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

• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2; 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Nature - Effect of human beings on; Human beings - Effect of environment on
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GlaserMarion
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human-nature interactions in the anthropocene
• ISBN: 1-280-87351-5; 9786613714824; 1-136-33767-9; 1-136-33766-0; 0-203-12319-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452897603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in environment, culture, and society ; ; v. 1.