How do we study resilience? A systematic review
Abstract The concept of resilience has gained immense popularity as a way to frame social and environmental challenges. However, its empirical operationalization and the integration of social and ecological dimensions continue to present difficulties. In this paper, we conduct a systematic review of...
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| author | Yann lePolain de Waroux Marie‐Claude Carignan Olivia delGiorgio Leandro Díaz Lucas Enrico Pedro Jaureguiberry María Lucrecia Lipoma Flavia Mazzini Sandra Díaz |
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| description | Abstract The concept of resilience has gained immense popularity as a way to frame social and environmental challenges. However, its empirical operationalization and the integration of social and ecological dimensions continue to present difficulties. In this paper, we conduct a systematic review of existing empirical studies of resilience in social, ecological and social‐ecological systems (SESs) and examine how and to what extent these studies have achieved the operationalization of the concept of resilience. We evaluate the operationalization of resilience in 463 papers based on whether they define the system of interest and disturbances, whether they define resilience, whether they evaluate resilience, and for papers focusing on SESs, whether that evaluation integrates social and ecological dimensions. We find that 51% of empirical studies do not meet at least one of these operationalization criteria, and that even those that do often lack key features for effective operationalization, such as clear system boundaries and baseline state or an effective integration of social and ecological dimensions. Of the papers examining SESs and evaluating resilience, only 54% integrate social and ecological dimensions in that evaluation. Building on these findings, we propose some design guidelines for operationalizing future empirical studies of resilience. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25ee5f612d8347afa18704b0b97f88d52024-04-03T04:30:39ZengWileyPeople and Nature2575-83142024-04-016247448910.1002/pan3.10603How do we study resilience? A systematic reviewYann lePolain de Waroux0Marie‐Claude Carignan1Olivia delGiorgio2Leandro Díaz3Lucas Enrico4Pedro Jaureguiberry5María Lucrecia Lipoma6Flavia Mazzini7Sandra Díaz8Department of Geography McGill University Montreal Quebec CanadaDepartment of Geography McGill University Montreal Quebec CanadaDepartment of Geography McGill University Montreal Quebec CanadaDepartamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos (DCAO), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ArgentinaInstituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV) CONICET Córdoba ArgentinaInstituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV) CONICET Córdoba ArgentinaInstituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV) CONICET Córdoba ArgentinaInstituto de Ecorregiones Andinas, CONICET Universidad Nacional de Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy Jujuy ArgentinaInstituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV) CONICET Córdoba ArgentinaAbstract The concept of resilience has gained immense popularity as a way to frame social and environmental challenges. However, its empirical operationalization and the integration of social and ecological dimensions continue to present difficulties. In this paper, we conduct a systematic review of existing empirical studies of resilience in social, ecological and social‐ecological systems (SESs) and examine how and to what extent these studies have achieved the operationalization of the concept of resilience. We evaluate the operationalization of resilience in 463 papers based on whether they define the system of interest and disturbances, whether they define resilience, whether they evaluate resilience, and for papers focusing on SESs, whether that evaluation integrates social and ecological dimensions. We find that 51% of empirical studies do not meet at least one of these operationalization criteria, and that even those that do often lack key features for effective operationalization, such as clear system boundaries and baseline state or an effective integration of social and ecological dimensions. Of the papers examining SESs and evaluating resilience, only 54% integrate social and ecological dimensions in that evaluation. Building on these findings, we propose some design guidelines for operationalizing future empirical studies of resilience. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10603operationalizationresilience studiessocial‐ecological systemssystematic review |
| spellingShingle | Yann lePolain de Waroux Marie‐Claude Carignan Olivia delGiorgio Leandro Díaz Lucas Enrico Pedro Jaureguiberry María Lucrecia Lipoma Flavia Mazzini Sandra Díaz How do we study resilience? A systematic review People and Nature operationalization resilience studies social‐ecological systems systematic review |
| title | How do we study resilience? A systematic review |
| title_full | How do we study resilience? A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | How do we study resilience? A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do we study resilience? A systematic review |
| title_short | How do we study resilience? A systematic review |
| title_sort | how do we study resilience a systematic review |
| topic | operationalization resilience studies social‐ecological systems systematic review |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10603 |
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