Drawing on complex systems theory, this book investigates how human societies deal with change in linked social-ecological systems, and build capacity to adapt to change. The concept of resilience is ...

Dominant livelihood approaches focus on increasing incomes and trigger processes that disregard underlying social-ecological systems and often result in adverse social, economic and ecological ...

The Social Ecological Model attends to the aforementioned levels creating environments where the change and synergy needed to support sustainable improvement in health can occur. Change strategies are ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The collection of essays in The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes defi nes borders and borderlands to include territorial interfaces, ...

noise - yarn, knitting and weaving manufacturing can be loud waste disposal - this must be dealt with responsibly, especially any hazardous chemicals like some used in cotton production child ...

A combination of reading, lecture, and discussion will be used to study the unique ecology, biology, and history of the Great Lakes. Examines social approaches to understanding why environmental ...

Yet, we seldom question: Growth of what? Traditional measures of progress, like Gross Domestic Product (GDP), focus solely on ...

The launch of the California Wolf Project (CAWP) within UC Berkeley’s Rausser College of Natural Resources establishes a long ...

If more trees are planted than are cut, it is possible to minimise the environmental impact. Hardwood trees take a long time to grow in comparison to softwood trees so are more commonly planted in ...