Governing the Anthropocene : novel ecosystems, transformation and environmental policy / Sarah Clement.
2021
GE149 .C54 2020
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Governing the Anthropocene : novel ecosystems, transformation and environmental policy / Sarah Clement.
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9783030603502 (electronic bk.)
3030603504 (electronic bk.)
9783030603496
3030603490
3030603504 (electronic bk.)
9783030603496
3030603490
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
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English
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1 online resource (xvii, 353 pages)
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10.1007/978-3-030-60350-2 doi
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GE149 .C54 2020
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363.7
Summary
This book focuses on the present and future challenges of managing ecosystem transformation on a planet where human impacts are pervasive. In this new epoch, the Anthropocene, the already rapid rate of species loss is amplified by climate change and other stress factors, causing transformation of highly-valued landscapes. Many locations are already transforming into novel ecosystems, where new species, interactions, and ecological functions are creating landscapes unlike anything seen before. This has sparked contentious debate not just about science, but about decision-making, responsibility, fairness, and human capacity to intervene. Clement argues that the social and ecological reality of the Anthropocene requires modernised governance and policy to confront these new challenges and achieve ecological objectives. There is a real opportunity to enable society to cope with transformed ecosystems by changing governance, but this is notoriously difficult. Aimed at anyone involved in these conversations, be those researchers, practitioners, decision makers or students, this book brings together diffuse research exploring how to confront institutional change and ecological transformation in different contexts, and provides insight into how to translate governance concepts into productive pathways forward. Sarah Clement is an environmental governance researcher and lecturer in environmental planning and management in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK. She also worked as an environmental consultant, researcher, and environmental policy advisor for 10 years in the USA and Australia.
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Palgrave studies in environmental policy and regulation.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Transformation and the Anthropocene
Chapter 2: Understanding Change and Governing Transformation
Chapter 3: Domains of Change in Biodiversity Conservation
Chapter 4: Novel Decisions and Conservative Frames
Chapter 5: Cultural Landscapes and Novel Ecosystems
Chapter 6. Climate Change, Conservation, and Expertise
Chapter 7. Contested Concepts, Cultures of Knowledge and the Chimera of Change
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Reform, Reinvention, and Renewal.
Chapter 2: Understanding Change and Governing Transformation
Chapter 3: Domains of Change in Biodiversity Conservation
Chapter 4: Novel Decisions and Conservative Frames
Chapter 5: Cultural Landscapes and Novel Ecosystems
Chapter 6. Climate Change, Conservation, and Expertise
Chapter 7. Contested Concepts, Cultures of Knowledge and the Chimera of Change
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Reform, Reinvention, and Renewal.