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John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Green Analytical Chemistry
Book SynopsisThe emerging field of green analytical chemistry is concerned with the development of analytical procedures that minimize consumption of hazardous reagents and solvents, and maximize safety for operators and the environment.Trade Review“In conclusion, this is an interesting book for a reader who wants to expand their views on the topic, being edited by two of the most prolific contributors in the field, and carrying contributions from worldwide renowned groups on the subject. All aspects of the analytical process are covered, from sampling to waste management, while keeping an eye on the practical deployment of the method.” (Green Processing and Synthesis, 1 August 2012) Table of ContentsList of Contributors xv Preface xix Section I: Concepts 1 1 The Concept of Green Analytical Chemistry 3 Miguel de la Guardia and Salvador Garrigues 1.1 Green Analytical Chemistry in the frame of Green Chemistry 3 1.2 Green Analytical Chemistry versus Analytical Chemistry 7 1.3 The ethical compromise of sustainability 9 1.4 The business opportunities of clean methods 11 1.5 The attitudes of the scientific community 12 References 14 2 Education in Green Analytical Chemistry 17 Miguel de la Guardia and Salvador Garrigues 2.1 The structure of the Analytical Chemistry paradigm 17 2.2 The social perception of Analytical Chemistry 20 2.3 Teaching Analytical Chemistry 21 2.4 Teaching Green Analytical Chemistry 25 2.5 From the bench to the real world 26 2.6 Making sustainable professionals for the future 28 References 29 3 Green Analytical Laboratory Experiments 31 Suparna Dutta and Arabinda K. Das 3.1 Greening the university laboratories 31 3.2 Green laboratory experiments 33 3.2.1 Green methods for sample pretreatment 33 3.2.2 Green separation using liquid-liquid, solid-phase and solventless extractions 37 3.2.3 Green alternatives for chemical reactions 42 3.2.4 Green spectroscopy 45 3.3 The place of Green Analytical Chemistry in the future of our laboratories 52 References 52 4 Publishing in Green Analytical Chemistry 55 Salvador Garrigues and Miguel de la Guardia 4.1 A bibliometric study of the literature in Green Analytical Chemistry 56 4.2 Milestones of the literature on Green Analytical Chemistry 57 4.3 The need for powerful keywords 61 4.4 A new attitude of authors faced with green parameters 62 4.5 A proposal for editors and reviewers 64 4.6 The future starts now 65 References 66 Section II: The Analytical Process 67 5 Greening Sampling Techniques 69 José Luis Gómez Ariza and Tamara García Barrera 5.1 Greening analytical chemistry solutions for sampling 70 5.2 New green approaches to reduce problems related to sample losses, sample contamination, transport and storage 70 5.2.1 Methods based on flow-through solid phase spectroscopy 70 5.2.2 Methods based on hollow-fiber GC/HPLC/CE 71 5.2.3 Methods based on the use of nanoparticles 75 5.3 Greening analytical in-line systems 76 5.4 In-field sampling 77 5.5 Environmentally friendly sample stabilization 79 5.6 Sampling for automatization 79 5.7 Future possibilities in green sampling 80 References 80 6 Direct Analysis of Samples 85 Sergio Armenta and Miguel de la Guardia 6.1 Remote environmental sensing 85 6.1.1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images (satellite sensors) 86 6.1.2 Open-path spectroscopy 86 6.1.3 Field-portable analyzers 90 6.2 Process monitoring: in-line, on-line and at-line measurements 91 6.2.1 NIR spectroscopy 92 6.2.2 Raman spectroscopy 92 6.2.3 MIR spectroscopy 93 6.2.4 Imaging technology and image analysis 93 6.3 At-line non-destructive or quasi non-destructive measurements 94 6.3.1 Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) 94 6.3.2 Ambient Mass Spectrometry (MS) 95 6.3.3 Solid sampling plasma sources 95 6.3.4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) 96 6.3.5 X-ray spectroscopy 96 6.3.6 Other surface analysis techniques 97 6.4 New challenges in direct analysis 97 References 98 7 Green Analytical Chemistry Approaches in Sample Preparation 103 Marek Tobiszewski, Agata Mechlinska and Jacek Namiesnik 7.1 About sample preparation 103 7.2 Miniaturized extraction techniques 104 7.2.1 Solid-phase extraction (SPE) 104 7.2.2 Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) 105 7.2.3 Stir-bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) 106 7.2.4 Liquid-liquid microextraction 106 7.2.5 Membrane extraction 108 7.2.6 Gas extraction 109 7.3 Alternative solvents 113 7.3.1 Analytical applications of ionic liquids 113 7.3.2 Supercritical fluid extraction 114 7.3.3 Subcritical water extraction 115 7.3.4 Fluorous phases 116 7.4 Assisted extractions 117 7.4.1 Microwave-assisted extraction 117 7.4.2 Ultrasound-assisted extraction 117 7.4.3 Pressurized liquid extraction 118 7.5 Final remarks 119 References 119 8 Green Sample Preparation with Non-Chromatographic Separation Techniques 125 María Dolores Luque de Castro and Miguel Alcaide Molina 8.1 Sample preparation in the frame of the analytical process 125 8.2 Separation techniques involving a gas–liquid interface 127 8.2.1 Gas diffusion 127 8.2.2 Pervaporation 127 8.2.3 Membrane extraction with a sorbent interface 130 8.2.4 Distillation and microdistillation 131 8.2.5 Head-space separation 131 8.2.6 Hydride generation and cold-mercury vapour formation 133 8.3 Techniques involving a liquid–liquid interface 133 8.3.1 Dialysis and microdialysis 133 8.3.2 Liquid–liquid extraction 134 8.3.3 Single-drop microextraction 137 8.4 Techniques involving a liquid–solid interface 139 8.4.1 Solid-phase extraction 139 8.4.2 Solid-phase microextraction 141 8.4.3 Stir-bar sorptive extraction 142 8.4.4 Continuous filtration 143 8.5 A Green future for sample preparation 145 References 145 9 Capillary Electrophoresis 153 Mihkel Kaljurand 9.1 The capillary electrophoresis separation techniques 153 9.2 Capillary electrophoresis among other liquid phase separation methods 155 9.2.1 Basic instrumentation for liquid phase separations 155 9.2.2 CE versus HPLC from the point of view of Green Analytical Chemistry 156 9.2.3 CE as a method of choice for portable instruments 159 9.2.4 World-to-chip interfacing and the quest for a ‘killer’ application for LOC devices 163 9.2.5 Gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis and electrophoretic exclusion 165 9.3 Possible ways of surmounting the disadvantages of CE 167 9.4 Sample preparation in CE 168 9.5 Is capillary electrophoresis a green alternative? 