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Surprise for Science, Resilience for Ecosystems, and Incentives for People
Author(s) -
Holling C. S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
ecological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.864
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-5582
pISSN - 1051-0761
DOI - 10.2307/2269475
Subject(s) - surprise , resilience (materials science) , incentive , citation , psychological resilience , computer science , ecology , world wide web , psychology , social psychology , economics , biology , microeconomics , physics , thermodynamics
It is an open question whether ecosystem management will become a passing fad, an expansion of existing rigid bureaucratic procedures, or a sustaining foundation for learning to deal with the interactions between people, nature, and economic activities. The report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management makes a major contribution to the very best of those possibilities. Here I will comment on three consequences that flow from their conclusions-consequences for the kind of science, theory, and practice needed.