Panarchy use in environmental science for risk and resilience planning

David G. Angeler (), Craig R. Allen, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Lance H. Gunderson and Igor Linkov
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David G. Angeler: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Craig R. Allen: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Ahjond S. Garmestani: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lance H. Gunderson: Emory University
Igor Linkov: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2016, vol. 36, issue 3, 225-228

Abstract: Abstract Environmental sciences have an important role in informing sustainable management of built environments by providing insights about the drivers and potentially negative impacts of global environmental change. Here, we discuss panarchy theory, a multi-scale hierarchical concept that accounts for the dynamism of complex socio-ecological systems, especially for those systems with strong cross-scale feedbacks. The idea of panarchy underlies much of system resilience, focusing on how systems respond to known and unknown threats. Panarchy theory can provide a framework for qualitative and quantitative research and application in the environmental sciences, which can in turn inform the ongoing efforts in socio-technical resilience thinking and adaptive and transformative approaches to management.

Keywords: Environment; Global change; Panarchy; Resilience; Risk governance; Risk management; Socio-ecological systems; Vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10669-016-9605-6

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