Resilience Practice Building Capacity to Absorb Disturbance and Maintain Function /

• Main Authors: Walker, Brian (Author), Salt, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012.
• Subjects: Environment.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Climate change.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Sustainable development.; Climate Change.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Sustainable Development.

In 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? This idea caught the attention of both the scientific community and the general public. In...