Pdf the concept of panarchy provides a framework that characterizes complex systems of people and. Practical panarchy for adaptive water governance barbara cosens, lance gunderson this book presents the results of an interdisciplinary project that examined how law, policy and ecological dynamics influence the governance of regional scale water based socialecological systems in the united states and australia. Longs analysis prefigures holling and gunderson s concept of panarchy. The actual quotes could be improved with citations. Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological, and social. Marine barge construction, barge assembly on launchways on area 2. Gunderson, aged 16, who landed in america from norway, in 1909 more are available in all our pdf extended history products and printed products wherever possible. The interplay among individual actors, organizations, and institutions at multiple levels is central in such transitions. This research suggests that psychosystems, like ecosystems. Relevance of epistemological pluralism for resource. The book resulted from a 3year project to advance the theory, policy and practice. Gunderson funeral home madison, middleton, cross plains. The gunderson report on the bombing of the alfred p. Socialecological resilience on new providence the bahamas fig.
The adjective panarchic allruling has earlier attestations. Panarchy theory focuses on improving theories of change in natural and. Ecological and human community resilience in response to natural disasters lance gunderson 1 abstract. The oxford english dictionary lists the noun as chiefly poetic with the meaning a universal realm, citing an 1848 attestation by philip james bailey, the starry panarchy of space.
Panarchy of an indigenous agroecosystem in the globalized. Resilience environmental humanities duke university press. Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological, and social systems c. Panarchy is the structure in which systems, including those of nature e.
Holling the book examines theories models of how systems those of humans, nature, and combined humannatural systems function, and attempts to understand those theories and how they can help researchers develop effective institutions and policies for environmental management. For example, ecosystems in the conservation phase of the panarchy cycle have characteristics typically associated with rigidity traps, such as high connectedness. Natural systems have great resilience because of diversity within functions and across scales, but resilience is not infinite, we need hence good policies on resources management in order to preserve variability that is the source of sustinable change. Greenbrier marine offers a variety of hopper barges at our historic marine manufacturing facility in portland, oregon. While the concept of resilience is widely discussed in disaster e. This website contains documents and resource material related to kristopher stevens masters in environmental studies major paper on the topic of social friction in ontarios electricity sector. Novelty, adaptive capacity, and resilience craig r. The gunderson family proudly serving the madison area for over 90 years. Four generations of family, along with an excellent staff, gunderson funeral home proudly serves your family with the same personal care and dedication that has been passed down from generation to generation. Holling the book examines theories models of how systems those of humans, nature, and combined humannatural systems function, and attempts to understand those theories and how they can help researchers develop effective institutions and policies. The larger, slower cycles generally constrain the smaller, faster ones and maintain system integrity, but, during the. Ecological resilience, adaptive cycles, and panarchy are all concepts that have been developed to explain abrupt and often surprising changes in complex socioecological systems that are prone to disturbances. Socialecological resilience on new providence th e bahamas a field trip report summary arnd holdschlag, jule biernatzki, janina bornemann, lisamichele bott, sonke denker, sonke diesener, steffi ehlert, annechristin hake, philipp jantz, jonas klatt, christin meyer, tobias reisch, simon rhodes, julika tribukait and beate m.
Its aim is to assess the viability of the application of panarchy theory to the ecology of human thought. Holling 2002 assemble a collection of fascinating discussions of an elaborate but ultimately compelling theory of natural and social system dynamics. Socialecological resilience on new providence th e bahamas. Are nonlinear and dynamic are subject to thresholds have the potential to reorganise in different forms systems dynamics and resilience theory growth phase equilibrium phase collapse. Hopper barges are used in the transportation of bulk commodities such as coal, limestone, grain, sugar, and other aggregates. Practical panarchy for adaptive water governance barbara. The malawian temporal political landscape has experienced several reorganizations since independence, in which the governments of malawi have initiated socioeconomic growth of the economy through. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems, island press systems. The individuals right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from their current locale. Firstly, this paper will reexamine the ontology of ecosystem resilience so as to avoid the conflated view between ecosystem resilience and engineering resilience. Panarchy use in environmental science for risk and. It represents an alternative framework for managing the issues that emerge. The creation of institutions to meet the challenge of sustainability is an important task confronting society. Longs analysis prefigures holling and gundersons concept of panarchy.
