Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies – serie
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Common Sense in Environmental Management
Thinking Through English Land and Water
Inbunden, 2019
2526 kr
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Common Sense in Environmental Management examines common sense not in theory, but in practice. Jonathan Woolley argues that common sense as a concept is rooted in English experiences of landscape and land management and examines it ethnographically - unveiling common sense as key to understanding …
Daoism and Environmental Philosophy
Nourishing Life
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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Daoism and Environmental Philosophy explores ethics and the philosophy of nature in the Daodejing, the Zhuangzi, and related texts to elucidate their potential significance in our contemporary environmental crisis. This book traces early Daoist depictions of practices of embodied emptying and …
Environmental Education in Indonesia
Creating Responsible Citizens in the Global South?
Av Lyn Parker, Kelsie Prabawa-Sear
Inbunden, 2019
2526 kr
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Indonesia’s wealth of natural resources is being exploited at breakneck speed, and environmental awareness and knowledge among the populace is limited. This book examines how young people learn about the environment to see how education can help to develop environmental awareness and avert vast …
Fairness and Justice in Natural Resource Politics
Av Melanie Pichler, Cornelia Staritz m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
754 kr
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As demand for natural resources increases due to the rise in world population and living standards, conflicts over their access and control are becoming more prevalent. This book critically assesses different approaches to and conceptualizations of resource fairness and justice and applies them to …
Green History of the Welfare State
Häftad, 2019
754 kr
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Environmental problems – particularly climate change – have become increasingly important to governments and social researchers in recent decades. Debates about their implications for social policies and welfare reforms are now moving towards centre stage. What has been missing from such debates is …
Governance of Urban Green Spaces in the EU
Social innovation and civil society
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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Across European cities the use of urban space is controversial and subject to diverging interests. On the one hand citizens are increasingly aware of the necessity for self-organising to reclaim green spaces. On the other hand local authorities have started to involve citizens in the governance of …
Environmental History of Australian Rainforests until 1939
Fire, Rain, Settlers and Conservation
Inbunden, 2020
2601 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia’s rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforests, to help us better understand current issues and debates surrounding their conservation and …
Environmental Humanities and the Uncanny
Ecoculture, Literature and Religion
Av Rod Giblett
Inbunden, 2019
2526 kr
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Sigmund Freud’s essay 'The Uncanny' is celebrating a century since publication. It is arguably his greatest and most fruitful contribution to the study of culture and the environment. Environmental Humanities and the Uncanny brings into the open neglected aspects of the uncanny in this famous essay …
Ecofeminism and the Indian Novel
Inbunden, 2019
2905 kr
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Ecofeminism and the Indian Novel tests the theories of ecofeminism against the background of India’s often different perceptions of environmental problems, challenging the hegemony of Western culture in thinking about human problems. This book moves beyond a simple application of the concepts of …
Poetics of the Earth
Natural History and Human History
Inbunden, 2019
2526 kr
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Poetics of the Earth is a work of environmental philosophy, based on a synthesis of eastern and western thought on natural and human history. It draws on recent biological research to show how the processes of evolution and history both function according to the same principles. Augustin Berque …
Environmental Justice and Oil Pollution Laws
Comparing Enforcement in the United States and Nigeria
Inbunden, 2020
2324 kr
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This book explores the relationship between oil pollution laws and environmental justice by comparing and contrasting the United States and Nigeria. Critically, this book not only examines the fluidity of oil pollutions laws but also how effective or ineffective enforcement can be when viewed …
Role of Non-State Actors in the Green Transition
Building a Sustainable Future
Av Jens Hoff, Quentin Gausset m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2526 kr
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This book argues that there is no way to make progress in building a sustainable future without extensive participation of non-state actors. The volume explores the contribution of non-state actors to a sustainable transition, starting with citizens and communities of different kinds and ending …
Environmental Human Rights
A Political Theory Perspective
Av Markku Oksanen, Ashley Dodsworth m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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The nature of environmental human rights and their relation to larger rights theories has been a frequent topic of discussion in law, environmental ethics and political theory. However, the subject of environmental human rights has not been fully established among other human rights concerns within …
Sustainability in the Gulf
Challenges and Opportunities
Av Elie Azar, Mohamed Abdel Raouf
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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Sustainability is a topic of great interest today, particularly for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which have witnessed very rapid economic and demographic growth over the past decade. The observed growth has led to unsustainable consumption patterns of vital resources such as water, …
African Philosophy and Environmental Conservation
Häftad, 2019
827 kr
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African Philosophy and Environmental Conservation is about the unconcern for, and marginalisation of, the environment in African philosophy. The issue of the environment is still very much neglected by governments, corporate bodies, academics and specifically, philosophers in the sub-Saharan …
Ecocritical Geopolitics
Popular culture and environmental discourse
Inbunden, 2021
2526 kr
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What is the role of popular culture in shaping our discourse about the multifaceted system of material things, subjects and causal agents that we call "environment"? Ecocritical Geopolitics offers a new theoretical perspective and approach to the analysis of environmental discourse in popular …
Romantic Anti-capitalism and Nature
The Enchanted Garden
Inbunden, 2019
2905 kr
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Romantic Anti-capitalism and Nature examines the deep connections between the romantic rebellion against modernity and ecological concern with modern threats to nature. The chapters deal with expressions of romantic culture from a wide variety of different areas: travel writing, painting, utopian …
Liberty and the Ecological Crisis
Freedom on a Finite Planet
Av Katie Kish, Christopher Orr m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2526 kr
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This book examines the concept of liberty in relation to civilization’s ability to live within ecological limits.Freedom, in all its renditions – choice, thought, action – has become inextricably linked to our understanding of what it means to be modern citizens. And yet, it is our relatively …
What Can I Do to Help Heal the Environmental Crisis?
