Overview
Katrina. Haiti. BP. Fukushima. The Great Recession. Those are just a few of the catastrophic disruptions the world has endured in recent years. As we try to respond to such crises, key questions arise: What causes one system to break under great stress and another to rebound? How much change can a complex system absorb while still retaining its purpose and function? What characteristics make it adaptive to change? Through original reporting ranging across disciplines including finance, neuroscience, oceanography, and social psychology, the authors explore how in answering these questions, the new science of resilience can help our institutions become more sustainable, enduring, and humane in the face of cataclysmic events. Provocative and eye-opening, Resilience sheds light on the multifaceted nature of change and gives readers access to cutting-edge tools--developed by the leading thinkers of our time--to help us adapt to an ever-evolving world rather than fall prey to its unpredictability.
Full Product Details
Author: Anne Marie Healy ,
Andrew Zolli ,
Sean Runnette
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Imprint: HighBridge Audio
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 15.10cm
Weight: 0.254kg
ISBN: 9781611748710
ISBN 10: 1611748712
Pages: 660
Publication Date: 10 July 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Readers will value an analysis that offers stimulating suggestions on how to prepare for the future's inevitable shocks. -- Booklist
Readers will value an analysis that offers stimulating suggestions on how to prepare for the future s inevitable shocks. Booklist
This intriguing, wide-ranging probe ponders the underlying principles behind whether complex systems of every sort--government, business, social, natural--function or fail. -- Publishers Weekly Readers will value an analysis that offers stimulating suggestions on how to prepare for the future's inevitable shocks. -- Booklist This intriguing, wide-ranging probe ponders the underlying principles behind whether complex systems of every sort government, business, social, natural function or fail. Publishers Weekly Readers will value an analysis that offers stimulating suggestions on how to prepare for the future s inevitable shocks. Booklist
Author Information
Coming soon... Coming soon... Sean Runnette, a multiple AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has also produced several Audie Award-winning audiobooks. His film and television appearances include Two If by Sea, Copland, Sex and the City, Law & Order, Third Watch, and lots and lots of commercials.
