Long-Term Governance for Social-Ecological Change

ISBN-13: 9781138496279 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 312 str.

Bernd Siebenhuner; Marlen Arnold; Klaus Eisenack

Opis

The book discusses how to tackle long-term social and ecological problems by using different environmental governance approaches to creating sustainable development. It explores opportunities and requirements for the governance of long-term problems, and examines how to achieve a lasting transformation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Long-term policy: setting the scene Bernd Siebenhuener, Marlen Arnold, Klaus Eisenack and Klaus Jacob Part  1: Institutions and Governance Mechanisms  2. The role of expertise in European environmental governance: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence Michael Pregernig and Michael Böcher  3. A third Industrial Revolution? Martin Jänicke and Klaus Jacob  4. Governance in the Face of Socio-Ecological Change: A Legal Response Anél Du Plessis  Part 2: Economics and Tools  5. Assessing financial adaptation strategies to extreme events in Europe Stefan Hochrainer and Reinhard Mechler  6. Population dynamics, adaptive capacity & regulation of supply systems Diana Hummel, Cedric Janowicz and Alexandra Lux  7. Innovation dynamics as lever for adaptive long-term policies: an evolutionary approach Jan Nill  Part 3: Participation  8. From Interest Consultation to Collective Knowledge Production: The Influence of Participation on EU Environmental Governance Hui-Yin Sung and Ho-Ching Lee  9. Potential and limits for businesses to address long-term social-ecological challenges: the case of European fish processors Franziska Wolff and Katharina Schmitt  10. Participation Beyond the State: Why some NGOs Partner with Environmental NGOs, and Others Do Not Kristian Krieger and M Brooke  11. Participatory Scenarios in Developing and Implementing Long-Term Policies – Potential Contributions and Attributes of Influence Christian Albert  Part 4: Knowledge and Learning  12. Coping with creeping catastrophes: National political systems and the challenge of slow-moving policy problems Volker Schneider, Philip Leifeld and Thomas Malang  13. Scenarios as boundary objects in the allocation of water resources and services in the Mekong Region Louis Lebel  14. Stakeholder Integration and Social Learning in Integrated Sustainability Assessment Lisa Bohunovsky and Jill Jäger

O autorze

Bernd Siebenhüner is Professor of Ecological Economics and Head of the GELENA-research group on social learning and sustainability located at Oldenburg University, Germany. He is also deputy leader of the Global Governance Project at the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) at the Global Change and Social Systems Department.

Marlen Arnold is a Senior Research Scientist and Project Manager at University of Oldenburg, Germany, and a Lecturer at various higher educational institutions, notably in Finland and Colombia.

Klaus Eisenack is Assistant Professor for Environment and Development Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany, and heads the Chameleon Research Group.

Klaus H. Jacob is a Research Director of the Environmental Policy Research Centre at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.