Adaptive comanagement for building resilience in social-ecological systems

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-90

  Olsson, Per ^a   Folke, Carl ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Comanagement; Resilience; Self organization; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FEEDBACK; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ADAPTIVE COMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION FLOWS; LANDSCAPES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION; COMANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESILIENCE;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LAW; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0347907932     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0101-7     Document Type: Article

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