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UNINA9910213857003321 |
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Titolo |
Addressing tipping points for a precarious future / / edited by Tim O'Riordan and Tim Lenton |
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Oxford : , : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 347 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s) |
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Collana |
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British Academy original paperback |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social stability - Social aspects |
Social change - Social aspects |
Social evolution |
Climatic changes - Social aspects |
Food security - Social aspects |
Sociology & Social History |
Social Sciences |
Social Change |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tipping points are zones or thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with very considerable and largely unforecastable consequences. Tipping points may be dangerous for societies and economies, especially if the prevailing governing arrangements are not designed either to anticipate them or adapt to their arrival. Tipping points can also be transformational of cultures and behaviours so that societies can learn to adapt and to alter their outlooks and mores in favour of accommodating to more sustainable ways of living.
This volume examines scientific, economic and social analyses of tipping points, and the spiritual and creative approaches to identifying and anticipating them. The authors focus on climate change, ice melt, |
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tropical forest drying and alterations in oceanic and atmospheric circulations. They also look closely at various aspects of human use of the planet, especially food production, and at the loss of biodiversity, where alterations to natural cycles may be creating convulsive couplings of tipping points. They survey the various institutional aspects of politics, economics, culture and religion to see why such dangers persist. |
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