LEADER 03442 am 22006613u 450 001 9910213857003321 005 20210323182545.0 010 $a0-19-176032-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000154706 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001193075 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12502776 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193075 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11145808 035 $a(PQKB)10188600 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000177534 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000154706 100 $a20160829h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAddressing tipping points for a precarious future /$fedited by Tim O'Riordan and Tim Lenton 210 1$aOxford :$cPublished for the British Academy by Oxford University Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 347 pages) $cillustrations (black and white); digital file(s) 225 1 $aBritish Academy original paperback 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$aPrint version: 9780197265536 0197265537 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aTipping points are zones or thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with very considerable and largely unforecastable consequences. Tipping points may be dangerous for societies and economies, especially if the prevailing governing arrangements are not designed either to anticipate them or adapt to their arrival. Tipping points can also be transformational of cultures and behaviours so that societies can learn to adapt and to alter their outlooks and mores in favour of accommodating to more sustainable ways of living. This volume examines scientific, economic and social analyses of tipping points, and the spiritual and creative approaches to identifying and anticipating them. The authors focus on climate change, ice melt, tropical forest drying and alterations in oceanic and atmospheric circulations. They also look closely at various aspects of human use of the planet, especially food production, and at the loss of biodiversity, where alterations to natural cycles may be creating convulsive couplings of tipping points. They survey the various institutional aspects of politics, economics, culture and religion to see why such dangers persist. 410 0$aBritish Academy original paperback. 606 $aSocial stability$xSocial aspects 606 $aSocial change$xSocial aspects 606 $aSocial evolution 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects 606 $aFood security$xSocial aspects 606 $aSociology & Social History$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Change$2HILCC 615 0$aSocial stability$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocial change$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocial evolution 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aFood security$xSocial aspects. 615 7$aSociology & Social History 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aSocial Change 676 $a303.4 702 $aO'Riordan$b Timothy 702 $aLenton$b Tim$g(Timothy), 712 02$aBritish Academy, 801 0$bPQKB 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213857003321 996 $aAddressing tipping points for a precarious future$92002539 997 $aUNINA