169 References 170 10 Green Chromatography 175 Chi-Yu Lu 10.1 Greening liquid chromatography 175 10.2 Green solvents 176 10.2.1 Hydrophilic solvents 176 10.2.2 Ionic liquids 177 10.2.3 Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) 177 10.3 Green instruments 178 10.3.1 Microbore Liquid Chromatography (microbore LC) 179 10.3.2 Capillary Liquid Chromatography (capillary LC) 180 10.3.3 Nano Liquid Chromatography (nano LC) 181 10.3.4 How to transfer the LC condition from traditional LC to microbore LC, capillary LC or nano LC 182 10.3.5 Homemade micro-scale analytical system 183 10.3.6 Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) 184 References 185 11 Green Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 199 Martín Resano, Esperanza García-Ruiz and Miguel A. Belarra 11.1 Atomic spectrometry in the context of Green Analytical Chemistry 199 11.2 Improvements in sample pretreatment strategies 202 11.2.1 Specific improvements 202 11.2.2 Slurry methods 204 11.3 Direct solid sampling techniques 205 11.3.1 Basic operating principles of the techniques discussed 205 11.3.2 Sample requirements and pretreatment strategies 207 11.3.3 Analyte monitoring: The arrival of high-resolution continuum source atomic absorption spectrometry 208 11.3.4 Calibration 210 11.3.5 Selected applications 210 11.4 Future for green analytical atomic spectrometry 213 References 215 12 Solid Phase Molecular Spectroscopy 221 Antonio Molina-Díaz, Juan Francisco García-Reyes and Natividad Ramos-Martos 12.1 Solid phase molecular spectroscopy: an approach to Green Analytical Chemistry 221 12.2 Fundamentals of solid phase molecular spectroscopy 222 12.2.1 Solid phase absorption (spectrophotometric) procedures 222 12.2.2 Solid phase emission (fluorescence) procedures 225 12.3 Batch mode procedures 225 12.4 Flow mode procedures 226 12.4.1 Monitoring an intrinsic property 227 12.4.2 Monitoring derivative species 231 12.4.3 Recent flow-SPMS based approaches 232 12.5 Selected examples of application of solid phase molecular spectroscopy 233 12.6 The potential of flow solid phase envisaged from the point of view of Green Analytical Chemistry 235 References 240 13 Derivative Techniques in Molecular Absorption, Fluorimetry and Liquid Chromatography as Tools for Green Analytical Chemistry 245 José Manuel Cano Pavón, Amparo García de Torres, Catalina Bosch Ojeda, Fuensanta Sánchez Rojas and Elisa I. Vereda Alonso 13.1 The derivative technique as a tool for Green Analytical Chemistry 245 13.1.1 Theoretical aspects 246 13.2 Derivative absorption spectrometry in the UV-visible region 247 13.2.1 Strategies to greener derivative spectrophotometry 248 13.3 Derivative fluorescence spectrometry 250 13.3.1 Derivative synchronous fluorescence spectrometry 251 13.4 Use of derivative signal techniques in liquid chromatography 254 References 255 14 Greening Electroanalytical Methods 261 Paloma Yáñez-Sedeño, José M. Pingarrón and Lucas Hernández 14.1 Towards a more environmentally friendly electroanalysis 261 14.2 Electrode materials 262 14.2.1 Alternatives to mercury electrodes 262 14.2.2 Nanomaterial-based electrodes 268 14.3 Solvents 270 14.3.1 Ionic liquids 271 14.3.2 Supercritical fluids 273 14.4 Electrochemical detection in flowing solutions 274 14.4.1 Injection techniques 274 14.4.2 Miniaturized systems 276 14.5 Biosensors 278 14.5.1 Greening biosurface preparation 278 14.5.2 Direct electrochemical transfer of proteins 281 14.6 Future trends in green electroanalysis 282 References 282 Section III: Strategies 289 15 Energy Savings in Analytical Chemistry 291 Mihkel Koel 15.1 Energy consumption in analytical methods 291 15.2 Economy and saving energy in laboratory practice 294 15.2.1 Good housekeeping, control and maintenance 295 15.3 Alternative sources of energy for processes 296 15.3.1 Using microwaves in place of thermal heating 297 15.3.2 Using ultrasound in sample treatment 299 15.3.3 Light as a source of energy 301 15.4 Using alternative solvents for energy savings 302 15.4.1 Advantages of ionic liquids 303 15.4.2 Using subcritical and supercritical fluids 303 15.5 Efficient laboratory equipment 305 15.5.1 Trends in sample treatment 306 15.6 Effects of automation and micronization on energy consumption 307 15.6.1 Miniaturization in sample treatment 308 15.6.2 Using sensors 310 15.7 Assessment of energy efficiency 312 References 316 16 Green Analytical Chemistry and Flow Injection Methodologies 321 Luis Dante Martínez, Soledad Cerutti and Raúl Andrés Gil 16.1 Progress of automated techniques for Green Analytical Chemistry 321 16.2 Flow injection analysis 322 16.3 Sequential injection analysis 325 16.4 Lab-on-valve 327 16.5 Multicommutation 328 16.6 Conclusions and remarks 334 References 334 17 Miniaturization 339 Alberto Escarpa, Miguel Ángel López and Lourdes Ramos 17.1 Current needs and pitfalls in sample preparation 340 17.2 Non-integrated approaches for miniaturized sample preparation 341 17.2.1 Gaseous and liquid samples 341 17.2.2 Solid samples 350 17.3 Integrated approaches for sample preparation on microfluidic platforms 353 17.3.1 Microfluidic platforms in sample preparation process 353 17.3.2 The isolation of analyte from the sample matrix: filtering approaches 356 17.3.3 The isolation of analytes from the sample matrix: extraction approaches 360 17.3.4 Preconcentration approaches using electrokinetics 365 17.3.5 Derivatization schemes on microfluidic platforms 372 17.3.6 Sample preparation in cell analysis 373 17.4 Final remarks 378 References 379 18 Micro- and Nanomaterials Based Detection Systems Applied in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology 