Overview
- Argues for the need to modernise governance and policy to adjust to novel ecosystems
- Addresses the reality of the changes already occurring in ecosystems around the world
- Explores the opportunities we have to make positive social, political and scientific change to protect our planet
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation (PSEPR)
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This book focuses on the present and future challenges of managing ecosystem transformation on a planet where human impacts are pervasive. In this new epoch, the Anthropocene, the already rapid rate of species loss is amplified by climate change and other stress factors, causing transformation of highly-valued landscapes. Many locations are already transforming into novel ecosystems, where new species, interactions, and ecological functions are creating landscapes unlike anything seen before. This has sparked contentious debate not just about science, but about decision-making, responsibility, fairness, and human capacity to intervene.
Clement argues that the social and ecological reality of the Anthropocene requires modernised governance and policy to confront these new challenges and achieve ecological objectives. There is a real opportunity to enable society to cope with transformed ecosystems by changing governance, but this is notoriously difficult. Aimed at anyone involved in these conversations, be those researchers, practitioners, decision makers or students, this book brings together diffuse research exploring how to confront institutional change and ecological transformation in different contexts, and provides insight into how to translate governance concepts into productive pathways forward.
Clement argues that the social and ecological reality of the Anthropocene requires modernised governance and policy to confront these new challenges and achieve ecological objectives. There is a real opportunity to enable society to cope with transformed ecosystems by changing governance, but this is notoriously difficult. Aimed at anyone involved in these conversations, be those researchers, practitioners, decision makers or students, this book brings together diffuse research exploring how to confront institutional change and ecological transformation in different contexts, and provides insight into how to translate governance concepts into productive pathways forward.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sarah Clement is an environmental governance researcher and lecturer in environmental planning and management in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK. She also worked as an environmental consultant, researcher, and environmental policy advisor for 10 years in the USA and Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governing the Anthropocene
Book Subtitle: Novel Ecosystems, Transformation and Environmental Policy
Authors: Sarah Clement
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Environmental Policy and Regulation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60350-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60349-6Published: 20 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60352-6Published: 20 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60350-2Published: 19 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-3955
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3963
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 353
Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geography, general, Environment, general, Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Environmental Geography, Environmental Management