In this conceptual paper, we try to take a step to explore theoretical foundation of sustainability transformation in dimension of resilience thinking. Gunderson, folke, olsson examples of adaptive governance. Panarchy is a framework of natures rules, hinted at by the name of the greek god of nature pan whose persona also evokes an image of unpredictable change. Theory and application article pdf available in ecosystems 174. It uses quotes from academic material which for some upgrades the status of the conversation. Understanding transformations in human and natural. When the importance of panarchy in this volume is considered, as well as various connections, conversations, and perspectives inside or outside of museums, it is important to remember that a museum is a museum. Analysis of fertilizer subsidy programs and ecosystem. Resilience, panarchy, and worldsystems analysis jstor. Ecological and human community resilience in response to. This configuration of linked adaptive cycles at multiple scales. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems lance h. Retired fbi specialagentincharge ted gunderson began uncovering evidence of government collusion in the coverup of satanic ritual activities in this country including the sacrificemurder of children after becoming convinced of the innocence of dr jeffrey mcdonald, an army medical doctor convicted of murdering his wife and two young children in a bloody satanic style murder at his home in fort bragg, nc in 1970.
W idely acknowledged as one of the best beatles books, some fun tonight. We analyze the strategies and actions that enable transitions toward ecosystembased management using the recent governance changes of the great barrier reef marine park as a case study. In short, the ontology of resilienceunderstood as the panarchy of nested, hierarchical, multiscalar feedback loops 10 overdetermines nature by mapping a particular vision of neoliberal economics onto it. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems by gunderson, lance h. Lecture 29 adaptive cycle and panarchy1 adaptive cycle. May 01, 2017 in short, the ontology of resilienceunderstood as the panarchy of nested, hierarchical, multiscalar feedback loops 10 overdetermines nature by mapping a particular vision of neoliberal economics onto it. Ecological and socialecological systems form nested sets of adaptive cycles. When the agroecosystem collapsed after consecutive droughts, the social system as the next higher level in the panarchy lost resilience and became vulnerable to famine. Following the panarchy approach of gunderson and holling 2002, the kenyan food system of the years 198485 can be regarded as a healthy system. Humans are unique within ses as they are able to create novel approaches to change that can transform the future of the system e. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems, editors lance gunderson and c. Pdf panarchy theory focuses on improving theories of change in natural and social systems to improve the design of policy responses. Adaptive governance of social ecological systems socialecological systems are neither humans embedded in ecological systems nor ecosystems embedded in human systems e.
Holling department of zoology, university of florida, gainesville, florida 32611, usa abstract hierarchies and adaptive cycles comprise the basis of ecosystems and socialecological systems across scales. Panarchy is a nested set of adaptive cycles that provides a tool to explore the conductivity of ecological and socialcultural systems. The iceberg systems thinking model of intervention conroy. His viewpoint reflects the sophisticated pluralistic analysis of his time, embodied also in the works of robert dahl and his followers. Specifically the panarchy cycle provides useful insights in this context gunderson and holling, 2002, drever et al.
With the development of tourism, tourist activities all the time impact tourist areas of economic, cultural, social and ecological environment, inappropriate tourism development mode or management strategy can cause resources exhausted or even degradation in the tourist destination, and complex human society in the process of maintaining stability of the system. Panarchy, a theory pioneered by gunderson and holling 2002 to account for the complex dynamics of systems of people and nature, can provide quantitative and qualitative underpinning for risk management and vulnerability and risk assessments. Panarchy theory and stability s imply put, panarchy theory, developed by gunderson and holling 2002, addresses ideas of stability. Social learning towards a sustainable world mafiadoc. For example, many lakes occupy a stability landscape with essentially two basins of attraction.
