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Autore: | Walker Brian |
Titolo: | Resilience Thinking : Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World / / Brian Walker & David Salt ; foreword by Walter V. Reid |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, USA, : Island Press, 2006 |
Island Press | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico: | Natural resources - Management |
Sustainable development | |
Human ecology | |
Resilience (Ecology) | |
NATURE | |
General | |
Persona (resp. second.): | SaltDavid |
ReidWalter | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Resilience Thinking |
ISBN: | 1-59726-622-1 |
1-4294-9506-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823228603321 |
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