Can we manage for resilience? The integration of resilience thinking into natural resource management in the United States

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 392-399

  Benson, Melinda Harm ^a   Garmestani, Ahjond S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agencies; Environmental management; Governance; Natural resource management; Resilience; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

AGENCIES; GOVERNANCE; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESILIENCE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGISLATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054717656     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9693-5     Document Type: Article

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