Resilience Thinking : Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World / / Brian Walker & David Salt ; foreword by Walter V. Reid

• Autore: Walker Brian
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II