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Governance of Earth systems : science and its uses /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boardman, Robert, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Global issues series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
Environmental policy > International cooperation.
Environmental protection > International cooperation.
Earth sciences.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.