389 Mariana Medina-Sánchez and Arben Merkoçi 18.1 Micro- and nanotechnology in Green Analytical Chemistry 389 18.2 Nanomaterials-based (bio)sensors 390 18.2.1 Optical nano(bio)sensors 391 18.2.2 Electrochemical nano(bio)sensors 393 18.2.3 Other detection principles 395 18.3 Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology 396 18.3.1 Miniaturization and nano-/microfluidics 396 18.3.2 Micro- and nanofabrication techniques 397 18.4 LOC applications 398 18.4.1 LOCs with optical detections 398 18.4.2 LOCs with electrochemical detectors 398 18.4.3 LOCs with other detections 399 18.5 Conclusions and future perspectives 400 References 401 19 Photocatalytic Treatment of Laboratory Wastes Containing Hazardous Organic Compounds 407 Edmondo Pramauro, Alessandra Bianco Prevot and Debora Fabbri 19.1 Photocatalysis 407 19.2 Fundamentals of the photocatalytic process 408 19.3 Limits of the photocatalytic treatment 408 19.4 Usual photocatalytic procedure in laboratory practice 408 19.4.1 Solar detoxification of laboratory waste 409 19.5 Influence of experimental parameters 411 19.5.1 Dissolved oxygen 411 19.5.2 pH 411 19.5.3 Catalyst concentration 412 19.5.4 Degradation kinetics 412 19.6 Additives reducing the e−/h+ recombination 412 19.7 Analytical control of the photocatalytic treatment 413 19.8 Examples of possible applications of photocatalysis to the treatment of laboratory wastes 413 19.8.1 Percolates containing soluble aromatic contaminants 414 19.8.2 Photocatalytic destruction of aromatic amine residues in aqueous wastes 414 19.8.3 Degradation of aqueous wastes containing pesticides residue 415 19.8.4 The peculiar behaviour of triazine herbicides 416 19.8.5 Treatment of aqueous wastes containing organic solvent residues 416 19.8.6 Treatment of surfactant-containing aqueous wastes 416 19.8.7 Degradation of aqueous solutions of azo-dyes 419 19.8.8 Treatment of laboratory waste containing pharmaceuticals 419 19.9 Continuous monitoring of photocatalytic treatment 420 References 420 Section IV: Fields of Application 425 20 Green Bioanalytical Chemistry 427 Tadashi Nishio and Hideko Kanazawa 20.1 The analytical techniques in bioanalysis 427 20.2 Environmental-responsive polymers 428 20.3 Preparation of a polymer-modified surface for the stationary phase of environmental-responsive chromatography 430 20.4 Temperature-responsive chromatography for green analytical methods 432 20.5 Biological analysis by temperature-responsive chromatography 432 20.5.1 Analysis of propofol in plasma using water as a mobile phase 434 20.5.2 Contraceptive drugs analysis using temperature gradient chromatography 435 20.6 Affinity chromatography for green bioseparation 436 20.7 Separation of biologically active molecules by the green chromatographic method 438 20.8 Protein separation by an aqueous chromatographic system 441 20.9 Ice chromatography 442 20.10 High-temperature liquid chromatography 443 20.11 Ionic liquids 443 20.12 The future in green bioanalysis 444 References 444 21 Infrared Spectroscopy in Biodiagnostics: A Green Analytical Approach 449 Mohammadreza Khanmohammadi and Amir Bagheri Garmarudi 21.1 Infrared spectroscopy capabilities 449 21.2 Infrared spectroscopy of bio-active chemicals in a bio-system 451 21.3 Medical analysis of body fluids by infrared spectroscopy 453 21.3.1 Blood and its extracts 455 21.3.2 Urine 457 21.3.3 Other body fluids 457 21.4 Diagnosis in tissue samples via IR spectroscopic analysis 457 21.4.1 Main spectral characteristics 459 21.4.2 The role of data processing 460 21.4.3 Cancer diagnosis by FTIR spectrometry 465 21.5 New trends in infrared spectroscopy assisted biodiagnostics 468 References 470 22 Environmental Analysis 475 Ricardo Erthal Santelli, Marcos Almeida Bezerra, Julio Carlos Afonso, Maria de Fátima Batista de Carvalho, Eliane Padua Oliveira and Aline Soares Freire 22.1 Pollution and its control 475 22.2 Steps of an environmental analysis 476 22.2.1 Sample collection 476 22.2.2 Sample preparation 476 22.2.3 Analysis 479 22.3 Green environmental analysis for water, wastewater and effluent 480 22.3.1 Major mineral constituents 480 22.3.2 Trace metal ions 481 22.3.3 Organic pollutants 483 22.4 Green environmental analysis applied for solid samples 485 22.4.1 Soil 485 22.4.2 Sediments 488 22.4.3 Wastes 492 22.5 Green environmental analysis applied for atmospheric samples 496 22.5.1 Gases 496 22.5.2 Particulates 497 References 497 23 Green Industrial Analysis 505 Sergio Armenta and Miguel de la Guardia 23.1 Greening industrial practices for safety and cost reasons 505 23.2 The quality control of raw materials and end products 506 23.3 Process control 510 23.4 Effluent control 511 23.5 Working atmosphere control 514 23.6 The future starts now 515 References 515 Index 519
£124.15
John Wiley & Sons Inc Ecology and Natural Resource Management
Book SynopsisThis book explores the theory and methods of systems analysis and computer modeling as applied to problems in ecology and natural resource management. It reflects the problems and conflicts between competing uses of limited space and the need for quantitative predictors of the outcome of various management strategies.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: THE SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE. Basic Concepts of Systems Analysis and Simulation. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: FOUR PHASES OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS. Conceptual-Model Formulation. Quantitative-Model Specification. PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SIMULATION-MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND USE. Modular Representation of System Structure and Dynamics. Reporting the Development and Use of Simulation Models. APPLICATION OF SIMULATION MODELS IN ECOLOGY. Population Dynamics: Effects of Density-Independent andDensity-Dependent Factors. APPLICATION OF SIMULATION MODELS IN NATURAL RESOURCEMANAGEMENT. Forest Management: Effects of Timber Harvest on the RelativeAbundance of Wildlife Species. References. About the CD-ROM. Index.
