Adapting Institutions : Governance, Complexity and Social-Ecological Resilience Hardback
Edited by Emily (University of Reading) Boyd, Carl (Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Stockholm) Folke
Hardback
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Global environmental change is occurring at a rate faster than humans have ever experienced.
Climate change and the loss of ecosystem services are the two main global environmental crises facing us today.
As a result, there is a need for better understanding of the specific and general resilience of networked ecosystems, cities, organisations and institutions to cope with change.
In this book, an international team of experts provide cutting-edge insights into building the resilience and adaptive governance of complex social-ecological systems.
Through a set of case studies, it focuses on the social science dimension of ecosystem management in the context of global change, in a move to bridge existing gaps between resilience, sustainability and social science.
Using empirical examples ranging from local to global levels, views from a variety of disciplines are integrated to provide an essential resource for scholars, policy-makers and students, seeking innovative approaches to governance.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 14 Tables, black and white; 7 Halftones, unspecified; 13 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/10/2011
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- ISBN:9780521897501
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 14 Tables, black and white; 7 Halftones, unspecified; 13 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/10/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521897501
