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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452897603321

Titolo

Human-nature interactions in the anthropocene : potentials of social-ecological systems analysis / / edited by Marion Glaser. [et. al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-87351-5

9786613714824

1-136-33767-9

1-136-33766-0

0-203-12319-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in environment, culture, and society ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

GlaserMarion

Disciplina

304.2

333.7

Soggetti

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Human beings - Effect of environment on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene; Copyright; Contents; List Of Figures; List Of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1. New Approaches to the Analysis of Human-Nature Relations; 2. Systems Thinking and Social Learning For Sustainability; Part II: Social-ecological Systems (SES) and Complexity; 3. Social-ecological Systems as Epistemic Objects; 4. Modelling Social-ecological Systems: Bridging the Gap between Natural and Social Sciences; 5. Complexity and Emergence: Key Concepts In Non-linear Dynamic Systems

Part III: Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability6. Archetypes of Adaptation to Climate Change; 7. Population Dynamics and Adaptive Capacity of Supply Systems; Part IV: Multi-agent Modellingand Simulation; 8. Transdisciplinary Multi-agent Modelling for Social-ecological Systems Analysis: Achievements and Potentials; 9. Integrated Modelling And Scenario Building for the Nicobar Islands in the Aftermath of the Tsunami; Part V: Pathways Towards Newsystems



Thinking in Human Ecology; 10. Towards Global Sustainability Analysis in the Anthropocene; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior and the different dimensions and scales. With a problem-focused, sustainability-oriented approach to the analysis of human-nature relations, this text will be a useful resource for scholars of human and social ecology, geography, sociology, development studies, social anthropology and natural resources management.