This studys objective is to analyze how the resettlement process engendered by the barra grande hydropower plant reorganized the local social ecological system, affecting its resilience. This article examines whether resilience is a useful characteristic for describing the social and economic situation of social groups and explores potential links between social resilience and ecological resilience. Conceptualizing and operationalizing social resilience. With its origins in systems ecology and emerging interest in the interdisciplinary examination of the governance of linked social ecological systems, social ecological resilience offers a field of scholarship of particular relevance for planning at a time when global ecological challenges require urgent attention. These adaptation measures, to reduce loss of life, human suffering and economic losses come. With its origins in systems ecology and emerging interest in the interdisciplinary examination of the governance of linked socialecological systems, socialecological resilience offers a field of scholarship of particular relevance for planning at a time when global ecological challenges require urgent attention. The concept of resilience has been used in social science fields as diverse as psychology, economics, disaster studies, law, public health, urban planning, and others to study how people, and the social systems they are part of, are affected by new policies, natural disasters, climate change, and a range of other local to global changes. Here i explore some considerations related to these priorities.
Seixas and fikret berkes 271 12 keeping ecological resilience a. For the purpose of this study, teacher resilience is. The impacts of natural hazards on local communities are increasing worldwide and are projected to rise further due to urban expansion and climate change. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Social dimensions of resilience in socialecological. The resilience of social ecological systems is related to the degree of the shock that the system can absorb and remain within a given state. The social ecology of resilience a handbook of theory and practice. Due to the symbolic dimension, disasters are defined as the failure of future expectations, and social. Sixtynine technical papers 90% published in journals, books or reports related to the topic of social resilience andor resilience in social ecological systems sess were examined. Ecological resilience the ecological resilience is defined as the capacity of a system to undergo disturbance and reorganize so as to still maintain essentially the same functions, structures, and controls by not moving in a different region of the state space controlled by a diverse set of mutually reinforcing processes i.
To address these threats, a large amount of literature has characterized and assessed the physical, social, economic and institutional dimensions of disaster risk. When resilience is enhanced, a system is more likely to tolerate disturbance events without collapsing into a qualitatively different state that is controlled by a different set of processes. We argue that whilst the social ecological definition of resilience has an important role to play in increasing the sustainability of food systems, some evolution of its terminology is required to address the engrained normative judgments related. Socialecological system resilience, climate change. First, social and ecological systems are themselves linked, in ways which norgaard 1994 and others have likened to synergistic and coevolutionary relationships. Similarly, we define ecological resilience as an ecosystems ability to absorb or recover from disturbance and change while maintaining its functions and services carpenter et al. This definition highlights social resilience in relation to the concept of ecological resilience which is a. The social ecological perspective looks at all aspects that can affect people and how they live their lives. A social ecological perspective daniel stokols, raul p. Thus, rather than being an accident of natural or social geography, edges are purposively created and maintained by people in their attempts to promote socialecological resilience.
Thus, we deal with the issue of change and adaptation through the lens of resilience, which is the subject of the fourth section of this chapter. Walker bh, anderies jm, kinzing ap, and ryan p 2006. Conservation biology and applied ecology increasingly recognize that natural resource management is both an outcome and a driver of social, economic, and ecological dynamics. Craig has studied and written extensively about ecological resilience and ive been fortunate to. Here, we examine social capital from both perspectives. Rutter 1987 published their research on protective mechanisms and processes that are most likely to foster. The social capital literature reveals a second dichotomy between individual and community or ecological social. Resilience thinking provides a bridging concept between knowledge of the biophysical system and governance principles to move systems of water and society to a more sustainable future. Hollings theory of surprise is based on the notion of discontinuities and on the natur e of ecological systems. Resilience alliance a research network that focuses on social ecological resilience resilience alliance stockholm resilience centre an international centre that advances trans disciplinary research for governance of social ecological systems with a special emphasis on resilience the ability to deal with change and continue to. They are vital in ecological resilience building under their capacity to absorb disturbances gunderson, 2000.
Ecological resilience and the thresholds by which resilience is defined are closely interrelated in the way that they influence environmental policymaking, legislation and subsequently environmental management. Social and ecological vulnerability and resilience to climate change are inextricably linked and should be considered as integrated socioecological systems. Resilient social ecological systems incorporate diverse mechanisms for living with, and learning from, change and unexpected shocks. The concept of resilience is a promising tool for analysing adaptive change towards sustainability because it provides a way for analysing how to manipulate stability in the face of change. This paper got me hooked onto resilience and ive never looked back. Krasny, cecilia lundholm and ryan plummer present the special issue on resilience in socialecological systems. The problem is that they only exist in a very few places on the planet where their concentration enhanced by natural geological processes makes mining viable. Pdf this article defines social resilience as the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and disturbances as a result of.