£143.95
John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing 02
Book SynopsisBest practices for designing and implementing sustainable manufacturing operations The second volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering. Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, shows you how to design and implement manufacturing processes and systems that are environmentally friendly and conform to regulations.Trade Review"This volume offers detailed exploration of metal working and metalworking fluids. It shows students and young engineers how to design products while keeping a trained eye on the environment." (Electricreview.com; 6/2007)Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. 1 Environmentally Benign Manufacturing (William E. Biles). 2 Design for the Environment (Jack Jeswiet). 3 Organization, Management, and Improvement of Manufacturing Systems (Keith M. Gardiner). 4 Manufacturing Systems Evaluation (Walter W. Olson). 5 Prevention of Metalworking Fluid Pollution: Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing at the Machine Tool (Steven J. Skerlos). 6 Metal Finishing and Electroplating (Timothy C. Lindsey). 7 Air Quality in Manufacturing (John W. Sutherland, Donna J. Michalek, and Julio L. Rivera). 8 Environmentally Conscious Electronic Manufacturing (Richard Ciocci). 9 Disassembly for End-of-life Electromechanical Products (Hong C. Zhang, Liu Zhifeng, Gao Yang, and Chen Qing). 10 Industrial Energy Efficiency (Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan, Deepak P. Gupta, Yogesh Mardikar, and Subodh Chaudhari). 11 Industrial Environmental Compliance Regulations (Thomas J. Blewett and Jack Annis). Index.
£118.76
John Wiley & Sons Inc Green Chemistry An Introduction
Book SynopsisBased on the third edition of the Collection of Lectures of the Summer Schools on Green Chemistry held in Venice, Italy in the summers of 1998-2003, Green Chemistry stimulates and promotes the wide-ranging aspects of green chemistry and its major role in ensuring sustainable development.Trade Review"…a good representation of the current state of green chemistry…" (CHOICE, January 2008) "These are most excellent papers dealing with a very real and growing problem." (Journal of Hazardous Material, January 15, 2008) "…a good starting resource for readers seeking to employ sustainable chemistry." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 9, 2008) "For advanced students...this book will catch the eye, as it will do as well for chemists in research and development..." (Organic Chemistry Portal, November 2007)" Das Buch ist für fortgeschrittene Studenten interessant, die sich für "Green Chemistry" interessieren, und eine Übersicht über aktuelle Forschungsfelder erhalten wollen, als auch für Chemiker in Forschung und Entwicklung, um mögliche Kooperationspartner zu finden." http://www.organische-chemie.ch/Buch/0471754005.htm Nov. 07Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Contributors. PART 1. GREEN REAGENTS. 1. The Four-Component reaction and Other MultiComponent Reactions of the Isocyanides (Ivar Ugi and Birgit Werner). 2. Carbohydrates as Renewable Raw Materials: A Major Challenge of Green Chemistry (Frieder W. Lichtenthaler). 3. Photoinitiated Synthesis: A Useful Perspective in Green Chemistry (Angelo Albini). 4. Dimethyl Caronate as a Green Reagent (Pietro Tundo & Maurizio Selva). PART 2. ALTERNATIVE REACTION CONDITIONS. 5. Ionic Liquids: "Designer" Solvents for Green Chemistry (Natalia V. Plechkova and Kenneth R. Seddon). 6. Supported Liquid-Phase Systems in Transition Metal Catalysis (Alvise Perosa and Sergei Zinovyev). 7. Organic Chemistry in Water: Green and Fast (Jan B. F. N. Engberts). 8. Formation, Mechanisms, and Minimization of Chlorinated Micropollutants (Dioxins) Formed in Technical Incineration Processes (Dieter Lenoir, Ernst Anton Feicht, Marchela Pandelova, and karl-Werner Schramm). PART 3. GREEN CATALYSIS AND BIOCATALYSIS. 9. Green Chemistry: Catalysis and Waste Minimization (Roger A Sheldon). 10. Seamless Chemistry for Sustainability (Johan Thoen and Jean Luc Guillaume). 11. Enantioselective Metal Catalyzed Oxidation Processes (David StC. Black). 12. Zeolite Catalysts for Cleaner Technologies (Michel Guisnet). 13. Acid and Superacid Solid Materials as Noncontaminant Alternative Catalysts in Refining (José M. López Nieto). 14. The Oxidation of Isobutane to Methacrylic Acid: An Alternative Technology for MMA Production (Nicola Ballarini, Fabrizio Cavani, Hélène Degrand, Eric Etienne, Anne Pigano, Ferruccio Trifitrò, and J. L. Dubois). 15. Biocatalysis for Industrial Green Chemistry (Zhi Li, Martin Held, Sven Panke, Andrew Schnid, Renata Mathys and Bernard Witholt). Index.
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Wiley Modelling Change in Integrated Economic and
Book SynopsisThis accessible volume fills a much-needed gap and addresses coreissues on how economic and environmental systems are interconnectedlooking at how economic frameworks and features of environmentalsystems can be integrated within formal models to address changesand associated resource management issues at appropriate levels:micro level and national or global level. The more the relationship between economic and environmentalsystems is studied analytically and empirically, the more aware webecome of the gap in our existing knowledge of environmental dataand process parameters. While important empirical questions areunanswered in environmental economics literature, work on theenvironmental science of ecological systems fails to raise theright questions and identify key variables in human-exploitedecosystems. This book covers: * Concepts and Methods * Land, Water and Production * Biodiversity, Preservation and Production * Pollution Externalities * TheTable of ContentsCONCEPTS AND METHODS. Economic-Ecological Modelling and Sustainability: A Guideline (W.Hediger). Periodicity and Structural Breaks in Environmetric Time Series (P.Franses). On the Bounds of the Economic Lore of Nicely Calculated Less orMore for Natural Environments (T. Crocker J. Shogren). LAND, WATER AND PRODUCTION. Integrating Environmental and Irrigation Management in Large-scaleWater Resource Systems (N. Dudley). Small-scale Water Resource Systems and Environment: Models forManagement (S. Mahendrarajah). Salinity Management: Coupling Physical and Economic ModellingApproaches (J. Gomboso, et al.). Economic Modelling of Land Degradation in Developing Countries (I.Coxhead). BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION AND PRODUCTION. The Use of Contingent Valuation of Species Preservation in DecisionAnalysis (J. Kennedy). Biodiversity Conservation and Economic Preferences (D. McKenney, etal.). Wildlife Production: Economics and Management (E. Wilman). POLLUTION EXTERNALITIES. Modelling and Economics of Effluent Management in Municipalities(J. Krawczyk). Optimal Taxation for the Reduction of Nitrogen Surplus in DutchDairy Farms, 1975-1989 (P. Fontein, et al.). The Economics of Health and Environment Interrelations (T. ZuidemaA. Nentjes). ENVIRONMENT AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. A Comparative Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Australia,Germany and the United Kingdom (M. Common, et al.). Environmental Policy and International Trade (W. McKibbin P.Wilcoxen). Modelling Global Common Fisheries Exploitation and Regulation (N.Long). Index.
