Social-ecological memory as a source of general and specified resilience

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Nykvist, Björn ^a,b   von Heland, Jacob ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

General and specified resilience; Identity; Pathway dependency; Robustness; Social ecological memory

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL RESOURCE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84903708560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06167-190247     Document Type: Article

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