Research Catalog

Title

Panarchy : understanding transformations in human and natural systems / edited by Lance H. Gunderson and C.S. Holling.

Publication

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gunderson, Lance H.

Description

xxiv, 507 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Human ecology > Philosophy
• Political ecology
• Social ecology
• Nature > Effect of human beings on
• Biotic communities
• Environmental degradation
• Environmental policy
• Ecosystem management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-488) and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. In Quest of a Theory of Adaptive Change / C. S. Holling, Lance H. Gunderson and Donald Ludwig -- Ch. 2. Resilience and Adaptive Cycles / C. S. Holling and Lance H. Gunderson -- Ch. 3. Sustainability and Panarchies / C. H. Holling, Lance H. Gunderson and Garry D. Peterson -- Ch. 4. Why Systems of People and Nature Are Not Just Social and Ecological Systems / Frances Westley, Stephen R. Carpenter and William A. Brock / [et al.] -- Ch. 5. Back to the Future: Ecosystem Dynamics and Local Knowledge / Fikret Berkes and Carl Folke -- Ch. 6. The Dynamics of Political Discourse in Seeking Sustainability / Lowell Pritchard, Jr. and Steven E. Sanderson -- Ch. 7. Collapse, Learning, and Renewal / Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock and Donald Ludwig -- Ch. 8. Dynamics Interaction of Societies and Ecosystems - Linking Theories from Ecology, Economy, and Sociology / Marten Scheffer, Frances Westley and William A. Brock / [et al.] --
• Ch. 9. A Future of Surprises / Marco A. Janssen -- Ch. 10. Resilience and Sustainability: The Economic Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems / William A. Brock, Karl-Goran Maler and Charles Perrings -- Ch. 11. Resilient Rangelands - Adaptation in Complex Systems / Brian Walker and Nick Abel -- Ch. 12. Surprises and Sustainability: Cycles of Renewal in the Everglades / Lance H. Gunderson, C. S. Holling and Garry D. Peterson -- Ch. 13. The Devil in the Dynamics: Adaptive Management on the Front Lines / Frances Westley -- Ch. 14. Planning for Resilience: Scenarios, Surprises, and Branch Points / Gilberto C. Gallopin -- Ch. 15. Discoveries for Sustainable Futures / C. S. Holling, Stephen R. Carpenter and William A. Brock / [et al.] -- Ch. 16. Toward an Integrative Synthesis / Ralf Yorque, Brian Walker and C. S. Holling / [et al.] -- App. A. A Model for Ecosystems with Alternative Stable States -- App. B. Optimizing Social Utility from Lake Use --
• App. C. Tax as a Way to Direct Society -- App. D. Collective Action Problems and Their Effect on Political Power.

ISBN

• 1559638567 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1559638575 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001006112

OCLC

• ocm48390912
• SCSB-14604032

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries