Addressing Tipping Points for a Precarious Future

by Timothy O'Riordan and Timothy Lenton

Tipping points are zones or thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with very considerable and largely unforecastable consequences. Tipping points may be dangerous for societies and economies, especially if the prevailing governing arrangements are not designed either to anticipate them or adapt to their arrival. Tipping points can also be transformational of cultures and behaviours so that societies can learn to adapt and to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197265537
• ISBN13: 9780197265536
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"