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The Concept of Resilience in Ecological Risk Assessment: Scientific and Regulatory Issues
Author(s) -
Vighi Marco,
Rico Andreu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
integrated environmental assessment and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1551-3793
pISSN - 1551-3777
DOI - 10.1002/ieam.4080
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , vulnerability (computing) , biosphere , environmental resource management , ecosystem , socio ecological system , environmental planning , key (lock) , risk analysis (engineering) , ecology , geography , environmental science , business , computer science , biology , computer security , physics , thermodynamics , dependability , software engineering
Resilience represents one of the key components of the vulnerability of ecological systems and may refer to different levels of biological organization, from populations to the biosphere. A short description is given on the concept of resilience applied to the levels that are directly involved in ecological risk assessment (ERA): populations, communities, and ecosystems. The opportunities and challenges for measuring and quantifying resilience are discussed. Finally, some suggestions for introducing the resilience concept in regulatory ERA are proposed. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2018;14:581–585. © 2018 SETAC