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This fascinating book is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political interrelationships between tourism and global environmental change: one of the most significant issues facing humankind today. Its contributors argue that the impacts of these changes are potentially extremely serious both for the tourism industry, and for the communities dependent upon it. Integrating knowledge from the social and physical sciences, this significant book explores they key issues surrounding global environmental change, as well as government and industry willingness to meet the challenges posed by it. Divided into four main sections, it investigates: the tourism and global environmental change relationship in specific environments global issues related to environmental change differing perceptions of global environmental change held by tourists and the tourist industry. Comprehensive in scope, topical and integrative, this key text is essential reading for students, scholars and researchers in all aspects of tourism, geography and environmental studies.
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Accessibly written by a team of international authors, the Encyclopedia of Environmental Change provides a gateway to the complex facts, concepts, techniques, methodology and philosophy of environmental change. Over 4,000 entries explore the following key themes and more: conservation; demographic change; environmental management; environmental policy; environmental security; food security; glaciation; the green revolution; and human impact on the environment.
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Le temps, en archéologie, est un temps construit. Comment distinguer parmi les innovations celles qui modifient profondément les sociétés ? Comment apprécier les dynamiques du changement ? Comment l'évolution, imperceptible ou brutale, devient-elle révolution, subversive et refondatrice ? Ce volume prend appui sur la richesse des aires chrono-culturelles étudiées par les doctorants de l'ED 112 pour témoigner et débattre des manières dont nous percevons les transformations et leurs effets sur les sociétés du passé. Sur un temps court, les changements, brusques ou discrets, esquissent une dynamique évolutive. Il s'agit alors de les expliquer : déterminisme environnemental, fonctionnel, culturel, influence externe ou innovation locale. Mais il faut aussi estimer sur un temps long l'impact réel de ces bouleversements dans l'histoire. Les rythmes des mutations deviennent ainsi un indicateur de la stabilité d'une société et peuvent révéler sa transformation profonde. De la révolution de l'agriculture à la Révolution française, le dynamisme des sociétés humaines ne tient-il pas de leur capacité à toujours se renouveler ?
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In more than 40 chapters, this work examines the historic importance and future development of the field of environmental change, including theory, research and practice.
Global environmental change. --- Global temperature changes.
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Climatic changes --- Global environmental change --- Geology, Stratigraphic
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Environmental policy --- Global environmental change --- Sustainable development
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This Element develops a new Strategic Capabilities Framework for studying and steering complex socio-ecological systems. It is driven by the central question of what are the most essential capabilities that ought to be fostered for addressing the fundamental 21st Century environmental challenges and Earth system transformations. The author's objective is to innovate transformative ideas toward better climate and ocean governance that are of interest both to academics and policymakers in the field. Rather than investigating the design and effectiveness of institutions in governing the climate and the oceans, the authors offer an alternative approach starting from the assumption that global governance arrangements must be informed by the capabilities of the communities affected. This Element aims to offer out-of-the-box thinking about capabilities-focused and community-centered frameworks that align multi-level systems of governance with the fundamental challenges of global environmental change. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Global environmental change --- Climatic changes --- Government policy.
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