Resilience Practice
building capacity to absorb disturbance and maintain function
$78.00
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2012
Summary
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 Resilience Practice, authors Brian Walker and David Salt take the notion of resilience one step further, applying resilience thinking to real-world situations and exploring how systems can be mana…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781597268011 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1597268011 |
| Author: | Brian Walker, David Salt |
| Publisher: | Island Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“This was the answer I was looking for… This book is heavy on procedure and questions, both of which can be helpful to planners and managers for whom resilience planning is new territory.”
“Resilience Practice emerges as a readable, friendly guide to planetary preservation, intended to foster hope and corrective action in order to improve future prospects for a human-friendly Earth.”– “BioScience”“Since publication of the neat little classic Resilience Thinking in 2006, the core ideas of resilience have escaped most deliciously to seed thinking everywhere about moving beyond the linear paradigms that so often drive system breakdowns and crises. With Resilience Practice, Walker and Salt passionately extend their practical wisdom while ensuring that the rigorous tools people need to deploy resilience theory are not lost to colloquial useage.”–Ken Wilson “Executive Director, The Christensen Fund”
About The Author
Brian Walker
Brian Walker is a Research Fellow in Australia’s CSIRO Ecosystem Science, Visiting Researcher in the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and Chair of the Resilience Alliance. David Salt is a science and environment writer at the Australian National University, and has over two decades experience writing and producing popular science magazines and books. Both authors live in Canberra, Australia.
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