This article presents an inquiry into prospects for application of the conceptual lens of
resilience to social systems. The dominant paradigm of sustainability in its current form is …

The concept of resilience has evolved considerably since Holling's (1973) seminal paper.
Different interpretations of what is meant by resilience, however, cause confusion …

In the context of accelerated global change, the concept of resilience, with its roots in
ecological theory and complex adaptive systems, has emerged as the favored framework for …

It has become common for sustainability science and resilience theory to be considered as
complementary approaches. Occasionally the terms have been used interchangeably …

Resilience studies build on the notion that phenomena in the real world should be
understood as dynamic social–ecological systems. However, the scholarly community may …

From its roots in ecology, resilience (Holling 1973) has more recently been applied to social–
ecological systems, or SES. Theories of changing resilience explicitly address the …

Ecological resilience provides a theoretical foundation for understanding how complex
systems adapt to and recover from localized disturbances like hurricanes, fires, pest …

The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the
dynamics of social–ecological systems. This article presents the origin of the resilience …

A major challenge of the twenty-first century is ensuring an adequate and reliableflow of
essential ecosystem services to meet the needs of the world's burgeoning and increasingly …

Resilience thinking analyses the structure and function of a socialecological system to
inform adaptive management on how to avoid a regime shift into a new and potentially …