Resilience has become a common goal for science-based natural resource management, particularly in the context of changing climate and disturbance regimes. Integrating varying perspectives and definitions of resilience is a complex and often unrecognized challenge to applying resilience concepts to social-ecological systems (SESs) management. Using wildfire as an example, we develop a framework to expose and separate two important dimensions of resilience: the inherent properties that maintain structure, function, or states of an SES and the human perceptions of desirable or valued components of an SES. In doing so, the framework distinguishes between value-free and human-derived, value-explicit dimensions of resilience. Four archetypal scenarios highlight that ecological resilience and human values do not always align and that recognizing and anticipating potential misalignment is critical for developing effective management goals. Our framework clarifies existing resilience theory, connects literature across disciplines, and facilitates use of the resilience concept in research and land-management applications.
1.Univ Montana, Dept Ecosyst & Conservat Sci, Missoula, MT 59812 USA 2.Univ Montana, Dept Soc & Conservat, Missoula, MT 59812 USA 3.US Forest Serv, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Res Inst, USDA, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Missoula, MT USA 4.Univ Colorado, Dept Integrat Biol, Denver, CO 80202 USA 5.Montana State Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA 6.Univ Wisconsin, Dept Integrat Biol, Madison, WI USA 7.Cornell Univ, Dept Nat Resources, Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA 8.US Forest Serv, USDA, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Ft Collins, CO USA 9.Univ Colorado, Dept Geog, Boulder, CO 80309 USA 10.Univ Washington, Sch Environm & Forest Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA 11.US Forest Serv, USDA, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Missoula, MT USA 12.Colorado State Univ, Dept Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA 13.Bitterroot Natl Forest, Ravalli Missoula, MT USA 14.Oregon State Univ, Dept Forest Ecosyst & Soc, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA 15.Univ Lethbridge, Fac Hlth Sci, Lethbridge, AB, Canada 16.Ronin Inst Independent Scholarship, Boulder, CO USA
Recommended Citation:
Higuera, Philip E.,Metcalf, Alexander L.,Miller, Carol,et al. Integrating Subjective and Objective Dimensions of Resilience in Fire-Prone Landscapes[J]. BIOSCIENCE,2019-01-01,69(5):379-388