Abstract
Plans to solve complex environmental problems should always consider the role of surprise. Nevertheless, there is a tendency to emphasize known computable aspects of a problem while neglecting aspects that are unknown and failing to ask questions about them. The tendency to ignore the noncomputable can be countered by considering a wide range of perspectives, encouraging transparency with regard to conflicting viewpoints, stimulating a diversity of models, and managing for the emergence of new syntheses that reorganize fragmentary knowledge
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Ecology and Society |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Adaptation
- Resilience
- Surprise
- Transformation