Critical Transitions in Nature and Society
In: Princeton Studies in Complexity 16
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- Part I THEORY OF CRITICAL TRANSITIONS -- CHAPTER 2. Alternative Stable States -- CHAPTER 3. Cycles and Chaos -- CHAPTER 4. Emergent Patterns in Complex Systems -- CHAPTER 5. Implications of Fluctuations, Heterogeneity, and Diversity -- CHAPTER 6. Conclusion: From Theoretical Concepts to Reality -- Part II CASE STUDIES -- CHAPTER 7. Lakes -- CHAPTER 8. Climate -- CHAPTER 9. Evolution -- CHAPTER 10. Oceans -- CHAPTER 11. Terrestrial Ecosystems -- CHAPTER 12. Humans -- CHAPTER 13. Conclusion: Critical Transitions in a Complex World -- Part III DEALING WITH CRITICAL TRANSITIONS -- CHAPTER 14. How to Know if Alternative Basins of Attraction Exist -- CHAPTER 15. How to Know if a Threshold Is Near -- CHAPTER 16. The Winding Road from Science to Policy -- CHAPTER 17. New Approaches to Managing Change -- CHAPTER 18. Prospects -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index