Resilience and the Behavior of Large-Scale Systems (Scope Series)
Contributors: Lance Gunderson (Editor); Lowell Pritchard (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: October 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781559639705
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Sustainability; Social ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Ecology; Human Ecology; Science; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Environmental Science; Science / Ecology; Sustainable development; Effect of human beings on; Nature
First sentence: Regional-scale systems of people and nature provide some of the most vexing challenges for attaining social goals of sustainability, biological conservation, or economic development.