The contributions of resilience to reshaping sustainable development

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dc.contributor.author Reyers, Belinda
dc.contributor.author Moore, Michele-Lee
dc.contributor.author Haider, L. Jamila
dc.contributor.author Schluter, Maja
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-08T08:26:46Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-08T08:26:46Z
dc.date.issued 2022-05
dc.description Figure 1: A graphical representation of the social-ecological systems (SES) school of resilience: a complex adaptive systems based perspective on the intertwined, multilevel and dynamic SES processes, interdependencies and relationships that shape resilience (Graphic by Jive Media Africa).
dc.description Figure 2: Six interconnected and intertwined shifts move sustainable development away from commonly used linear approaches towards innovative approaches able to account for complex SES dynamics. We review the contributions and constraints of SES resilience science and its use in sustainable development to make progress across these shifts. See text and Table 1 for more details on the shifts (Graphic by Jive Media Africa).
dc.description.abstract We review the past decade’s widespread application of resilience science in sustainable development practice and examine whether and how resilience is reshaping this practice to better engage in complex contexts. We analyse six shifts in practice: from capitals to capacities, from objects to relations, from outcomes to processes, from closed to open systems, from generic interventions to context sensitivity, and from linear to complex causality. Innovative complexity-oriented practices have emerged, but dominant applications diverge substantially from the science, including its theoretical and methodological orientations. We highlight aspects of the six shifts that are proving challenging in practice and what is required from sustainability science. en_US
dc.description.department Future Africa en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2023 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The Sida-funded GRAID program at Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet; the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.nature.com/natsustain en_US
dc.identifier.citation Reyers, B., Moore, ML., Haider, L.J. et al. The contributions of resilience to reshaping sustainable development. Nature Sustainability 5, 657–664 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00889-6. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2398-9629 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1038/s41893-022-00889-6
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89305
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Nature Research en_US
dc.rights © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. [6 months embargo] en_US
dc.subject Developing world en_US
dc.subject Sustainability en_US
dc.subject Sustainable development goals (SDGs) en_US
dc.title The contributions of resilience to reshaping sustainable development en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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