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Community resilience and environmental transitions / by Geoff A. Wilson.

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Van Pelt Library HN49.C6 W55 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wilson, G. A. (Geoffrey Alan), 1961-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Community development.
Community development--Environmental aspects.
Sociology, Urban.
Sociology, Rural.
Sustainable development.
Disasters--Social aspects.
Disasters.
Physical Description:
xi, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Contents:
Introduction
Towards a framework for understanding community resilience
Transition theory: environmental pathways and resilient communities
System memory: community learning, tradition and historical networks
Path dependency: 'lock-in' mechanisms and pathways of the '(im)possible'
Transitional corridors: external constraints for endogenous community resilience
Environmental transitions and the policy challenge: how to make local communities more resilient
Conclusions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
ISBN:
9781849711517
1849711518
9780203144916
0203144910
OCLC:
733045208

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