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Resilience Thinking : Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781597266222
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Resilience ThinkingDDC classification:
  • 333.7
LOC classification:
  • HC59.15 .W35 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1: Living in a Complex World: An Introduction to Resilience Thinking -- Case Study 1: Carving up a National Icon - The Florida Everglades -- Ch. 2: The System Rules: Creating a Mind Space for Resilience Thinking -- Case Study 2: Between a (Salt)Rock and a Hard Place: The Goulburn-Broken Catchment, Australia -- Ch. 3: Crossing the Threshold: Be Careful about the Path You Choose - You May Not Be Able to Return -- Case Study 3: Losing the Jewel in the Crown: The Coral Reefs of the Caribbean -- Ch. 4: In the Loop: Phases, Cycles, and Scales - Adaptive Cycles and How Systems Change -- Case Study 4: Scenarios on the Lakes: The Northern Highlands Lake District, Wisconsin -- Ch. 5: Making Sense of Resilience: How Do You Apply Resilience Thinking? -- Case Study 5: Building Resilience in the Wetlands: The Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden -- Ch. 6: Creating Space in a Shrinking World: Resilience and Sustainability -- Postscript for a Resilient World -- Further Reading -- References -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- Index.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1: Living in a Complex World: An Introduction to Resilience Thinking -- Case Study 1: Carving up a National Icon - The Florida Everglades -- Ch. 2: The System Rules: Creating a Mind Space for Resilience Thinking -- Case Study 2: Between a (Salt)Rock and a Hard Place: The Goulburn-Broken Catchment, Australia -- Ch. 3: Crossing the Threshold: Be Careful about the Path You Choose - You May Not Be Able to Return -- Case Study 3: Losing the Jewel in the Crown: The Coral Reefs of the Caribbean -- Ch. 4: In the Loop: Phases, Cycles, and Scales - Adaptive Cycles and How Systems Change -- Case Study 4: Scenarios on the Lakes: The Northern Highlands Lake District, Wisconsin -- Ch. 5: Making Sense of Resilience: How Do You Apply Resilience Thinking? -- Case Study 5: Building Resilience in the Wetlands: The Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden -- Ch. 6: Creating Space in a Shrinking World: Resilience and Sustainability -- Postscript for a Resilient World -- Further Reading -- References -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- Index.

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