The community resilience reader :  essential resources for an era of upheaval / 
spine title :  The community resilence reader. 
edited by Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Institute. 
 - x, 340 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  Six foundations for building community resilience /  PART 1. Understanding our predicament. The environmental crisis: the needs of humanity versus the limits of the planet /  The energy crisis: from fossil fuel abundance to renewable energy constraints /  The economic crisis: the limits of twentieth-century economics and growth /  The equity crisis: the true costs of extractive capitalism /  The roots of our crises: does human nature drive us toward collapse? /  PART II. Gathering the needed tools. Systems literacy: a toolkit for purposeful change /  A crash course in the science of sustainability /  A crash course in the science of resilience /  Pulling it all together: resilience, wisdom, and beloved community /  PART III. Community resilience in action. Energy democracy /  Building community resilience at the water's edge /  Food system lessons from Vermont /  Learning our way toward resilience /  Beyond waste: sustainable consumption for community resilience /  Resilient streets, resilient cities /  Community resilience and the built environment /  Conclusion: where to start /  Daniel Lerch --  Daniel Lerch --  Leena Iyengar --  Richard Heinberg --  Joshua Farley --  Sarah Byrnes and Chuck Collins --  William Rees --  Howard Silverman --  Margaret Robertson --  Brian Walker and David Salt --  Stephanie Mills --  Denise Fairchild and Al Weinrub --  Rebecca Wodder --  Scott Sawyer --  William Throop --  Rosemary Cooper --  Mike Lydon --  Daniel Lerch --  Asher Miller. 
<br/><br/> '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 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 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 shows that building strength and resilience at the community level is not only crucial, but possible.'--Publisher's website. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781610918602  RM112.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Community development--Environmental aspects.<br/>Sustainable development.<br/>Energy policy--Environmental aspects.<br/>Economic development--Environmental aspects.