Governance of Earth Systems [electronic resource] : Science and Its Uses /
Boardman, R.author.
Science and politics are closely connected in today's global environmental issues. This book focuses on these links in relation to climate change, the threats to wildlife species, and natural hazards and disasters. Study of these reveals the need for more effective international cooperation and the limits of global governance.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : ecological imagination and global society -- Science and policy -- Environmental crisis and the contexts of science -- From systems complexity to decisional uncertainty -- The Earth theory tradition -- Geosphere-atmosphere-biosphere integration -- Governance challenges -- Theorizing governance and community -- Structures of environmental governance -- Biological diversity -- Climate change -- Geological hazards -- Governance, science, and Earth systems.
Science and politics are closely connected in today's global environmental issues. This book focuses on these links in relation to climate change, the threats to wildlife species, and natural hazards and disasters. Study of these reveals the need for more effective international cooperation and the limits of global governance.
International relations.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Environmental sciences.
Sociology.
Globalization.
Political science.
International Relations.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
Environmental Science and Engineering.
Sociology, general.
Globalization.
Political Science.