Fridolin S. Brand

TL;DR: This paper reviewed the variety of definitions of resilience within sustainability science and suggested a typology according to the specific degree of normativity of the concept of resilience, and argued that a clearly specified, descriptive concept is critical in providing a counterbalance to the use of resilience as a vague boundary object.

TL;DR: In this article, the theory and promise of sustainability science through a comparative appraisal of five empirical sustainability science projects is explored. But, the evaluation of these projects is based on an evaluative framework, and the results indicate accomplishments regarding problem focus and basic transformational research methodology, but also highlight deficits regarding stakeholder participation, actionable results and larger impacts.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors revisited the concept of critical natural capital and examined its relation to ecological resilience, and suggested that the degree of ecological resilience is inversely related to the level of threat ecosystems are prone to.

TL;DR: The approach presented here allows us to precisely relate different types of risk, vulnerability, robustness and resilience, and considers all concepts together as part of adaptive risk management.

TL;DR: This work proposes HES-based TD processes to provide a basis for reorganizing science in coming decades and suggests a systems perspective on coupled human–environmental systems (HES) helps to address the inherent complexities.