| Transformational Resilience: How Building Human Resilience to Climate Disruption Can Safeguard Society and Increase Wellbeing Contributor(s): Doppelt, Bob (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783535288 ISBN-13: 9781783535286 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Mental Health - Business & Economics | Business Ethics - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using the author's extensive experience of advising public, private and non-profit sectors on personal, organization, and community behavioral and systems change knowledge and tools, this book applies a new lens to the question of how to respond to climate change. It offers a scientifically rigorous understanding of the negative mental health and psychosocial impacts of climate change and argues that overlooking these issues will have very damaging consequences. The practical assessment of various methods to build human resilience offered by Transformational Resilience then makes a powerful case for the need to quickly expand beyond emission reductions and hardening physical infrastructure to enhance the capacity of individuals and groups to cope with the inevitable changes affecting all levels of society.Applying a trauma-informed mental health and psychosocial perspective, Transformational Resilience offers a groundbreaking approach to responding to climate disruption. The book describes how climate disruption traumatizes societies and how effective responses can catalyze positive learning, growth, and change. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doppelt, Bob: - Bob Doppelt is Executive Director of Resource Innovations and the Climate Leadership Initiative in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, and Courtesy Associate Professor in the Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon. |