Bridging the Macro and the Micro by Considering the Meso: Reflections on the Fractal Nature of Resilience

We pursued the following three interconnected points: (1) there are unexplored opportunities for resilience scholars from different disciplines to cross-inspire and inform, (2) a systems perspective may enhance understanding of human resilience in health and social settings, and (3) resilience is of...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Ecology and society 2014-01, Vol.19 (4), p.22, Article art22
Main Authors: Bergström, Johan, Dekker, Sidney W. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annan samhällsvetenskap
Cognition
Communities
Complex systems
Ecological engineering
Ecological modeling
Ecology
Human ecology
human resilience
Insight
Material resilience
organizational resilience
Other Social Sciences
resilience
resilience engineering
Samhällsvetenskap
Social interaction
Social Sciences
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
societal resilience
Systems engineering
Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We pursued the following three interconnected points: (1) there are unexplored opportunities for resilience scholars from different disciplines to cross-inspire and inform, (2) a systems perspective may enhance understanding of human resilience in health and social settings, and (3) resilience is often considered to be fractal, i.e., a phenomenon with recognizable or recurring features at a variety of scales. Following a consideration of resilience from a systems perspective, we explain how resilience can, for analytic purposes, be constructed at four scales: micro, meso, macro, and cross-scale. Adding to the cross-scale perspective of the social-ecological field, we have suggested an analytical framework for resilience studies of the health field, which incorporates holism and complexity by embracing an ecological model of cognition, something supported by empirical studies of organizations in crisis situations at various spatial as well as temporal scales.
ISSN:1708-3087
1708-3087
DOI:10.5751/ES-06956-190422