Ecosystem services (ES) are the ecological characteristics, functions, or processes that
directly or indirectly contribute to sustainable human wellbeing. The ecosystems that provide …

▪ Abstract We explore the social dimension that enables adaptive ecosystem-based
management. The review concentrates on experiences of adaptive governance of social …

The study of social-ecological systems (SES) has been significantly shaped by insights from
research on complex adaptive systems (CAS). We offer a brief overview of the conceptual …

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 …

Modeling and analysis of financial systems have been interesting topics among researchers.
The more precisely we know dynamic of systems, the better we can deal with them. This …

The aim of this study is to develop a framework by drawing on three broad perspectives on
resilience, engineering, ecological and evolutionary, and to use this framework to critically …

The services of ecological systems and the natural capital stocks that produce them are
critical to the functioning of the Earth's life-support system. They contribute to human welfare …

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 …

Indigenous groups offer alternative knowledge and perspectives based on their own locally
developed practices of resource use. We surveyed the international literature to focus on the …

Emerging recognition of two fundamental errors under-pinning past polices for natural
resource issues heralds awareness of the need for a worldwide fundamental change in …