Community resilience and environmental transitions / / Geoff A. Wilson

• Autore: Wilson G. A (Geoffrey Alan), <1961-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/401
• Soggetto topico: Community development; Community development - Environmental aspects; Sociology, Urban; Sociology, Rural; Sustainable development; Disasters - Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Community Resilience and Environmental Transitions; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Resilience, transition theory, and economic, social and environmental capital; 1.2 Aim of the book: understanding environmental and societal transitions at community level; 1.3 Community resilience and anthropogenic and natural disturbances; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2. Towards a framework for understanding community resilience; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Conceptualizing community resilience at the intersection between economic, social and environmental capital2.3 Characteristics of resilient communities; 2.4 Community resilience and 'open' and 'closed' systems: geographical and socio-cultural boundaries of communities; 2.5 How can we measure the resilience of communities? Some methodological considerations; 2.6 Conclusions; 3. Transition theory: pathways of change and resilient communities; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Transition theory and community pathways ; 3.3 Environmental transitions at community level: from subsistence communities to relocalized pathways3.4 Conclusions; 4. Social memory: community learning, tradition, stakeholder networks and community resilience; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Social memory at local community level; 4.3 Social memory and community resilience; 4.4 Conclusions; 5. Path dependency: 'lock-in' mechanisms, power structures and pathways of the (im)possible at community level; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Understanding path dependency at community level; 5.3 Lock-in effects at community level ; 5.4 Endogenous path dependency at community level: examples from the developed and developing world5.5 Path dependency and transitional ruptures at community level: pathways of the (im)possible?; 5.6 Conclusions; 6. Transitional corridors: macro-structural influences and community resilience; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Transitional corridors; 6.3 Lock-in effects and transitional corridors; 6.4 Macro-level ruptures and transitional corridors; 6.5 Conclusions; 7. Community resilience and the policy challenge; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Transitional corridors and policy ; 7.3 Transitional corridors and policy challenges7.4 Policies for community resilience as a win-win situation or zero-sum game?; 7.5 Managing global resilience transitions; 7.6 Conclusions; 8. Conclusions; 8.1 Theoretical and conceptual considerations; 8.2 Opportunities for future research on community resilience; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book discusses the resilience of communities in both developed and developing world contexts. It investigates the notion of 'resilience' and the challenges faced by local communities around the world to deal with disturbances (natural hazards or human-made) that may threaten their long-term survival. Using global examples, specific emphasis is placed on how learning processes, traditions, policies and politics affect the resilience of communities and what constraints and opportunities exist for communities to raise resilience levels.
• Titolo autorizzato: Community resilience and environmental transitions
• ISBN: 1-136-50452-4; 1-136-50453-2; 0-203-14491-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778925003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II