Social Capital, Resilience and Adaptation on Small Islands : Climate Change on the Isles of Scilly

• Main Author: Petzold, Jan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Climate Change Management,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Human geography.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

The book deals with the role of social capital regarding its potential to increase small islands' adaptive capacity to climate change. The case study of the Isles of Scilly, UK, shows how social structures can play a very important role for climate change adaptation. It is argued that social fe...