Advancing empirical approaches to the concept of resilience: A critical examination of panarchy, ecological information, and statistical evidence

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Kharrazi, Ali ^a,b   Fath, Brian D ^a,c   Katzmair, Harald ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Network Analysis for Science and Business   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diversity; Information theory; Modularity; Network analysis; Panarchy; Redundancy; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH METHOD;

EID: 84990944509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8090935     Document Type: Review

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