Human-Nature Interactions in the Anthropocene

This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior and the different dimensions and scales. With a problem-focused, sustainability-oriented approach to the analysis of human-nature relations, this text will be a useful resource for scholars of human and social ecology, geography, sociology, development studies, social anthropology and natural resources management.

List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword by the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) and Professor in Environmental Systems Analysis, Wageningen University Rik Leemans Preface by the President of the German Society for Human Ecology (DGH) and Scientific Steering Committee Member of the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Bernhard Glaeser Acknowledgments Part 1: Introduction 1. New Approaches to the Analysis of Human-Nature Relations Marion Glaser, Beate M.W. Ratter, Gesche Krause and Martin Welp 2. Systems Thinking and Social Learning for Sustainability Gesche Krause and Martin Welp Part 2: Social-Ecological Systems (SES) and Complexity 3. Social-Ecological Systems as Epistemic Objects Egon Becker 4. Modelling Social-Ecological Systems: Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Social Sciences Felix Tretter and Andrew Halliday 5. Complexity and Emergence: Key Concepts in Non-Linear Dynamic Systems Beate M.W. Ratter Part 3: Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability 6. Archetypes of Adaptation to Climate Change Klaus Eisenack 7. Population Dynamics and Adaptive Capacity of Supply Systems Diana Hummel Part 4: Multi-Agent Modelling and Simulation 8. Transdisciplinary Multi-Agent Modelling for Social-Ecological Systems Analysis: Achievements and Potentials Marion Glaser 9. Integrated Modelling and Scenario Building for the Nicobar Islands in the Aftermath of the Tsunami Martin Wildenberg and Simron Jit Singh Part 5: Pathways Towards New Systems Thinking in Human Ecology 10. Towards Global Sustainability Analysis in the Anthropocene Marion Glaser, Gesche Krause, Andrew Halliday and Bernhard Glaeser. Contributors. Index.