Theories of social-ecological resilience have developed over the past decades and rapidly become an important framework for governance of complex non-linear environmental problems. This book explores the resilience theories and their compatibility with law, it identifies corresponding legal features. The legal features identified, including legal measures, mechanisms, principles and approaches, form a legal design for social-ecological resilience. A legal design that can be applied to different governance situations. It can be a tool both for designing new laws, as well as for assessing the effectiveness of current laws and legal systems. In many ways environmental law has adjusted and developed new approaches to meet complex environmental problems, but law is still challenged by the complexity that characterize environmental problems and the environmental change connected with the Anthropocene. This book provides a comprehensive review of the most fundamental components of the governance framework for social-ecological resilience and the role of law.

An exploration of the legal features compatibility with the theories of social-ecological resilience and their applicability for effective governance frameworks.

About the Author
Brita Bohman has an LL.D. in environmental law from the Faculty of law at Stockholm University, Sweden. Her dissertation on law and resilience from 2017 was conducted in a transdisciplinary research environment, in cooperation with Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108840170
Author Brita Bohman
Format Hardback
Page Count 264
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 513g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 20mm