Inbunden, 2019
2526 kr
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The culmination of over three decades of writing by environmental scientist and writer Haydn Washington, this book examines the global environmental crisis and its solutions.Many of us know that something is wrong with our world, that it is wounded. At the same time, we often don’t know why things …
What Can I Do to Help Heal the Environmental Crisis?
Häftad, 2019
651 kr
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The culmination of over three decades of writing by environmental scientist and writer Haydn Washington, this book examines the global environmental crisis and its solutions.Many of us know that something is wrong with our world, that it is wounded. At the same time, we often don’t know why things …
Liberty and the Ecological Crisis
Freedom on a Finite Planet
Av Katie Kish, Christopher Orr m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
754 kr
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This book examines the concept of liberty in relation to civilization’s ability to live within ecological limits.Freedom, in all its renditions – choice, thought, action – has become inextricably linked to our understanding of what it means to be modern citizens. And yet, it is our relatively …
NGO Discourses in the Debate on Genetically Modified Crops
Häftad, 2019
724 kr
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The development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been a contentious topic for the last three decades. While there have been a number of social science analyses of the issues, this is the first book to assess the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the debate at such …
From Environmental to Ecological Law
Av Kirsten Anker, Peter D. Burdon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2526 kr
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This book increases the visibility, clarity and understanding of ecological law. Ecological law is emerging as a field of law founded on systems thinking and the need to integrate ecological limits, such as planetary boundaries, into law.Presenting new thinking in the field, this book focuses on …
Art, Farming and Food for the Future
Transforming Agriculture
Av Barbara L. Benish, Nathalie Blanc
Inbunden, 2022
2601 kr
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This book explores the impact of artistic experiments in inspiring people to turn away from current food consumerism and take an active role in preserving, sustaining, and protecting the environment. As artists are expanding their practice into social justice and community concerns, erasing …
Stranded Assets and the Environment
Risk, Resilience and Opportunity
Häftad, 2020
581 kr
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Drawing on the work of leading researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including economic geography, economics, economic history, finance, law, and public policy, this edited collection provides a comprehensive assessment of stranded assets and the environment, covering the …
Political Ecology of Austerity
Crisis, Social Movements, and the Environment
Av Rita Calvário, Maria Kaika m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2601 kr
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The Political Ecology of Austerity explores the environmental dimension of austerity that has thus far escaped academic, policy, and media attention. Offering a better comprehension of the full socio-environmental impact of austerity measures, the book highlights the importance of considering …
Rights of Nature
A Re-examination
Av Daniel P. Corrigan, Markku Oksanen
Inbunden, 2021
2526 kr
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Rights of nature is an idea that has come of age. In recent years, a diverse range of countries and jurisdictions have adopted these norms, which involve granting legal rights to nature or natural objects, such as rivers, forests, or ecosystems. This book critically examines the idea of natural …
Climate Change Temporalities
Explorations in Vernacular, Popular, and Scientific Discourse
Av Kyrre Kverndokk, Marit Ruge Bjærke m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2526 kr
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Climate Change Temporalities explores how various timescales, timespans, intervals, rhythms, cycles, and changes in acceleration are at play in climate change discourses. It argues that nuanced, detailed, and specific understandings and concepts are required to handle the challenges of a …
Riverlands of the Anthropocene
Walking Our Waterways as Places of Becoming
Häftad, 2021
716 kr
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This is an invitation to readers to ponder universal questions about human relations with rivers and water for the precarious times of the Anthropocene. The book asks how humans can learn through sensory embodied encounters with local waterways that shape the architecture of cities and make global …
Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises
Av Massih Zekavat, Tabea Scheel
Inbunden, 2023
2601 kr
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Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises explores how satire and humor can be employed to address and mitigate ecological crises at individual and collective levels. Besides scientific and technological endeavors, solutions to ecological crises must entail social and communicative reform to persuade …
