Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems: Comparative Studies and Theory Development - Softcover

Walker, B H; Anderies, J M; Kinzig, A P; Ryan, Paul

 
9780643092433: Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems: Comparative Studies and Theory Development

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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. A resilient ecosystem can: undergo some change and still retain the same controls on function and structure; is capable of a degree of self-organisation; and has the ability to build and increase its capacity for learning and adaptation. Written by some of the leading international thinkers in the field, "Exploring Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems" provides a state-of-the-science account of resilience theory and some fascinating insights into the subject.

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