How do we know about resilience? An analysis of empirical research on resilience, and implications for interdisciplinary praxis

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Downes, Barbara J ^a   Miller, Fiona ^a   Barnett, Jon ^a   Glaister, Alena ^a   Ellemor, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecological science; evidence; methodology; social science; study design

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENTISTS; SOCIAL SCIENTISTS; STUDY DESIGN;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SAMPLING;

EID: 84876192987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014041     Document Type: Article

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