Human dimensions of Resiliance, Adaptation and Vulnerability Fourth Meeting Event

This weeks' focus is on:  the practical application of RESILIENCE

We will meet in the Geog&Env coffee room 44/1089 on Tuesday 15 ^th January 2013 from 3.30-4.30pm to discuss the two attached papers:

• 1. Klein, R.J.T., R.J. Nicholls and F. Thomalla (2003). Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept? Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards, 5: 35-45.
• 2. Vogel, C., S.C. Moser, R.E. Kasperson and G.D. Dabelko (2007) Linking vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience science to practice: pathways, players, and partnerships. Global Environmental Change, 17: 349-364.

All University of Southampton PhD students, post docs and faculty staff are welcome. Please email Dr. Emma L. Tompkins ( e.l.tompkins@soton.ac.uk ), Co-chair of SSS and founder of the group, if you plan to join the meeting.

Background to the group

A small group of UoS researchers (post-doc and PhD) and staff have decided to meet every 3 weeks, to discuss the following ideas:

- ecological resilience

- social resilience

- measurement /monitoring of resilience  / safe operating spaces

- adaptive capacity

- vulnerability (incl measurement)

- hazards/ disasters / catastrophes related to resilience

- the role of institutions / social capital/ networks/behaviours/ assets and obligations in informing resilience

- intentionality/human agency and the capacity to cause /influence

- neoliberalism and the politics of resilience

Previous readings by this group:

Wk 1:  Adger, W.N., 2000. Social and ecological resilience: are they related? Progress in Human Geography, 24: 347-364.

Wk 2a: Eakin, H. and A. Luers, 2006. Assessing the vulnerability of social-environmental systems. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 31: 365-394.

Wk 2b:Walker, B., C.S. Hollin, S.R. Carpenter and A. Kinzig, 2004. Resilience, adaptability and transformability in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society, 9.

Wk 3a: Rockstrom, J., W. Steffen, K. Noone, A. Persson, F.S. Chapin, E.F. Lambin, T.M. Lenton, M. Scheffer, C. Folke, H.J. Schellnhuber, B. Nykvist, C.A. de Wit, T. Hughes, S. van der Leeuw, H. Rodhe, S. Sorlin, P.K. Snyder, R. Costanza, U. Svedin, M. Falkenmark, L. Karlberg, R.W. Corell, V.J. Fabry, J. Hansen, B. Walker, D. Liverman, K. Richardson, P. Crutzen and J.A. Foley, 2009. A safe operating space for humanity. Nature , 461: 472-475.

Wk3b: Wang, R., J.A. Dearing, P.G. Langdon, E. Zhang, X. Yang, V. Dakos and M. Scheffer, 2012. Flickering gives early warning signals of a critical transition to a eutrophic lake state. Nature , advance online publication.

Wk 4a: Klein, R.J.T., R.J. Nicholls and F. Thomalla, 2003. Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept? Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards, 5: 35-45.

WK4b: Vogel, C., S.C. Moser, R.E. Kasperson and G.D. Dabelko, 2007. Linking vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience science to practice: pathways, players, and partnerships. Global Environmental Change, 17: 349-364.

Wk 5a: tbc

Wk 5b: tbc

For further details, please visit the discussion group's webpage or contact Dr Emma Tompkins .

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