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Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems
Gunderson, L.H., Holling, C.S.
Lance H. Gunderson, C.S. Holling
ISBN: 9781559638579
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Island Press
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This work examines theories (models) of how systems (those of humans, nature, and combined human-natural systems) function, and attempts to understand those theories and how they can help researchers develop effective institutions and policies for environmental management.
The book examines theories (models) of how systems (those of humans, nature, and combined humannatural systems) function, and attempts to understand those theories and how they can help researchers develop effective institutions and policies for environmental management. The fundamental question this book asks is whether or not it is possible to get beyond seeing environment as a sub-component of social systems, and society as a sub-component of ecological systems, that is, to understand human-environment interactions as their own unique system. After examining the similarities and differences among human and natural systems, as well as the means by which they can be accounted for in theories and models, the book examines five efforts to describe human-natural systems. The point of these efforts is to provide the means of learning about those systems so that they can be managed adaptively. The final section of the book uses case studies to examine the application of integrated theories/models to the real world.
| ISBN | 1559638575 | | Pages | 448 | | ISBN13 | 9781559638579
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Island Press | | Weight (grammes) | 717 | | Imprint | Island Press | | Published in | Washington | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 01 Dec 2001 | | Width (mm) | 149 | | Library of Congress | 2001006112 | | Spine width (mm) | 35 | | DEWEY | 333.7 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | List of Figures | | | | | | List of Tables | | | | | | List of Boxes | | | | | | Preface | | | | Ch. 1 | | In Quest of a Theory of Adaptive Change by C. S. Holling and Lance H. Gunderson and Donald Ludwig | | 3 | | Ch. 2 | | Resilience and Adaptive Cycles by C. S. Holling and Lance H. Gunderson | | 25 | | Ch. 3 | | Sustainability and Panarchies by C. H. Holling and Lance H. Gunderson and Garry D. Peterson | | 63 | | Ch. 4 | | Why Systems of People and Nature Are Not Just Social and Ecological Systems by Frances Westley and Stephen R. Carpenter and William A. Brock | | 103 | | Ch. 5 | | Back to the Future: Ecosystem Dynamics and Local Knowledge by Fikret Berkes and Carl Folke | | 121 | | Ch. 6 | | The Dynamics of Political Discourse in Seeking Sustainability by Lowell Pritchard, Jr. and Steven E. Sanderson | | 147 | | Ch. 7 | | Collapse, Learning, and Renewal by Stephen R. Carpenter and William A. Brock and Donald Ludwig | | 173 | | Ch. 8 | | Dynamics Interaction of Societies and Ecosystems - Linking Theories from Ecology, Economy, and Sociology by Marten Scheffer and Frances Westley and William A. Brock | | 195 | | Ch. 9 | | A Future of Surprises by Marco A. Janssen | | 241 | | Ch. 10 | | Resilience and Sustainability: The Economic Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems by William A. Brock and Karl-Goran Maler and Charles Perrings | | 261 | | Ch. 11 | | Resilient Rangelands - Adaptation in Complex Systems by Brian Walker and Nick Abel | | 293 | | Ch. 12 | | Surprises and Sustainability: Cycles of Renewal in the Everglades by Lance H. Gunderson and C. S. Holling and Garry D. Peterson | | 315 | | Ch. 13 | | The Devil in the Dynamics: Adaptive Management on the Front Lines by Frances Westley | | 333 | | Ch. 14 | | Planning for Resilience: Scenarios, Surprises, and Branch Points by Gilberto C. Gallopin | | 361 | | Ch. 15 | | Discoveries for Sustainable Futures by C. S. Holling and Stephen R. Carpenter and William A. Brock | | 395 | | | More... | | |
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