Environmental policy and protocols Books

Book SynopsisConfronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction.For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypseand yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant truths about the root causes of our impending disaster. Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen argue that we must reconsider the origins of the consumption crisis and the challenges we face in creating a survivable future. Longstanding assumptions about economic growth and technological progressthe dream of a future of endless bountyare no longer tenable. The climate crisis has already progressed beyond simple or nondisruptive solutions. The end result will be apocalyptic; the only question now is how bad it will be.Jackson and Jensen examine how geographic determinism shTrade Review“An Inconvenient Apocalypse pulls no punches. Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen, in this work of Anthropocenic soul-searching, offer an honest, accessible, and ruefully playful look at their own lives and at the predicament of human civilization during this century of upheaval and denial.” —Scott Slovic, co-editor of Ecoambiguity, Community, and Development“The problematic human/earth relationship will not be resolved anytime soon, and Jackson and Jensen’s book makes an important contribution to assessing our situation and envisioning a way forward. Anyone who has a nagging feeling that something is wrong and doesn’t understand the breadth and depth of the problem or how to grapple with it should read this book.” —Lisi Krall, author of Proving Up"While making no religious claims, Jackson and Jensen engage the core questions that religious people must ask, if their own witness is to be credible: Who are we, and where are we in history? Do we have the capacity to make drastic change for the sake of a decent human future? Can we live with humility and grace instead of arrogance and an infatuation with knowledge devoid of wisdom? Read and consider." —Ellen F. Davis, author of Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture"With intrepid honesty, tenderness, and grace, Jackson and Jensen lay out a clear framework for making sense of the most elusive complexities of climate crisis. Through kindred reflections and incisive analysis, they boldly enlighten readers of the probable and the possible in the decades to come. An affirmation and solace for the weary. A beacon for those seeking courage and understanding in unsettling times." —Selina Gallo-Cruz, author of Political Invisibility and Mobilization"The nature of all living organisms, so this book argues, is to go after 'dense energy,' resulting eventually in crisis. If that is so, then the human organism is facing a tough question: Can we overcome our own nature? Courageous and humble, bold and provocative, the authors of An Inconvenient Apocalypse do not settle for superficial answers." —Donald Worster, author of Shrinking the Earth"This is one of the most important books of our lifetime. An Inconvenient Apocalypse can help us face the difficult choices that confront us all and enable us to acknowledge the urgency of our current circumstance." —Frederick L. Kirschenmann, author of Cultivating an Ecological Conscience"Wes Jackson and Bob Jensen have written Common Sense for our time. This book might be the spark that catalyzes the American Evolution." —Peter Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation“In this essential contribution to the public debate, Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen critique the capitalist forces accelerating the climate crisis and the intellectual-activists who have balked at calling for the radical changes in human behavior that could mitigate, if not prevent, environmental and societal collapse. Their contribution will prove as enduring as it is timely.” —Jason Brownlee, author of Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization“If you’re already concerned about our species’ survival prospects, this book will take you to the next level of understanding. Jackson and Jensen are clear and deeply moral thinkers, and their assessment of humanity’s precarious status deserves to be widely read.” —Richard Heinberg, author of Power"Jackson and Jensen take a hard look at the near future as climate change intensifies and predict looming crises will lead to human suffering and radical changes. . . . [The authors] cut through pervasive denial about humanity's destiny in a more hostile environment. As in an effective seminar, they posit a situation and then raise questions that will resonate with readers." —Library Journal"Harrowing and accessible, this is just the thing for readers interested in a sociological or philosophical examination of the climate crisis." —Publishers Weekly"A hard-hitting philosophical reckoning with climate breakdowns, and with the social collapses that they may entail. ... Climate disasters may render hope for the future tenuous, but the philosophical book An Inconvenient Apocalypse asserts that working toward social justice is still purpose-giving." —Foreword Reviews (starred review)"The goal of An Inconvenient Apocalypse isn’t to try to convince people of the reality of humankind’s environmental and societal crises. . . . Instead the book takes these threats as a starting point and spends the majority of its lean page count exploring their implications and how we might best respond to them. It succeeds commendably in this regard." —Resilience"In An Inconvenient Apocalypse, authors Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen style themselves as heralds of some very bad news: societal collapse on a global scale is inevitable, and those who manage to survive the mass death and crumbling of the world as we know it will have to live in drastically transformed circumstances. . . . The current way of things is doomed, and it’s up to us to prepare as best we can to ensure as soft a landing as possible when the inevitable apocalypse arrives." —The Guardian"Global warming is headed in a calamitous direction. Even if humans can limit the increase in the Earth’s temperature, other factors are pushing us to an apocalypse. . . . This a sobering examination of current trends in human behavior and likely existential consequences." —Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies"We are in the midst of a major environmental catastrophe for which we are little prepared, but for which action is desperately needed. An Inconvenient Apocalypse seeks to engage this problem with a deep concern for social justice, equality, and reverence for us and the planet that we have so deeply scarred." —New York Journal of Books"Unlike many works in the eco-catastrophe genre, An Inconvenient Apocalypse isn’t strident, angry, or panicked about the impending collapse. It’s more of an elegy for a dying civilization, which takes a pragmatic but soft-spoken approach to the problems we face; so soft-spoken that it’s a slight shock when we realize what the authors are saying." —Medium"An Inconvenient Apocalypse is one powerful book. It will move many of its readers out of the past and into a reasonable, informed, and passionate space for assessing a difficult future." —Ecological Economics"Read this personal manifesto of wisdom and passion for our suffering planet, a very important, timely, and riveting book." —CounterPunch"Few books can shake up and awaken long-time climate activists, environmental activists, and sustainability activists to expansive new levels of understanding of the big picture of our major crises, but this is one of those books." —Job One for Humanity Climate Blog“Right now, the questions posed by Jackson and Jensen carry more potency than the answers we are being led to believe will resolve the predicaments we are in. That is because we have been asking the wrong questions. Jackson and Jensen ask new, and inconvenient, questions. Get the book and start asking the same questions.” —Rainbow Juice“The authors seek to redefine what hope can be, as the day-to-day expectations of most of us are off the table... Compulsory reading.” —Hastings Independent Press"If we are to see a better future realized, not only do we need to rethink our individual patterns of behavior, but we must also resist cultural formations that reduce our humanity to marketplace identities. . . . If we decide this is who we are, our future may still be bright, even if it is not convenient." —The Christian CenturyTable of ContentsIntroductions: Who are we? 1. Who is “we”? 2. Four hard questions: Size, scale, scope, speed 3. We are all apocalyptic now 4. Saving remnant 5. Ecospheric grace Conclusions: The sum of all hopes and fears

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering study focuses on a new tool for resolving the land-use conflict--the creation of habitat conservation plans.Trade ReviewOverall, I strongly recommend it for geographers and planners interested in conservation in and near urban areas, and for anyone who needs further evidence of the very real difficulties involved in finding 'win-win' outcomes to conflicts in the United States between economic development and biodiversity protection. * Professional Geographer *Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Land Development and Endangered Species: Emerging Conflicts Chapter 2. The Federal Endangered Species Act: Key Provisions and Implications for Land Development Chapter 3. Overview of Past and Ongoing Habitat Conservation Plans and Processes Chapter 4. The Politics of Habitat Conservation Planning: Key Actors and Perspectives Chapter 5. Habitat Conservation Plans to Protect Butterflies and Other Invertebrate Species: San Bruno Mountain and Beyond Chapter 6. Conserving Habitat for a Threatened Desert Lizard: The Coachella Valley Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 7. Habitat Conservation in the Florida Keys: The North Key Largo Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 8. Protecting Migratory Songbirds: The Least Bell's Vireo Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 9. Endangered Rats and Endangered Homeowners: The Affordable Housing/Species Clash in Riverside County Chapter 10. Preserving the Desert Tortoise: The Clark County Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 11. Preserving the Kit Fox and Other Flora and Fauna of the San Joaquin Valley: The Bakersfield and Kern County Habitat Conservation Plans Chapter 12. The Promise of Regional, Multi-species Approaches: The Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Chapter 13. Evaluating the Success of Habitat Conservation Efforts: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Historian Edwin Martini has assembled a fine cast of scholars for examining the environmental impact and legacy of US military bases during the twentieth century. . . . The editor and his team are to be commended for highlighting the issues and furthering informed debate." -- Christopher M. Rein * Environmental History *"Proving Grounds is an excellent collection of essays examining various aspects of the U.S. military’s relationship to the environment." -- Sasha Davis * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land 2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs 3. Incident at Galisteo 4. “This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here” 5. The War on Plants 6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy? 7. Reality Revealed 8. A Wildlife Insurgency 9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ne of those rare works that combines practical benefits with broad scholarly significance . . . outstanding. Its original arguments, and the diversity of peoples contained within its pages—Vietnamese, Cham, Chinese, French, French colonial, Japanese, American—ensure that the book will matter to historians of Vietnam, the United States, and the world." * Journal of World History *"Presents the history of this area as a form of stratigraphy, excavating layers of sedimented past where