The term “resilience” is very popular nowadays, but people do not always mean the same thing when they use it. This is true not just in popular media but also in scientific literature! So what does resilience really mean? Where does it come from? In this first episode, we explore different definitions of resilience, especially ecological versus engineering resilience. We also explore the origins of ecological resilience and introduce concepts important for understanding what ecological resilience means.
Funding support from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Great Plains Studies, https://www.unl.edu/plains/welcome
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Council For Resilience Education Website: cre.unl.edu
Online Module: https://passel2.unl.edu/view/lesson/d6c3e24cbc7e
References:
Angeler, D.G. and Allen, C.R. 2016. Quantifying resilience. Journal of Applied Ecology 53, 617-624.
Holling, C.S. 1973. Resilience and stability of ecological systems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 4(1), 1-23.
Liewer, S. 2019, Sep. 16. Flood recovery at Offutt could cost $1 billion and take five years. Omaha World-Herald. https://www.omaha.com/news/military/flood-recovery-at-offutt-could-cost-1-billion-and-take-five-years/article_8f4fff1a-ff4e-5265-bf73-3d6df6be94e8.html
Tarabay, J. 2020, Jan. 21. Why these Australia fires are like nothing we’ve seen before. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/australia/fires-size-climate.html
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