panarchy

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Panarchy (Holling and Gunderson). A framework for understanding adaptive change through interconnected cycles operating at different spatial and temporal scales. In ecological systems, periods of relative stability may give way to episodes of release and reorganization, during which established constraints weaken, uncertainty increases, and new configurations become possible. In On Becoming, panarchy illustrates how disruption can generate the conditions for adaptive renewal rather than merely destroy existing order.

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Panarchy (Holling and Gunderson). A framework for understanding adaptive change through interconnected cycles operating at different spatial and temporal scales. In ecological systems, periods of relative stability may give way to episodes of release and reorganization, during which established constraints weaken, uncertainty increases, and new configurations become possible. In On Becoming, panarchy illustrates how disruption can generate the conditions for adaptive renewal rather than merely destroy existing order.

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