multiple military conflicts occurred. . . . A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"[O[ffers readers an intriguing new perspective on the long history of military conflict and occupation in central Vietnam by integrating environmental perspectivves with more traditional military and political histories..an inspiring application of robust historical research to solving modern environmental problems caused by war." * LSE Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in Northeast India, anthropologist Dolly Kikon offers a rich account of life in the midst of a landscape defined by multiple overlapping extractive industries and plantation economies, and of the social relations through which a resource frontier comes into being." * New Books in Anthropology podcast *"This is a versatile book that would be accessible for undergraduate audiences, yet contains complexity that would be of great interest for graduate audiences and scholars as well." * Electronic Green Journal *"Kikon’s ethnography is rich, diverse, and makes an engaging read." * Contributions to Indian Sociology *"The strength of Kikon’s work is...in the creativity and skill of its synthesis of existing theoretical work, applied to a new context and matched with local knowledge." * Anthropologica *"[A] beautiful and gripping account of the intimate layers of life, vio-lence and sovereignty pattered throughout the militarised carbon landscape of the foothills of Assam and Nagaland in North East India." * Postcolonial Studies *"[E]vocatively captures the intricacies and intimacies of daily life on this militarized resource frontier, drawing from stories, oral histories, and local myths, in spaces ranging from coal mines to oil rigs, rice fields to weekly markets and military checkpoints. Throughout, the book remains focused on the fragile and contested intimacies forged through trade, labor sharing, and love affairs across boundaries that are at once social, political, and ecological." * PoLAR: Political & Legal Anthropology Review *"[A] fantastic read, a book that speaks to scholars as well as general public. Kikon combines grounded ethnography with theoretical elabortation, setting a new standard of excellence for the anthropology of the North East." * Economic and Political Weekly *"Kikon has crafted the book skilfully with her narrative writing style...This book is an essential reading for those who want to understand the complex state-society dynamics in Northeast India." * Cultural Geographies *"Dolly Kikon’s book, undoubtedly a fascinating work of ethnography, compels us to problematize seemingly unitary categories of hills and other land and waterscapes and also to think of the impact of extractive regimes not only on the environment but also on how environment then comes to exist for the human societies who experience them." * Seminar *"Interdisciplinary scholarship on the environment has much to gain from Kikon’s book... The power of Kikon’s ethnography lies in its subtle, and unromanticized, insistence onthe creativity and fortitude of those communities living amidst such extractive debris. Kikon’s careful mapping of friendships, enmities, grieving, laughing, dying, working, loving, healing, teaching, struggling, and building helps us to see all of the fragile things that hold life together, and what we will still have to tend to once the oil is gone." * H-Net *"[S]uperb...what is truly the exceptional strength of the book [is] a richly textured ethnography of how individuals and communities make their lives in the shadows of a region transformed by extraction." * H-Net *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in Northeast India, anthropologist Dolly Kikon offers a rich account of life in the midst of a landscape defined by multiple overlapping extractive industries and plantation economies, and of the social relations through which a resource frontier comes into being." * New Books in Anthropology podcast *"This is a versatile book that would be accessible for undergraduate audiences, yet contains complexity that would be of great interest for graduate audiences and scholars as well." * Electronic Green Journal *"Kikon’s ethnography is rich, diverse, and makes an engaging read." * Contributions to Indian Sociology *"The strength of Kikon’s work is...in the creativity and skill of its synthesis of existing theoretical work, applied to a new context and matched with local knowledge." * Anthropologica *"[A] beautiful and gripping account of the intimate layers of life, vio-lence and sovereignty pattered throughout the militarised carbon landscape of the foothills of Assam and Nagaland in North East India." * Postcolonial Studies *"[E]vocatively captures the intricacies and intimacies of daily life on this militarized resource frontier, drawing from stories, oral histories, and local myths, in spaces ranging from coal mines to oil rigs, rice fields to weekly markets and military checkpoints. Throughout, the book remains focused on the fragile and contested intimacies forged through trade, labor sharing, and love affairs across boundaries that are at once social, political, and ecological." * PoLAR: Political & Legal Anthropology Review *"[A] fantastic read, a book that speaks to scholars as well as general public. Kikon combines grounded ethnography with theoretical elabortation, setting a new standard of excellence for the anthropology of the North East." * Economic and Political Weekly *"Kikon has crafted the book skilfully with her narrative writing style...This book is an essential reading for those who want to understand the complex state-society dynamics in Northeast India." * Cultural Geographies *"Dolly Kikon’s book, undoubtedly a fascinating work of ethnography, compels us to problematize seemingly unitary categories of hills and other land and waterscapes and also to think of the impact of extractive regimes not only on the environment but also on how environment then comes to exist for the human societies who experience them." * Seminar *"Interdisciplinary scholarship on the environment has much to gain from Kikon’s book... The power of Kikon’s ethnography lies in its subtle, and unromanticized, insistence onthe creativity and fortitude of those communities living amidst such extractive debris. Kikon’s careful mapping of friendships, enmities, grieving, laughing, dying, working, loving, healing, teaching, struggling, and building helps us to see all of the fragile things that hold life together, and what we will still have to tend to once the oil is gone." * H-Net *"[S]uperb...what is truly the exceptional strength of the book [is] a richly textured ethnography of how individuals and communities make their lives in the shadows of a region transformed by extraction." * H-Net *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hussain provides context on the animal (the snow leopard) and the area (mountainous Baltistan) in question by examining how both Islam and residual traces of Bon, the area’s now extinct pre-Islam religion, influence local attitudes. . . . Readers interested in animal conservation will find much to ponder in this thoughtful study." * Publishers Weekly *"[A] fascinating account of snow leopard con-servation in Baltistan... Shafqat’s dissection of conservation discourse exposes the inverse cor-relation between resource distribution and responsibilities in conservation." * Journal of Anthropological Research *"[A] breath of fresh air, suggesting room for optimism amidst the gloom of despairing writing on the snow leopard." * Conservation and Society *"The theoretically dense and historically rich chapters provide a nuanced understanding of how the life of the snow leopard is intertwined with the life of the goat and other livestock that are kept by the poor Balti herders in open corrals to meet their everyday nutritional needs... Shafqat Hussain’s careful analysis invites us to consider the agentivity of this elegant predator in harsh remote terrains, and by combining empirical evidence and scientific analyses, explains how domestic livestock continue to sustain the numbers of this vulnerable cat in the wild." * Pacific Affairs *"Carefully documenting the history of the snow leopard and its trade around the world, evaluating the science asso-ciated with snow leopard conservation and its uncertainties, and contextualizing it with rich ethnographic work, Hussain makes an important contribution to highlight the challenges and dynamics of operationalizing global conservation priorities at the local level." * Journal of Asian Studies *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hussain provides context on the animal (the snow leopard) and the area (mountainous Baltistan) in question by examining how both Islam and residual traces of Bon, the area’s now extinct pre-Islam religion, influence local attitudes. . . . Readers interested in animal conservation will find much to ponder in this thoughtful study." * Publishers Weekly *"[A] fascinating account of snow leopard con-servation in Baltistan... Shafqat’s dissection of conservation discourse exposes the inverse cor-relation between resource distribution and responsibilities in conservation." * Journal of Anthropological Research *"[A] breath of fresh air, suggesting room for optimism amidst the gloom of despairing writing on the snow leopard." * Conservation and Society *"The theoretically dense and historically rich chapters provide a nuanced understanding of how the life of the snow leopard is intertwined with the life of the goat and other livestock that are kept by the poor Balti herders in open corrals to meet their everyday nutritional needs... Shafqat Hussain’s careful analysis invites us to consider the agentivity of this elegant predator in harsh remote terrains, and by combining empirical evidence and scientific analyses, explains how domestic livestock continue to sustain the numbers of this vulnerable cat in the wild." * Pacific Affairs *"Carefully documenting the history of the snow leopard and its trade around the world, evaluating the science asso-ciated with snow leopard conservation and its uncertainties, and contextualizing it with rich ethnographic work, Hussain makes an important contribution to highlight the challenges and dynamics of operationalizing global conservation priorities at the local level." * Journal of Asian Studies *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] welcome contribution to the literature on Japanese colonialism and “green imperialism.” Seeds of Control is a lively and timely work. Non-specialist readers will find it approachable and informative. Specialists in Japanese and Korean history will find Seeds of Control useful to think and teach with. It is an excellent example of what environmental history can bring to the study of nation and empire in East Asia." * Agricultural History *"Seeds of Control is a must-read text for anyone interested in the complexity and interplay of colonial and environmental history." * Environmental History *"David Fedman presents the first environmental history monograph in English detailing Japanese colonial forestry policies and practices in Korea. The book is deeply and widely researched—incorporating archival, published, and scholarly sources in Korean, Japanese, and English—and is engagingly written." * European Journal of Korean Studies *"Through its comprehensive evaluation of the successes and failures of Japan’s environmental governance, Seeds of Control speaks to the current situation in an innovative and persuasive manner, for it reveals a new horizon or internal limit for the exercise of power." * Journal of Asian Studies *"[E]xcellent, detailed, and carefully composed research." * Seoul Journal of Korea Studies *"Seeds of Control is a thought-provoking, well-written study, thoroughly grounded in both Japanese and Korean sources. It is a pleasure to read." * Journal of Japanese Studies *"[A] remarkable work that will surely appeal to an academic audience." * The Middle Ground