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Panarchy and the Resiliency Cycle

Gunderson, Lance H.and C. S. Hollings [eds]. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Island Press. Washington DC.

Natural processes occur across a wide range of scale.

Use Stommel diagrams to display and think about these.

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The resilience cycle (Gunderson and Hollings)

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Nesting these scales and relating processes between them is a key challenge in understanding sustainability

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Resiliency cycles at different scales interact

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Example of this - Milpa Cultivation

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