A Framework for Resilience-Based Governance of Social-Ecological Systems
Ecology and Society 18 (1): 9, 2013
11 Pages Posted: 9 Feb 2013 Last revised: 4 Jul 2016
Date Written: February 7, 2013
Abstract
Panarchy provides a heuristic to characterize the cross-scale dynamics of social-ecological systems and a framework for how governance institutions should behave to be compatible with the ecosystems they manage. Managing for resilience will likely require reform of law to account for the dynamics of social-ecological systems and achieve a substantive mandate that accommodates the need for adaptation. In this paper, we suggest expansive legal reform by identifying the principles of reflexive law as a possible mechanism for achieving a shift to resilience-based governance and leveraging cross-scale dynamics to provide resilience-based responses to increasingly challenging environmental conditions.
Keywords: panarchy, resilience, adapative governance, reflexive law
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