Resilience Practice Building Capacity To Absorb Disturbance And Maintain Function Brian Walker by Brian Walker, David Salt 9781597263559, 9781610912310, 1597263559, 1610912314 instant download after payment.

• Strongest selling point for Resilience Practice is the success of Resilience Thinking
• Readers of that volume will welcome another book with the same accessible style and more concrete practical examples
• As a reviewer said, the book offers cutting-edge science by one of the most creative scientists of his generation (Walker)
• Authors have identified strong collaborators for the case studies; they will be strong selling points
• Focus on developing countries is important facet that should attract readers

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• Resilience Thinking, published by Island Press in 2006, addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? Resilience Practice takes the notion of resilience one step further, applying resilience ideas to real-world situations and exploring how systems can be managed to promote and sustain resilience.

• Resilience Practice will help people with an interest in the "coping capacity" of systems—from farms and catchments to regions and nations—to better understand how resilience thinking can be put into practice. It offers an easy-to-read but scientifically robust guide through the real-world application of the concept of resilience and is a must read for anyone concerned with the management of systems at any scale.