Resilience of past landscapes: Resilience theory, society, and the Longue Durée

Ecology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Redman, Charles L ^a   Kinzig, Ann P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient societies; Archaeology; Cross scale interactions; History; Hohokam; Information flow; Mesopotamia; Panarchy; Prehistory; Resilience theory; Socio ecological systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879916785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00510-070114     Document Type: Article

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