Adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems: Lessons from immune systems

被引：11

作者：

Janssen M.A. ^{[1
]}

Osnas E.E. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] School of Informatics, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408

[2] Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405

来源：

EcoHealth | 2005年 / 2卷 / 2期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Adaptive capacity; Disturbance regime; Immune systems; Resilience; Social-ecological systems;

D O I：

10.1007/s10393-004-0158-7

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摘要：

How do systems respond to disturbances? The capacity of a system to respond to disturbances varies for different types of disturbance regimes. We distinguish two types of responses: one that enables the system to absorb disturbances from an existing disturbance regime, and one that enables a system to reconstruct itself after a fundamental change in a disturbance regime. We use immune systems as a model for how systems can deal with disturbances, and use this model to derive insights in adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems. We identify a tension between the two types of responses where one benefits from learning and memory while the other requires fast-turnover of experience. We discuss how this may affect building up adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems. © 2005 EcoHealth Journal Consortium.

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页码：93 / 101

页数：8