The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources For An Era Of Upheaval
by Daniel Lerch /
2017 / English / PDF
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The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today’s
resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to
stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce
inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly
complex problems by building resilience at the community level.
But what does that mean in practice, and how can it be done in a
way that’s effective and equitable?
The sustainability challenges of yesterday have become today’s
resilience crises. National and global efforts have failed to
stop climate change, transition from fossil fuels, and reduce
inequality. We must now confront these and other increasingly
complex problems by building resilience at the community level.
But what does that mean in practice, and how can it be done in a
way that’s effective and equitable?The Community Resilience Reader
The Community Resilience Reader offers a new vision for
creating resilience, through essays by leaders in such varied
fields as science, policy, community building, and urban design.
offers a new vision for
creating resilience, through essays by leaders in such varied
fields as science, policy, community building, and urban design.The Community Resilience Reader
The Community Resilience Reader combines a fresh look at
the challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, the essential
tools of resilience science, and the wisdom of activists,
scholars, and analysts working with community issues on the
ground. It shows that resilience is a process, not a goal; how
resilience requires learning to adapt but also preparing to
transform; and that resilience starts and ends with the people
living in a community. Despite the formidable challenges we face,
combines a fresh look at
the challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, the essential
tools of resilience science, and the wisdom of activists,
scholars, and analysts working with community issues on the
ground. It shows that resilience is a process, not a goal; how
resilience requires learning to adapt but also preparing to
transform; and that resilience starts and ends with the people
living in a community. Despite the formidable challenges we face,The Community Resilience Reader
The Community Resilience Reader shows that building
strength and resilience at the community level is not only
crucial, but possible.
shows that building
strength and resilience at the community level is not only
crucial, but possible.
From Post Carbon Institute, the producers of the award-winning
From Post Carbon Institute, the producers of the award-winningThe Post Carbon Reader
The Post Carbon Reader,
,The Community Resilience
Reader
The Community Resilience
Reader is a valuable resource for students, community
leaders, and concerned citizens.
is a valuable resource for students, community
leaders, and concerned citizens.