In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly important to develop conceptual frames to understand the dynamics of social and ecological syst

Investigates how management systems and their dynamics can improve stewardship of selected ecosystems.

Resilience thinking challenges us to reconsider the meaning of sustainability in a world that must constantly adapt in the face of gradual and at times catastro

Spatial Resilience is a new and exciting area of interdisciplinary research. It focuses on the influence of spatial variation – including such things as spati

This book presents an overview of current knowledge about social–ecological systems (SESs), a productive new field dedicated to understanding the relationship