The SAGE Handbook of Environment and Society

I am Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. I was Head of the Department of Biological Sciences from 2004-2008. I joined the Department in 1997, having worked for ten years at the International Institute for Environment and Development, where I was director of their sustainable agriculture programme from 1989. Before that, I worked at Imperial College. At the University of Essex, I set up the Centre for Environment and Society, which links across a variety of departments and disciplines. I was appointed A D White Professor-at-Large by Cornell University for six years from 2001. Andys research if focused on the response, in terms of activity and diversity of the microbial community to environmental perturbations. One of his major interests is teh bioremediation of contaminated land and water, using both laboratory and field based research to examine the potential role of microbial communities in the treatment of waste oils and also in the factors limiting the breakdown of contaminants in contaminated sites. MAX J. PFEFFER is International Professor of Development Sociology and Senior Associate Dean of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. His teaching concentrates on environmental sociology and sociological theory. His research spans several areas including rural labor markets, international migration, land use and environmental planning. The work has focused on a variety of rural and urban communities, including rural/urban fringe areas. Research sites include rural New York and Central America. He has been awarded competitive grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture′s National Research Initiative and its Fund for Rural America, and the Social Science Research Council. Pfeffer has published a wide range of scholarly articles and has written/co-edited four books. He recently published (with John Schelhas) Saving Forests, Protecting People? Environmental Conservation in Central America. Max has served on and led National Research Council committees of the Water Science and Technology Board. Max has served as Chair of the Development Sociology Department, and the Associate Director of both the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cornell University Center for the Environment.

"Fifty-eight international (e.g., from Australia, England, India, Germany, Sweden, US) physical, biological, environmental, and social scientists have contributed authoritatively insightful and instructive perspectives and assessments of the myriad environment-society links confronting the contemporary milieu."

• Introduction to Environment and Society - Jules Pretty, Andrew S. Ball, Ted Benton, Julia S. Guivant, David R. Lee, David Orr, Max J. Pfeffer and Hugh Ward PART 1: ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHT: PAST AND PRESENTFrom Locke and Rousseau to Darwin and Wallace - Ted Benton Humans and NatureAnarchism, Libertarianism and Environmentalism - Damian F. White and Gideon KossoffAnti-authoritarian Thought and the Search for Self-organising Societies Ecofeminism - Mary MellorLinking Gender and EcologyDeep Ecology - Ted Benton Greening the Left? From Marx to World-system Theory - Ted BentonHuman Relationships, Nature, and the Built Environment - Warwick Fox Problems that any General Ethics must be able to Address Anti-Environmentalism - Damian F. White, Chris P. Wilbert and Alan Rudy Prometheans, Contrarians and Beyond PART 2: VALUING THE ENVIRONMENTFundamental Economic Questions for Choosing Environmental Management Instruments - Thomas D. Crocker Valuing Preferences regarding Environmental Change - Ian J. BatemanEconomic Valuation of Ecosystem Services - Randall A. KramerAssessing Environment-Development Tradeoffs - David R. LeeA Developing Country PerspectiveWater Policy, Economics, and the EU Framework Directive - Joe MorrisPART 3: KNOWLEDGES AND KNOWINGEcological Design and Education - David W. Orr Knowing Systems and the Environment - Richard BawdenVolunteer Environmental Monitoring, Knowledge Creation and Citizen-scientist Interaction - Max Pfeffer and Linda WagenetEnvironmental Ethics - Val PlumwoodBiocultural Diversity and Sustainability - Luisa MaffiPART 4: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGERepresentative Democracy and Environmental Problem Solution - Ron JohnsonPolitical Ecology from Landscapes to Genomes - Ron J. Herring Science and InterestsProtest Movements, Environmental Activism and Environmentalism in the United Kingdom - Steven Griggs and David HowarthFaces of the Sustainability Transition - Tim O′RiordanThe Greening of Business - Christina Page and Amory LovinsOpportunity or Contradiction? PART 5: ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIESThe Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change - Thomas J. Wilbanks and Patricia Romero-LankaoHealthy Environments - Howard FrumkinAir pollution - Ian Colbeck History of Actions and Effectiveness of Change Terrestrial Environments, Soils and Bioremediation - Andrew S. Ball Regenerating Aquaculture - Stuart W. BuntingEnhancing Aquatic Resources Management, Livelihoods and Conservation Shopping for Green Food in Globalizing Supermarkets - Peter Oosterveer, Julia Guivant and Gert SpaargarenSustainability at the Consumption JunctionPART 6: REDESIGNING NATURES Healthy Ecosystems - David J. RapportAn Evolving Paradigm Environment and Human Security - Laura Little and Chris CocklinSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems - Jules Pretty Animals and Society - Henry Buller and Carol Morris Social Change and Conservation - Madhav Gadgil Coral Reefs and People - Dave Smith, Sarah Pilgrim and Leanne Cullen PART 7: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES FOR INFLUENCING THE ENVIRONMENTThe Role of Science and Scientists in Environmental Policy - Jon Hastie Integrated Social-ecological Systems and Adaptive Governance for Ecosystem Services - Carl Folke, Johan Colding, Per Olsson, and Thomas HahnContested Ground in Nature Protection - Steven R. Brechin, Grant Murray and Charles BenjaminCurrent Challenges and Opportunities in Community-based Natural Resources and Protected Areas ManagementInstitutions, Collective Action and Effective Forest Management - Harini Nagendra and Elinor Ostrom Learning from Studies in NepalThe Precautionary Principle in Environmental Policies - Albert WealeEnvironmental Risks and Public Perceptions - Ulrich Beck and Cordula Kropp