Linking Social and Ecological Systems
Subtitle: Management Practices and Social Mechanisms for Building Resilience
Contributors: Johan Colding (Assistant); Fikret Berkes (Editor); Carl Folke (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780521785624
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Human ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Environmental Science; Science; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Development - Sustainable Development; Business & Economics-Development - Sustainable Development; Science / Biology; Science-Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General
First sentence: There is much evidence of poor management of ecosystems; the conventional prescriptions of resource management are in many cases not resulting in sustainability.