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Title Principles for building resilience : sustaining ecosystem services in social-ecological systems / edited by Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden ; and the Centre for Studies in Complexity, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Maja Schlüter Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden Michael L. Schoon School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, USA
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 290 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword / Carl Folke -- 1. An introduction to the resilience approach and principles to sustain ecosystem services in social-ecological systems / Reinette Biggs, Maja Schlüter and Michael L. Schoon -- 2. Politics and the resilience of ecosystem services / Michael L. Schoon, Martin D. Robards, Katrina Brown, Nathan Engle, Chanda L. Meek and Reinette Biggs -- 3. Principle 1: maintain diversity and redundancy / Karen Kotschy, Reinette Biggs, Tim Daw, Carl Folke and Paul C. West -- 4. Principle 2: manage connectivity / Vasilis Dakos, Allyson Quinlan, Jacopo A. Baggio, Elena Bennett, Örjan Bodin and Shauna Burnsilver -- 5. Principle 3: manage slow variables and feedbacks / Reinette Biggs, Line Gordon, Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Maja Schlüter and Brian Walker -- 6. Principle 4: foster complex adaptive systems thinking / Erin L. Bohensky, Louisa S. Evans, John M. Anderies, Duan Biggs and Christo Fabricius -- 7. Principle 5: encourage learning / Georgina Cundill, Anne M. Leitch, Lisen Schultz, Derek Armitage and Garry Peterson -- 8. Principle 6: broaden participation / Anne M. Leitch, Georgina Cundill, Lisen Schultz and Chanda L. Meek -- 9. Principle 7: promote polycentric governance systems / Michael L. Schoon, Martin D. Robards, Chanda L. Meek and Victor Galaz -- 10. Reflections on building resilience: interactions among principles and implications for governance / Maja Schlüter, Reinette Biggs, Michael L. Schoon, Martin D. Robards and John M. Anderies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Sustainable development
Organizational resilience
Social change
Form Electronic book
Author Biggs, Reinette, 1979- editor
Schlüter, Maja, editor
Schoon, Michael L., editor
Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9781316014240 (electronic bk.)
131601424X (electronic bk.)