Journal *"Seeds of Control is a vital book for scholars interested in the environmental history of colonial Korea, the general history of Korea, and the connected histories of wider East Asia. It is particularly vital due to its approach to vectors for imperialism or colonization, which have not been widely considered previously. Fedman's approach is rooted in a detailed examination of primary source materials, particularly those produced in Keijō by the government-general at the time, in both Japanese and English, as well as other primary material published elsewhere in the Japanese empire." * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ffers an engaging, complex account focused on issues concerning the production, accumulation, and transformation of value." * Choice *"Tubb astutely examines the economics of artisal mining in the Choco area, adeptly shifting from the macro to the micro, the global to the local, whilst telling a captivating and compelling story." * Nokoko *"[A] rich and detailed ethnography." * American Anthropologist *"This is an exciting time for the anthropological study of mining, and Shifting Livelihoods makes a welcome contribution to the scholarship that is emerging." * Exertions *"This ethnography is an eloquently written and concise read for multiple audiences interested in discussions about economic anthropology and the anthropology of mining... Shifting Livelihoods is a respectful walk alongside miners in Colombia’s Chocó region that manages to capture their humanity and dignity – something that journalists and politicians have failed heretofore to do." * Anthropologica *"The book’s proposition of shifting livelihood strategies is especially convincing due to its writing style of ethnographic storytelling...The miners and their rainforest come to life in the book, one muddy page after another." * Bulletin of Latin American Research *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ffers an engaging, complex account focused on issues concerning the production, accumulation, and transformation of value." * Choice *"Tubb astutely examines the economics of artisal mining in the Choco area, adeptly shifting from the macro to the micro, the global to the local, whilst telling a captivating and compelling story." * Nokoko *"[A] rich and detailed ethnography." * American Anthropologist *"This is an exciting time for the anthropological study of mining, and Shifting Livelihoods makes a welcome contribution to the scholarship that is emerging." * Exertions *"This ethnography is an eloquently written and concise read for multiple audiences interested in discussions about economic anthropology and the anthropology of mining... Shifting Livelihoods is a respectful walk alongside miners in Colombia’s Chocó region that manages to capture their humanity and dignity – something that journalists and politicians have failed heretofore to do." * Anthropologica *"The book’s proposition of shifting livelihood strategies is especially convincing due to its writing style of ethnographic storytelling...The miners and their rainforest come to life in the book, one muddy page after another." * Bulletin of Latin American Research *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book joins a raft of ethnographic publications from the cohort of contemporaries who all did their first fieldwork from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s in the mining areas of Papua New Guinea, returning frequently up to the present. Perhaps not since the 1960s has there been such a surge of reflection, from different angles, on connected topics in Papua New Guinea." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] truly modern, and highly participatory, ethnography." * Pacific Affairs *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book joins a raft of ethnographic publications from the cohort of contemporaries who all did their first fieldwork from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s in the mining areas of Papua New Guinea, returning frequently up to the present. Perhaps not since the 1960s has there been such a surge of reflection, from different angles, on connected topics in Papua New Guinea." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] truly modern, and highly participatory, ethnography." * Pacific Affairs *

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Book SynopsisA timely collection examining a diverse region's environmental shiftsEast Asia hosts a fifth of the world's population and consumes over half the world's coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and a tenth of its natural gas. It also produces a third of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, making it a major contributor to climate change. The regionwhose countries share ecological, sociocultural, and political characteristics while varying in size, resource wealth, history, and political systemsoffers excellent insights into the complex dynamics influencing environmental politics, advocacy, and policy. With essays addressing Japan after Fukushima, coal plants and wind turbines in China, environmental activism in Taiwan, and sustainable rural development in South Korea, Greening East Asia explores a region's shift from development to eco-development in acknowledgment that environmental sustainability is a critical component of economic growth.Trade Review"[W]ill be of interest to scholars and policy makers of East Asia who are interested in theoretical frameworks to explicate the transitions in this part of the world." * Journal of Chinese Political Science *"[A] timely effort to integrate our understanding of environmental action in four major countries of East Asia. This book steps beyond the democracy/autocracy binary to point out the many ways that they have followed a similar development pathway, just at different times. This volume offers three commonalities" * China Quarterly *"[A] truly interdisciplinary endeavour that contributes to environmental and Asian studies. Given the relative paucity of edited materials that explicitly apply a comparative lens to East Asia’s environment, this is a much-welcomed scholarly intervention. Besides the impressive breadth of topics, this brilliantly edited collection ensures that the chapters are not only in conversation with each other, but also consistently engaged with the eco-developmentalism concept. Such strong cohesion enhances a reader’s sense of being able to piece together a fascinating yet complex picture of environmental governance and advocacy in East Asia." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] highly readable volume…Given its relevance to the ongoing climate emergency, this book should interest scholars, activists, and policy makers of the region and beyond." * Pacific Affairs *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ne of those rare works that combines practical benefits with broad scholarly significance . . . outstanding. Its original arguments, and the diversity of peoples contained within its pages—Vietnamese, Cham, Chinese, French, French colonial, Japanese, American—ensure that the book will matter to historians of Vietnam, the United States, and the world." * Journal of World History *"Presents the history of this area as a form of stratigraphy, excavating layers of sedimented past where multiple military conflicts occurred. . . . A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"[O[ffers readers an intriguing new perspective on the long history of military conflict and occupation in central Vietnam by integrating environmental perspectivves with more traditional military and political histories..an inspiring application of robust historical research to solving modern environmental problems caused by war." * LSE Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword: The Many Moments of Malthusianism, by Paul S. Sutter Acknowledgments A Note Regarding Texts and Usage Introduction: On an Overgrown Path—Linking Population and Environmental History Part 1: Before Malthus From Anon., Certayne Causes Gathered Together, Wherin Is Shewed the Decaye of England (1552) From Giovanni Botero, The Cause of the Greatnesse of Cities (1635) From Gabriel Plattes, A Discovery of Infinite Treasure (1639) From John Graunt, Natural and Political Observations (1662) From Charles de Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws (1750) From David Hume, "Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations" (1742) From Robert Wallace, A Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind, in Antient and Modern Times (1753) From Benjamin Franklin, "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" (1755) From Thomas Short, A Comparative History of the Increase and Decrease of Mankind in England (1767) From Richard Price, Observations on Reversionary Payments (1772) Part 2: The Malthus Wars From William Godwin, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) From Marquis de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) From William Godwin, Of Population (1820) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1826) From Thomas Robert Malthus, A Summary View of the Principle of Population (1830) From Mary Shelley, The Last Man (1826) Part 3: Evolving Debates From Charles Darwin, "Extracts from an Unpublished Work on Species" (1839) From Petr Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902) From W. Stanley Jevons, The Coal Question (1865) From Alfred Russel Wallace, "Free-Trade Principles and the Coal Question" (1873) From John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy (1848) From John Ruskin, Unto This Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy (1862) From Annie Besant, The Law of Population and Its Relation to Socialism (1886) From John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) From Aldous Huxley, "What Is Happening to Our Population?" (1934) From Josué de Castro, "The Cycle of the Crab" (1937) Part 4: The Population Bomb From William Vogt, The Road to Survival (1948) From Radhakamal Mukerjee, "Population Theory and Politics" (1941) From John Boyd Orr, The White Man’s Dilemma (1953) From Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb (1968) From Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" (1968) From Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Malthus and America: A Report about Food and People (1974) From Barry Commoner, "A Bulletin Dialogue on The Closing Circle: Response" (1972) From Mahmood Mamdani, "The Ideology of Population Control" (1976) From Amartya Sen, "Famines as Failures of Exchange Entitlements" (1976) From Norman Borlaug, "The Green Revolution, Peace, and Humanity" (1970) From Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons (1990) From Julian Simon, "Resources, Population, Environment: An Oversupply of False Bad News" (1980) Part 5: The Malthus Wars Today From Jessica Tuchman Mathews, "Redefining Security" (1989) From Robert D. Kaplan, "The Coming Anarchy" (1994) From Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005) From Jack A. Goldstone, "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World" (2010) From John Beddington, "Professor Sir John Beddington's Speech at SDUK 09" (2009) From Joel E. Cohen, "Population and Climate Change" (2010) From Brian O'Neill et al., "Global Demographic Trends and Future Carbon Emissions" (2010) From Paul J. Crutzen, "Geology of Mankind" (2002) From Johan Rockström et al., "Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity" (2009) From Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment, "Women, Population, and the Environment: Call for a New Approach" (1993) From Betsy Hartmann, "Population, Environment and Security: A New Trinity" (1998) From Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations (1999) From Jade Sasser,"From Darkness into Light: Race, Population, and Environmental Advocacy" (2014) Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword: The Many Moments of Malthusianism, by Paul S. Sutter Acknowledgments A Note Regarding