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Global environmental governance, technology and politics : the anthropocene gap / Victor Galaz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galaz, Victor, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental economics--International cooperation.
- Environmental economics.
- Environmental management--International cooperation.
- Environmental management.
- Environmental policy--International cooperation.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Victor Galaz opens a new pathway, critically needed, yet breathtaking. In a thoughtful and inspirational manner, he takes on the challenge of how humanity is to navigate the unprecedented scale, speed and complexity of the Anthropocene. The focus is on the interplay between rapid nonlinear global environmental change and emerging technologies, like engineering the planet, tipping points, epidemic surprise or increased connectivity between financial markets, commodity markets, ecosystem services and underlying technologies.
- Contents:
- Planetary terra incognita
- 2. Complexity and connectedness
- 3. Earth system complexity
- 4. Epidemics and supernetworks
- 5. Engineering the planet
- 6. Financial markets, robots and ecosystems
- 7. Bridging the 'Anthropocene Gap'.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78195-555-7
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