Climate change and socio-economic development are affecting the ecosystem services of deltas making them less resilient. How to monitor the resilience of ecosystem services in deltas? This report describes a framework of socio-ecological indicators divided within five different domains of this resilience concept: resistance or stability, adaptability, transformability, vulnerability and institutional capacity. These indicators were validated through interviews to relevant stakeholders with experience and knowledge on the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta in San Francisco, California.

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