The resilience of social and ecological systems: taking account of uncertainty for development

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https://doi.org/10.19182/agritrop/00003

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socio-ecosystem, ComMod, interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, decision support, Sustainable Development Goals, civil society, regional planning, participatory method, change, natural resource management, companion modelling, path dependence

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The development and humanitarian community has established its own school of thought on resilience in order to link its emergency actions with its medium- and long-term development strategies. Intervention contexts are becoming increasingly uncertain and complex, raising new challenges that need to be addressed. The school of thought on social and ecological system resilience can provide complementary approaches to help understand the intervention context and the multiple dimensions of challenges, as well as to develop and assess adaptation pathways. These approaches enable accounting of ecological dynamics and interactions among social groups, provide a diversity of knowledge and potential development pathways and, ultimately, support societal transformation. Collaboration between these two schools of thought would provide valuable opportunities.

Biographies des auteurs

Aurélie Botta

Aurélie Botta is a researcher at CIRAD, based in Montpellier (France), where she is head of the GREEN research unit (Management of renewable resources and environment, https://ur-green.cirad.fr/)

François Bousquet

François Bousquet is a researcher at CIRAD in the GREEN research unit, in Montpellier, France. His work focuses on the diversity of viewpoints on environment-society interactions.

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Authors' publications

Barnaud C., Promburom T., Trébuil G., Bousquet F., 2007. An evolving simulation/gaming process to facilitate adaptive watershed management in northern mountainous Thailand. Simulation and Gaming 38 (3): 398-420. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878107300670

Bousquet F., Botta A., Alinovi L., Barreteau O., Bossio D., Brown K., Caron P., Cury P., D’Errico M., DeClerck F., Dessard H., Enfors Kautsky E., Fabricius C., Folke C., Fortmann L., Hubert B., Magda D., Mathevet R., Norgaard R.B., Quinlan A., Staver C., 2016. Resilience and development: mobilizing for transformation. Ecology and Society 21 (3): 40. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08754-210340

Mathevet R., Bousquet F., 2014. Résilience et environnement : penser les changements socio-écologiques. Paris, Buchet/Chastel, 176 p. ISBN 978-2-283-02736-3.

Rives F., Antona M., Aubert S., 2012. Social-ecological functions and vulnerability framework to analyze forest policy reforms. Ecology and Society 17 (4): 21. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05182-170421

Vonthron S., Dury S., Fallot A., Alpha A., Bousquet F., 2016. L’intégration des concepts de résilience dans le domaine de la sécurité alimentaire : regards croisés. Cahiers Agricultures 25 (6): 64001. https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2016039

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2017-09-28

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Botta, A., & Bousquet, F. (2017). The resilience of social and ecological systems: taking account of uncertainty for development. Perspective, (43), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.19182/agritrop/00003