Complexity theory for a sustainable future / edited by Jon Norberg and Graeme S. Cumming. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - xv, 315 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Complexity in ecological systems .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental asymmetries / Diversity and resilience of social-ecological systems / network perspective on modularity and control of flow in robust systems / Social networks as sources of resilience in social-ecological systems / Theoretical challenges : information processing and navigation in social-ecological systems / Regime shifts, environmental signals, uncertainty, and policy choice / Participation in building scenarios of regional development / Practicing adaptive management in complex social-ecological systems / Scale and complex systems / Graeme S. Cumming, Grenville Barnes, Jane Southworth -- Jon Norberg ... [et al.] -- Colleen Webb, Örjan Bodin -- Thomas Hahn ... [et al.] -- John M. Anderies, Jon Norberg -- William A. Brock, Stephen R. Carpenter, Marten Scheffer -- Louis Lebel, Elena Bennett -- Lance Gunderson, Garry Peterson, C. S. Holling -- Graeme S. Cumming, Jon Norberg. A

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Social ecology.
Sustainable living.
System theory.
Environmental policy.

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