Adaptive Governance and Climate Change
As greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures at the poles continue to rise, so do damages from extreme weather events affecting countless lives. Meanwhile, ambitious international efforts to cut emissions (Kyoto, Copenhagen) have proved to be politically ineffective or infeasible. There is hope, however, in adaptive governance-an approach that has succeeded in some local communities and can be undertaken by others around the globe. This book provides a political and historical analysis of climate change policy; shows how adaptive governance has worked on the ground in Barrow, Alaska, and other local communities; and makes the case for adaptiv…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Lynch, Amanda
- ISBN: 978-1-935704-01-0
- EAN: 9781935704010
- Produktnummer: 18259374
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 424 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'692 KB
- Auflage: 2010
- Abbildungen: 22 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Ronald D. Brunner is a policy scientist specializing in the integration of theory and practice. Amanda H. Lynch is head of Monash Climate and a professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Monash University.
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