Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-386) and index.

A framework for understanding change / F. Stuart Chapin III, Carl Folke, and Gary P. Kofinas -- Managing ecosystems sustainably : the key role of resilience / F. Stuart Chapin III -- Sustaining livelihoods and human well-being during social-ecological change / Gary P. Kofinas and F. Stuart Chapin III -- Adaptive co-management in social-ecological governance / Gary P. Kofinas -- Transformations in ecosystem stewardship / Carl Folke, F. Stuart Chapin III, and Per Olsson -- Conservation, community, and livelihoods : sustaining, renewing, and adapting cultural connections to the land / Fikret Berkes, Gary P. Kofinas, and F. Stuart Chapin III -- Forest systems : living with long-term change / Frederick J. Swanson and F. Stuart Chapin III -- Drylands : coping with uncertainty, thresholds, and changes in state / D. Mark Stafford Smith ... [et al.] -- Freshwaters : managing across scales in space and time / Stephen R. Carpenter and Reinette Biggs -- Oceans and estuaries : managing the commons / Carl Walters and Robert Ahrens -- Coastal marine systems : conserving fish and sustaining community livelihoods with co-management / Evelyn Pinkerton -- Managing food production systems for resilience / Rosamond L. Naylor -- Cities : managing densely settled social-ecological systems / J. Morgan Grove -- The earth system : sustaining planetary life-support systems / Oran R. Young and Will Steffen -- Resilience-based stewardship : strategies for navigating sustainable pathways in a changing world / F. Stuart Chapin III ... [et al.].