Adaptiveness: Changing Earth System Governance

List of contents

1. On Adaptiveness: Changing Earth System Governance Riyanti Djalante, Bernd Siebenhüner, Julie P. King, Nicolas W. Jager and Louis Lebel; 2. Synthesizing and Identifying Emerging Issues in Adaptiveness Research within the Earth System Governance Framework (1998-2018) Bernd Siebenhüner and Riyanti Djalante; 3. Climate Change Adaptive Capacity Assessments: Conceptual Approaches and Operational Process Annie Montpetit, Frédérik Doyon and Guy Chiasson; 4. Assessing Adaptive Capacity of Collaborative Governance Institutions Pedro Fidelman; 5. The Marine Debris Nexus: Plastic, Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Human Health Peter Stoett and Joanna Vince; 6. Synergies and Trade-Offs between Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation across Multiple Scales of Governance Asim Zia; 7. Lock-Ins in Climate Adaptation Governance: Conceptual and Empirical Approaches Bernd Siebenhüner, Torsten Grothmann, Dave Huitema, Angela Oels, Tim Rayner and John Turnpenny; 8. Governance and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Conflict-Affected Countries of Central Africa H. Carolyn Peach Brown; 9. Policy Tools and Capacities for Adaptiveness in US Public Land Management Zachary Wurtzebach and Courtney Schultz; 10. Adaptiveness in Earth System Governance: Synthesis, Policy Relevance, and the Way Forward Bernd Siebenhüner, Riyanti Djalante, Nicolas W. Jager and Julie P. King; Index.

Summary

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of adaptiveness as a key concept in environmental governance literature, complemented by applications from global, regional, and national levels. It is a timely synthesis for students, researchers and practitioners interested in environmental governance, sustainability and social change processes.

Product details

• Authors: Riyanti (United Nations University Djalante, Bernd (Carl V. Ossietzky Universitat Siebenhuner
• Assisted by: Riyanti Djalante (Editor), Bernd Siebenhüner (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781108749145
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74914-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Sustainability, LAW / Environmental, International Relations, Environmental law, Social impact of environmental issues, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment