Addressing tipping points for a precarious future /

Tipping points are thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with considerable (largely unforecastable) consequences. This book explores the scientific, economic social, and spiritual and creative approaches to identifying and anticipating tipping points so that societies can ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Other Authors:	O'Riordan, Timothy (Editor), Lenton, Tim (Timothy) (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Published for the British Academy, by Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	British Academy original paperbacks.
Subjects:	Social stability. Social change. Social evolution. Climatic changes > Social aspects. Food security > Social aspects. Stabilité sociale. Évolution sociale. Climat > Changements > Aspect social. Sécurité alimentaire > Aspect social. Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning. Economic systems and structures. Economic theory and philosophy. Economics, finance, business and management. Economics. Macroeconomics. Social forecasting, future studies. Social impact of environmental issues. Social issues and processes. Social research and statistics. Society and culture: general. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. Sociology. The environment. Changement social. Changement climatique. Sécurité alimentaire. Aspects sociaux. Climatic changes > Social aspects Social change Social evolution Social stability Abrupt change Adaptation Metaphors Prediction Resilience Tipping points Well-being Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Metaphors and systemic change / Tim O'Riordan, Tim Lenton, and Ian Christie
Tipping elements from a global perspective / Tim Lenton
Skittles : the story of the tipping point metaphor and its relation to new realities / Giles Foden
Food security twists and turns : why food systems need complex governance / Tim Lang and John Ingram
Human resilience in the face of biodiversity tipping points at local and regional scales / Patricia Howard
The Amazon in transition : the challenge of transforming the world's largest tropical forest biome into a sustainable social-ecological system / Toby Gardner
Contemplative consciousness / Laurence Freeman
Sustaining markets, establishing well-being, and promoting social virtue for the transformational tipping points / Tim O'Riordan
Some socio-economic thoughts / Paul Ekins
Leadership for sustainability : the search for tipping points / Sara Parkin
Media coverage of tipping points : searching for a balanced story / Joe Smith
Exploring adaptive governance for managing tipping points / Emily Boyd
Into a precarious future / Tim O'Riordan and Tim Lenton
Improving our chances of transition to sustainability : the role of values and the ethics of solidarity and sympathy / Andrew Dobson.