The goal of this project is to better understand how combined and interlinked changes in social and natural conditions and processes affect the resilience of riparian systems and, by extension, the ecosystem services these systems provide.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Riparian Resilience

Questions we're interested in:

- How do we define tipping points or thresholds, when riparian systems (quickly) transform into alternate states? Can we recognize early signs of these transformations?

- How do coupled physical and human forces acting within riparian corridors, or remotely, influence thresholds and the conditions for reorganization following transformations?
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2 comments:

  1. Anne Browning-AikenJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    I suggest participants look at the Resilience Alliance web site as a starter and then think how their approaches might be useful or not.

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  2. MitchJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    Great idea Anne - we've been following the Resilience Alliance's work for a while as we develop the project. We're doing a panel session at their meeting in March too!

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