Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflicting Concepts?

Ecology and Society

Brian Walker¹  Fiona Miller²  Jörn Birkmann³  JochenHinkel⁴  Henny Osbahr⁵  Sander van der Leeuw⁶  Frank Thomalla⁷  Gina Ziervogel⁸  Tom Downing⁸  Sukaina Bharwani⁸  Carl Folke⁹  Johan Rockström⁹  Emily Boyd^1,10  Donald Nelson^1,11 

[1] CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Australia;Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne;Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University;Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;School of Agriculture, Policy and Development and the Walker Institute for Climate Systems Research, University of Reading;School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University;Stockholm Environment Institute (Asia);Stockholm Environment Institute (Oxford);Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University;Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds;Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia;

关键词: climate change;    hazards;    interdisciplinarity;    resilience;    social-ecological systems;    vulnerability;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-03378-150311

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Resilience and vulnerability represent two related yet different approaches to understanding the response of systems and actors to change; to shocks and surprises, as well as slow creeping changes. Their respective origins in ecological and social theory largely explain the continuing differences in approach to social-ecological dimensions of change. However, there are many areas of strong convergence. This paper explores the emerging linkages and complementarities between the concepts of resilience and vulnerability to identify areas of synergy. We do this with regard to theory, methodology, and application. The paper seeks to go beyond just recognizing the complementarities between the two approaches to demonstrate how researchers are actively engaging with each field to coproduce new knowledge, and to suggest promising areas of complementarity that are likely to further research and action in the field.

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