1. Introduction
2. Towards a framework for understanding community resilience
3. Transition theory : environmental pathways and resilient communities
4. Social memory : community learning, tradition, stakeholder networks and community resilience
5. Path dependency : 'lock-in' mechanisms, power structures and pathways of the (im)possible at community level
6. Transitional corridors : macro-structural influences and community resilience
7. Community resilience and the policy challenge
8. Conclusions.