Adaptive Capacity and Traps
Adaptive capacity is the ability of a living system, such as a social-ecological system, to adjust responses to changing internal demands and external drivers. Although adaptive capacity is a frequent topic of study in the resilience literature, there are few formal models. This paper introduces suc...
Main Authors: | Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2008-12-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art40/ |
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