This article defines social resilience as the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and disturbances as a result of social, political and environmental change. This definition highlights social resilience in relation to the concept of ecological resilience which is a characteristic of ecosystems to maintain themselves in the face of disturbance. There is a clear link b...

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org D is a powerful evolutionary force and a defining characteristic of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In a world in which our own activity is an increasingly pervasive ecological driver, episodic events, such as fires, floods, and windstorms, still continue to shape our landscapes. However, the ecological impacts of these “pulse” ...

This paper outlines a framework for understanding gameplay from the perspective of ecological psychology. According to this perspective, gameplay can be described in terms of perceiving, acting on and transforming the affordances that are related to a game system or to other players in a game. Challenges in games have an emphasis on perceiving suitable actions and/or performing suitable actions...

Discusses the interaction between socio-economic systems and their natural environment, by examining the indicators of sustainable development. Areas covered by the operationalization of sustainable development indicators; Details on the global nature of environmental problems; Important strategy of the operationalization of sustainable development; Link between economic data and ecological ind...

Human societies are exploiting natural renewable sources such as fisheries, forests, groundwater basins, rivers, and soil at an increasing intensity. Around the world, these resources being managed by various institutions or governments. One of challenges faced is to develop strategies policies effectively manage under social ecological uncertainties, disturbances, policy implementation difficu...

The concept of ecological resilience is widely used to assess how species and ecosystems respond external stressors but applied infrequently at the level community or chronic, ongoing disturbances. In this review, we first discuss methods for quantifying in studies. We then synthesize existing evidence avian communities climate change urbanization, two chronic disturbances that are driving glob...