Texts and Usage Introduction: On an Overgrown Path—Linking Population and Environmental History Part 1: Before Malthus From Anon., Certayne Causes Gathered Together, Wherin Is Shewed the Decaye of England (1552) From Giovanni Botero, The Cause of the Greatnesse of Cities (1635) From Gabriel Plattes, A Discovery of Infinite Treasure (1639) From John Graunt, Natural and Political Observations (1662) From Charles de Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws (1750) From David Hume, "Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations" (1742) From Robert Wallace, A Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind, in Antient and Modern Times (1753) From Benjamin Franklin, "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" (1755) From Thomas Short, A Comparative History of the Increase and Decrease of Mankind in England (1767) From Richard Price, Observations on Reversionary Payments (1772) Part 2: The Malthus Wars From William Godwin, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) From Marquis de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) From William Godwin, Of Population (1820) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1826) From Thomas Robert Malthus, A Summary View of the Principle of Population (1830) From Mary Shelley, The Last Man (1826) Part 3: Evolving Debates From Charles Darwin, "Extracts from an Unpublished Work on Species" (1839) From Petr Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902) From W. Stanley Jevons, The Coal Question (1865) From Alfred Russel Wallace, "Free-Trade Principles and the Coal Question" (1873) From John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy (1848) From John Ruskin, Unto This Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy (1862) From Annie Besant, The Law of Population and Its Relation to Socialism (1886) From John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) From Aldous Huxley, "What Is Happening to Our Population?" (1934) From Josué de Castro, "The Cycle of the Crab" (1937) Part 4: The Population Bomb From William Vogt, The Road to Survival (1948) From Radhakamal Mukerjee, "Population Theory and Politics" (1941) From John Boyd Orr, The White Man’s Dilemma (1953) From Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb (1968) From Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" (1968) From Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Malthus and America: A Report about Food and People (1974) From Barry Commoner, "A Bulletin Dialogue on The Closing Circle: Response" (1972) From Mahmood Mamdani, "The Ideology of Population Control" (1976) From Amartya Sen, "Famines as Failures of Exchange Entitlements" (1976) From Norman Borlaug, "The Green Revolution, Peace, and Humanity" (1970) From Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons (1990) From Julian Simon, "Resources, Population, Environment: An Oversupply of False Bad News" (1980) Part 5: The Malthus Wars Today From Jessica Tuchman Mathews, "Redefining Security" (1989) From Robert D. Kaplan, "The Coming Anarchy" (1994) From Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005) From Jack A. Goldstone, "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World" (2010) From John Beddington, "Professor Sir John Beddington's Speech at SDUK 09" (2009) From Joel E. Cohen, "Population and Climate Change" (2010) From Brian O'Neill et al., "Global Demographic Trends and Future Carbon Emissions" (2010) From Paul J. Crutzen, "Geology of Mankind" (2002) From Johan Rockström et al., "Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity" (2009) From Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment, "Women, Population, and the Environment: Call for a New Approach" (1993) From Betsy Hartmann, "Population, Environment and Security: A New Trinity" (1998) From Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations (1999) From Jade Sasser,"From Darkness into Light: Race, Population, and Environmental Advocacy" (2014) Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fans of bears—and of hearty nature writing—will take pleasure in Chaney’s paean." * Kirkus Reviews *"Robert Chaney tells the story of grizzly bear as an icon and apredator. The book reads like a who’s who of scientists, authors, photographers, and Department of Interior battles that have focused on the grizzly for the past four decades." * The Missoulian *"A well-written and thought-provoking analysis of this pressing issue." * The Literary West *"Illustrated with stories and fortified with facts, Chaney reveals layers of complexity providing a multitude of perspectives in his thorough account." * Outside Bozeman *"[A] timely, important read about much more than how humans are trying to co-exist with such a formidable wild mammal. Chaney’s book raises moral questions about what kind of West we want to live in." * Billings Gazette *"Meticulous new research methods reveal fascinating insights into bear behavior. Author Robert Chaney has spent decades observing human-grizzly encounters and challenges traditional thinking about conservation and preserving the wild." * NPR Books *"A sobering but modestly optimistic tale of a wilderness icon that refuses to stay in the wilderness set aside for it." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisConservation became the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. This title places conservation in historical context, using the words of participants in and opponents to the movement.Trade Review"Stradling's selections are well chosen. Throughout the book he mixes the pro and the con, the technocratic and the popular, and a wide-cross section of topics. For this reason and its brevity, Stradling's collection is well suited for the classroom. Anyone with an interest in the environmental values of the progressive era should read this work as well. It will be time well spent." * H-Net *Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Part 1: Defining and Debating Conservation Gifford Pinchot, "Principles of Conservation" Theodore Roosevelt, "Special Message from the President of the United States" William E. Smythe, "The Miracle of Irrigation" Ladies' Home Journal, "What Is Meant by Conservation?" George L. Knapp, "The Other Side of Conservation" H. J. M. Mattes, "Another National Blunder" Part 2: Perspectives on Wildlife Conservation George Bird Grinnell, "American Game Protection: A Sketch" Mabel Osgood Wright, "Keep on Pedaling!" William T. Hornaday, Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation David Shepard Merrill, "The Education of a Young Pioneer in the Northern Adirondacks" Part 3: The Utility of "Conservation" Samuel Gompers, "Conservation of Our Natural Resources" J. Horace McFarland, "Shall We Have Ugly Conservation?" Mary Ritter Beard, "Civic Improvement" Irving Fisher, "National Vitality, Its Wastes and Conservation" Ellen H. Richards, Conservation by Sanitation: Air and Water Supply, Disposal of Waste Part 4: Smoke and Conservation in the City Charles A. L. Reed, "An Address on the Smoke Problem" Mrs. Ernest R. Kroeger, "Smoke Abatement in St. Louis" Herbert M. Wilson, "The Cure for the Smoke Evil" Ernest L. Ohle, "Smoke Abatement: A Report on Recent Investigations Made at Washington University" Part 5: Conservation, Preservation, and Hetch Hetchy Warren Olney, "Water Supply for the Cities About the Bay of San Francisco" E. T. Parsons, "Proposed Destruction of Hetch-Hetchy" John Muir, "Hetch Hetchy Valley" Bibliographical Essay Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources. This book examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts.Trade Review"The way that Sturgeon brings both social and ecological data to bear on her research situates the book squarely in the burgeoning field of political ecology. But Border Landscapes is an exemplar of how this approach can be productive in answering questions that go well beyond environmental politics." * Canadian Geographers *"This is a highly interesting and multi-layered study. . . . based on diligent fieldwork and careful review of relevant historical literature. It engages a range of social science theories in a vigorous dialog. Its multinational comparative approach effectively opens a new vista for our understanding of interethnic affairs in both human and natural milieus." * Agricultural History *"This book is a rich and thoughtful analysis..Moreover, it should be noted that the book is attractively produced, with photographs and diagrams inserted in appropriate locations throughout. It should be read as an example of how both political and landscape changes are occurring in the real world, and as a groundbreaking analysis of the implications of these changes for people living in border regions." * Progress in Development Studies *"This book exemplifies political ecology that far surpasses the 'chains of expectations' associated with progressive contextualization..an impressively balanced account of biophysical and socioeconomical variables and how they are intertwined..yet never loses its focus on the linkages between environmental change and human agency at local, regional, national, and international scales." * The Geographical Review *"This book should certainly be read by anyone who cares about natural resource management, ethnic minorities, and issues of territory and state power in China, Thailand, and Myanmar. . . Sturgeon's comparative research design and methods serve as a model for the potential of interdisciplinary research." * Annals of the Association of American Geographers *"Border Landscapes is without doubt an important and very timely work.. But the significance of Sturgeon's work extends far beyond this fascinating region, to areas of cultural, political, and biological complexity worldwide." * Human Ecology *"Sturgeon admirably demonstrates how local people live with the reality of continually negotiated political, social and ecological boundaries between China and Thailand. . . . A scholarly, interesting and timely treatment of an important issue, the ever-changing and local nature of political and environmental transformation of a minority culture not just in a single political setting, but on the boundaries of multi-state formation and resource control." * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Production of Border Landscapes 2. The Production of Marginal Peoples and Landscapes: Resource Access on the Periphery 3. The Production of Borders: Sites for the Accumulation and Distribution of Resources 4. Small Border Chiefs and Resource Control, 1910 to 1997 5. Premodern Border Landscapes under Border Principalities 6. Landscape Plasticity versus Landscapes of Productivity and Rule: Akha Livelihoods under Nation-States Conclusion Appendix 1: Trees and Shrubs of Mengsong, China Appendix 2: Trees and Shrubs of Akhapu, Thailand Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisShared concern for nature can be a way of transcending national, ethnic, religious, and cultural boundaries, yet conservation efforts often pit the interests of historically rooted or indigenous people against the state and international environmental organizations. This title examines the cultural politics around nature conservation.Trade Review"Heatherington expertly weaves an insightful analysis of global environmental hegemony; attendant cultural essentialisms; and the negotiation of authenticity, authority, and identity in relation to contested landscapes. . . This detailed and well-written case study is a must-read for anyone interested in political ecology, environmental justice, the anthropology of resistance, and cultural politics." -- Aaron M. Lampman * American Ethnologist *"Raises some fundamental ethical, theoretical and practical issues with respect to environmentalism and its intersection with community interests, nationalism and globalization . . ." -- Subhadra Mitra Channa * Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale 20(2) *"This volume.. is a remarkable academic intervention on both the thematic topics and the area in question. Wild Sardinia is an eloquent and complex piece of engaged anthropological scholarship that will find a home in many academic debates and fields. Heatherington grapples honestly and openly with difficult questions, those that typically haunt most academics who continue to do long-term fieldwork in places far and near to their home institutions.Apart from anthropologists, geographers, historians, conservation biologists, and political scientists will all benefit from parts or the whole of Wild Sardinia. Regardless of your own regional focus or disciplinary approach, you will find richly engaged and engaging material in this book. ." * H-Net *"What is so original about Heatherington's discussion of resistance is that she not only carefully documents the stiflingly tight parameters from within which Orgosolo residents voice their discontent. She also examines how a heavily routinized local discourse on resistance has taken on a social life of its own." * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsForeword by K. Sivaramakrishnan Preface and Acknowledgments Part One: Beginnings Introduction 1. Ecology, Alterity, and Resistance Part Two: Ecology 2. Envisioning the Supramonte 3. Intimate Landscapes Part Three: Alterity 4. Dark Frontier 5. Seeing Like a State, Seeing Like an ENGO Part Four: Resistance 6. Walking in Via Gramsci 7. Sin, Shame, and Sheep Part Five: Post-Environmentalisms 8. Beyond Ethnographic Refusal 9. Hope and Mischief in the Global Dreamtimes Appendix: List of Acronyms Notes Glossary of Italian and Sardinian Words References Index

