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Towards a bridging concept for undesirable resilience in social-ecological systems

Dornelles, André Z. ; Boyd, Emily LU ; Nunes, Richard J. ; Asquith, Mike ; Boonstra, Wiebren J. ; Delabre, Izabela ; Denney, J. Michael ; Grimm, Volker ; Jentsch, Anke and Nicholas, Kimberly A. LU orcid , et al. (2020) In Global Sustainability
Abstract

Non-technical summaryResilience is a cross-disciplinary concept that is relevant for understanding the sustainability of the social and environmental conditions in which we live. Most research normatively focuses on building or strengthening resilience, despite growing recognition of the importance of breaking the resilience of, and thus transforming, unsustainable social-ecological systems. Undesirable resilience (cf. lock-ins, social-ecological traps), however, is not only less explored in the academic literature, but its understanding is also more fragmented across different disciplines. This disparity can inhibit collaboration among researchers exploring interdependent challenges in sustainability sciences. In this article, we... (More)

Non-technical summaryResilience is a cross-disciplinary concept that is relevant for understanding the sustainability of the social and environmental conditions in which we live. Most research normatively focuses on building or strengthening resilience, despite growing recognition of the importance of breaking the resilience of, and thus transforming, unsustainable social-ecological systems. Undesirable resilience (cf. lock-ins, social-ecological traps), however, is not only less explored in the academic literature, but its understanding is also more fragmented across different disciplines. This disparity can inhibit collaboration among researchers exploring interdependent challenges in sustainability sciences. In this article, we propose that the term lock-in may contribute to a common understanding of undesirable resilience across scientific fields.

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lock-in, regime shifts, sustainable development, tipping points, transformations
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2059-4798
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10.1017/sus.2020.15
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English
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  author       = {{Dornelles, André Z. and Boyd, Emily and Nunes, Richard J. and Asquith, Mike and Boonstra, Wiebren J. and Delabre, Izabela and Denney, J. Michael and Grimm, Volker and Jentsch, Anke and Nicholas, Kimberly A. and Schröter, Matthias and Seppelt, Ralf and Settele, Josef and Shackelford, Nancy and Standish, Rachel J. and Yengoh, Genesis Tambang and Oliver, Tom H.}},
  issn         = {{2059-4798}},
  keywords     = {{lock-in; regime shifts; sustainable development; tipping points; transformations}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  series       = {{Global Sustainability}},
  title        = {{Towards a bridging concept for undesirable resilience in social-ecological systems}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.15}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/sus.2020.15}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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