Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. CHAPTER 1. Introduction 1
5. Part I THEORY OF CRITICAL TRANSITIONS
6. CHAPTER 2. Alternative Stable States 11
7. CHAPTER 3. Cycles and Chaos 37
8. CHAPTER 4. Emergent Patterns in Complex Systems 55
9. CHAPTER 5. Implications of Fluctuations, Heterogeneity, and Diversity 81
10. CHAPTER 6. Conclusion: From Theoretical Concepts to Reality 96
11. Part II CASE STUDIES
12. CHAPTER 7. Lakes 109
13. CHAPTER 8. Climate 139
14. CHAPTER 9. Evolution 166
15. CHAPTER 10. Oceans 186
16. CHAPTER 11. Terrestrial Ecosystems 216
17. CHAPTER 12. Humans 240
18. CHAPTER 13. Conclusion: Critical Transitions in a Complex World 259
19. Part III DEALING WITH CRITICAL TRANSITIONS
20. CHAPTER 14. How to Know if Alternative Basins of Attraction Exist 265
21. CHAPTER 15. How to Know if a Threshold Is Near 282
22. CHAPTER 16. The Winding Road from Science to Policy 296
23. CHAPTER 17. New Approaches to Managing Change 311
24. CHAPTER 18. Prospects 326
25. Appendix 329
26. Glossary 353
27. Notes 359
28. Index 379