Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 - The Need for Adaptive Policies -- 2 - Seven Guidelines for Policy-making in an Uncertain World -- 3 - Integrated and Forward-looking Analysis -- 4 - Multi-stakeholder Deliberation -- 5 - Automatic Policy Adjustment -- 6 - Enabling Self-organization and Social Networking -- 7 - Decentralization of Decision-making -- 8 - Promoting Variation -- 9 - Formal Policy Review and Continuous Learning -- 10 - Insights into Implementing Adaptive Policies -- Appendix: Policy Case Study Overviews -- Consolidated Bibliography -- About the Organizations, Editors and Contributors -- Index.