Response diversity as a sustainability strategy

Brian Walker; Anne Sophie Crépin; Magnus Nyström; John M. Anderies; Erik Andersson; Thomas Elmqvist; Cibele Queiroz; Scott Barrett; Elena Bennett; Juan Camilo Cardenas; Stephen R. Carpenter; F. Stuart Chapin; Aart de Zeeuw; Joern Fischer; Carl Folke; Simon Levin; Karine Nyborg; Stephen Polasky; Kathleen Segerson; Karen C. Seto; Marten Scheffer; Jason F. Shogren; Alessandro Tavoni; Jeroen van den Bergh; Elke U. Weber; Jeffrey R. Vincent

doi:10.1038/s41893-022-01048-7

Response diversity as a sustainability strategy

Brian Walker
, Anne Sophie Crépin^*
, Magnus Nyström
, John M. Anderies
, Erik Andersson
, Thomas Elmqvist
, Cibele Queiroz
, Scott Barrett
, Elena Bennett
, Juan Camilo Cardenas
, Stephen R. Carpenter
, F. Stuart Chapin
, Aart de Zeeuw
, Joern Fischer
, Carl Folke
, Simon Levin
, Karine Nyborg
, Stephen Polasky
, Kathleen Segerson
, Karen C. Seto

Marten Scheffer, Jason F. Shogren, Alessandro Tavoni, Jeroen van den Bergh, Elke U. Weber, Jeffrey R. Vincent

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Financial advisers recommend a diverse portfolio to respond to market fluctuations across sectors. Similarly, nature has evolved a diverse portfolio of species to maintain ecosystem function amid environmental fluctuations. In urban planning, public health, transport and communications, food production, and other domains, however, this feature often seems ignored. As we enter an era of unprecedented turbulence at the planetary level, we argue that ample responses to this new reality — that is, response diversity — can no longer be taken for granted and must be actively designed and managed. We describe here what response diversity is, how it is expressed and how it can be enhanced and lost.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Sustainability
Volume	6
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	621-629
Number of pages	9
ISSN	2398-9629
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01048-7
Publication status	Published - 01.06.2023

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Research areas and keywords

Environmental Governance
Agriculture
biodiversity
business and industry
interdisciplinarity studies
sustainability
Environmental planning

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Ecology
Food Science
Urban Studies
Global and Planetary Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Walker, B., Crépin, A. S., Nyström, M., Anderies, J. M., Andersson, E., Elmqvist, T., Queiroz, C., Barrett, S., Bennett, E., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Chapin, F. S., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Levin, S., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Segerson, K., ... Vincent, J. R. (2023). Response diversity as a sustainability strategy. Nature Sustainability, 6(6), 621-629. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01048-7

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