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C. S. Holling
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C. S. Holling

Canadian ecologist
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  • ecological resilience
    / Development of the concept

    In 1973 Canadian ecologist C.S. Holling wrote a paper that focused on the dichotomy between a type of resilience inherent in an engineered device (that is, the stability that comes from a machine designed to operate within a narrow range of expected circumstances) and the resilience that emphasizes an…

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    In 1973 Canadian ecologist C.S. Holling wrote a paper that focused on the dichotomy between a type of resilience inherent in an engineered device (that is, the stability that comes from a machine designed to operate within a narrow range of expected circumstances) and the resilience that emphasizes an…

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