Chapter 1 State of the art, trends and progress in work on the social aspects of social¿-ecological systems in research and practice.- Chapter 2 Rural community development and facilitating change.- Chapter 3 Adaptation and changes in rural economic activities: A local community perspective on the role of rural infrastructure.- Chapter 4 Trends in extension in Australia.- Chapter 5 Promoting women's economic empowerment in achieving rural economic development.- Chapter 6 Getting the priorities right: stakeholders' involvement for a holistic view of research and extension needs in the Australian and Brazilian dairy industry.- Chapter 7 The role of rural community in tackling complexity of agriculture technology and extension system in china.- Chapter 8 Reflections on community development in the Asia-Pacific: a reseacher's perspective.- Chapter 9 Insights from community development for strengthening Landcare in Queensland.- Chapter 10 Community-based natural resource management, conservation and co-management.- Chapter 11 SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership: Reflections on an innovative and evolving collaboration.- Chapter 12 Building collaborative models for change : engaging indigenous people and country into in socially just conservation.- Chapter 13 Women's empowerment in a community-based tourism project.- Chapter 14 A Review of Coastal Resources Co-management in southeast Asia.- Chapter 15 Communities on Indonesian shortlines.- Chapter 16 Social aspects of resilience.- Chapter 17 Toward an integrated approach to community.- Chapter 18 Tracing the impact and contributions of the "Six Attributes of social Resilience".- Chapter 19 Understanding resilience in the mining sector.- Chapter 20 Mental models and values: application to natural resource management.