CONTENTS
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xvii
List of Boxes xix
Preface xxi
Parti. Introduction
Chapter 1.In Quest of a Theory of Adaptive Change 3
C. S. Hailing, Lance H. Gunderson, and Donald Ludwig
Part II. Theories of Change
Chapter 2.Resilience and Adaptive Cycles 25
C. S. Hailing and Lance H. Gunderson
Chapter 3.stainability and Panarchies 63
C. S. Hotting, Lance H. Gunderson, and Carry D. Peterson .
Chapter 4.Why Systems of People and Nature
Are Not Just Social and Ecological Systems 103
Frances Westley, Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock, C. S. Hailing, and Lance H. Gunderson
Chapters 5 Back to the Future: Ecosystem Dynamics
and Local Knowledge 121
Fikret Berkes and Carl Folke
Chapter 6.The Dynamics of Political Discourse in
Seeking Sustainability 147
Lowell Pritcbardjr. and Steven E. Sanderson
Part HI. Myths, Models, and Metaphors
Chapter 7.Collapse, Learning, and Renewal 173
Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock, and Donald Ludivig
Chapter 8.Dynamic Interaction of Societies and
Ecosystems—Linking Theories from Ecology,
Economy, and Sociology 195
Marten Scheffer, Frances Westley, William A. Brock, and Milena Holmgren
Chapter 9.A Future of Surprises 241
Marco A. Janssen
Chapter 10.Resilience and Sustainability: The Economic
Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems 261
William A. Brock, Karl-Goran Ma'ler, and Charles Perrings
Part IV. Linking Theory to Practice
Chapter 11.Resilient Rangelands—Adaptation in
Complex Systems . 293
Brian Walker and Nick Abel
Chapter 12 Surprises and Sustainability:
Cycles of Renewal in the Everglades 315
Lance H. Gunderson, C. S. Hotting, and Carry D. Peterson
Chapter 13 The Devil in the Dynamics:
Adaptive Management on the Front Lines 333
Frances Westley
Chapter 14 Planning for Resilience: Scenarios,
Surprises, and Branch Points 361
Gilberto C. Gallopm
Part V. Summary and Synthesis
Chapter 15. Discoveries for Sustainable Futures 395
C. S. Hotting, Stephen R. Carpenter, William A. Brock, and Lance H. Gunderson
Chapter 16. Toward an Integrative Synthesis 419
RalfYorque, Brian Walker, C. S. Hailing,
Lance H. Gunderson, Carl Folke,
Stephen R. Carpenter, and William A. Brock
Appendix A. A Model for Ecosystems with
Alternative Stable States 439
Appendix B.Optimizing Social Utility from Lake Use 441
Appendix C.Tax as a Way to Direct Society . 443
Appendix D Collective Action Problems and
Their Effect on Political Power 445
References 449
List of Contributors 489
Index 493