Resilience Practice : Building Capacity to Absorb Disturbance and Maintain Function /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Walker, Brian. (Author), Salt, David. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012.
Edition:	1st ed. 2012.
Subjects:	Climate change. Environmental law. Environmental policy. Wildlife. Fish. Aquatic ecology . Sustainable development. Ecosystems. Climate Change. Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. Freshwater & Marine Ecology. Sustainable Development.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Preparing for Practice: 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.

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