Titre :	Resilience thinking: sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world
Type de document :	livre
Auteurs :	Walker, B.H ; Salt, D.
Editeur :	Washington, D.C. : Island Press
Année de publication :	2006
Importance :	174 p.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-1-59726-093-0
Note générale :	La page de couverture mentionne: How can landscapes and communities absorb disturbance and maintain function?
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Case studies  Ecosystems  Human ecology  Natural resources  Resilience  Resource conservation  Resource management  Sustainable development
Résumé :	Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" that created the situation in the first place: more control, more intensification, and greater efficiency. "Resilience thinking" offers a new way of understanding the world and a new approach to managing resources. It embraces human and natural systems as complex entities continually adapting through cycles of change, and seeks to understand the qualities of a system that must be maintained or enhanced in order to achieve sustainability. In Resilience Thinking, scientist Brian Walker and science writer David Salt present an accessible introduction to the emerging paradigm of resilience. Rather than complicated theory, the book offers a conceptual overview along with five case studies of resilience thinking in the real world. It is an engaging and important work for anyone interested in managing risk in a complex world.
En ligne :	http://books.google.com/books?id=NFqFbXYbjLEC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr

Resilience thinking: sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world [livre] / Walker, B.H ; Salt, D. . - Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2006 . - 174 p.
ISBN : 978-1-59726-093-0
La page de couverture mentionne: How can landscapes and communities absorb disturbance and maintain function?
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Mots-clés :	Case studies  Ecosystems  Human ecology  Natural resources  Resilience  Resource conservation  Resource management  Sustainable development
Résumé :	Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" that created the situation in the first place: more control, more intensification, and greater efficiency. "Resilience thinking" offers a new way of understanding the world and a new approach to managing resources. It embraces human and natural systems as complex entities continually adapting through cycles of change, and seeks to understand the qualities of a system that must be maintained or enhanced in order to achieve sustainability. In Resilience Thinking, scientist Brian Walker and science writer David Salt present an accessible introduction to the emerging paradigm of resilience. Rather than complicated theory, the book offers a conceptual overview along with five case studies of resilience thinking in the real world. It is an engaging and important work for anyone interested in managing risk in a complex world.
En ligne :	http://books.google.com/books?id=NFqFbXYbjLEC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr