Complexity and Resilience in the Social and Ecological Sciences

Complexity and Resilience in the Social and Ecological Sciences

'There are books one reads and which provide so much of value that it is immediately obvious that they will shape your own way of thinking and working for a long time to come. Paul Cilliers' Complexity and Postmodernism (1998) had that effect on me and continues to do so. Flaherty has writ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flaherty, Eoin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Environment.
Environmental sociology.
Environmental geography.
Environmental management.
Environment Studies.
Environmental Sociology.
Environmental Geography.
Environmental Management.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; David Byrne.-Introduction
  • Chapter 1. A Brief History of Systemic Thought in the Social and Natural Sciences
  • Chapter 2. Complexity Theory: Societies as Complex Systems
  • Chapter 3. Social-Ecological Resilience: Human Ecology as Theory of the Middle Range
  • Chapter 4. Contextualising Complex Systems: Modes of Production and Social-Ecological Metabolism
  • Chapter 5. Conclusion: A Complexity-Informed Approach to the Study of Social-Ecological Systems.

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