Resilience thinking :
Walker, B. H. 1940-
Resilience thinking : sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world / Brian Walker & David Salt ; foreword by Walter V. Reid. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2006. - xvi, 174 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-162) and index.
Living in a complex world : an introduction to resilience thinking -- Case study 1. Carving up a national icon : the Florida Everglades -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Making sense of resilience : how do you apply resilience thinking? -- Case study 5. Building resilience in the wetlands : the Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden -- Creating space in a shrinking world : resilience and sustainability -- Postscript for a resilient world.
1597260924 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597260932 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781597260923 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597260930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006009300
Human ecology.
Natural resources--Management.
Resilience (Ecology)
Sustainable development.
Resilience thinking : sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world / Brian Walker & David Salt ; foreword by Walter V. Reid. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2006. - xvi, 174 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-162) and index.
Living in a complex world : an introduction to resilience thinking -- Case study 1. Carving up a national icon : the Florida Everglades -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Making sense of resilience : how do you apply resilience thinking? -- Case study 5. Building resilience in the wetlands : the Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden -- Creating space in a shrinking world : resilience and sustainability -- Postscript for a resilient world.
1597260924 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597260932 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781597260923 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597260930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006009300
Human ecology.
Natural resources--Management.
Resilience (Ecology)
Sustainable development.