Resilience of small-scale societies: a view from drylands

To gain insights on long-term social-ecological resilience, we examined adaptive responses of small-scale societies to dryland-related hazards in different regions and chronological periods, spanning from the mid-Holocene to the present. Based on evidence from Africa (Sahara and Sahel), Asia (south...

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Main Authors: Andrea L. Balbo, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Matthieu Salpeteur, Arnald Puy, Stefano Biagetti, Jürgen Scheffran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2016-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss2/art53/