Urgency in the anthropocene /
Lynch, Amanda H.
Urgency in the anthropocene / Amanda H. Lynch and Siri Veland - Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2018 - xii, 238 pages : illustrations, 24 cm
SIP1904
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-234) and index.
Whose Anthropocene? -- Urgency manifest -- Urgent policy -- Urgent governance -- Coexistence.
"Is this the Anthropocene, the age in which humans have become a geological force, leaving indelible signs of their activities on the earth? The narrative of the Anthropocene so far is characterized by extremes, emergencies, and exceptions--a tale of apocalypse by our own hands. The sense of ongoing crisis emboldens policy and governance responses that challenge established systems of sovereignty and law. The once unacceptable--geoengineering technology, for example, or authoritarian decision making--are now anticipated and even demanded by some. To counter this, Amanda Lynch and Siri Veland propose a reframing of the Anthropocene--seeing it not as a race against catastrophe but as an age of emerging coexistence with earth system variability."--Page 4 of cover.
9780262038706 0262038706 9780262535762 0262535769
environment--ecology
human ecology global environmental change effect of human beings on nature
Urgency in the anthropocene / Amanda H. Lynch and Siri Veland - Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2018 - xii, 238 pages : illustrations, 24 cm
SIP1904
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-234) and index.
Whose Anthropocene? -- Urgency manifest -- Urgent policy -- Urgent governance -- Coexistence.
"Is this the Anthropocene, the age in which humans have become a geological force, leaving indelible signs of their activities on the earth? The narrative of the Anthropocene so far is characterized by extremes, emergencies, and exceptions--a tale of apocalypse by our own hands. The sense of ongoing crisis emboldens policy and governance responses that challenge established systems of sovereignty and law. The once unacceptable--geoengineering technology, for example, or authoritarian decision making--are now anticipated and even demanded by some. To counter this, Amanda Lynch and Siri Veland propose a reframing of the Anthropocene--seeing it not as a race against catastrophe but as an age of emerging coexistence with earth system variability."--Page 4 of cover.
9780262038706 0262038706 9780262535762 0262535769
environment--ecology
human ecology global environmental change effect of human beings on nature