Navigating Social-Ecological Systems: Building Resilience for Complexity and Change

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511541957

In the effort towards sustainability, it has become increasingly important to develop conceptual frames to understand the dynamics of social and ecological systems. Drawing on complex systems theory, this book investigates how human societies deal with change in linked social-ecological systems, and build capacity to adapt to change. The concept of resilience is central in this context. Resilient social-ecological systems have the potential to sustain development by responding to and shaping change in a manner that does not lead to loss of future options. Resilient systems also provide capacity for renewal and innovation in the face of rapid transformation and crisis. The term navigating in the title is meant to capture this dynamic process. Case studies and examples from several geographic areas, cultures and resource types are included, merging forefront research from natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities into a common framework for new insights on sustainability.

"...the book is a useful addition, introducing the role of property rights in different management systems across scales and providing an interesting review that explores the relationship between ecological and social systems from a range of disciplines. It should be of interest to anyone interested in research into, or application of, new ways of thinking about social and ecological systems and how they interact." Ecoscience

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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List of contributors
pp vii-x
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Preface
pp xi-xii
- By Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv
- By Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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Foreword: The backloop to sustainability
pp xv-xxii
- By C.S. Holling, 16871 Sturgis Circle, Cedar Key, Florida 32625, USA
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-30
- By Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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Part I - Perspectives on resilience
pp 31-32
- By Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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2 - Adaptive dancing: interactions between social resilience and ecological crises
pp 33-52
- By Lance H. Gunderson, Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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3 - Nature and society through the lens of resilience: toward a human-in-ecosystem perspective
pp 53-82
- By Iain J. Davidson-Hunt, Natural Resources Institute, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2, Fikret Berkes, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada
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4 - Redundancy and diversity: do they influence optimal management?
pp 83-114
- By Bobbi Low, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA, Elinor Ostrom, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Indiana University, 513 North Park Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA, Carl Simon, Center for Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA, James Wilson, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469–5782, USA
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Part II - Building resilience in local management systems
pp 115-115
- By Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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5 - The strategy of the commons: history and property rights in central Sweden
pp 116-131
- By Lars Carlsson, Department of Political Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
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6 - Management practices for building adaptive capacity: a case from northern Tanzania
pp 132-162
- By Maria Tengö, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, Monica Hammer, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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7 - Living with disturbance: building resilience in social–ecological systems
pp 163-186
- By Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Thomas Elmqvist, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, Per Olsson, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Part III - Social-ecological learning and adaptation
pp 187-188
- By Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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8 - Exploring the role of local ecological knowledge in ecosystem management: three case studies
pp 189-209
- By Madhav Gadgil, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India, Per Olsson, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, Fikret Berkes, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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9 - Facing the adaptive challenge: practitioners' insights from negotiating resource crises in Minnesota
pp 210-240
- By Kristen Blann, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 200 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA, Steve Light, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2105 1st Ave S., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404–2505, USA, Jo Ann Musumeci, Three Oaks Research, 2606 Pleasant Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408–1441, USA
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10 - Caribou co-management in northern Canada: fostering multiple ways of knowing
pp 241-268
- By Anne Kendrick, Natural Resources Institute, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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Part IV - Cross-scale institutional response to change
pp 269-270
- By Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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11 - Dynamics of social–ecological changes in a lagoon fishery in southern Brazil
pp 271-298
- By Cristiana S. Seixas, Natural Resources Institute, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2, Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada
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12 - Keeping ecological resilience afloat in cross-scale turbulence: an indigenous social movement navigates change in Indonesia
pp 299-327
- By Janis B. Alcorn, World Resources Institute, Institutions and Governance Program, c/o 3508 Woodbine Street, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA, John Bamba, Institut Dayakologi, Jalan Budi Utomo, Block A3 No. 4, Pontianak 78241, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Stefanus Masiun, Jl. Boedi Utomo, Blk A-III/5, Komp. Bumi Indah Khatulistiwa, Pontianak, 78241, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia, Ita Natalia, KpSHK (Consortium for Supporting Community Based Forest System Management) – NTFP Focal Point. Jl. Citarum Blok B X/23, Bogor Baru, Bogor 16152, Indonesia, Antoinette G. Royo, The BSP-KEMALA, Ratu Plaza–17th Floor, Jalan Sudirman 9, Jakarta 10270, Indonesia
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13 - Policy transformations in the US forest sector, 1970–2000: implications for sustainable use and resilience
pp 328-351
- By Ronald L. Trosper, College of Ecosystem Science and Management, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, PO Box 15018, 86011–5018, USA
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14 - Synthesis: building resilience and adaptive capacity in social–ecological systems
pp 352-387
- By Carl Folke, Director of the Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment (CNM), and a Professor in the Department of Systems Ecology Stockholm University, Sweden; Professor at the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Johan Colding, Centre for Research on Natural Resources and the Environment, Stockholm University; Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Fikret Berkes, Professor Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada
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Index
pp 388-393
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of contributors
pp vii-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv

Foreword: The backloop to sustainability
pp xv-xxii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-30

Part I - Perspectives on resilience
pp 31-32

2 - Adaptive dancing: interactions between social resilience and ecological crises
pp 33-52

3 - Nature and society through the lens of resilience: toward a human-in-ecosystem perspective
pp 53-82

4 - Redundancy and diversity: do they influence optimal management?
pp 83-114

Part II - Building resilience in local management systems
pp 115-115

5 - The strategy of the commons: history and property rights in central Sweden
pp 116-131

6 - Management practices for building adaptive capacity: a case from northern Tanzania
pp 132-162

7 - Living with disturbance: building resilience in social–ecological systems
pp 163-186

Part III - Social-ecological learning and adaptation
pp 187-188

8 - Exploring the role of local ecological knowledge in ecosystem management: three case studies
pp 189-209

9 - Facing the adaptive challenge: practitioners' insights from negotiating resource crises in Minnesota
pp 210-240

10 - Caribou co-management in northern Canada: fostering multiple ways of knowing
pp 241-268

Part IV - Cross-scale institutional response to change
pp 269-270

11 - Dynamics of social–ecological changes in a lagoon fishery in southern Brazil
pp 271-298

12 - Keeping ecological resilience afloat in cross-scale turbulence: an indigenous social movement navigates change in Indonesia
pp 299-327

13 - Policy transformations in the US forest sector, 1970–2000: implications for sustainable use and resilience
pp 328-351

14 - Synthesis: building resilience and adaptive capacity in social–ecological systems
pp 352-387

Index
pp 388-393

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