£225.86
University of California Press The Myth of Silent Spring Rethinking the Origins
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Chad Montrie's book restores complexity to the history of American environmentalist movements and does justice to the actions against the degradation of nature that have been forgotten by the historiography, too focused on the heroic story (or history) of a white and bourgeois (or middle-class) scientist. The risk of such a thesis would be to minimize the diagnosis and the action of Rachel Carson, but Chad Montrie recognizes at the same time her courage, her pugnacity and her determination. It is less a matter of denying her impact—recognized by the historiography—than of recalling the competing imaginaries and actions that have also worked for the protection of the environment, in a long history that precedes Rachel Carson, to show that the environment is not necessarily opposed to use (or utilization), and to introduce a social analysis to a trajectory of degradation (or alteration) of the environment that is not a process involving humanity as a whole.” * Le Mouvement Social *"Montrie’s purpose in writing this book . . . is to do more than inspire mere academic debate. Instead, he hopes to broaden the sights of environmentalists as well as to encourage them to seek out allies beyond the suburbs. In correcting what he sees as a truncated and therefore deeply flawed narrative of US environmental activism, he posits a more usable past, one from which modern-day activists can draw lessons about both the long-term environmental concerns and protest of working people. For this reason, this book deserves a wide readership." * Environmental History *"The Myth of Silent Spring is a concise and valuable contribution, proving that labor history can make important contributions to environmental history." * Metascience *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: “The Fight for a Balanced Environment and the Fight for Social Justice and Dignity Are Not Unrelated Struggles” 1. “I Think Less of the Factory Than of My Native Dell” 2. “Why Don’t They Dump the Garbage on the Bully-Vards?” 3. “Massive Mobilization for a Great Citizen Crusade” Conclusion: “They Keep Threatening Us with the Loss of Our Jobs” Notes Further Reading Index
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University of California Press Uncommon Cause
Book SynopsisHow can activists strike a balance between fighting for a cause and sustaining relationships with family, friends, and neighbors?Uncommon Causefollows environmental justice activists in Kerala, India, as they seek out, avoid, or strive to overcome conflicts between their causes and their community ties. John Mathiasfinds twocontrasting approaches,each offering distinctpossibilitiesfor anactivist life. One set of activists repudiates community ties and resists normative pressures; for them, environmental justice becomes a way of transcending all local identities and affiliations, even humanity itself. Other activists seek to ground their activism in community belonging, to fight for their own people. Each approach produces its own dilemmas and offers its own insights into ethical tensions we all face between taking a stand and standing with others. In sharing Kerala activists' diverse stories,Uncommon Causeoffers a fresh perspective on environmental ethics, showing that environmentalism
£56.80
Princeton University Press This Land Is Our Land
Book SynopsisA leading environmental thinker explores how people might begin to heal their fractured and contentious relationship with the land and with each other. From the coalfields of Appalachia and the tobacco fields of the Carolinas to the public lands of the West, Purdy shows how the land has always united and divided Americans.Trade Review"This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth . . . is . . . about how to live together once we’ve accepted that there is nothing more “natural” than living in society with other human beings, in a world in which politics and ecology have come to be one and the same. It’s a book to read now and to think from. It’s a call to action."---Aaron Bady, The Nation"[A reminder] of just how capable human beings are of remaking the world, when it suits them."---Rachel Riederer, New Yorker"A work of analytical and moral clarity."---Greg Grandin"A soulful work of political theory. . . . Purdy believes that reckoning with climate change demands a deeper and more comprehensive overhaul of our infrastructure, and This Land Is Our Land is an invitation to imagine the new world—and the new society—that this overhaul could produce."---Eric Klinenberg, New York Review of Books"An urgent rallying cry for a planet and people in crisis. It is rich in ideas, shifting easily from radical miners’ unions to the rise of the far right, from Thoreau’s insights to the history of environmental regulation, but it is a work that remains consistently grounded in the land."---Adam Weymouth, Resurgent and Ecologist Magazine
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Princeton University Press EcoTypes
Book SynopsisWhy acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environmentWhen we picture the ideal environmentalist, we likely have in mind someone who dedicates herself to reducing her own environmental footprint through individual choices about consumptiondriving a fuel-efficient car, for example, or eating less meat, or refusing plastic straws. This is a benchmark that many aspire toand many others reject. In Eco-Types, Emily Huddart Kennedy shows that there is more than one way to care about the environment, outlining a spectrum of eco-social relationships that range from engagement to indifference. Drawing on three years of interviews and research, Kennedy describes five archetypal relationships with the environment: the Eco-Engaged, often politically liberal, who have an acute level of concern about the environment, a moral commitment to protect it, and the conviction that an individual can make a d
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Pluto Press The Slow Food Story Politics and Pleasure
