Questions for Quantifying Resilience
Scientists continue to debate over the best use of ecological resilience theory. Some scientists think the theory is most useful as a framework or way of thinking about how the concepts we have discus...
18 Loka 202248min
Advancing Resilience and Developing Panarchy Theory: An Interview with Dr. Craig Allen
This episode we talk with Dr. Craig Allen, a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the director for UNL’s new Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes. Dr. Allen has exte...
16 Maalis 202256min
Episode 8: Diving Into Discontinuity Theory
One way to look at the structures and processes of a social-ecological system is through “discontinuities,” which are gaps between clusters of system components. Discontinuity theory identifies patter...
21 Elo 202158min
Episode 7: Going Forward to Go Back! The Challenges of Hysteresis in System Management
Hysteresis is the idea that once a social or ecological system has transitioned into a new state, it becomes much more difficult to travel in the reverse direction. This episode, we revisit alternativ...
5 Elo 202146min
Episode 6: Crossing Over...Scales! An Introduction to Panarchy Theory
A panarchy is a nested set of adaptive cycles, that is, adaptive cycles that interact with each other at large, medium, and small scales. Panarchy theory describes how these adaptive cycles interact w...
16 Heinä 20211h 5min
Tying Spatial Imaging, Education, and History into Resilience: An Interview with Dr. Dan Uden
On this episode, we interview Dr. Dan Uden of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources and Department of Agronomy and Horticulture! We talk with Dr. Uden about his research, whic...
12 Touko 202152min
Episode 5: Comprehending Complex Adaptive Systems
Social-ecological systems are complex. But as we discuss in this episode, “complex” does not mean “complicated”! Complexity theory holds that systems that possess certain attributes are “complex”, inc...
9 Helmi 20211h 3min
Episode 4: Zooming In and Out with Heterogeneity and Scale
In order to understand the object or system of study, we need to first identify the lens or boundaries we are using to conduct the observation. This is as true for resilience as any other area of scie...
26 Tammi 202155min
