Title
Chapter Title: A resilience approach to social‑ecological systems: Central concepts and concerns
Book Title: Arctic Resilience Interim Report 2013
Author(s)
Sommerkorn, M.;Cornell, S.;Nilsson, A. E.;Wilkinson, C.;Robards, M.;Vlasova, T.;Quinlan, A.
Published
2013
Abstract
A resilience assessment is an attempt to generatesystemic and anticipatory knowledge about linkedsocial-ecological systems to better inform decisionmaking.While the Arctic Resilience Report (ARR)draws on the methodology for resilience assessmentsdeveloped by the Resilience Alliance (ResilienceAlliance 2010), there is no ready-made methodology foranalyzing resilience at a pan-Arctic scale. Rather, thereare several approaches that emphasize different aspectsof resilience. The Resilience Alliance approach buildson participatory methods for developing conceptualmodels that include drivers, disturbances, feedbacksand potential threshold (Resilience Alliance 2010).Other approaches include scientific assessments ofbiophysical thresholds (Lenton et al. 2008; Wassmannand Lenton 2012); methods for mapping features ofecosystems that contribute to exceptional productivityand biodiversity (Christie and Sommerkorn 2012);and monitoring key issues and thresholds of concern inquality-of-life conditions, human capital and capacitiesthrough socially oriented observations (Vlasova 2009;Vlasova and Hofgaard 2011). Resilience has alsobeen highlighted in efforts to improve risk assessmentmethodologies in connection with studying securityin the Canadian Arctic (Fournier 2012). Furthermore,resilience is increasingly used as a phrase to capture, at amore general level, the need to pay attention to changes.
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