Anthony’s publications all relate to an over-arching theme  he calls the adaptive imperative.

We are entering a future where normal as we know it no longer exists. There may be structural changes taking place in people and planet that are too far gone from the normal that we have become comfortable with. We need to begin think about what it would mean to bounce beyond, to respond to crises as opportunities to change the way we configure life. We face the increasing frequency of what Thomas Homer-Dixon calls synchronous failure, where our rigid structures are really broken down beyond simply fixing them. Realisation of this huge fact also creates the opportunity that we may be able to initiate positive changes that are impossible as 'gentle change' as the current system fights to keep the status quo. This leads us to a new concept called transformative resilience, or Resilience 2.0.

For and exposition of this see Anthony’s talk tot he Glasgow Centre for Population Health called:

     Is resilience enough?