Exploring resilience in social-ecological systems : comparative studies and theory development / editors B. H. Walker ... [et. al.].

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TextPublication details: Collingwood, Vic CSIRO Publishing 2006.Description: xii, 218 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0643092439

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577 22

Summary: The capacity of an ecosystem to tolerate disturbance - without collapsing into a qualitatively different state controlled by a different set of processes - is known as ecosystem resilience. This title provides a state-of-the-science account of resilience theory and gives a fascinating insight into the subject.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	577 EXP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900170127

The chapters in this book were first published as a set of papers in the electronic journal "Ecology and society" to be found at http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/viewissue.php?sf=22 The case studies may be found at http://www.resalliance.org/1613.php.

Bibliography: p. 199-218.

The capacity of an ecosystem to tolerate disturbance - without collapsing into a qualitatively different state controlled by a different set of processes - is known as ecosystem resilience. This title provides a state-of-the-science account of resilience theory and gives a fascinating insight into the subject.

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