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Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?

This paper explores the emerging linkages and complementarities between the concepts of resilience and vulnerability to identify areas of synergy.

Sukaina Bharwani, Gina Ziervogel, Fiona Miller, Frank Thomalla / Published on 16 December 2010
Citation

Miller, F., H. Osbahr, E. Boyd, F. Thomalla, S. Bharwani, G. Ziervogel, B. Walker, J. Birkmann, S. Van der Leeuw, J. Rockström, J. Hinkel, T. Downing, C. Folke and D. Nelson (2010). Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?. Miller, F., H. Osbahr, E. Boyd, F. Thomalla, S. Bharwani, G. Ziervogel, B. Walker, J. Birkmann, S. Van der Leeuw, J. Rockström, J. Hinkel, T. Downing, C. Folke and D. Nelson (2010). Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflicting Concepts? Ecology and Society, 15(3): art. 11. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art11/.

The paper seeks to go beyond just recognizing the complementarities between the two approaches to demonstrate how researchers are actively engaging with each field to coproduce new knowledge, and to suggest promising areas of complementarity that are likely to further research and action in the field.

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Sukaina Bharwani

Senior Research Fellow and weADAPT Director

SEI Oxford

Gina Ziervogel
Fiona Miller
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Frank Thomalla

SEI Affiliated Researcher

SEI Asia

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