Book SynopsisA lively survey of the politics of the Slow Food movement, an antidote to our fast-moving, work-obsessed capitalist culture.Trade Review'The essential one-stop critical guide to the history, ideas, structure, and membership of the Slow Food movement' -- John Dickie, Reader in Italian Studies, University College London'Shows us that the concept of Slow Food is not just a practical necessity for survival but offers a glimpse of a transformative change for the better in the way we live our lives' -- Neal Lawson, Chair of the political pressure group Compass'The best account so far of the history and animating ideas behind Slow Food. An indispensable introduction' -- Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto'A thoughtful account of how politics came back to eating' -- Steven Poole, The GuardianTable of ContentsPreface PART ONE: IDEAS. 1. Politics in Search of Pleasure 2. The Critique of 'Fast Life' 3. Terra Madre PART TWO: PEOPLE 4. Gastronome! The Arrival of a New Political Subject 5. The Return of the Producer…and the Death of the Consumer? 6. The Movement PART THREE: PLACES 7. Rediscovering the Local 8. Virtuous Globalisation. 9. Slow Food, Gastronomy and Cultural Politics References Index
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Pluto Press Small is Necessary Shared Living on a Shared
Book SynopsisAmidst crisis and fragmentation, the need for sociable, practical and sustainable housing is manifest.Trade Review'With great insight, Anitra Nelson shows how collaborative housing is emerging across the world to re-ignite the 'Small is Beautiful' spirit of E.F. Schumacher. This is a wonderful guide featuring inspiring examples for those who want to use shared eco-housing to tackle the challenges ahead' -- Paul Chatterton, Professor of Urban Futures, University of Leeds, and co-founder of the Lilac cohousing co-operative'This is a timely report and a critical and informed exploration of an important and growing housing sector in which ideas of equity, sharing, and ecological responsibility are essential parts of real, successful communities' -- Paul Downton — Ecopolis urbanist and cofounder of Christie Walk cohousing (Adelaide, Australia)Table of ContentsList of Figures, Tables and Boxes Abbreviations Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Less is More: Living Closely on a Finite Planet Part I: Compact Urban Housing 2. Once We Were Small: Traditional and Contemporary Homes 3. Apartment Living in Cities 4. Apartment Household Practices and Affordability Part II: Eco-Cohousing and Ecovillages 5. From Sharing a House to Eco-cohousing 6. Ecovillages: Sustainability and System Change Part III: Futures: Scaling Up, Shared Landscapes, Shared Livelihoods 7. ‘Will You Dance With Us?’ Governments and Collaborative Housing 8. ‘To Market, To Market’: Eco-collaborative Housing for Sale 9. Grassroots Sustainability, Sociality and Governance Conclusion 10. Small is Necessary and, with Sharing, Feasible Appendix: Key Sources and Links Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Facing Gaia
Book SynopsisThe emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of Nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of Nature have been continuously developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the material world.Trade ReviewListed as one of Resurgence & Ecologist's 2017 Book of the Year"Facing Gaia stands as a toolbox for many disciplines. It harbours crucial insights: we are witnessing a catastrophe in which we are all implicated… Latour argues that it matters what each of us thinks and does. It will be written in clouds, spelt in stone, legible in water."Australian Book Review Table of ContentsContents Introduction First Lecture: On the Instability of the (Notion of) Nature A mutation of the relation to the world ¥ Four ways to be driven crazy by ecology ¥ The instability of the nature/culture relation ¥ The invocation of human nature ¥ The recourse to the �natural world� ¥ On a great service rendered by the pseudo-controversy over the climate ¥ �Go tell your masters that the scientists are on the warpath!� ¥ In which we seek to pass from �nature� to the world ¥ How to face up Second Lecture: How Not to (De-)Animate Nature Disturbing �truths� ¥ Describing in order to warn ¥ In which we concentrate on agency ¥ On the difficulty of distinguishing between humans and nonhumans ¥ �And yet it moves!� ¥ A new version of natural law ¥ On an unfortunate tendency to confuse cause and creation ¥ Toward a nature that would no longer be a religion? Third Lecture: Gaia, a (Finally Secular) Figure for Nature Galileo, Lovelock: Two symmetrical discoveries ¥ Gaia, an exceedingly treacherous mythical name for a scientific theory ¥ A parallel with Pasteur�s microbes ¥ Lovelock too makes micro-actors proliferate ¥ How to avoid the idea of a system? ¥ Organisms make their own environment, they do not adapt to it ¥ On a slight complication of Darwinism ¥ Space, an offspring of history Fourth Lecture: The Anthropocene and the Destruction of (the Image of) the Globe The Anthropocene: an innovation ¥ Mente et Malleo ¥ A debatable term for an uncertain epoch ¥ An ideal opportunity to disaggregate the figures of Man and Nature ¥ Sloterdijk or the theological origin of the image of the Sphere ¥ Confusion between Science and the Globe ¥ Tyrrell against Lovelock ¥ Feedback loops do not draw a Globe ¥ Finally, a different principle of composition ¥ Melancholia, or the end of the Globe Fifth Lecture: How to Convene the Various Peoples (of Nature)? Two Leviathans, two cosmologies ¥ How to avoid war between the gods? ¥ A perilous diplomatic project ¥ The impossible convocation of a �people of nature� ¥ How to give negotiation a chance? ¥ On the conflict between science and religion ¥ Uncertainty about the meaning of the word �end� ¥ Comparing collectives in combat ¥ Doing without any natural religion Sixth Lecture: How (Not) to Put an End to the End of Times? The fateful date of 1610 ¥ Stephen Toulmin and the scientific counter-revolution ¥ In search of the religious origin of �disinhibition� ¥ The strange project of achieving Paradise on Earth ¥ Eric Voegelin and the avatars of Gnosticism ¥ On an apocalyptic origin of climate skepticism ¥ From the religious to the terrestrial by way of the secular ¥ A �people of Gaia�? ¥ How to respond when accused of producing �apocalyptic discourse� Seventh Lecture: The States (of Nature) between War and Peace The �Great Enclosure� of Caspar David Friedrich ¥ The end of the State of Nature ¥ On the proper dosage of Carl Schmitt ¥ �We seek to understand the normative order of the earth� ¥ on the difference between war and police work ¥ How to turn around and face Gaia? ¥ Human versus Earthbound ¥ Learning to identify the struggling territories Eighth Lecture: How to Govern Struggling (Natural) Territories? In the Theater of Negotiations, Les Amandiers, May 2015 ¥ Learning to meet without a higher arbiter ¥ Extension of the Conference of the Parties to Nonhumans ¥ Multiplication of the parties involved ¥ Mapping the critical zones ¥ Rediscovering the meaning of the State ¥ Laudato Si� ¥ Finally, facing Gaia ¥ �Earth, earth!� Works Cited
