Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas [205]-211) e índice. CONTENIDO: Preparing for practice: the essence of resilience thinking -- Thresholds on the range: a safe operating space for grazing enterprises -- Describing the system -- From taos to bali and Sri Lanka: traditional irrigation at the crossroads -- Assessing resilience -- Assessing resilience for "the plan": the namoi and central wests catchment management authoriities -- Managing resilience -- People and pen shells, Marine Parks and rules: why governance is central to the resilience of coastal fisheries -- Practicing resilience in differente ways -- Out of the swamp: Lessons from big wetlands -- A resilient world -- Postscript: a view from the northwest passage.