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Book SynopsisBefore commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, and environmentalists, had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. This book provides a perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects.Trade Review"Written with elegant prose and a wry wit, the book illuminates the many twists and turns of global whaling regulation. . . This title is an excellent resource for those desiring detailed insight." * Choice *"The geographic scale of the cooperation required to ‘save the whales’ can be hard to fathom. Kurkpatrick Dorsey understands it experientially through his exhaustive archival work; his book gives its reader the opportunity to experience it, too. . . . Whales and Nations lays the foundation of international whaling and whale conservation at its proper historical and geographic scale." -- Russell Fielding * AAG Review of Books *"This interesting and well researched [book] . . . sheds new light on how the International Whaling Commission developed, and on how it struggled." -- Bjorn Basberg * International Journal of Maritime History *"I am delighted that a book like Whales and Nations exists and that Kurkpatrick Dorsey has written it. He offers us a detailed history of the regulation of whaling from the pre–World War I era up to the present. . . . He is certainly one of the best writers of diplomatic history around." -- Karen Oslund * Environmental History *"Dorsey negotiates a daunting set of complex political, scientific, social, and cultural relationships with enough detail to sustain his points yet still have the narrative move along without too many distractions. . . . Sets a new standard for environmental historians by looking at the diplomatic interactions that tried—and failed—to conserve whale populations." -- Carmel Finley * Journal of American History *"Dorsey’s prose is careful and meticulous, and facilitates a nuanced understanding of whaling politics . . . effectively narrat[ing] the history and background of whale diplomacy in a way that should appeal to environmental historians, environmental policy researchers, diplomacy scholars, students, and even active diplomats and policymakers who are concerned with the health of the ocean and global environmental problems." -- Chie Sakakibara * Journal of Historical Geography *"Whales and Nations is a dazzling accomplishment." -- Miles A. Powell * Environment and History *Table of ContentsForeword by William Cronon Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. A Global Industry and Global Challenges 2. The Pelagic and the Political 3. World War and the World’s Whales 4. Cheaters Sometimes Prosper 5. Melting Down and Muddling Through 6. Save the Whales (for Later) 7. The End of Commercial Whaling Epilogue Appendix: Whaling Data, 1904–1965 Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing and military bases to local residents, animal populations, and landscapes, and they examine the military's efforts to close and repurpose basesoften as wildlife reserves. Together they present a complex and nuanced view that embraces the ironies, contradictions, and unintended consequences of U.S. militarism around the world. In complicating our understanding of the American military's worldwide presence, the essayists also reveal the rare cases when the military is actually ahead of the curve on environmental regulation compared to the private sector. The result is the most comprehensive examination to date of the U.S. military's environmental footprintfor better or worseacross the gloTrade Review"Historian Edwin Martini has assembled a fine cast of scholars for examining the environmental impact and legacy of US military bases during the twentieth century. . . . The editor and his team are to be commended for highlighting the issues and furthering informed debate." -- Christopher M. Rein * Environmental History *"Proving Grounds is an excellent collection of essays examining various aspects of the U.S. military’s relationship to the environment." -- Sasha Davis * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land 2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs 3. Incident at Galisteo 4. “This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here” 5. The War on Plants 6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy? 7. Reality Revealed 8. A Wildlife Insurgency 9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA fresh look at the world’s water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve themTrade Review“Securing water for all is the challenge of our times, one made more urgent by the changing climate. Water for All not only highlights the many solutions available, it connects them and, above all, communicates that we have tools to hand.”—Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, executive director, International Water Association“Although war, climate change, and the economy capture the headlines, water is the real issue that deserves our attention and is the critical common thread among those challenges. Water for All is a forward-looking roadmap for how to improve the world’s relationship with water so that human civilization and ecosystems can thrive together.”—Michael Webber, author of Power Trip: The Story of Energy and Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival“Water for All is a well-researched and engaging guide to clever ways to meet our future water challenges.”—William Alley, coauthor of The Water Recycling Revolution“In this remarkably factual book, David Sedlak shows that we have the knowledge, technology, and means to solve the world’s water problems. If you read only one book this year, read this one.”—Asit K. Biswas, chief executive, Third World Centre for Water Management, and visiting professor, University of Glasgow

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of international policy on climate and the environment.Trade Review“Falkner has successfully brought together top scholars from several disciplines in a single, important book that will interest policy makers and students for years to come. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.” (Choice, 1 January 2014)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Part I Global Policy Challenges 1 1 Global Climate Change 3Matthew J. Hoffmann 2 Global Water Governance 19Joyeeta Gupta 3 Biodiversity and Conservation 37Stuart Harrop 4 Marine Environment Protection 53Markus Salomon 5 Deforestation 72David Humphreys 6 Biotechnology and Biosafety 89Aarti Gupta 7 Global Chemicals Politics and Policy 107Henrik Selin Part II Concepts and Approaches 125 8 Global Environmental Norms 127Steven Bernstein 9 Global Governance 146Johannes Stripple and Hannes Stephan 10 Global Environmental Security 163Simon Dalby 11 International Environmental Law 179Daniel Bodansky 12 Green Growth 197Michael Jacobs 13 Sustainable Consumption 215Doris Fuchs 14 Climate Change Justice 231Edward Page Part III Global Actors, Institutions, and Processes 249 15 The Nation-State, International Society, and the Global Environment 251Robert Falkner 16 Transnational Environmental Activism 268Susan Park 17 Business as a Global Actor 286Jennifer Clapp and Jonas Meckling 18 International Regime Effectiveness 304Steinar Andresen 19 Strengthening the United Nations 320Steffen Bauer 20 International Negotiations 339Radoslav S. Dimitrov 21 Regionalism and Environmental Governance 358Miranda Schreurs Part IV Global Economy and Policy 375 22 Globalization 377Peter Newell 23 Private Regulation in Global Environmental Governance 394Graeme Auld and Lars H. Gulbrandsen 24 International Trade, the Environment, and Climate Change 412Nico Jaspers and Robert Falkner 25 Global Finance and the Environment 428Christopher Wright 26 Energy Policy and Climate Change 446Benjamin K. Sovacool 27 Economic Instruments for Climate Change 468Jonas Meckling and Cameron Hepburn 28 International Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change 486Jessica M. Ayers and Achala Chandani Abeysinghe Index 507

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Book SynopsisAt publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Building Green explores the experience of environmental architects in Mumbai, one of the world's most populous and population-dense urban areas and a city iconic for its massive informal settlements, extreme wealth asymmetries, and ecological stresses. Under these conditions, what does it mean to learn, and try to practice, so-called green design? By tracing the training and professional experiences of environmental architects in India's first graduate degree program in Environmental Architecture, Rademacher shows how environmental architects forged sustainability concepts and practices and sought to make them meaningful through engaged architectural practice. The book's focus on practitioners offers insights into the many roles that converge to produce this emergent, critically important form of urban expertise. At once activists, scientists, and designers, the environmental architects profiled in Building Green act as key agents of urban change whose efforts in practice are shaped by a complex urban development economy, layered political power relations, and a calculus of when, and how, their expert skills might be operationalized in service of a global urban future.Trade Review"Will make us think in a different way about how we study cities, as well as how we live in them." * International Institute for Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. City Ascending, City Imploding 2. The Integrated Subject 3. Ecology in Practice: Environmental Architecture as Good Design 4. Rectifying Failure: Imagining the New City and the Power to Create it 5. More than Human Nature and the Open Space Predicament 6. Consciousness and Indian-ness: Making Design “Good” 7. A Vocation in Waiting: Ecology in Practice 8. Soldiering Sustainability Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an important book for people wanting to understand the interactions between social media and other platforms, truth, and the environment. While the book does not offer easy answers, it will be useful to scholars and practitioners in multiple fields who are working on their diagnosis of the problem." * Journal of Development Studies *"The significance of this book goes far beyond the environmental dimension, as the main argument