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Resilience thinking : sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world  Cover Image Book Book

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

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  • ISBN: 1597260924 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781597260923 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1597260932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781597260930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xvi, 174 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Washington : Island Press, c2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-162) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Living in a complex world: An introduction to resilience thinking -- Carving up a national icon: The Florida Everglades -- The system rules: Creating a mind space for resilience thinking -- 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 -- 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 -- Scenarios on the lakes: The Northern Highlands Lake District, Wisconsin -- Making sense of resilience: How do you apply resilience thinking? -- Building resilience in the wetlands: The Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden -- Creating space in a shrinking world: Resilience and sustainability.
Subject: Natural resources > Management.
Sustainable development.
Human ecology.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library HC 79 E5 W35 2006 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
B001269521 General Volume hold Available -


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