Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

by Armitage, Derek; Plummer, Ryan

• ISBN13: 9783642121937
• ISBN10: 3642121934
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-29
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Rapid environmental change requires individuals and societies with the ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystem services upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbance and capable of responding to change - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level environmental governance. This unique volume offers the first interdisciplinary and integrative perspective on an emerging area of applied scholarship, with contributions from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners advancing knowledge of how adaptive capacity builds environmental governance in complex social-ecological systems. Cutting-edge theoretical developments are explored and empirical case studies offered from a wide range of natural resource (water, fisheries, forestry) and geographic settings. • Of interest to researchers, policy makers and resource managers seeking to navigate and understand social-ecological change in diverse geographic settings and resource contexts.