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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glaser, Marion.

Series:

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

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Human beings--Effect of environment on.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-87351-5

9786613714824

1-136-33767-9

1-136-33766-0

0-203-12319-0

9780203123195

OCLC:

804665814