In this paper, we present a framework for the analysis of shock and conflict in social-
ecological systems and investigate the implications of this perspective for the understanding …

Like all social institutions, governance systems that address human–environment relations–
commonly know as environmental or resource regimes–are dynamic. Although analysts …

There is a growing gap between reality and our guiding assumptions about the behavior of
socio-ecological systems that threatens to undermine efforts to create effective governance …

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 …

The Adaptive Water Governance project is an interdisciplinary collaborative synthesis
project aimed at identifying the features of adaptive governance in complex social …

Scholars in disciplines from ecology to economics and biology to sociology generally agree
that a necessary condition of sustainable development is maintenance of ecosystem …

This special issue brings together prominent scholars to explore novel multilevel
governance challenges posed by the behavior of dynamic and complex social-ecological …

Some people claim that we have recently witnessed a tipping point in the perceptions and
values of western-oriented leaders and others involved in issues related to global …

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 …

The issues of complex adaptive systems and cooperative behaviour that are raised in the
paper by Levin (2006), with a comment by Vincent (2006) adding the importance of backing …