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Adaptive Governance and Climate Change

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Ronald D. Brunner
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  2. Amanda H. Lynch
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  • Makes the case for adaptive governance as a complementary approach in the climate change regime

  • Introduces new concepts

  • Gives a modern approach

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Clarifying the Problem

    • Ronald D. Brunner, Amanda H. Lynch
    Pages 1-29

  3. The Regime Evolves

    • Ronald D. Brunner, Amanda H. Lynch
    Pages 31-103

  4. Barrow as Microcosm

    • Ronald D. Brunner, Amanda H. Lynch
    Pages 105-185

  5. Opening the Regime

    • Ronald D. Brunner, Amanda H. Lynch
    Pages 187-260

  6. Reframing the Context

    • Ronald D. Brunner, Amanda H. Lynch
    Pages 261-315

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 317-404
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About this book

As greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures at the poles continue to rise, so do damages from extreme weather events affecting countless lives. Meanwhile, ambitious international efforts to cut emissions (Kyoto, Copenhagen) have proved to be politically ineffective or infeasible. There is hope, however, in adaptive governance—an approach that has succeeded in some local communities and can be undertaken by others around the globe. This book provides a political and historical analysis of climate change policy; shows how adaptive governance has worked on the ground in Barrow, Alaska, and other local communities; and makes the case for adaptive governance as a complementary approach in the climate change regime.

About the authors

Ronald D. Brunner is a policy scientist specializing in the integration of theory and practice. Amanda H. Lynch is head of Monash Climate and a professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Monash University.

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