Social resilience requires that people have the power and freedom to mobilize their assets, flexibility, social organization, learning, and sociocognitive capacities to actively shape their future. Social ecological resilience is the capacity to adapt or transform in the face of change in social ecological systems, particularly unexpected change, in ways that continue to support human wellbeing chapin et al. If we continue reading an social ecology of resilience. The problem has been partially the result of a dominant view of resilience as something individuals have, rather than as a process that families, schools,communities and governments facilitate. 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.
Around the world, local communities efforts over many years to adapt to the surrounding environment and enjoy its bounty for the long term have created unique and sustainable landscapes and. The development of a resilience workbook arose from requests to the resilience alliance for advice and assistance in how to assess the resilience of some particular region. Mar 30, 2011 adger, wn 2000 social and ecological resilience. Nov 23, 2010 the paper presents contributions to the widespread resilience paradigm from a social science perspective. Agency reflects peoples free choice in responding to social ecological changes and encompasses aspects of empowerment and selfefficacy. Exploring resilience in socialecological systems through.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Resilience is increasingly conceptualised not only as a property of social ecological systems but also as an approach for managing these systems to ensure they continue to sustain human wellbeing. Socialecological resilience to coastal disasters science. The framework for a resilience assessment is constructed around the concept of a social ecological system. However, much less attention has been paid to the social ecological. The role played by socialecological resilience as a method of.
Additionally, protected areas support ecosystem services and abound in resources. The role played by socialecological resilience as a. Socialecological systems, resilience, and collaborative. Craig allen, the unit leader of the nebraska cooperative fish and wildlife research unit at the university of nebraskalincoln. Variability in ecological systems is in some ways inherently predictable, but in other ways is always surprising holling, 1986.
Resilience and adaptation in the governance of social. Finally, we suggest that indigenous peoples are drawn to areas having a high incidence of ecological edges, and furthermore, that they actively create and maintain ecological edges. A risk and resilience framework for child, youth, and family. The papers that were invited for this special issue addressed the theme of resilience and adaptation in the governance of socialecological systems. This book also serves to integrate a growing literature on resilience and social learning in natural resources management, with research in environmental education and education for. This article presents the origin of the resilience perspective and provides an overview of its development to date. Indigenous social movements and ecological resilience. Using the social ecological model in understanding the. Neil adger school of environmental sciences and cserge, university of east anglia, norwich nr4 7tj, uk abstract. Approximately 120 people participated in this event, and around 100 presentations were given. Oct 08, 2011 the social ecology of resilience provides evidence for this ecological understanding of resilience in ways that help to resolve both definition and measurement problems. The role played by social ecological resilience as a method of integration in interdisciplinary research.
Social ecological resilience and law book description. Enhancing the resilience of humanenvironment systems. Resilience is a property of these linked social ecological systems ses. Socialecological resilience and law book description. 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. The lack of consideration of this dimension represents a major knowledge gap, especially when considering that environmental degradation is regarded as one of the primary drivers of risk to natural hazards worldwide. The study is based on the social ecological systems framework. Environmental law envisions ecological systems as existing in an equilibrium state, reinforcing a rigid legal framework unable to absorb rapid environmental changes and innovations in sustainability. It represents a synthesis of thinking across empirical ecological studies and social ecological resilience theory. Alcorn, john bamba, stefanus masiun, ita natalia, and antoinette g. The authors explore the role of education and learning in helping social ecological systems as they respond to change, through adaptation and transformation.
One of the reasons for this is the central role of community relationships to both academic fields, and the key social work principle that people should accept responsibility for one anothers. Evaluating socialecological resilience of an urban forestry. The social ecology of resilience a handbook of theory. Ecological resiliencein theory and application annual. Social ecological systems emphasize the humansinnature perspective in which ecosystems are integrated with human society. This form of resilience resonates strongly with socialecological resilience defined as the capacity of socialecological systems to adapt or transform in the face of change, particularly. As hudziak and bartels 2008 wrote recently in their examination of psychopathology.
Social ecological resilience is about people and nature as interdependent systems. This definition highlights social resilience in relation to the concept of ecological resilience which is a characteristic of ecosystems to maintain themselves in the face of disturbance. Although we havent had much contact since the course and mes research day, i still think about that paper and your course, warren. Social and ecological vulnerability to disasters and outcomes of any particular extreme event are influenced by buildup or erosion of resilience both before and after disasters occur. Socialecological resilience emphasizes the dynamics of sess as complex and adaptive but explicitly layers a human element of environmental governancecollective human agency that increases or decreases system resilience, i. Ecological resilience an overview sciencedirect topics. The relationship between resilience and sustainable development of ecologicaleconomic systems sandra derissena. Fast food reckless safety machine learning human factors resilience engineering our language gives away our semiosis construction of meaning and in such word blends we see some phenomenal contradictions. Socialecological resilience and biospherebased sustainability science.