and the detailed analysis to which it gives rise are of the utmost importance for understanding the social and political tensions that animate the world today." * New Global Studies *"Truth is a prime example of topical, generative, cutting-edge contemporary political ecology. . . .Thanks to Büscher’s versatility and clear language, the book is commendable to students of political ecology, sociology, online cultures, social theory scholars, conservation practitioners, and other interested non-academics." * Human Ecology *"Truth About Nature reads like a remedy thanks to its political-ecological outlook, with its feet on the empirical ground, its heart in the practical world, and its head in the conceptual sky; it stands contradictions and does what others only write about- dialectics." * Springer Nature *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: The Truth about Nature? Part One. (Meta)theoretical Bearings 1. Truth Tensions Part Two. The Political Economy of Platforms, Post-truth, and Power 2. Sharing Truths and Natures 3. Between Platforms, Post-truth, and Power Part Three. Environmentalism 2.0 4. Conservation 2.0: The Politics of Cocreation 5. Elephant 2.0: The Politics of Platforms 6. Kruger 2.0: The Politics of Distinction 7. Rhino 2.0: The Politics of Hysteria Conclusion: Speaking Truth to Power Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn China, the weather has changed. Decades of reform have been shadowed by a changing meteorological normal: seasonal dust storms and spectacular episodes of air pollution have reworked physical and political relations between land and air in China and downwind. Continent in Dust offers an anthropology of strange weather, focusing on intersections among statecraft, landscape, atmosphere, and society. Traveling from state engineering programs that attempt to choreograph the movement of mobile dunes in the interior, to newly reconfigured bodies and airspaces in Beijing, and beyond, this book explores contemporary China as a weather system in the making: what would it mean to understand the rise of China literally, as the country itself rises into the air? Trade Review"Continent in Dust is a timely and critical intervention in the roles and relationships of China and Asia in weather-world-systems. . . . It is a welcome contribution to a growing conversation about how material, ecological and meteorological phenomena are mutually implicated with practices, knowledges and experiences of sovereignty, ethics, and sociality." * International Journal of Asian Studies *"Continent in Dust is a literary adventure." * Anthropology and Humanism *"Continent in Dust is an ambitious and intriguing book. A delightful read which should be widely utilized in teaching and discussions on contemporary China and planetary health and change." * The China Quarterly *"More than anything, Continent in Dust is an essential intervention into recent writings about the arts of living amid planetary uncertainty, precarity and ruin. Reading this book is like seeing the blue sky emerge from a dust storm’s haze. Jerry Zee shows us how to reorient our senses and conceptual toolkits to see onto other possible worlds." * Inner Asia *"The book reframes how we think and write about practical action and responses in the face of climate emergency." * Publics Books *"A groundbreaking book on the management of dust storm and air quality in China. . . . Zee’s book is an enduring meditation on the consequences of China’s modernisation." * China Perspectives *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Apparatus A. Nightwind Introduction: Earthly Interphases Part I Wind-Sand Apparatus B. The Wind Tunnel 1. Machine Sky Apparatus C. A Sheet of Loose Sand 2. Groundwork Apparatus D. Five Thousand Years 3. Holding Patterns Part II Fine Particulate Matter 4. Particulate Exposures Apparatus E. Wildfires 5. City of Chambers Part III Continent in Dust Apparatus F. A Sinocene 6. Downwinds Apparatus G. Monsters Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations and Table Preface Acronyms Introduction 1. Against the Energy Empire 2. Electrification or Death 3. Blackout 4. Socialist Redistribution and Autonomous Infrastructure 5. The Energy Revolution Conclusion: Energy Transitions and Infrastructural Form Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, the author shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the years, largely in the area of treaty implementation.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2015 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2014-2015 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association Winner of the 2015 Levine Prize, International Political Science Association's Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government "In this pioneering work, Green explores how governmental and private actors can work together to institute regulations to address global environmental problems... [I]ts conclusions have implications for the entire field of international relations. The work is carefully argued, clearly written, and supported by an extensive bibliography."--Choice "The author has to be acclaimed for her ability to wade through hundreds if not thousands of documents, verify their authenticity and reach conclusions on the variety of measures taken by the private sector in cooperation with governments, international organisations or independently, to discharge their responsibility toward containing emissions."--Madras Sivaraman, International Journal of Environmental Studies "[Green] offer[s] novel and insightful empirical descriptions of the operation of private authority in contemporary global governance."--Elizabeth Acorn, Global Law Books "Offer[s] a persuasive framework for identifying and analyzing private authority at the international level. The usefulness of the framework is illustrated here by extended empirical studies."--Kathryn Hochstetler, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Acronyms xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1. A Theory of Private Authority 26 Chapter 2. Agents of the State: A Century of Delegation in International Environmental Law 54 Chapter 3. Governors of the Market: The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Authority 78 Chapter 4. Atmospheric Police: Delegated Authority in the Clean Development Mechanism 104 Chapter 5. Atmospheric Accountants: Entrepreneurial Authority and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol 132 Chapter 6. Conclusion 163 Bibliography 183 Index 207

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Book SynopsisIf you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren'Trade Review2016 Outstanding Book of the Year "Most Likely to Save the Planet," Independent Publisher Book Awards One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf A Financial Times Summer Books 2015 selection One of the Globalist's Top Books of 2015 Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 "[Climate Shock] is a witty, far-ranging, and literate set of observations...[I]t is always informed by a deep understanding of the complexities of economics and particularly the difficulties of reaching international environmental agreements."--William D. Nordhaus, New York Review of Books [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-NYRB-Nordhaus] "'Top 10: Business & Economics' for Spring 2015."--Publishers Weekly [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-PublishersWeekly] "Economists Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman deliver a high-voltage shock in their analysis of the costs of climate change."--Nature [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Nature] "[U]seful for policy workers in helping shape dollars-and-cents arguments about the environment and global climate."--Kirkus [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Kirkus] "[A]n impressive (and concise) book."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-EnlightenedEcon] "This informative, convincing, and easily read book offers general audiences the basic case for global climate mitigation."--Ian Parry, Finance & Development [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FD-Parry] "This book represents a synthesis of research and offers a clear-headed look at what must be done."--Toronto Star [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-TorontoStar] "Climate Shock is refreshing in many ways: it starts with a pop quiz, reveals the script of a (possible) new James Bond film and gives you the solution to climate change on page 23. That should be enough to entice a broad readership. However, the book's true value lies elsewhere, in the authors' ability to present a complex and multifaceted topic in plain, simple terms. They challenge assumptions and don't shy away from a clear call for action."--Swenja Surminski, Times Higher Education "For the intelligent lay reader wanting a lively, lucid assessment of the economic consequences of global warming... [W]ell worth reading."--Pilita Clark, Financial Times [See full review http://www.bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-Clark] "[Climate Shock] combines sophisticated analysis with a breezy, informal style."-- Foreign Affairs [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FA-Cooper] "[A] sobering wake-up call ... In my mind, this book should be required reading for any policymaker. The world might actually make some real progress, then."--Tibi Puiu, ZME Science [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-ZMES-Puiu] "In Wagner and Weitzman's new book, they present a well written analysis of the tradeoffs we collectively face as we unintentionally unleash climate change. They argue that a risk averse person or nation should buy insurance to protect itself--especially when the losses from climate change are ambiguous and fat tail risk could be huge. The book is well argued and I highly recommend it. The economic approach to discussing climate change offers a new prospective relative to the issues that climate scientists focus on."--Matthew E. Kahn, Green Economics [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-GE-Kahn] "[A] welcome new addition to the growing library of depressing but important books about climate change."--Tom Watson, Real Change News [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-RCN-Watson] "[Climate Shock] delivers a brief but thorough look at the changing climate from economists' perspective, comparing global warming with other risks and dangers that humanity faces... [T]he book does serve as a call to arms for business owners and leaders, economists, and policymakers who have been searching for a purely rational, finance-focused take on climate change."--Katie Fehrenbacher, Strategy + Business [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Strategy-Fehrenbacher] "[A] punchy new book."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-Wolf] "[A] terrific new book."--Martin Sandbu, Financial Times [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-Sandbu] "Climate Shock should shift our narrative on climate change... Wagner and Weitzman have some policy recommendations, including electricity-grid reform and higher gas taxes. But the real power of their book is its explanation of the right way to think about climate change. Do we really want to take an 11 percent gamble with the planet?"--Peter Orszag, Bloomberg View [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Bloomberg-Orszag] "Climate Shock is an authoritative call to arms for tackling the defining environmental and public policy issue of our time."--LSE [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-LSE] "[A] lively and thought-provoking book."--Financial Times [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-summerbooks] "Climate Shock could have reasonably been called But Will the People Notice? It's a layperson's survey of climate economics, a field that includes cost-benefit analysis and other economic research on climate change impacts and climate change policies... Beyond just being mathematically accessible--an accomplishment in itself--Climate Shock is an unconventional book that takes risks in an effort to connect with audiences who might otherwise turn away."Yoram Bauman, Reports of the National Center for Science Education "Overflowing with analytical insights and simple suggestions to transform the way we live and manage ourselves."--Deccan Herald "A brilliant analysis of the fragility of our debt-fuelled economies."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times, a FT Best Book of 2015 "Economists Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman deliver a stinging slap to the reluctant or somnolent negotiator."--Barbara Kiser, Nature.com's A View from the Bridge blog "A great book on global warming risk and economics."--Andrew Revkin, NYTimes.com's Dot Earth blogTable of ContentsPreface: Pop Quiz ix Chapter 1. 911 1 Chapter 2. 411 30 Chapter 3. Fat Tails 48 Chapter 4. Willful Blindness 80 Chapter 5. Bailing Out the Planet 92 Chapter 6. 007 116 Chapter 7. What You Can Do 128 Epilogue: A Different Kind of Optimism 148 Acknowledgments 153 Notes 155 Bibliography 207 Index 243

