Despite the increasing popularity of discussions of resilience in disciplines as diverse as
ecology, psychology, economics, architecture, and genetics (among many others) …

In the northern hemisphere, the cyclone season has just ended, whereas the southern
season is beginning. The 2005 Atlantic season was especially severe, as indicated by the …

Resilience thinking has in recent decades emerged as a key perspective within research
and policy focusing on sustainable development and the global environmental challenges of …

Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that
serves a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Resilience is about …

This paper is a work-in-progress account of ideas and propositions about resilience in social-
ecological systems. It articulates our understanding of how these complex systems change …

This special issue of Ecology and Society on exploring resilience in social-ecological
systems draws together insights from comparisons of 15 case studies conducted during two …

Resilience is often promoted as a boundary concept to integrate the social and natural
dimensions of sustainability. However, it is a troubled dialogue from which social scientists …

The world needs to be resilient to changing circumstances and prospects: sustaining life,
sustaining well-being and sustaining the environment into the future increasingly mean …

In 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that
sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the …

Resilience and vulnerability represent two related yet different approaches to understanding
the response of systems and actors to change; to shocks and surprises, as well as slow …