Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of Resilience
We pursued the following three interconnected points: (1) there are unexplored opportunities for resilience scholars from different disciplines to cross-inspire and inform, (2) a systems perspective may enhance understanding of human resilience in health and social settings, and (3) resilience is of...
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| author | Johan Bergström Sidney W. A. Dekker |
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| description | We pursued the following three interconnected points: (1) there are unexplored opportunities for resilience scholars from different disciplines to cross-inspire and inform, (2) a systems perspective may enhance understanding of human resilience in health and social settings, and (3) resilience is often considered to be fractal, i.e., a phenomenon with recognizable or recurring features at a variety of scales. Following a consideration of resilience from a systems perspective, we explain how resilience can, for analytic purposes, be constructed at four scales: micro, meso, macro, and cross-scale. Adding to the cross-scale perspective of the social-ecological field, we have suggested an analytical framework for resilience studies of the health field, which incorporates holism and complexity by embracing an ecological model of cognition, something supported by empirical studies of organizations in crisis situations at various spatial as well as temporal scales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13518d332e634b93a8fdc4aa24bb0ec62022-12-21T20:11:03ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872014-12-011942210.5751/ES-06956-1904226956Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of ResilienceJohan Bergström0Sidney W. A. Dekker1Lund University Centre for Societal ResilienceSafety Science Innovation Lab - School of Humanities, Griffith UniversityWe pursued the following three interconnected points: (1) there are unexplored opportunities for resilience scholars from different disciplines to cross-inspire and inform, (2) a systems perspective may enhance understanding of human resilience in health and social settings, and (3) resilience is often considered to be fractal, i.e., a phenomenon with recognizable or recurring features at a variety of scales. Following a consideration of resilience from a systems perspective, we explain how resilience can, for analytic purposes, be constructed at four scales: micro, meso, macro, and cross-scale. Adding to the cross-scale perspective of the social-ecological field, we have suggested an analytical framework for resilience studies of the health field, which incorporates holism and complexity by embracing an ecological model of cognition, something supported by empirical studies of organizations in crisis situations at various spatial as well as temporal scales.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss4/art22/human resilienceorganizational resilienceresilienceresilience engineeringsocietal resilience |
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| title | Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of Resilience |
| title_full | Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of Resilience |
| title_fullStr | Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of Resilience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of Resilience |
| title_short | Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of Resilience |
| title_sort | bridging the macro and the micro by considering the meso reflections on the fractal nature of resilience |
| topic | human resilience organizational resilience resilience resilience engineering societal resilience |
| url | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss4/art22/ |
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