Bridging the macro and the micro by considering the meso: Reflections on the fractal nature of resilience

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Bergström, Johan ^a,b   Dekker, Sidney W A ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human resilience; Organizational resilience; Resilience; Resilience engineering; Societal resilience

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOLISTIC APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84924422896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06956-190422     Document Type: Article

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