This is a R eview E ssay. It uses as a starting point ideas from the recent book by G eoff AW
ilson, C ommunity resilience and environmental transitions, to develop arguments about the …

Change is a constant force, in nature and in society. Research suggests that resilience
pertains to the ability of a system to sustain itself through change via adaptation and …

This article defines social resilience as the ability of groups or communities to cope with
external stresses and disturbances as a result of social, political and environmental change …

Global environmental change often seems to be the most carefully examined issue of our
time. Yet understanding the human sideâ€" human causes of and responses to …

How can we tell whether resource-dependent people are socially resilient to institutional
change? This question is becoming increasingly important as demand for natural resources …

Norton and Hannon (Environmental Ethics, 19 (3),(1997), 227) proposed a theory of
environmental evaluation based on a commitment to place or 'sense of place'wherein the …

Maintaining a healthy balance between human prosperity and environmental integrity is at
the core of the principles of Ecological Sustainable Development. Resource‐protection …

Concerns about a resource curse in Canada have been raised in response to rapid growth
in the petroleum sector in northern Alberta. In previous research, there has been little …

The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material,
do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN, CSIRO …

We argue that purely deficit-based perspectives regarding urban social-ecological systems
(SES) and the human populations within them represent barriers to these systems' ability to …