Textbook:
Chapters of the forthcoming textbook, Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World, by F Stuart Chapin, III, Gary P. Kofinas, and Carl Folke, to be published by Springer-Verlag
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| Front Material June 22 | |||||
| Part I | Conceptual Framework | FINAL | |||
| Chapter 1 | A framework for understanding change |
Chapin, Folke and Kofinas | |||
| Chapter 2 | Managing ecosystems sustainably: the key role of resilience | Chapin | Download | ||
| Chapter 3 | Sustaining livelihoods and human well-being | Kofinas and Chapin | Download | ||
| Chapter 4 | Adaptive co-management in resource governance: | Kofinas |
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| Chapter 5 | Transformations in resource stewardship | Folke, Olson, and Chapin |
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| Part II | Managing Resources for Society | ||||
| Chapter 6* | Conservation, Community, and Livelihoods: Sustaining, Renewing, and Adapting Cultural Connections to the Land | Berkes, Kofinas and Chapin | Download | ||
| Chapter 7 | Forest Systems: Living with Long-Term Change | Swanson and Chapin | Download | Figures (pdf) | |
| Chapter 8 | Drylands: Coping with Uncertainty, Thresholds, and Changes in State | Smith, Abel, Walker and Chapin | Download | Figures (pdf) | |
| Chapter 9 | Freshwaters: Managing Across Scales in Space and Time.. | Carpenter and Biggs | Download | Figures (pdf) | |
| Chapter 10 | Oceans and estuaries: Managing the commons | Walters and Ahrens | Download | Figures (pdf) | |
| Chapter 11 | Coastal Marine Systems: Sustaining Community Livelihoods | Pinkerton | Download | None | |
| Chapter 12 | Managing Food Production Systems for Resilience | Naylor | Download | Figures (pdf) as of June 30 | |
| Chapter 13 | Cities: Managing Densely Populated Social-Ecological Systems | Grove | Download | Figures (pdf) | |
| Chapter 14 | The Earth System: Sustaining Planetary Life Support Systems | Young and Steffen | Download | Figures (pdf) | |
| Part III | Integration and Synthesis | ||||
| Chapter 15 | Resilience-Based Stewardship. | Download | Figures (pdf) | ||
| Abbreviations | Download | ||||
| Glossary | Download | ||||
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