C.S. Holling Father of Resilience Theory
Awards and Honors Austrian Cross for Science and Art
Seven principles for building resilience in social-ecological systems: 1)Maintain diversity and redundancy 2)Manage connectivity 3)Manage slow variables and feed backs 4)Foster complex adaptive systems thinking 5)Encourage learning 6)Broaden participation 7)Promote polycentric governance systems
Ecology and Society An electron journal Peer- reviewed Multidisciplinary Devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research Editors –in- Chief Carl Folke, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden Lance Gunderson, Emory University, USA Founding Editor- in- Chief C.S. Holling Carl Folke and Lance Gunderson
Publications Books
Three Memorable Points Resiliency Adaptability Panarchy
comiteresources.net Engineered Resilience Vs. Ecological Resilience b.wagner
Theoretical Framework
Behaviors of a system
The Basin of Attraction
Resilience Four aspects: 1.Latitude: the maximum amount a system can be changed before losing it ability to recover 2.Resistance: the ease or difficulty of changing the system; how “resistant” it is to being changed 3.Precariousness: how close the current state of the system is to the limit 4.Panarchy: how the above three attributes are influenced by the state of dynamics of the system at scales above and below the scale of interest Bayouwoman.com b.wagner
Adaptability Actors can: 1.Move the current state of a system away from or closer to the threshold 2.Make the threshold more difficult or easier to reach 3.Manage cross-scale interaction to avoid or generate loss of resilience 4. Managing for single state equilibrium can be a paradox mauricekerrigan.com
How Ecosystems Function: The Adaptive Cycle
Connectedness Ecology Economics Social Systems
Panarchy Local Regional Global
Thoughts?
References Resilience Alliance Ecology and Society Holling, C S. "Resilience And Stability Of Ecological Systems." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics (): Print. Holling, C. S.. "Cross-Scale Morphology, Geometry, and Dynamics of Ecosystems." Ecological Monographs (): 447. Print. Gunderson, Lance H.. Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Washington, DC: Island Press, Print. Holling, C. S.. Adaptive environmental assessment and management. Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis ;, Print Gunderson, Lance, C.S. Holling, L. Pritchard, and G.D. Peterson. ”Resilience” Encyclopedia of global change: environmental change and human society. Volume 2: The Earth system: biological and ecological dimension of global environmental change pg