Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene (eBook, PDF)

Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis
Redaktion: Glaser, Marion; Welp, Martin; Ratter, Beate M. W.; Krause, Gesche

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Produktbeschreibung

This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior and the different dimensions and scales. With a problem-focused, sustainability-oriented approach to the analysis of human-nature relations, this text will be a useful resource for scholars of human and social ecology, geography, sociology, development studies, social anthropology and natural resources management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136337673
• Artikelnr.: 38249942

Autorenporträt

Marion Glaser is an environmental sociologist at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany. Gesche Krause is a coastal geographer at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany. Beate M.W. Ratter is professor for Integrative Geography at the Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg and holds a joint position as head of the Department of Human Dimension of Coastal Areas at the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht. Martin Welp is Professor for Socioeconomics and Communication at the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword by the Chair of the Scientific
Committee of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) and Professor in
Environmental Systems Analysis, Wageningen University Rik Leemans Preface
by the President of the German Society for Human Ecology (DGH) and
Scientific Steering Committee Member of the Land-Ocean Interactions in the
Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Bernhard Glaeser Acknowledgments Part 1: Introduction
1. New Approaches to the Analysis of Human-Nature Relations Marion Glaser,
Beate M.W. Ratter, Gesche Krause and Martin Welp 2. Systems Thinking and
Social Learning for Sustainability Gesche Krause and Martin Welp Part 2:
Social-Ecological Systems (SES) and Complexity 3. Social-Ecological Systems
as Epistemic Objects Egon Becker 4. Modelling Social-Ecological Systems:
Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Social Sciences Felix Tretter and
Andrew Halliday 5. Complexity and Emergence: Key Concepts in Non-Linear
Dynamic Systems Beate M.W. Ratter Part 3: Resilience, Adaptability and
Transformability 6. Archetypes of Adaptation to Climate Change Klaus
Eisenack 7. Population Dynamics and Adaptive Capacity of Supply Systems
Diana Hummel Part 4: Multi-Agent Modelling and Simulation 8.
Transdisciplinary Multi-Agent Modelling for Social-Ecological Systems
Analysis: Achievements and Potentials Marion Glaser 9. Integrated Modelling
and Scenario Building for the Nicobar Islands in the Aftermath of the
Tsunami Martin Wildenberg and Simron Jit Singh Part 5: Pathways Towards New
Systems Thinking in Human Ecology 10. Towards Global Sustainability
Analysis in the Anthropocene Marion Glaser, Gesche Krause, Andrew Halliday
and Bernhard Glaeser. Contributors. Index.