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Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment by Polman, Nico; Termeer, Catrien; Padt, Frans; Opdam, Paul is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment about?

Sensitivity to scales is one of the key challenges in environmental governance. Climate change, food production, energy supply, and natural resource management are examples of environmental challenges that stretch across scales and require action at multiple levels. Governance systems are typically ill-equipped for this task due to organisational and jurisdictional specialisation and short-term planning horizons. Further to this, scientific knowledge is fragmented along disciplinary lines and research traditions in academia and research institutions. State-of-the-art, Scale-Sensitive Govern. Read more... Abstract: Climate change, food production, energy supply, and natural resource management are examples of environmental challenges that stretch across scales and require action at multiple levels. This title addresses these challenges by establishing the foundation for a new, trans-disciplinary research field. Read more...

Who reads Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment?

Author

Polman, Nico; Termeer, Catrien; Padt, Frans; Opdam, Paul

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781118567128

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Management, Social Science