Resilience management in social-ecological systems: A working hypothesis for a participatory approach

Ecology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Walker, Brian ^a   Carpenter, Stephen ^b   Anderies, John ^a   Abel, Nick ^a   Cumming, Graeme ^c   Janssen, Marco ^d   Lebel, Louis ^e   Norberg, Jon ^f   Peterson, Garry D ^b   Pritchard, Rusty ^g  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54249089958     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00356-060114     Document Type: Article

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