Applied Panarchy
Applications and Diffusion Across Disciplines
Published on 22. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-64283-089-7 (ISBN)
Description
After a decades long economic slump, the city of Flint, Michigan, struggled to address chronic issues of toxic water
supply, malnutrition, and food security gaps among its residents. A community engaged research project proposed a
resilience assessment that would use panarchy theory to move the city toward a more sustainable food system. Flint is
one of many examples that demonstrate how panarchy theory is being applied to understand and influence change in
complex human natural systems. Applied Panarchy, the much anticipated successor to Lance Gunderson and C.S. Holling's seminal 2002 volume Panarchy, documents the extraordinary advances in interdisciplinary panarchy scholarship and applications over the past two decades. Panarchy theory has been applied to a broad range of fields from economics to law to urban planning, changing the practice of environmental stewardship for the better in measurable, tangible ways.
Panarchy describes the way systems-whether forests, electrical grids, agriculture, coastal surges, public health, or
human economies and governance-are part of even larger systems that interact in unpredictable ways. Although
humans desire resiliency and stability in our lives to help us understand the world and survive, nothing in nature is
permanently stable. How can society anticipate and adjust to the changes we see around us? Where Panarchy proposed a
framework to understand how these transformational cycles work and how we might influence them, Applied Panarchy
takes the scholarship to the next level, demonstrating how these concepts have been modified and refined. The book
shows how panarchy theory intersects with other disciplines, and how it directly influences natural resources
management and environmental stewardship.
Intended as a text for graduate courses in environmental sciences and related fields, Applied Panarchy picks up where
Panarchy left off, inspiring new generations of scholars, researchers, and professionals to put its ideas to work in practical
ways.
supply, malnutrition, and food security gaps among its residents. A community engaged research project proposed a
resilience assessment that would use panarchy theory to move the city toward a more sustainable food system. Flint is
one of many examples that demonstrate how panarchy theory is being applied to understand and influence change in
complex human natural systems. Applied Panarchy, the much anticipated successor to Lance Gunderson and C.S. Holling's seminal 2002 volume Panarchy, documents the extraordinary advances in interdisciplinary panarchy scholarship and applications over the past two decades. Panarchy theory has been applied to a broad range of fields from economics to law to urban planning, changing the practice of environmental stewardship for the better in measurable, tangible ways.
Panarchy describes the way systems-whether forests, electrical grids, agriculture, coastal surges, public health, or
human economies and governance-are part of even larger systems that interact in unpredictable ways. Although
humans desire resiliency and stability in our lives to help us understand the world and survive, nothing in nature is
permanently stable. How can society anticipate and adjust to the changes we see around us? Where Panarchy proposed a
framework to understand how these transformational cycles work and how we might influence them, Applied Panarchy
takes the scholarship to the next level, demonstrating how these concepts have been modified and refined. The book
shows how panarchy theory intersects with other disciplines, and how it directly influences natural resources
management and environmental stewardship.
Intended as a text for graduate courses in environmental sciences and related fields, Applied Panarchy picks up where
Panarchy left off, inspiring new generations of scholars, researchers, and professionals to put its ideas to work in practical
ways.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
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Paperback (trade)
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Illustrations
30 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
464 gr
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978-1-64283-089-7 (9781642830897)
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Applications and Diffusion across Disciplines
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Persons
Lance Gunderson is professor and chair in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. His research focuses on the human and institutional dimensions of resource ecology. He is coeditor-in-chief of the journal Ecology and Society. Craig Allen is a professor at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, and serves on the board of directors for the Resilience Alliance. His research focuses on the links between land use and land cover change, biological invasions, extinctions, and resilience.
Ahjond Garmestani is a research scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Gulf Breeze, Florida, and the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law-Utrecht University School of Law, Utrecht, The Netherlands. His research is transdisciplinary and focuses on governance of social-ecological systems.
Ahjond Garmestani is a research scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Gulf Breeze, Florida, and the Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law-Utrecht University School of Law, Utrecht, The Netherlands. His research is transdisciplinary and focuses on governance of social-ecological systems.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Panarchy Concepts
Chapter 1. Panarchy: Nature's Rules
Lance H. Gunderson, Ahjond Garmestani, Craig R. Allen
Part II. Applications of Panarchy Theory
Chapter 2. Panarchy, Cross Scale Resilience, and Discontinuous Structures and Processes
Shana M. Sundstrom, Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler
Chapter 3. The Adaptive Cycle: More Than a Metaphor
Shana Sundstrom and Craig R. Allen
Chapter 4. Scales of Coercion: Resilience, Regimes, and Panarchy
David G. Angeler and Craig R. Allen
Chapter 5. Applications of Spatial Regimes.
Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Ahjond Garmestani, Caleb Roberts, Shana Sundstrom, Dirac Twidwell, Dan R. Uden
Chapter 6. An Engineering Perspective on Managing for Resilience and Panarchy
Ian Pumo, Margaret Kurth, Stephanie Galaitsi, Igor Linkov
Chapter 7. Mapping Panarchy to Improve Visualization of Complex Environmental Change
Dirac Twidwell, Daniel R. Uden, Caleb P. Roberts, Brady W. Allred, Matthew O. Jones, David E. Naugle and Craig R.
Allen
Part III. Diffusion of Panarchy Concepts
Chapter 8. Capacities for Navigating Large Scale Sustainability Transformations: Exploring the Revolt and Remembrance
Mechanisms for Shaping Collapse and Renewal in Social Ecological Systems
Per Olsson, Carl Folke, and Michele Lee Moore
Chapter 9. Panarchy and Law in the Anthropocene
Robin Kundis Craig, Barbara Cosens, Ahjond Garmestani, and J.B. Ruhl
Chapter 10. Panarchy and the Economy
Josh Farley and Megan Egler
Chapter 11. Assessing Panarchy in Food Systems: Cross Scale Interactions in Flint Michigan, USA
Jennifer Hodbod and Chelsea Wentworth
Chapter 12. Panarchy and the Governance of Social Ecological Systems
Brian Chaffin
Chapter 13. Cross Scale Social Ecological Stewardship for Navigating toward More Sustainable and Just Futures
F. Stuart Chapin, III, Reinette Biggs, Nadia Sitas, Carl Folke, and Gary P. Kofinas
Part IV. Summary, Synthesis, and Future Advances
Chapter 14. Applications and Diffusion of Panarchy Theory
Lance H. Gunderson, Craig R. Allen, and Ahjond Garmestani
About the Editors
Contributors
Index
Preface
Part I. Panarchy Concepts
Chapter 1. Panarchy: Nature's Rules
Lance H. Gunderson, Ahjond Garmestani, Craig R. Allen
Part II. Applications of Panarchy Theory
Chapter 2. Panarchy, Cross Scale Resilience, and Discontinuous Structures and Processes
Shana M. Sundstrom, Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler
Chapter 3. The Adaptive Cycle: More Than a Metaphor
Shana Sundstrom and Craig R. Allen
Chapter 4. Scales of Coercion: Resilience, Regimes, and Panarchy
David G. Angeler and Craig R. Allen
Chapter 5. Applications of Spatial Regimes.
Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Ahjond Garmestani, Caleb Roberts, Shana Sundstrom, Dirac Twidwell, Dan R. Uden
Chapter 6. An Engineering Perspective on Managing for Resilience and Panarchy
Ian Pumo, Margaret Kurth, Stephanie Galaitsi, Igor Linkov
Chapter 7. Mapping Panarchy to Improve Visualization of Complex Environmental Change
Dirac Twidwell, Daniel R. Uden, Caleb P. Roberts, Brady W. Allred, Matthew O. Jones, David E. Naugle and Craig R.
Allen
Part III. Diffusion of Panarchy Concepts
Chapter 8. Capacities for Navigating Large Scale Sustainability Transformations: Exploring the Revolt and Remembrance
Mechanisms for Shaping Collapse and Renewal in Social Ecological Systems
Per Olsson, Carl Folke, and Michele Lee Moore
Chapter 9. Panarchy and Law in the Anthropocene
Robin Kundis Craig, Barbara Cosens, Ahjond Garmestani, and J.B. Ruhl
Chapter 10. Panarchy and the Economy
Josh Farley and Megan Egler
Chapter 11. Assessing Panarchy in Food Systems: Cross Scale Interactions in Flint Michigan, USA
Jennifer Hodbod and Chelsea Wentworth
Chapter 12. Panarchy and the Governance of Social Ecological Systems
Brian Chaffin
Chapter 13. Cross Scale Social Ecological Stewardship for Navigating toward More Sustainable and Just Futures
F. Stuart Chapin, III, Reinette Biggs, Nadia Sitas, Carl Folke, and Gary P. Kofinas
Part IV. Summary, Synthesis, and Future Advances
Chapter 14. Applications and Diffusion of Panarchy Theory
Lance H. Gunderson, Craig R. Allen, and Ahjond Garmestani
About the Editors
Contributors
Index