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The role of trees in urban stormwater management by Berland, Adam, Shiflett, Sheri A., Shuster, William D., Garmestani, Ahjond S., Goddard, Haynes C., Herrmann, Dustin L., Hopton, Matthew E.

“…•Green infrastructure (GI) is an emerging management practice for stormwater control.•GI approaches based on infiltration overlook functions performed by…”
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Assessing spatiotemporal change in coral reef social-ecological systems by Eason, Tarsha, Garmestani, Ahjond

“…Coral reef resilience is eroding at multiple spatial scales globally, with broad implications for coastal communities, and is thus a critical challenge for…”
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A quantitative framework for assessing ecological resilience by Baho, Didier L., Allen, Craig R., Garmestani, Ahjond, Fried-Petersen, Hannah, Renes, Sophia E., Gunderson, Lance, Angeler, David G.

“…Quantitative approaches to measure and assess resilience are needed to bridge gaps between science, policy, and management. In this paper, we suggest a…”
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A Framework for Resilience-based Governance of Social-Ecological Systems by Garmestani, Ahjond S., Benson, Melinda Harm

“…Panarchy provides a heuristic to characterize the cross-scale dynamics of social-ecological systems and a framework for how governance institutions should…”
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Panarchy: Theory and Application by Allen, Craig R, Angeler, David G, Garmestani, Ahjond S, Gunderson, Lance H, Holling, C. S

“…The concept of panarchy provides a framework that characterizes complex systems of people and nature as dynamically organized and structured within and across…”
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Transformative Environmental Governance by Chaffin, Brian C, Garmestani, Ahjond S, Gunderson, Lance H, Benson, Melinda Harm, Angeler, David G, Arnold, Craig Anthony (Tony), Cosens, Barbara, Craig, Robin Kundis, Ruhl, J.B, Allen, Craig R

“…Transformative governance is an approach to environmental governance that has the capacity to respond to, manage, and trigger regime shifts in coupled…”
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Can We Manage for Resilience? The Integration of Resilience Thinking into Natural Resource Management in the United States by Benson, Melinda Harm, Garmestani, Ahjond S.

“…The concept of resilience is now frequently invoked by natural resource agencies in the US. This reflects growing trends within ecology, conservation biology,…”
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Legal and institutional foundations of adaptive environmental governance by DeCaro, Daniel A., Chaffin, Brian C., Schlager, Edella, Garmestani, Ahjond S., Ruhl, J.B.

“…Legal and institutional structures fundamentally shape opportunities for adaptive governance of environmental resources at multiple ecological and societal…”
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Discontinuous structure of regional and subregional urban systems: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (1800–2015) by Lalanne, Aurélie, Sundstrom, Shana, Garmestani, Ahjond

“…In the prevailing literature in urban economics, conducting research on urban systems at the national scale tends to provide an elegant but reductive approach…”
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Adaptive governance of riverine and wetland ecosystem goods and services by Gunderson, Lance H., Cosens, Barbara, Garmestani, Ahjond S.

“…Adaptive governance and adaptive management have developed over the past quarter century in response to institutional and organizational failures, and…”
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Adaptive management for a turbulent future by Allen, Craig R., Fontaine, Joseph J., Pope, Kevin L., Garmestani, Ahjond S.

“…The challenges that face humanity today differ from the past because as the scale of human influence has increased, our biggest challenges have become global…”
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Spatiotemporal variability in Swedish lake ecosystems by Eason, Tarsha, Garmestani, Ahjond, Angeler, David G

“…Studying ecosystem dynamics is critical to monitoring and managing linked systems of humans and nature. Due to the growth of tools and techniques for…”
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Balancing stability and flexibility in adaptive governance: an analysis of tools available in U.S. environmental law by Craig, Robin Kundis, Garmestani, Ahjond S., Allen, Craig R., Arnold, Craig Anthony (Tony), Birgé, Hannah, DeCaro, Daniel A., Fremier, Alexander K., Gosnell, Hannah, Schlager, Edella

“…Adaptive governance must work “on the ground,” that is, it must operate through structures and procedures that the people it governs perceive to be legitimate…”
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Vacant urban lot soils and their potential to support ecosystem services by Herrmann, Dustin L., Shuster, William D., Garmestani, Ahjond S.

“…Aims Urban soils are the basis of many ecosystem services in cities. Here, we examine formerly residential vacant lot soils in Cleveland, Ohio and Detroit,…”
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A tale of two rain gardens: Barriers and bridges to adaptive management of urban stormwater in Cleveland, Ohio by Chaffin, Brian C., Shuster, William D., Garmestani, Ahjond S., Furio, Brooke, Albro, Sandra L., Gardiner, Mary, Spring, MaLisa, Green, Olivia Odom

“…Green infrastructure installations such as rain gardens and bioswales are increasingly regarded as viable tools to mitigate stormwater runoff at the parcel…”
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Prolonged instability prior to a regime shift by Spanbauer, Trisha L, Allen, Craig R, Angeler, David G, Eason, Tarsha, Fritz, Sherilyn C, Garmestani, Ahjond S, Nash, Kirsty L, Stone, Jeffery R

“…Regime shifts are generally defined as the point of 'abrupt' change in the state of a system. However, a seemingly abrupt transition can be the product of a…”
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To burn or not to burn: governance of wildfires in Australia by Clement, Sarah, Garmestani, Ahjond, Beckwith, Jo Ann, Cannon, Pele J

“…Globally, wildfires are increasing in extent, frequency, and severity. Although global climate change is a major driver and large-scale governance…”
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How resilience is framed matters for governance of coastal social‐ecological systems by Clement, Sarah, Jozaei, Javad, Mitchell, Michael, Allen, Craig R., Garmestani, Ahjond S.

“…Effective governance of social‐ecological systems (SES) is an enduring challenge, especially in coastal environments where accelerating impacts of climate…”
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The role of law in adaptive governance by Cosens, Barbara A., Craig, Robin K., Hirsch, Shana Lee, Arnold, Craig Anthony (Tony), Benson, Melinda H., DeCaro, Daniel A., Garmestani, Ahjond S., Gosnell, Hannah, Ruhl, J.B., Schlager, Edella

“…The term “governance” encompasses both governmental and nongovernmental participation in collective choice and action. Law dictates the structure, boundaries,…”
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Quantifying the Adaptive Cycle by Angeler, David G, Allen, Craig R, Garmestani, Ahjond S, Gunderson, Lance H, Hjerne, Olle, Winder, Monika

“…The adaptive cycle was proposed as a conceptual model to portray patterns of change in complex systems. Despite the model having potential for elucidating…”
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