Reinette Biggs, Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock
Disputes over conflicting information from different studies play a prominent role in many environmental controversies. Rather than resulting from flawed or fraudulent science, we suggest that...
Linking Futures across Scales: a Dialog on Multiscale Scenarios (2007)
Biggs, Reinette; University Of Wisconsin; Biggs@wisc.edu, Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara; McGill University; Ciara.rh@gmail.com, Atkinson-Palombo, Carol; Arizona State University; Cmatkin@mainex1.asu.edu, Boyd, Emily; Stockholm University; Boyd@ctm.su.se, Cundill, Georgina; Rhodes University; G.cundill@ru.ac.za, ...
Scenario analysis is a useful tool for exploring key uncertainties that may shape the future of social-ecological systems. This paper explores the methods, costs, and benefits of developing and...
Linking Futures across Scales: a Dialog on Multiscale Scenarios (2007)
Biggs, Reinette; University Of Wisconsin; Biggs@wisc.edu, Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara; McGill University; Ciara.rh@gmail.com, Atkinson-Palombo, Carol; Arizona State University; Cmatkin@mainex1.asu.edu, Boyd, Emily; Stockholm University; Boyd@ctm.su.se, Cundill, Georgina; Rhodes University; G.cundill@ru.ac.za, ...
Scenario analysis is a useful tool for exploring key uncertainties that may shape the future of social-ecological systems. This paper explores the methods, costs, and benefits of developing and...
Understanding Regional Change: A Comparison of Two Lake Districts (2007)
STEPHEN R. CARPENTER, BARBARA J. BENSON, REINETTE BIGGS, JONATHAN W. CHIPMAN, JONATHAN A. FOLEY, SHAUN A. GOLDING, ...
We compared long-term change in two lake districts, one in a forested rural setting and the other in an urbanizing agricultural region, using lakes as sentinel ecosystems. Human population growth and...
Turning back from the brink: Detecting an impending regime shift in time to avert it
Biggs, Reinette, Carpenter, Stephen R., Brock, William A.
Ecological regime shifts are large, abrupt, long-lasting changes in ecosystems that often have considerable impacts on human economies and societies. Avoiding unintentional regime shifts is widely...