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Social-ecological resilience to coastal disasters

This paper argues that Social and ecological vulnerability to disasters and outcomes of any particular extreme event are influenced by buildup or erosion of resilience both before and after disasters occur.

Johan Rockström / Published on 19 January 2009
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Adger, W.N., Hughes, T.P., Folke, C., Carpenter, S.R., Rockström, J. (2005). Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters. Science , Volume 309, pp 1036-1039. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1112122

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The authors argue that resilient social-ecological systems incorporate diverse mechanisms for living with, and learning from, change and unexpected shocks. Disaster management requires multilevel governance systems that can enhance the capacity to cope with uncertainty and surprise by mobilizing diverse sources of resilience.

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