understand the factors affecting adaptive institutions have identified many variables, but …

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT governance of ecosystems or social-ecological
systems has lately received increasing attention (Dietz, Ostrom, and Stern 2003; Eckerberg …

Faced with numerous seemingly intractable social and environmental challenges, many
scholars and practitioners are increasingly interested in understanding how to actively …

This thesis analyzes social-ecological dynamics with the purpose to contribute to the
understanding of adaptive capacity in social-ecological systems. It focuses on mechanisms …

In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly important to develop
conceptual frames to understand the dynamics of social and ecological systems. Drawing on …

We use a “resilience lens” to identify gaps in the understanding of capacity to transform
social-ecological systems'(SES) trajectories toward ecosystem stewardship and highlight …

The paper analyzes how adaptability (adaptive capacity and adaptations) is constructed in
the literature on resilience of social–ecological systems (SES). According to some critics, this …

The case studies of Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden; the Northern Highlands Lake District
and the Everglades in the USA; the Mae Nam Ping Basin, Thailand; and the Goulburn …