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. 2012 Jul 24;109(30):E2030-1; author reply E2032.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1207552109. Epub 2012 Jun 22.

Societal collapse or transformation, and resilience

Leonie J Pearson, Craig J Pearson
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Societal collapse or transformation, and resilience

Leonie J Pearson et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Conceptual representation of resilience and transformation of a social ecological system. (A) Representation of a system increasing resilience capacity, in which the difference between the two states being assessed is minimal and the system is reinforcing current characteristics: identity, feedbacks, structure, and functions (arrows are pointing in toward the center). (B) Representation of a system undergoing transformational change, with the two states, the gray shaded box and the dotted line, showing differing system characteristics (arrows are pointing outwards).
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  • Collapse, environment, and society.
    Butzer KW. Butzer KW. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Mar 6;109(10):3632-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1114845109. Epub 2012 Feb 27. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. PMID: 22371579 Free PMC article.

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