Title Resilience and the behavior of large scale systems / edited by Lance H. Gunderson and Lowell Pritchard Jr

Published Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 287 pages) : illustrations Series SCOPE ; 60 SCOPE report ; 60. Contents Resilience of large-scale resource systems / Lance H. Gunderson [and others] -- Models and metaphors of sustainability, stability, and resilience / Donald Ludwig, Brian H. Walker, and C.S. Holling -- Resilience and the restoration of lakes / Stephen R. Carpenter and Kathryn L. Cottingham -- The Baltic Sea: reversibly unstable or irreversibly stable? / Bengt-Owe Jansson and AnnMari Jansson -- Resilience of coral reefs / Tim R. McClanahan, Nicholas V.C. Polunin, and Terry J. Done -- Resilience in wet landscapes of Southern Florida / Lance H. Gunderson and Carl J. Walters -- Ecological resilience in grazed rangelands: a generic case study / Brian H. Walker -- Resilience of tropical wet and dry forests in Puerto Rico / Ariel Lugo [and others] -- Forest dynamics in the Southeastern United States: managing multiple stable states / Garry D. Peterson -- A summary and synthesis of resilience in large-scale systems / Lance H. Gunderson [and others] Summary Scientists and researchers concerned with the behavior of large ecosystems have focused in recent years on the concept of "resilience." Traditional perspectives held that ecological systems exist close to a steady state and resilience is the ability of the system to return rapidly to that state following perturbation. However, beginning with the work of C.S. Holling in the early 1970s, researchers began looking at conditions far from the steady state, where resilience is measured by the magnitude of disturbance that can be absorbed before the system is restructured. Resilience and the Behavior of Large-Scale Systems examines theories of resilience and change, offering readers a thorough understanding of how the properties of ecological resilience and human adaptability interact in complex, regional-scale systems. The book addresses theoretical concepts of resilience and stability in large-scale ecosystems and the empirical application of those concepts in a diverse set of cases. In addition, it discusses the practical implications of new theoretical approaches and their role in the sustainability of human-modified ecosystems. The book begins with a review of key properties of complex adaptive systems that contribute to overall resilience, including multiple equlibria, complexity, self-organization at multiple scales, and order. Following the introduction are case studies that explore the biophysical dimensions of resilience in terrestrial and aquatic systems, and evaluate the propositions presented. The book concludes with a synthesis section that revisits propositions in light of the case studies, while an appendix presents a detailed account of the relationship between return times for a disturbed system and its resilience. In addition to the editors, contributors include Stephen R. Carpenter, Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, Bengt-Owe Jansson, Donald Ludwig, Ariel Lugo, Tim R. McClanahan, Garry D. Peterson, and Brian H. Walker Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 15, 2020) Subject Ecology. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Sustainable development. Social ecology. Ecosystems Ecology Disasters Case studies Forests Lakes Corals Rangelands Grazing Dynamics Administrative management Forest management Resource management sustainable development. human ecology. NATURE -- Ecology. NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness. SCIENCE -- Environmental Science. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. Ecology Nature -- Effect of human beings on Social ecology Sustainable development Anthropogener Einfluss Nachhaltigkeit Sozialökologie Ökosystem Ökologie SUBJECT Puerto Rico Baltic Sea Florida Southeastern United States Form Electronic book Author Gunderson, Lance H Pritchard, Lowell International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment. LC no. 2002010630 ISBN 9781610913133 1610913132

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