Thus the resilience of social systems is related in some still undefined way to the r esilience of the ecological. Quantitative data was collected in official sources and field interviews were conduced. Lejano, john hipp school of social ecology, university of california, irvine abstract resilience studies build on the notion that phenomena in the real world should be understood as dynamic social ecological systems. School of environmental sciences and cserge, university of east anglia, norwich. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Extending the use of resilience to social ecological systems makes it possible to explicitly deal with issues raised by holling 1986 about renewal, novelty, innovation and reorganization in system. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. The landscape resilience framework presented here is designed to facilitate application of resilience principles to ecosystem management by detailing the seven dimensions of a landscape that contribute to resilience. Over recent decades, resilience theory has become ever more important in the field of social work, in particular, social work that involves children. Adapting a socialecological resilience framework for food. However, much less attention has been paid to the social ecological dimension of vulnerability and risk. Many policy frameworksselective eligibility, universal preven. Resilience is a measure of the amount of perturbation a social ecological system can withstand while maintaining its structure and functions.
Table s7 in file s1 were not strongly correlated, suggesting these different components of ecological resilience are not related pearson correlation coefficients. 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. In this article, we exemplify the intertwined nature of socialecological systems and emphasize that they operate within, and as. Ecological resilience was defined as the amount of disturbance that an ecosystem could withstand without changing selforganized processes and structures defined as alternative stable states. Addressing contextual and cultural ambiguity of a nascent construct michael ungar dalhousie university more than two decades after e. Resilience and social exclusion volume 8 issue 1 sarah mohaupt skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. The following is the established format for referencing this article. The role played by socialecological resilience as a method.
Extremes of climate and weather, storms, floods and droughts, require. The social ecology of resilience provides evidence for this ecological understanding. Martin quaasa and stefan baumgartnerb adepartmentofeconomics,universityofkiel,germany. The social ecological model is a method that seeks to understand the dynamics and interactions among various personal and environmental factors that can affect the lives of children, young people and families. The term resilience is a term that is sometimes used interchangeably with robustness to describe the. A second definition of resilience, found especially in the ecological literature, is a systems ability to absorb a shock without changing its structure, identity and function. May 09, 2011 this is part 1 of a two part series on ecological resilience in prairies. Using a socialecological systems perspective to understand tourism. Global environmental problems do not occur in isolation but tend to be. Resilient socialecological systems incorporate diverse mechanisms for living with, and learning from, change and unexpected shocks. Because resilience is related to the presence of social risk factors, there is a need for an ecological interpretation of the construct that acknowledges the importance of peoples interactions with their environments. Building socioecological resilience to climate change.
Ree is a bit of a misnomer, as they are not as rare as gold and other metals. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. We also thank all ra members past and present upon whose ideas and research forms the basis for this workbook. Difference between engineering, ecological and social. The relationship between resilience and sustainable. The socialecological dimension of vulnerability and risk. An social ecology of resilience there are some word combinations we ought to be suspicious of, here are some. Local people inherently accumulate a knowledge base of how to relate and. This practice provides them with a greater diversity of cultural capital and helps to maintain their flexibility and resilience. Ecological resilience, the ability of an ecosystem to maintain its normal patterns of nutrient cycling and biomass production after being subjected to damage caused by an ecological disturbance. Evaluating social and ecological vulnerability of coral. The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of socialecological systems. Because resilience is related to the presence of social risk factors, there is a need for an ecological interpretation of the construct that. Understanding the social factors that can help build or undermine resilience in social ecological systems is an ongoing research agenda.
Societies tend to work to expand the ecological edges to which they have access, as well as to promote cultural exchange, thus enhancing their resilience. A risk and resilience framework for child, youth, and family policy jeffrey m. Fraser s ocial policies and programs for american children, youth, and families have undergone frequent shifts in philosophy and direction in the past century. Even if the system ontology is essential in resilience thinking, there are surprisingly few studies addressing resilience at the system level. To take it even further, ecologists sometimes claim that ecological and social domains of social ecological systems can be addressed in a common conceptual, theoretical, and modelling framework. There is a clear link between social and ecological resilience, particularly for social groups. Holling 1973 called this notion ecological resilience, which he argued was more appropriate for ecosystems. Sep 14, 2011 the theme of the conference was capturing the complexity of the commons. The three facets of ecological vulnerability ecological exposure, ecological sensitivity and ecological recovery potential. The critical element in all digital technologies are rare earth elements rees. Protected areas offer a fundamental approach to conserving ecosystems, but they are also social. Certain aspects of social systems, especially their symbolic dimension of meaning, need to be taken into account in the endeavor to research coupled socialecological systems.
The third section reports ongoing efforts and explorative work in resilience research toward understanding social ecological system dynamics and its implications for sustainability, a research integration that is still in its infancy. The resilience alliance thanks the christensen fund for project support. Geographers have long recognized the need to analyze social and ecological phenomena in an. Here, we focus on six broad domains of social factors that create resilience to social ecological change, often referred to as adaptive capacity. Holling introduced the word resilience into the ecological literature as a way of helping to understand the nonlinear dynamics observed in ecosystems. Show full abstract between social and ecological resilience, particularly for social groups or communities that are dependent on ecological and environmental resources for their livelihoods.