Searching for resilience in sustainable development : learning journeys in conservation / John Blewitt and Daniella Tilbury.

By:

Blewitt, John, 1957-

Contributor(s):

Tilbury, Daniella

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge studies in sustainable developmentPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.Description: xx, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415524896 (pbk)
041552489X (pbk)
9780415524889 (hbk)
0415524881 (hbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.927 BLE 23 004819

LOC classification:

HC79.E5 B577 2014

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

Introduction: learning journeys and resilience in times of change -- Resilience in theory and practice -- Shifting tactics?: testing the resilience of a movement -- Contesting market logics -- Regenerative and resilient eco-cities -- Risks, transition and an ecology of circumstances -- Education and conservation: building social resilience -- Resilience, sustainability and the utopian future -- Destinations: humpty dumpty and the search for resilience.

Summary: Resilience is a term that is gaining currency in conservation and sustainable development, though its meaning and value in this context is yet to be defined. Searching for Resilience in Sustainable Development examines ways in which resilience may be created within the web of ecological, socio-economic and cultural systems that make up the world in. The authors embark upon a learning journey exploring both robust and fragile systems and asking questions of groups and individuals actively involved in building or maintaining resilience.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	338.927 BLE 004819 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004819

Includes bibliographical references (pages [164]-183) and index.

Resilience is a term that is gaining currency in conservation and sustainable development, though its meaning and value in this context is yet to be defined. Searching for Resilience in Sustainable Development examines ways in which resilience may be created within the web of ecological, socio-economic and cultural systems that make up the world in. The authors embark upon a learning journey exploring both robust and fragile systems and asking questions of groups and individuals actively involved in building or maintaining resilience.

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