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Kogan Page Ltd Sustainagility
Book SynopsisPatrick Dixon is one of the world's leading authorities on future trends. Ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today, he is also the author of 12 other books, including Futurewise and Building a Better Business. Johan Gorecki is founder of the Globe Forum, an international market place for innovators and investors, working for a more sustainable and profitable future. Also an entrepreneur, Johan was one of the original team that developed Skype.Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction: future scene – UN President Interview, 20 May 2040, CNN World Report; Chapter - 01: Take hold of the future; Chapter - 02: Alternative power generation; Chapter - 03: Cleaner coal, oil and gas; Chapter - 04: Smart power and the nuclear boom; Chapter - 05: Better cars, trucks, trains, planes and ships; Chapter - 06: Future cities: lower carbon to carbon-free; Chapter - 07: Gren product development and IT; Chapter - 08: Solving the water crisis; Chapter - 09: Protecting and managing forests; Chapter - 10: Feeding the whole world; Chapter - 11: Funding gren tech; Chapter - 12: Busines agility and innovation
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McGill-Queen's University Press Canadian Environmental Philosophy
Book SynopsisGrappling with the philosophical dimensions of our current ecological crisis, from a Canadian perspective.Trade Review"Profound, powerful, effective, and impressive, Canadian Environmental Philosophy is absolutely peerless. What a book." Darren Domsky, Texas A&M University
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Farther Afield in the Study of Natureoriented
Book SynopsisIn the 1990s the field of ecocentrism began to establish and define itself. Arguing that the field has matured to the point where it requires a thorough critique and new theoretical underpinnings, this text suggests ways ecocentrism can become more sophisticated in its methodologies.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Cutting the Vines of the Past Environmental
Book SynopsisArgues African ways of seeing and interpreting their environments and past are not only critical to how historians write environmental history, they also have important lessons for policymakers and conservationists. It focuses on the Mpiemu people of the Central Arfrican Republic.Trade ReviewThis is an important, substantial, and innovative study of the intellectual and environmental history of the Mpiemu people. It has the potential to be a landmark study, one that will be widely cited in the future by African historians and likely by environmental, cultural, and developmental scholars as well. - Phyllis Martin, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University ""Cutting the Vines of the Past makes a substantial contribution to African environmental history, conservation history, and the history of environmental interventions in Africa. Giles-Vernick's scholarship is outstanding, the documentation of her sources is meticulous, and her command of the relevant literature is impressive."" - Roderick Neumann, Florida International University, author of Imposing Wilderness: Struggles over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa
£19.90
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Practical Ecocriticism Literature Biology and
Book SynopsisPlacing environmental literature in the life sciences, Love argues that literary studies has been diminshed by a lack of recognition for the role that the biological foundation of human life plays in cultural imagination. He presents a model incorporating Darwinian ideas into ecocritical thinking.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Out of the Shadow Ecopsychology Story and
Book SynopsisIn Western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human ""nature."" This book uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown.Trade ReviewIn Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land, Rinda West suggests that the recovery of connection with nature may be tied to a rediscovery of the numinous. Together, these may nourish and grow from new attempts to restore wildness to the land and to psyche. If you want to know what ritual is about, how it isolates and bridges people, communities, and cultures, and of its power to bring about war and peace, healing and harmony with the earth, this is the book to read. - Jerome S. Bernstein, Jungian analyst, author of Living in the Borderland: The Evolution of Consciousness and the Challenge of Healing Trauma
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Different Shades of Green African Literature Environmental Justice and Political Ecology
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Different Shades of Green
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Anthropocene Fictions
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Anthropocene Fictions The Novel in a Time of
Book SynopsisPesents the first systematic examination of the hundreds of novels that have been written about anthropogenic climate change. Drawing on climatology, the sociology and philosophy of science, geography, and environmental economics, Adam Trexler argues that the novel has become an essential tool to construct meaning in an age of climate change.
£23.70
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Market Aesthetics
Book SynopsisExplores the popularity of Caribbean diasporic writing within an interdisciplinary, comparative, and pan-ethnic framework. Elena Machado Sáez contests established readings of authors such as Junot Díaz, Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Robert Antoni while showcasing the work of emerging writers such as David Chariandy, Marlon James, and Monique Roffey.
£23.70
University of Alabama Press A Keener Perception Ecocritical Studies in
Book SynopsisOffers a series of case studies on topics ranging from John White's watercolors of the Carolina landscape executed during Sir Walter Raleigh's 1585 Roanoke expedition to photographs by environmental activist Eliot Porter. This title is suitable for literary scholars who might like to include the visual arts into their own scholarship and teaching.
