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Adapting Institutions: Governance, Complexity and Social-Ecological Resilience
Edited By Emily Boyd
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hardcover. Presents cutting-edge insights into adapting institutions that build social-ecological resilience to complex multi-scale environmental change. Editor(s): Boyd, Emily; Folke, Carl. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 b/w illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: RNC; RNT; RNU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 618. Governance, Complexity and Social-Ecological Resilience. 312 pages, 20 b/w illus. 14 tables. Editor(s): Boyd, Emily; Folke, Carl. Presents cutting-edge insights into adapting institutions that build social-ecological resilience to complex multi-scale environmental change. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: RNC; RNT; RNU. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight: 618.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521897501
SKU
V9780521897501
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About Edited By Emily Boyd
Emily Boyd works, researches and teaches on climate change and development. She is a lecturer in environment and development in the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds and deputy director of the Global Development Centre, University of Leeds. She is also a research associate and a leader of the adaptive governance theme at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and ... Read more
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