Social-Ecological Transformation

Karl Bruckmeier is Professor in the Department of Sociology, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Formerly he was Professor in Human Ecology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

• .- Introduction: Developing social-ecological concepts and theories.- 1 Interaction of society and nature in sociology.- 2 Interaction of nature and society in ecology.- 3 Sustainability in social-ecological perspective.- 4 Social-ecological systems and ecosystem services.- 5 Knowledge transfer in adaptive management and environmental governance.- 6 Climate change and development of coastal areas in social-ecological perspective.- 7 Transformation of industrial energy systems.- Conclusion: The coming crisis of global environmental governance.