From Complex Regions to Complex Worlds

By C. S. Holling. Minnesota journal of law, science & technology, 2004

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Panarchy focuses on ecological and social systems that change abruptly. Panarchy is the process by which they grow, adapt, transform, and, in the end, collapse. These stages occur at different scales. The back loop of such changes is a critical time and presents critical opportunities for experiment and learning. It is when uncertainties arise and when resilience is tested and established. We now see changes on a global scale that suggest that we are in such a back loop. This article assesses the possibility of using the ideas that are central to panarchy, developed on a regional scale, to help explain the changes that are being brought about on a global scale by the Internet and by climate, economic, and geopolitical changes.

Subfields: Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Management Science and Operations Research

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Reconnecting to the Biosphere (2011, background): “In the globalized social–ecological system, intricate crossscale interactions play out in novel ways (Lambin et al. 2003; Holling 2004; Adger et al. 2009; Galaz et al. 2010).”
Evaluating Successful Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in Southern Africa (2010, background): “…been hypothesized as all being important for resilience, but the mechanisms and links between social and ecological elements of systems (Adger 2000), and the role of institutions in managing crises and disturbance (Gunderson 2003, Holling 2004, Nelson et al. 2007) have not been widely detailed.”
Ten Principles for Biocultural Conservation at the Southern Tip of the Americas: The approach of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park (2006, background): “Since 2000, though, a central challenge faced by conservation biology is how to effectively implement international environmental conventions and models while integrating multiple ecological and social dimensions at local, regional, and global levels (Holling 2004, Jax and Rozzi 2004).”
Anticipatory Learning for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (2010, background): “In his heuristic model of complex adaptive cycles, Holling (1986, 2004) suggests distinct types of learning: incremental front-loop learning, spasmodic or profound back-loop learning, and transformational learning that can lead to innovative processes with high potential for transformability.”
Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health (2013, background): “The idea of panarchy (Gunderson & Holling 2002, Holling 2004) is that on any particular spatial scale, systems naturally go through periods of collapse and recovery.”
Social Capital: A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Sustainable Community Development? (2010, background): “Since they involve complex, dynamic, and interactive living systems, the science is always uncertain, and information is incomplete (Holling, 2003).”
Network resilience (2020, background): “tion [774, 775], a more general meaning of resilience was proposed [24, 17], which is the capacity of socialecological systems to adapt and transform in response to unfamiliar, unexpected, and extreme shocks.”