Uncertainty can take many forms, can be represented in many ways, and can have important
implications in decision-making and policy development. This book provides a rigorous …

Changes in land use and land cover, water systems, and climate are inextricably linked, and
their combined stresses have had severe impacts in many regions worldwide. Integrated …

Abstract Context Tidal saline wetlands (TSWs) are highly threatened from climate-change
effects of sea-level rise. Studies of TSWs along the East Coast US and elsewhere suggest …

The continuing unsustainable pattern of human behavior creates enormous risks of
increasingly frequent and severe disasters impacting the complex social-ecological …

Organic sheep milk production under a protected designation of origin for Roquefort cheese
in Aveyron, France, has developed over the past several years. This niche market provides …

By examining three policy-oriented research projects funded by the European Union
(RAMSES, RESIN, SMR) the paper critically discusses operationalization efforts of urban …

Water resource managers contend with and leverage uncertainty in complex decision-
making processes. Uncertainty has passive characteristics (context and type), but it is also …

In classic resilience thinking, there is an implicit focus on controlling functional variation to
maintain system stability. Modern approaches to resilience thinking deal with complex …

Theory posits that resilience of ecosystems increases when there is a diversity of agents (eg,
species) and linkages between them. If ecosystems are conceptualized as components of …

This thesis investigates the application of resilience thinking in different real-world settings
and research-practice interfaces, for example in the context of natural resource …