The community resilience reader : essential resources for an era of upheaval / edited by Daniel Lerch.
"The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today's resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly complex problems by building resilience...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today's resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly complex problems by building resilience at the community level. But what does that mean in practice, and how can it be done in a way that's effective and equitable? The Community Resilience Reader offers a new vision for creating resilience, through essays by leaders in such varied fields as science, policy, community building, and urban design. The Community Resilience Reader combines a fresh look at the challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, the essential tools of resilience science, and the wisdom of activists, scholars, and analysts working with community issues on the ground. It shows that resilience is a process, not a goal; how resilience requires learning to adapt but also preparing to transform; and that resilience starts and ends with the people living in a community. Despite the formidable challenges we face, The Community Resilience Reader shows that building strength and resilience at the community level is not only crucial, but possible."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | "Post Carbon Institute." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 340 pages : illustrations) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1610918614 9781610918619 |