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Finding resilience : change and uncertainty in nature and society /
An analysis of how ecosystems, societies and people cope with disturbance and adversity.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA, USA :
CABI,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I What's it all about?; 1 Connections in a changing world; Where are we heading?; Connections with nature; 2 Another pathway; What is resilience?; Part II Encountering resilience in nature; 3 Living together in ecosystems; Pyramids and webs; Cascades, keystones and genes; 4 Ecological choreography; Choosing what to eat; Choosing where to eat; Fuzziness, chance and resilience; 5 Disturbance, change and diversity; The architects of pattern; Disturbance and Goldilocks; Diversity in disturbance; Disturbance and renewal
- Part III The nature of resilience in society6 Coping with life; It's mostly in the mind; But it's also in the body; 7 Living together in society; Rules for sharing; Building bridges; Adaptive living; Governance; 8 Weathering crises; Learning to recover; Progress to collapse; Part IV Nature, society and resilience; 9 Unintended outcomes; Fiddling with ecosystems; Pests and guests; Harvesting the tropics; Long distance effects; Our genetic and social heritage; Climate change; 10 Growing pains; Development; Real wealth; Inequality, power and social capital
- Shifting to an economy for sustaining human wellbeingPart V A way forward; 11 Changing cultures; Norms and ethics; 12 A resilience pathway; Through chance with wisdom; Homage to St Publius; The elements of resilience; Transformational change; Cycles of gridlock and renewal; A way forward; Epilogue: What it's all about; Glossary; Endnotes; Index