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Ecological and social resilience

In: Handbook of Sustainable Development

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  • W. Neil Adger
  • Jennifer Hodbod

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This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved.

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  • W. Neil Adger & Jennifer Hodbod, 2014. "Ecological and social resilience," Chapters, in: Giles Atkinson & Simon Dietz & Eric Neumayer & Matthew Agarwala (ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Development, chapter 6, pages 91-102, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Duran Fiack, 2022. "Governing for resilience: a new epoch in U.S. environmental policy and politics?," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 12(1), pages 43-80, March.

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