Social ecologies and their contribution to resilience

The Social Ecology of Resilience: A Handbook of Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 13-31

  Ungar, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0586-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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