Measuring resilience is essential to understand it

The terms sustainability, resilience and others group under the heading of ‘stability’. Their ubiquity speaks to a vital need to characterize changes in complex social and environmental systems. In a bewildering array of terms, practical measurements are essential to permit comparisons and so unta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pimm, Stuart L., Donohue, Ian, Montoya, José M., Loreau, Michel
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105446
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Summary:The terms sustainability, resilience and others group under the heading of ‘stability’. Their ubiquity speaks to a vital need to characterize changes in complex social and environmental systems. In a bewildering array of terms, practical measurements are essential to permit comparisons and so untangle underlying relationships.