Governing the Uncertain Adaptation and Climate in Russia and Finland /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tennberg, Monica (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Political science.; Anthropology.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Political Science.

This assessment of governmental approaches to the vital task of adapting to climate change posits this undertaking as a central issue of governance. It  argues a close relation of governance to existing political and administrative practices. The product of a pan-Arctic research initiative called CA...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• PART I: Starting Points
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Adaptation as a Governance Practice
• PART II: Russian Adaptation Governance
• 3. Adaptation in Russian Climate Governance
• 4. The Big Water of a Small River: Flood Experiences and a Community Agenda For Change
• PART III: Finnish Adaptation Governance
• 5. Adaptation in Finnish Climate Governance
• 6. Adaptation of Sámi Reindeer Herding: EU Regulation and Climate Change
• PART IV: Towards A Practice Theory of Adaptation Governance
• 7. Responsibilisation For Adaptation
• Index.