Title
Chapter Title: Case study: Novel socio-ecological systems in the North: Potential pathways toward ecological and societal resilience
Book Title: Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order
Author(s)
Chapin, F. S.;Robards, M. D.;Johnstone, J. F.;Lantz, T. C.;Kokelj, S. V.
Published
2013
Abstract
Rapid Arctic warming is causing substantial biophysical and ecological change in the north, including places where permafrost integrity is particularly important. Arctic environmental changes are already affecting many of the species and peoples of the Arctic. This chapter describes some examples of novel changes in marine and terrestrial systems. Compounding the types of ecosystem change described in the chapter, some of the most profound changes to Arctic ecosystems are likely to result from the increased accessibility of the Arctic to new people and cultures, leading to a suite of new anthropogenic modifications. Socio-ecological resilience is the capacity of a system consisting of people and the rest of nature to sustain and shape fundamental system structure and function in the face of perturbations such as climate change. This chapter lists the four basic tenets to building resilience. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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