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Zusatztext "The language of the nexus highlights the need for interconnected thinking between the natural and social sciences! and between the research community and decision makers. By bringing together such an outstanding range of thinkers and perspectives from across the world! Routledge Handbook of the Resource Nexus looks set to become an indispensable volume for all those engaged in these debates. It sets out with admirable clarity the theoretical! empirical and research underpinnings of this field! and will provide nexus brokers and boundary-spanners with the intellectual tools they need to achieve tangible progress." - James Wilsdon! Professor of Research Policy! University of Sheffield! UKand Director! ESRC Nexus Network"No energy myopia! no water myopia and no food cry of alarm! but a great handbook addressing the mutual relations." - Ernst von Weizsäcker! Past Co-Chair! International Resource Panel"This handbook provides a qualified response! given by key experts! to the recurring question of what the Resource Nexus actually means. That nexus is presented as a useful heuristic for addressing the new challenges of the Anthropocene and for evidence-based support of a sustainability transition. Integrative methods and tools for systemic resource management and governance are illustrated! adaptable to a wide range of thematic and geographic contexts and scales." - Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber! Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)! Germany and Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Centre! Sweden "[the handbook is] a massive volume packed with 32 interesting and thought-provoking chapters researched and written by over 50 contributors" -Anton Löf! in Mineral Economics (March! 2019) Informationen zum Autor Raimund Bleischwitz is Chair in Sustainable Global Resources and Deputy Director at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, UK. Holger Hoff has a joint appointment as a Senior Researcher in the Resources and Development Group at the Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden, and in the Research Domain "Earth System Analysis" at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany. Catalina Spataru is a Lecturer on Energy Systems and Networks and Director of the MRes course Energy Demand Studies at UCL Energy Institute, University College London, UK. Ester van der Voet is an Associate Professor of Industrial Ecology at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands. She is also a member of the UN International Resource Panel. Stacy D. VanDeveer is a Professor of Global Governance and Human Security at the McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. Klappentext "This comprehensive handbook presents a detailed international review of current knowledge and thinking on the resource nexus from an inter-disciplinary perspective"-- Zusammenfassung This comprehensive handbook presents a detailed international review of current knowledge and thinking on the resource nexus from an inter-disciplinary perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Understanding the resource nexus: setting scene s 1. The resource nexus: Preface and Introduction to the Routledge Handbook 2. Appreciating wider environmental angles 3. Scale and the resource nexus 4. Security, climate change, and the resource nexus Part II: Analysing the resource nexus : tools and metrics 5. Life Cycle Assessment for resource nexus analysis 6. Linking society and nature: material flows and the resource nexus 7. Resource footprints 8. Input–output analysis and resource nexus assessment 9. Material criticality assessment and resource nexus analysis 10. Industrial ecology methods and the resource nexus <...
