Thursday, September 09, 2010

Resilience Science - Future Tense on ABC

Interesting discussion - resilience continues to be one of the hot topics. This comes via the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies (IEET).

Resilience Science



Brian Walker

Future Tense on ABC

Posted: Aug 31, 2010



Many scientists around the world believe that we need to focus on ways of making our urban and natural environments more resilient. So what is the idea of resilience science? And how can it help deal with future environmental challenges? An interview with Dr Brian Walker, chair of the Resilience Alliance, Guy Barnett, researcher for Sustainable Ecosystems, and ecologist Paul Ryan.

Also: Future Governance In a world where issues like climate change, population and migration are challenging the way we organise our societies. How should we address some of these issues? And what affect will they have on the future of governance? listen | download (4.4MB)


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