Principles of ecosystem stewardship : resilience-based natural resource management in a changing world
Natural resource management is entering a new era in which rapid environmental and social changes inevitably alter ecosystems and the benefits they provide to society. This textbook provides a new framework for natural resource management--a framework based on stewardship of ecosystems for ecological integrity and human well-being in a world dominated by uncertainty and change. The goal of ecosystem stewardship is to respond to and shape changes in social-ecological systems in order to sustain the supply and availability of ecosystem services by society. The book links recent advances in the theory of resilience, sustainability, and vulnerability with practical issues of ecosystem management and governance. Chapters by leading experts then illustrate these principles in major social-ecological systems of the world. Inclusion of review questions, glossary, and suggestions for additional reading makes Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World particularly suitable for use in all courses of resource management, resource ecology, sustainability science, and the human dimensions of global change. Professional resource managers, policy makers, leaders of NGOs, and researchers will find this novel synthesis a valuable tool in developing strategies for a more sustainable planet. About the Authors: F. Stuart Chapin, III is Professor of Ecology in the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Gary P. Kofinas is Associate Professor of Resource Policy and Management in the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Carl Folke is Professor and Science Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Springer eBooks
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9780387730332, 9780387730325, 9781282291942, 9786612291944, 0387730338, 038773032X, 1282291947, 661229194X
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A framework for understanding change / F. Stuart Chapin III, Carl Folke, and Gary P. Kofinas
Managing ecosystems sustainably : the key role of resilience / F. Stuart Chapin III
Sustaining livelihoods and human well-being during social-ecological change / Gary P. Kofinas and F. Stuart Chapin III
Adaptive co-management in social-ecological governance / Gary P. Kofinas
Transformations in ecosystem stewardship / Carl Folke, F. Stuart Chapin III, and Per Olsson
Conservation, community, and livelihoods : sustaining, renewing, and adapting cultural connections to the land / Fikret Berkes, Gary P. Kofinas, and F. Stuart Chapin III
Forest systems : living with long-term change / Frederick J. Swanson and F. Stuart Chapin III
Drylands : coping with uncertainty, thresholds, and changes in state / D. Mark Stafford Smith [and others]
Freshwaters : managing across scales in space and time / Stephen R. Carpenter and Reinette Biggs
Oceans and estuaries : managing the commons / Carl Walters and Robert Ahrens
Coastal marine systems : conserving fish and sustaining community livelihoods with co-management / Evelyn Pinkerton
Managing food production systems for resilience / Rosamond L. Naylor
Cities : managing densely settled social-ecological systems / J. Morgan Grove
The earth system : sustaining planetary life-support systems / Oran R. Young and Will Steffen
Resilience-based stewardship : strategies for navigating sustainable pathways in a changing world / F. Stuart Chapin III [and others]
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