Managing Surprises in Complex Systems

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Resilience

Bibliographic Data

ID4240459
AuthorsP H Longstaff (Syracuse University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume14
Issue1
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueConservation Ecology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087
PublisherResilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.5751/es-02738-140149
OpenAlexW2555206294
LanguageEN
Citations received8

One only need access the news media to become aware of an apparently neverending string of surprises. Some surprises are financial, such as the sharp decline in the U.S. housing and mortgage markets or the increase in the cost of crude oil. Other surprises include the impacts of hurricanes or the collapse of renewable resource stocks. Holling (1986) defined a surprise as "a condition in which perceived reality departs qualitatively from expectations." Many of our 21st Century surprises are a consequence of living in an increasingly connected world that is increasingly complex as well

Business · Economics · Environmental resource management · Multidisciplinary approach · Natural resource economics · Political science · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Surprise · Complex Systems and Decision Making

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