Resilience is a term that is gaining currency in conservation and sustainable development, though its meaning and value in this context is yet to be defined. Searching for Resilience in Sustainable Development examines ways in which resilience may be created within the web of ecological, socio-economic and cultural systems that make up the world in. The authors embark upon a learning journey exploring both robust and fragile systems and asking questions of groups and individuals actively involved in building or maintaining resilience.

List o figures， tables and boxes viii

Acknowledgements x

Author and interviewee biographies xii

1 Introduction：learning journeys and resilience in times of change 1

2Resilience in theory and practice 15

3Shifting tactics?Testing the resilience of a movement 36

4Contesting market logics 52

5Regenerative and resilient eco-cities 73

6Risks， transition and an ecology of circumstances 96

7Education and conservation：building social resilience 121

8Resilience， sustainability and the utopian future 135

9Destinations：Humpty Dumpty and the search for resilience 157

Notes 162

References 164

Index 184

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