附註:Includes index.
Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables/Boxes; Contributors; Preface; 1. Shifting perspectives in environmental social science; 2. Risk, uncertainty and precaution: some instrumental implications from the social sciences; 3. Economics and sustainable development: what have we learnt, and what do we still need to learn?; 4. Deliberative democracy and environmental decision-making; 5. Governance and the environment; 6. After Seattle: what next for trade and the environment; 7. Governing natural resources: institutional adaption and resilience; 8. Sustainable business organizations?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
摘要:Global environmental change will be with us forever, but how it happens in the future, and with what effect on the planet and its peoples, depends to a large extent on how the international agreements, national politics and local actions play out. This collection assesses these interconnections.
