Examines how ecosystems can collapse as a result of human activity, and the ecological processes underlying their subsequent recovery.

As the debates about the recent global recession and the subsequent recovery have clearly shown, our understanding of these questions has been very limited. Thi

This book presents a detailed account of Iceland’s recovery from the tumultuous banking collapse that overturned its financial industry in 2008. Early chapter

The book that inspired the movie Collapse. The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increa