Principles for building resilience : sustaining ecosystem services in social-ecological systems /

As both the societies and the world in which we live face increasingly rapid and turbulent changes, the concept of resilience has become an active and important research area. Reflecting the very latest research, this book provides a critical review of the ways in which resilience of social-ecologic...

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Other Authors: Biggs, Reinette, 1979- (Editor), Schlüter, Maja (Editor), Schoon, Michael L. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Carl Folke
  • 1. An introduction to the resilience approach and principles to sustain ecosystem services in social-ecological systems / Reinette Biggs, Maja Schlüter and Michael L. Schoon
  • 2. Politics and the resilience of ecosystem services / Michael L. Schoon, Martin D. Robards, Katrina Brown, Nathan Engle, Chanda L. Meek and Reinette Biggs
  • 3. Principle 1: maintain diversity and redundancy / Karen Kotschy, Reinette Biggs, Tim Daw, Carl Folke and Paul C. West
  • 4. Principle 2: manage connectivity / Vasilis Dakos, Allyson Quinlan, Jacopo A. Baggio, Elena Bennett, Örjan Bodin and Shauna Burnsilver
  • 5. Principle 3: manage slow variables and feedbacks / Reinette Biggs, Line Gordon, Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Maja Schlüter and Brian Walker
  • 6. Principle 4: foster complex adaptive systems thinking / Erin L. Bohensky, Louisa S. Evans, John M. Anderies, Duan Biggs and Christo Fabricius
  • 7. Principle 5: encourage learning / Georgina Cundill, Anne M. Leitch, Lisen Schultz, Derek Armitage and Garry Peterson
  • 8. Principle 6: broaden participation / Anne M. Leitch, Georgina Cundill, Lisen Schultz and Chanda L. Meek
  • 9. Principle 7: promote polycentric governance systems / Michael L. Schoon, Martin D. Robards, Chanda L. Meek and Victor Galaz
  • 10. Reflections on building resilience: interactions among principles and implications for governance / Maja Schlüter, Reinette Biggs, Michael L. Schoon, Martin D. Robards and John M. Anderies.