How to conceptualize and operationalize resilience in socio-ecological systems?

In various scientific disciplines resilience has become a key concept for theoretical frameworks and more practical goals. The growing interest resulted in multiple definitions of resilience. This paper highlights how and why resilience has become a meaningful concept guiding multiple disciplines to understand and govern social-ecological systems. Moreover, the concept of resilience can be operationalized in complex social-ecological systems that are inherent to change and unpredictable outcomes.