Heuristic models of the adaptive renewal cycle and panarchy modified from gunderson holling 2002, graphic. Its rare to see such highlyskilled, connected people who are just so personable. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems donald kennedy ed, state of the planet 20062007 life cycle assessment introduction to sustainability science. Panarchy is a new term coined from the name of the greek god pan, a symbol of universal nature and associated with unpredictable change. Trajectories of change in regionalscale social trajectories of change in regionalscale social ecological water systems. I added the panarchy etymology for multiple reasons. Increasingly chaotic business environments of today demand organizations to be more resilient. Urban and marina development in senassau, the bahamas. A complete panarchy model emerges when a nested hierarchy of adaptive loops is identified and crossscale interactions are recognized gunderson and holling, 2002, walker and salt, 2006 fig. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems, 2002, 25 provides a conceptual framework for differentiating between restoring and rewilding in ecology. Introduction to the special feature practicing panarchy. For resilience theory, it is critical to understand the scales of interest and the.
Assessing legal flexibility, ecological resilience, and adaptive governance in regional water systems experiencing rapid environmental change. We offer top quality rail barges that draw on our storied experience in both the marine and rail. The central objective of the book is to develop an integrative theory to help us. This research suggests that psychosystems, like ecosystems, might be more clearly understood by using panarchy. Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological, and. A flexible organization, the great barrier reef marine park. Gunderson funeral home has been dane countys longest single. An adaptive cycle holling and gunderson 2002 describes the process of development and decay in a system figure 1 and. It clarifies and reinforces the idea of multiple but similar lines of thinking about panarchy. It represents an alternative framework for managing the. Understanding transformations in human and natural systems gunderson and holling.
The following is the established format for referencing this article. This research uses the adaptive cycle heuristic and the theory of panarchy holling and gunderson, 2002 to identify the development of resilience in the dynamics of urban practices in the neighbourhood from a new systemic, evolutionary and multiscale vision used for the study of socioecological systems in the field of ecology, and of. Since the essential focus of panarchy is to rationalize the interplay between change and persistence, between the predictable and unpredictable, holling et al. Anthro 128 archaeology and anthropology of the environment syllabus spring 2017 revised, january 16 class meetings tues. An examination of how systems thinking can help social marketing support new identities and more sustainable living patterns. The two widely accepted phases of ecosystem dynamics are exploitation, in which rapid colonization of recently disturbed.
References social friction in ontarios electricity sector. Navigating the transition to ecosystembased management of. The building block of panarchy is hollings 1986 adaptive cycle which has been used to describe a variety of complex patterns of change in natural resource systems, describing the ecological, economic, social, and political changes that have unfolded over time gunderson, 2000, holling, 2001, walker and abel, 2002. The concept of panarchy provides a framework that characterizes complex systems of people and nature as dynamically organized and structured within and across scales of space and time.
They are there to collect, preserve, and exhibit evidence of our heritage. This article considers recent research from the cognitive sciences and developmental psychology and parallels with the characterization of complex ecologies as panarchy systems. How do ecosystems absorb, buffer, or generate change. Sep 01, 2011 this article considers recent research from the cognitive sciences and developmental psychology and parallels with the characterization of complex ecologies as panarchy systems. Socialecological resilience on new providence th e bahamas a field trip report summary. The entire transcript of the supposedly accusatory conversation that took place between gunderson and hinkson is also included. Panarchy, a term devised to describe evolving hierarchical systems, offers an important new framework for integrating insights from ecology and the social sciences in this effort. A special case of crossscale interaction, called revolt connection, occurs when a smallscale subsystem enters the. Lance armstrong, born lance edward gunderson, american cyclist. Adaptive governance networks and ecological resilience.