Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm
ISBN: 978-3-032-38449-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
This book explores the social-ecological risks emerging from the environmental crises and transitions of our time. Far from being purely environmental, transitions in climate, energy, biodiversity and resource use are deeply shaped by social dynamics, including inequalities, behaviours, trust, participation and resistance. At the same time, these transitions are creating new forms of social risk and reshaping existing ones.
Drawing on insights from ecological economics, political science and sociology, the authors examine who is at risk, why and how. They investigate the ways ecological degradation and environmental policies are transforming the nature and distribution of social risks, how welfare states are responding, and what new forms of governance and policymaking are needed to support just and effective social-ecological transitions.
Using a novel analytical framework centred on biospheric and transition risks, and illustrated through key case studies, this volume advances a distinctive approach to understanding, governing and mitigating social-ecological risks in an era of accelerating change.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
Weitere Infos & Material
1 Introduction: Setting the stage of our social-ecological world.- 2 Understanding social-ecological risks: Concepts and analytical framework.- 3 Managing and mitigating social-ecological risks: Institutional dynamics and policy tools.- 4 Conclusion: towards a Social-ecological state.
