System-resilience perspectives on sustainability and equity in Australia

null Nicola J. Grigg; null Brian H. Walker; null Anthony Capon; Barney Foran; null Rita Parker; null Jenny Stewart; null Richard Stirzaker; Bill Young

System-resilience perspectives on sustainability and equity in Australia

Nicola J. Grigg, Brian H. Walker, Anthony Capon, Barney Foran, Rita Parker, Jenny Stewart, Richard Stirzaker, Bill Young

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We assume that sustainable and equitable futures require non-declining humanwellbeing built upon a diverse wealth base, including natural, human, built, socialand knowledge capital. We hypothesise that human wellbeing is linked to this wealthbase via social-ecological interactions: systems of biophysical processes transformingand transporting material and energy, mediated by social processes. Attempts tounderstand complex social-ecological systems highlight the incompleteness ofcurrent knowledge and the illusiveness of comprehensive knowledge of such systems.Resilience assessments provide useful insights into system responses to shocks.We consider past and potential shocks to Australia and the characteristics of socialecologicalsystems that provide resilience to them. We draw more general insightsabout resilience in Australia, including identifying signs of systemic drivers ofpossible futures and the requirements for adaptive and transformative capacities tocreate diverse options for maintaining wellbeing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Negotiating our future
Subtitle of host publication	Living scenarios for Australia to 2050 (Vol 1)
Editors	Lenore Manderson, Michael R. Raupach, Anthony J. McMichael, John J. Finnigan, Brian H. Walker
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	Australian Academy of Science
Chapter	2
Pages	54-92
Number of pages	39
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9780858473409
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Nicola J. Grigg, Brian H. Walker, Anthony Capon, Foran, B., Rita Parker, Jenny Stewart, Richard Stirzaker, & Young, B. (2013). System-resilience perspectives on sustainability and equity in Australia. In L. Manderson, M. R. Raupach, A. J. McMichael, J. J. Finnigan, & B. H. Walker (Eds.), Negotiating our future: Living scenarios for Australia to 2050 (Vol 1) (Vol. 1, pp. 54-92). Australian Academy of Science.

Nicola J. Grigg ; Brian H. Walker ; Anthony Capon, ; Foran, Barney ; Rita Parker ; Jenny Stewart ; Richard Stirzaker ; Young, Bill. / System-resilience perspectives on sustainability and equity in Australia. Negotiating our future: Living scenarios for Australia to 2050 (Vol 1). editor / Lenore Manderson ; Michael R. Raupach ; Anthony J. McMichael ; John J. Finnigan ; Brian H. Walker. Vol. 1 Canberra : Australian Academy of Science, 2013. pp. 54-92

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Nicola J. Grigg, Brian H. Walker, Anthony Capon , Foran B, Rita Parker, Jenny Stewart et al. System-resilience perspectives on sustainability and equity in Australia. In Manderson L, Raupach MR, McMichael AJ, Finnigan JJ, Walker BH, editors, Negotiating our future: Living scenarios for Australia to 2050 (Vol 1). Vol. 1. Canberra: Australian Academy of Science. 2013. p. 54-92