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Book SynopsisIf you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren'Trade Review2016 Outstanding Book of the Year "Most Likely to Save the Planet," Independent Publisher Book Awards One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf A Financial Times Summer Books 2015 selection One of the Globalist's Top Books of 2015 Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 "[Climate Shock] is a witty, far-ranging, and literate set of observations...[I]t is always informed by a deep understanding of the complexities of economics and particularly the difficulties of reaching international environmental agreements."--William D. Nordhaus, New York Review of Books [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-NYRB-Nordhaus] "'Top 10: Business & Economics' for Spring 2015."--Publishers Weekly [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-PublishersWeekly] "Economists Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman deliver a high-voltage shock in their analysis of the costs of climate change."--Nature [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Nature] "[U]seful for policy workers in helping shape dollars-and-cents arguments about the environment and global climate."--Kirkus [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Kirkus] "[A]n impressive (and concise) book."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-EnlightenedEcon] "This informative, convincing, and easily read book offers general audiences the basic case for global climate mitigation."--Ian Parry, Finance & Development [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FD-Parry] "This book represents a synthesis of research and offers a clear-headed look at what must be done."--Toronto Star [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-TorontoStar] "Climate Shock is refreshing in many ways: it starts with a pop quiz, reveals the script of a (possible) new James Bond film and gives you the solution to climate change on page 23. That should be enough to entice a broad readership. However, the book's true value lies elsewhere, in the authors' ability to present a complex and multifaceted topic in plain, simple terms. They challenge assumptions and don't shy away from a clear call for action."--Swenja Surminski, Times Higher Education "For the intelligent lay reader wanting a lively, lucid assessment of the economic consequences of global warming... [W]ell worth reading."--Pilita Clark, Financial Times [See full review http://www.bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-Clark] "[Climate Shock] combines sophisticated analysis with a breezy, informal style."-- Foreign Affairs [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FA-Cooper] "[A] sobering wake-up call ... In my mind, this book should be required reading for any policymaker. The world might actually make some real progress, then."--Tibi Puiu, ZME Science [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-ZMES-Puiu] "In Wagner and Weitzman's new book, they present a well written analysis of the tradeoffs we collectively face as we unintentionally unleash climate change. They argue that a risk averse person or nation should buy insurance to protect itself--especially when the losses from climate change are ambiguous and fat tail risk could be huge. The book is well argued and I highly recommend it. The economic approach to discussing climate change offers a new prospective relative to the issues that climate scientists focus on."--Matthew E. Kahn, Green Economics [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-GE-Kahn] "[A] welcome new addition to the growing library of depressing but important books about climate change."--Tom Watson, Real Change News [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-RCN-Watson] "[Climate Shock] delivers a brief but thorough look at the changing climate from economists' perspective, comparing global warming with other risks and dangers that humanity faces... [T]he book does serve as a call to arms for business owners and leaders, economists, and policymakers who have been searching for a purely rational, finance-focused take on climate change."--Katie Fehrenbacher, Strategy + Business [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Strategy-Fehrenbacher] "[A] punchy new book."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-Wolf] "[A] terrific new book."--Martin Sandbu, Financial Times [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-Sandbu] "Climate Shock should shift our narrative on climate change... Wagner and Weitzman have some policy recommendations, including electricity-grid reform and higher gas taxes. But the real power of their book is its explanation of the right way to think about climate change. Do we really want to take an 11 percent gamble with the planet?"--Peter Orszag, Bloomberg View [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-Bloomberg-Orszag] "Climate Shock is an authoritative call to arms for tackling the defining environmental and public policy issue of our time."--LSE [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-LSE] "[A] lively and thought-provoking book."--Financial Times [See full review http://bit.do/ClimateShock-FT-summerbooks] "Climate Shock could have reasonably been called But Will the People Notice? It's a layperson's survey of climate economics, a field that includes cost-benefit analysis and other economic research on climate change impacts and climate change policies... Beyond just being mathematically accessible--an accomplishment in itself--Climate Shock is an unconventional book that takes risks in an effort to connect with audiences who might otherwise turn away."Yoram Bauman, Reports of the National Center for Science Education "Overflowing with analytical insights and simple suggestions to transform the way we live and manage ourselves."--Deccan HeraldTable of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition ix Preface: Pop Quiz xi Chapter 1. 911 1 Chapter 2. 411 30 Chapter 3. Fat Tails 48 Chapter 4. Willful Blindness 80 Chapter 5. Bailing Out the Planet 92 Chapter 6. 007 116 Chapter 7. What You Can Do 128 Epilogue: A Different Kind of Optimism 148 Acknowledgments 153 Notes 155 Bibliography 207 Index 243

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "The most original political book of early 2015 is not formally about politics at all. Instead The Battle for Yellowstone by Justin Farrell, a young scholar at Yale University, ponders venomous rows that have shaken Yellowstone National Park in recent decades, and why they are so intractable."--Economist "In a refreshingly honest and balanced treatment, Farrell (sociology, Yale Univ.) addresses the spiritual elephant in the environmental room: the most perplexing environmental questions, the answers to which 'are only possible and made meaningful in the context of larger moral orders and spiritual narratives that shared human cultures are built upon.' With great insight and careful analysis, he examines the various reasons deep moral and spiritual meanings are often ignored, muted, and misunderstood. His scholarly diagnosis is well documented and thoroughly researched."--Choice "Written in a highly accessiblemanner and will be of interest to many, including environmental sociologists, sociologists of culture and cognition, and sociologists of religion... This book offers a rich analysis of the irascible conflicts over the human/nature relationship in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the moral and cultural embeddedness of scientific and economic discourse."--Rebecca R. Scott, American Journal of Sociology "The book rests on awe-inspiring research... A deeply informed and balanced discussion emerges... An engaging narrative and insightful, provocative analysis. The book deserves and will reward a wide audience, but those interested in environmental, western, and twentieth-century U.S. topics will find it particularly useful."--Todd M. Kerstetter, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Bringing Moral Culture into the Fray 1 Introducing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem 5 Toward a Theory of Morality and Environment 8 Human Believers, Narrative Structure, and Enacting Moral Orders 12 Theoretical Contributions 17 A Roadmap 29 1.Believing in Yellowstone: The Moralization of Nature and the Creation of America's Eden 34 Early Utilitarian Use and the Formation of Yellowstone National Park 40 A Spiritual Moral Vision 52 A Biocentric Moral Vision 56 Social Change and the "Greater" Yellowstone Ecosystem 60 Conclusion 65 2.The New (Wild) West: Social Upheaval, Moral Devaluation, and the Rise of Conflict 66 The Old West, and Roots of the New 70 The Rise of the New-West 75 The Moral Effects of New-West Change 89 Environmental Conflict 96 Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Stakeholder Arena 100 The Rise of Conflict, 1870-2012 108 Conclusion 118 3.Buffalo Crusaders: The Sacred Struggle for America's LastWild and Pure Herd 119 Overview of the Issue 122 The Buffalo Field Campaign 125 The Moral Logic of a Movement: Purity, Wildness, Virtue 132 Successes of Moral-Spiritual Protest 146 Concluding Puzzle: Religious and Moral "Muting" 159 Conclusion 166 4.Between Good and Evil: The Science, Culture, and Polarization of Wolf Conflict 168 Uncovering the Anti-Wolf Moral Order 172 Rugged American Individualism 174 Human Dominionism 180 Simple and Sacred Heritage 188 Uncovering the Pro-Wolf Moral Order 196 Features of the Pro-Wolf Moral Order 198 The Primary Role of Morality and Spirituality 203 Multiple Meanings: Co-Occurrence of Spirituality and Rationality 208 Conclusion 213 5.Drilling Our Soul: Moral Boundary Work in an Unlikely Old-West Fight against Fracking 217 A State of Mining 221 Drilling in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem 225 Considering Alternative Explanations 233 "Too Special to Drill": Place Attachment and Drawing Moral Boundaries 238 Three Profiles of Old-West Environmentalists 243 Moral Boundary Work and the Meaning of Activism 252 Conclusion 256 Conclusion 258 Appendix: Methodological Notes 263 Bibliography 271 Index 283

