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After a decades long economic slump, the city of Flint, Michigan,
struggled to address chronic issues of toxic water supply,
malnutrition, and food security gaps among its residents. A
community engaged research project proposed a resilience assessment
that would use panarchy theory to move the city toward a more
sustainable food system. Flint is one of many examples that
demonstrate how panarchy theory is being applied to understand and
influence change in complex human natural systems. Applied
Panarchy, the much anticipated successor to Lance Gunderson and
C.S. Holling's seminal 2002 volume Panarchy, documents the
extraordinary advances in interdisciplinary panarchy scholarship
and applications over the past two decades. Panarchy theory has
been applied to a broad range of fields from economics to law to
urban planning, changing the practice of environmental stewardship
for the better in measurable, tangible ways. Panarchy describes the
way systems-whether forests, electrical grids, agriculture, coastal
surges, public health, or human economies and governance-are part
of even larger systems that interact in unpredictable ways.
Although humans desire resiliency and stability in our lives to
help us understand the world and survive, nothing in nature is
permanently stable. How can society anticipate and adjust to the
changes we see around us? Where Panarchy proposed a framework to
understand how these transformational cycles work and how we might
influence them, Applied Panarchy takes the scholarship to the next
level, demonstrating how these concepts have been modified and
refined. The book shows how panarchy theory intersects with other
disciplines, and how it directly influences natural resources
management and environmental stewardship. Intended as a text for
graduate courses in environmental sciences and related fields,
Applied Panarchy picks up where Panarchy left off, inspiring new
generations of scholars, researchers, and professionals to put its
ideas to work in practical ways.
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