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Resilience thinking : sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world / Brian Walker & David Salt ; foreword by Walter V. Reid.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2006.Description: xvi, 174 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1597260924 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1597260932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781597260923 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781597260930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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