Resilience Practice Building Capacity to Absorb Disturbance and Maintain Function

In 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? This idea caught the attention of both the scientific community and the general public. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Walker, Brian, Salt, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Island Press/Center for Resource Economics 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Essence of Resilience Thinking. Case Study 1: Thresholds on the Range: A Safe Operating Space for Grazing Enterprises
  • 2. Describing the System. Case Study 2: From Taos to Bali and Sri Lanka: Traditional Irrigation at the Crossroads
  • 3. Assessing Resilience. Case Study 3: Assessing Resilience for “the Plan”: The Namoi and Central West Catchment Management Authorities
  • 4. Managing Resilience. Case Study 4: People and Pen Shells, Marine Parks and Rules: Why Governance Is Central to the Resilience of Coastal Fisheries
  • 5. Practicing Resilience in Different Ways. Case Study 5: Out of the Swamp: Lessons from Big Wetlands
  • 6. A Resilient World
  • Postscript: A View from the Northwest Passage
  • References
  • Glossary
  • About the Authors
  • Index