Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Armitage, Derek (Editor), Plummer, Ryan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series on Environmental Management,
• Subjects: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecology.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Human geography.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Human Geography.

Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capa...