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at the people and institutions connected with the Itaipoe Dam, the world's biggest producer of renewable energy, Hydropolitics is a groundbreaking investigation of the world's largest power plant and the ways energy shapes politics and economics.ics.Trade Review"Hydropolitics is a lively account of the political maneuvering that led to the construction and operation of the planet’s largest generator of hydroelectricity. It speaks to urgent questions in environmental anthropology while advancing conversations in political and legal anthropology around sovereignty and social theories of the state."—Caroline Schuster, Australian National University "This fascinating and original book explores one of the most unusual feats of politics and engineering of the twentieth century. Itaipu Dam’s unique position among megadams as a binational corporation forces us to completely rethink the relationship between energy and sovereignty, and Folch invites us into the story with first-rate research, keen analysis, and narrative verve."—Kregg Hetherington, Concordia University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Book Award""Finalist for the Outstanding Western Book Award, Center for the Study of the American West""Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental History""Kansas Notable Book of the Year""Winner of the Bonney MacDonald Book Award, Center for the Study of the American West""Winner of the Victor Turner Prize, Society for Humanistic Anthropology""[Running Out] bursts with passages that linger after reading. . . . haunting."---Christopher Flavelle, New York Times"A moving, melancholy, environment-focused memoir." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"A short beauty of a book."---M.J. Andersen, Boston Globe"Anthropologist Bessire (Behold the Black Caiman) combines ethnography and memoir in this deeply personal look at the depletion of the Ogallala aquifer. . . . A devastating portrait of how shortsighted decisions lead to devastating losses." * Publishers Weekly *"Lucas Bessire’s poignant critique of dramatic groundwater decline in southwest Kansas and resistance to addressing it offers perspective on our failure to confront climate change. . . . This tale on the ebbing of the Ogallala Aquifer is a valuable addition to the literature of aquifer depletion, compelling for its insider’s perspective and probing of contradictory human decisions that discount the future for immediate reward."---Dennis Dimick, Cleveland Review of Books"To try to get a grip on the cultural forces behind the [aquifer] depletion, [Bessire] began interviewing stakeholders in the vicinity of his family’s property and wrote this very personal account, which includes both analysis of complicity and elegiac passages about his homeland’s history and our dry future. . . . Stirring."---Flora Taylor, American Scientist"A profound and eloquent meditation on how and why societies behave in seemingly irrational ways in the face of dwindling resources, impoverished environments, and attenuated social relationships."---Paul Sutter, Kansas History"Highly recommended . . . Bessire’s achievement in Running Out lies in his ability to open to the reader the water-consciousness of the people of the region. . . . Reading [Running Out] is time well spent."---Michael J. Smith, Nebraska History"Running Out is a book for our times - it should have an impact on policy, and become a classic."---John Miles, National Parks Traveler"Eminently readable. . . .The sense of loss that necessarily pervades Running Out is balanced by Bessire’s lyrical prose, whose consistently crisp beauty serves as a welcome respite."---Ed Meek, The Arts Fuse"[Running Out] should be required reading for every environmental scientist."---David Dent, International Journal of Environmental Studies

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Book SynopsisWhy - in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness - do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart wondered. Her book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer.Trade ReviewWhy did pesticide use soar despite warnings of costs? Michelle Mart suggests that the answer lies in the stories Americans have told themselves about progress, modernity, and better living through chemistry. Did love for these ideals blind Americans to flaws in the objects of their affection? Read this book to find out."" - Edmund Russell, author of War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring""Pesticides, a Love Story offers a rich narrative describing how chemical pesticides became so ubiquitous in American culture and the global environment. Astute and dogged research make for a conceptually strong synthesis, which reveals the roots of the American love affair with chemical pesticides, while chronicling how this affection grew over time."" - David Kinkela, author of DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the WorldTable of Contents Introduction 1. Falling in Love: The Golden Age of Synthetic Pesticides 2. Trouble in Paradise: The USDA and the Rise of Critical Voices 3. Breakup? The Cultural Impact of Rachel Carson’ Silent Spring 4. Foreign Affairs: How Pesticides Could Help Americans Feed the World and Win a War 5. The Twenty-Year Itch: Activists, Experts, and the Regulatory Era 6. Love Is Blind: Chemical Disasters at Home and Abroad 7. Recommitment: Endocrine Disruptors, GMOs, and Organic Food Conclusion Acknowledgment Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first in-depth study of the impact of federalism on Canadian environmental policy, this book takes a detailed look at the ongoing debate on the subject and traces the evolution of the role of the federal government in environmental policy and federal-provincial relations concerning the environment from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.Trade ReviewWell-structured chapters with concise conclusions … For individuals working with environmental protection policy this book should provide a greater understanding of the process … Kathryn Harrison has proved an interesting look at the workings of federal government policy setting. * Canadian Field Naturalist *Table of Contents1 Introduction: Federalism and Environmental Policy2 Federalism, Policy-Making, and Intergovernmental Politics3 The Constitutional Framework: Constraints and Opportunities4 The Emergence of Federal Involvement, 1969–725 The Federal Retreat, 1972–856 The Second Wave: The Re-emergence of the Federal Role, 1985–957 Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThe International Politics of Whaling examines contemporary whaling issues with an emphasis on three factors: our knowledge of whales and current whale populations and the impact of whaling; the actors and institutions involved in the debate over whaling; and the ethical dimension.Trade ReviewThe book offers a useful corrective to the argument advanced by some environmental non-governmental organizations and countries that commercial whaling poses the greatest threat to the world’s cetacean species. * International Journal, Autumn 1997 *The International Politics of Whaling is a fascinating and timely account of a major collision involving environment, economics, politics, and ethics ... The text is crisp, well organized ... Highly recommended. -- Patrick Colgan * Canadian Book Review Annual *Table of Contents1 Ecopolitics: The International Dimension2 The Whale and the Whaler3 Cetapolitics: The IWC, Foreign Policies, and NGOs4 Whale Ethics: A Normative Discussion5 Conclusion: Whales and World PoliticsAppendicesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe International Politics of Whaling examines contemporary whaling issues with an emphasis on three factors: our knowledge of whales and current whale populations and the impact of whaling; the actors and institutions involved in the debate over whaling; and the ethical dimension.Trade ReviewThe book offers a useful corrective to the argument advanced by some environmental non-governmental organizations and countries that commercial whaling poses the greatest threat to the world’s cetacean species. * International Journal, Autumn 1997 *The International Politics of Whaling is a fascinating and timely account of a major collision involving environment, economics, politics, and ethics ... The text is crisp, well organized ... Highly recommended. -- Patrick Colgan * Canadian Book Review Annual *Table of Contents1 Ecopolitics: The International Dimension2 The Whale and the Whaler3 Cetapolitics: The IWC, Foreign Policies, and NGOs4 Whale Ethics: A Normative Discussion5 Conclusion: Whales and World PoliticsAppendicesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis thoughtful collection exposes the gap between rhetoric and performance in Canada’s response to environmental challenges.Trade ReviewA useful matrix in the introductory chapter identifies the institutional constraints that prevent Canadian governments delivering stated environmental goals ... The case studies offer useful support for this hypothesis. -- Tony Jackson, University of Dundee * British Journal of Canadian Studies, 12 November 2005 *Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Institutions and the Integrity Gap in Canadian EnvironmentalPolicy / Eugene Lee and Anthony Perl 2. How Canada's Stumbles with Environmental Risk ManagementReflect an Integrity Gap / William Leiss 3. Canadian Environmental Policy and the Natural Resource Sector:Paradoxical Aspects of the Transition to a Post-Staples PoliticalEconomy / Michael Howlett 4. International Institutions and the Framing of Canada'sClimate Change Policy: Mitigating or Masking the Integrity Gap? /Steven Bernstein 5. Energy Mixes and Future Scenarios: The Nuclear OptionDeconstructed / Michael D. Mehta 6. Participatory Management and Sustainability: Evolving Policy andPractice in a Mountain Environment / Fikret Berkes, Jay Anderson,Colin Duffield, J.S. Gardner, A.J. Sinclair, and Greg Stevens 7. Policy Communities and Environmental Policy Integrity: A Tale ofTwo Canadian Urban Air Quality Initiatives / Anthony Perl 8. Integrity of Land-Use and Transportation Planning in the GreaterToronto Area / Richard Gilbert 9. Toronto's Exhibition Place: Closing the Integrity Gap betweena Nineteenth-Century Fairground and a Sustainable Twenty-First-CenturyCity / David Gurin 10. Conclusion / Anthony Perl and Eugene Lee Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book offers an interdisciplinary framework with which to think through ecological, political, economic, and social issues, provding one of the most comprehensive analyses of Canadian natural resource and environmental policy to date.Trade ReviewA useful addition … [There is a] paucity of readable and perceptive political science in this field … [this book] crackle[s] with interesting ideas and testable hypotheses. * Canadian Public Policy *Praise for the 1st editionAn excellent book … accessible, well written and well researched. It provides a first-rate introduction to the dilemmas and controversies surrounding Canadian natural resource and environmental policy and as such it will facilitate discussion in the classroom and encourage students to think about the issues. -- Heather A. Smith * Canadian Journal of Political Science *Table of ContentsFigures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1: Introduction1 Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: Issues and ApproachesPart 2: The Context(s) of Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy2 The Socioeconomic Context: Canadian Resource Industries and the Postwar Canadian Political Economy3 The Institutional Context: The Canadian Constitution, Aboriginal Rights, and International Agreements Affecting Resources and the EnvironmentPart 3: Analyzing Natural Resource and Environmental Policy4 The Resource and Environmental Policy Process: An Analytical FrameworkPart 4: The Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Process5 Agenda Setting: The Role of the Public in Resource and Environmental Policy Formation6 Policy Formulation: Identifying the Canadian Resource and Environmental Policy Subsystem7 Decision Making: The Politics of Canadian Resource and Environmental Policy8 Policy Implementation: The Administration of Canadian Resource and Environmental Policy9 Policy Evaluation: The Political, Administrative, and Judicial Assessment of Canadian Resource and Environmental Policy10 Conclusion: The Future of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Policy ParadigmNotesBibliographyIndex

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