Response diversity as a sustainability strategy

Brian Walker, Anne-Sophie Crépin (), Magnus Nyström, John M. Anderies, Erik Andersson, Thomas Elmqvist, Cibele Queiroz, Scott Barrett, Elena Bennett, Juan-Camilo Cardenas, Stephen R. Carpenter, F. Stuart Chapin, Aart Zeeuw, Joern Fischer, Carl Folke, Simon Levin, Karine Nyborg, Stephen Polasky, Kathleen Segerson, Karen C. Seto, Marten Scheffer, Jason Shogren, Alessandro Tavoni (), Jeroen Bergh, Elke U. Weber and Jeffrey R. Vincent
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Brian Walker: Australian National University
Anne-Sophie Crépin: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Magnus Nyström: Stockholm University
John M. Anderies: Arizona State University
Erik Andersson: Stockholm University
Thomas Elmqvist: Stockholm University
Cibele Queiroz: Stockholm University
Scott Barrett: Columbia University
Elena Bennett: McGill University
Stephen R. Carpenter: University of Wisconsin
F. Stuart Chapin: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Aart Zeeuw: Tilburg University
Joern Fischer: Leuphana University Lueneburg
Carl Folke: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Simon Levin: Princeton University
Stephen Polasky: University of Minnesota
Kathleen Segerson: University of Connecticut
Karen C. Seto: Yale University
Marten Scheffer: Wageningen University
Jeroen Bergh: ICREA & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Elke U. Weber: Princeton University
Jeffrey R. Vincent: Duke University

Nature Sustainability, 2023, vol. 6, issue 6, 621-629

Abstract: Abstract Financial advisers recommend a diverse portfolio to respond to market fluctuations across sectors. Similarly, nature has evolved a diverse portfolio of species to maintain ecosystem function amid environmental fluctuations. In urban planning, public health, transport and communications, food production, and other domains, however, this feature often seems ignored. As we enter an era of unprecedented turbulence at the planetary level, we argue that ample responses to this new reality — that is, response diversity — can no longer be taken for granted and must be actively designed and managed. We describe here what response diversity is, how it is expressed and how it can be enhanced and lost.

Date: 2023
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