Resilience design: Toward a synthesis of cognition, learning, and collaboration for adaptive problem solving in conservation and natural resource stewardship

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Curtin, Charles G ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Mora Watershed Alliance ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Collaborative adaptive management; Linked social ecological systems; Resilience design; Wicked systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COGNITION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LEARNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84897549482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06247-190215     Document Type: Article

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