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The University of Alabama Press Ecology of Modernism American Environments and
Book SynopsisThe Ecology of Modernism explores the unexpected absence of an environmental ethic in American modernist and avant-garde poetics, given its keen concern with an ecological esthetic. Joshua Schuster explains why American modernism was never green. In The Ecology of Modernism, Joshua Schuster examines the relationships of key modernist writers, poets, and musicians to nature, industrial development, and pollution. He posits that that the curious failure of modernist poets to develop an environmental ethnic was a deliberate choice and not an inadvertent omission. In his opening passage, Schuster boldly invokes lines from Walt Whitman's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, which echo as a paean to pollution: Burn high your fires, foundry chimneys! cast black shadows at nightfall! Schuster labels this theme regeneration through pollution and demonstrates how this motif recurs in modernist compositions. This tolerance for, if not actual exultation of, the by-products of industrialization hindered mo
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University of Pittsburgh Press Models Of Nature
Book SynopsisModels of Nature studies the early and turbulent years of the Soviet conservation movement from the October Revolution to the mid-1930s—Lenin's rule to the rise of Stalin. This new edition includes an afterword by the author that reflects upon the study's impact and discusses advances in the field since the book was first published.Trade Review“Douglas R. Weiner treats conservation––the main topic of this book––as a complex phenomenon molded by government policies, scientific ideas, cultural values, and ideological tenets. He concentrates on the Soviet period from the October Revolution to the consolidation of Stalinist rule in the mid-1930s. . . . Thoroughly documented and firmly integrated, this book is a major contribution to the history of Soviet science, politics, and culture.” —American Historical Review
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University of Pittsburgh Press The Ethics of Creativity Beauty Morality and Nature in a Processive Cosmos
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Fordham University Press EcoDeconstruction
Book SynopsisEco-Deconstruction marks a new approach to the degradation of the natural environment, including habitat loss, species extinction, and climate change. While the work of French philosopher Jacques Derrida (19302004), with its relentless interrogation of the anthropocentric metaphysics of presence, has already proven highly influential in posthumanism and animal studies, the present volume, drawing on published and unpublished work by Derrida and others, builds on these insights to address the most pressing environmental issues of our time.The volume brings together fifteen prominent scholars, from a wide variety of related fields, including eco-phenomenology, eco-hermeneutics, new materialism, posthumanism, animal studies, vegetal philosophy, science and technology studies, environmental humanities, eco-criticism, earth art and aesthetics, and analytic environmental ethics. Overall, eco-deconstruction offers an account of differential relationality explored in a non-totaTable of ContentsAbbreviations for Works by Jacques Derrida Introduction Matthias Fritsch, Philippe Lynes, and David Wood Part I. Diagnosing the Present 1. The Eleventh Plague: Thinking Ecologically after Derrida David Wood 2. Thinking after the World: Deconstruction and Last Things Ted Toadvine 3. Scale as a Force of Deconstruction Timothy Clark Part II. Ecologies 4. The Posthuman Promise of the Earth Philippe Lynes 5. Un/limited Ecologies Vicki Kirby 6. Ecology as Event Michael Marder 7. Writing Home: Eco-choro-spectrography John Llewelyn Part III. Nuclear and Other Biodegradabilitie 8. E-phemera: Of Deconstruction, Biodegradability, and Nuclear War Michael Naas 9. Troubling Time/s and Ecologies of Nothingness: On the Im/Possibilities of Living and Dying in the Void Karen Barad 10. Responsibility and the Non(bio)degradable Michael Peterson 11. Extinguishing Ability: How we Became Post-Extinction Persons Claire Colebrook Part IV. Environmental Ethics 12. An Eco-Deconstructive Account of the Emergence of Normativity in “Nature” Matthias Fritsch 13. Opening ethics onto the other shore of another heading Dawne McCance 14. Wallace Stevens’s Birds, or, Derrida and Ecological Poetics Cary Wolfe 15. Earth: Love It or Leave It Kelly Oliver List of Contributors Index
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Fordham University Press Reoccupy Earth Notes toward an Other Beginning
Book SynopsisHabit rules our lives. While many of our individual habits seem perfectly reasonable, when aggregated together they spell ecological disaster. Beyond consumerism, other ways of living are clearly possible. Reoccupy Earth shows how an approach to philosophy attuned to our ecological existence can suspend the taken-for-granted and open up alternative forms of earthly dwelling.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reinhabiting the Earth 1 Part I: Econvergences 1 On the Way to Econstruction 29 2 The Idea of Ecophenomenology 50 3 Ecological Imagination: A Whiteheadian Exercise in Temporal Phronesis 65 4 The Eleventh Plague: Thinking Ecologically after Derrida 80 Part II: Experiential Pathways 5 Things at the Edge of the World 105 6 Reversals and Transformations 121 7 Touched by Touching: Toward a Carnal Hermeneutics 142 Part III: Reoccupy Earth 8 My Place in the Sun 155 9 On Being Haunted by the Future 175 10 Beyond Narcissistic Humanism: Or, in the Face of Anthropogenic Climate Change, Is There a Case for Voluntary Human Extinction? 202 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 221 Index 251
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Fordham University Press Reoccupy Earth
Book SynopsisHabit rules our lives. While many of our individual habits seem perfectly reasonable, when aggregated together they spell ecological disaster. Beyond consumerism, other ways of living are clearly possible. Reoccupy Earth shows how an approach to philosophy attuned to our ecological existence can suspend the taken-for-granted and open up alternative forms of earthly dwelling.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reinhabiting the Earth 1 Part I: Econvergences 1 On the Way to Econstruction 29 2 The Idea of Ecophenomenology 50 3 Ecological Imagination: A Whiteheadian Exercise in Temporal Phronesis 65 4 The Eleventh Plague: Thinking Ecologically after Derrida 80 Part II: Experiential Pathways 5 Things at the Edge of the World 105 6 Reversals and Transformations 121 7 Touched by Touching: Toward a Carnal Hermeneutics 142 Part III: Reoccupy Earth 8 My Place in the Sun 155 9 On Being Haunted by the Future 175 10 Beyond Narcissistic Humanism: Or, in the Face of Anthropogenic Climate Change, Is There a Case for Voluntary Human Extinction? 202 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 221 Index 251
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CABI Publishing Ecotourism Programme Planning
Book SynopsisRecreation programming is a tool that allows for the enjoyment of rewarding leisure experiences. It describes the relationship between tour operators and tourists and how service providers can effectively plan and implement their ideas through informative and educational ecotourism programmes. This book provides a practical basis for integrated ecotourism programme planning, it covers all aspects of planning including: design, implementation and evaluation. The book introduces the concept of recreation programming to ecotourism.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Recreation and Tourism 1.1: Leisure, recreation and tourism 1.2: Tourism products 1.3: Tourism programmes Chapter 2: Foundational Aspects of Ecotourism 2.1: Ecotourism 2.2: The ecotourist 2.3: Ecotourism’s philosophical basis 2.4: The environment as a system Chapter 3: The Programme Setting: Going ‘In’ 3.1: Ecotourism supply 3.2: Resource management 3.3: Community development 3.4: Tourism ethics Chapter 4: Programming 4.1: Planning 4.2: Recreation programming 4.3: Programming ideology 4.4: Programming theories 4.5: Programme strategies 4.6: Programme approaches 4.7: The programming model 4.8: The programmer 4.9: Tour operators Chapter 5: Needs and Assets 5.1: Motives (needs) 5.2: Needs assessment 5.3: Attractions 5.4: The business plan Chapter 6: Programme Design A: Structure 6.1: Designing the structure of the programme 6.2: Making programme design decisions 6.3: Designing the programme’s interpretive component Chapter 7: Programme Design B: Gearing Up To Go 7.1: Pre-trip information: Briefing 7.2: Health precautions 7.3: Persons with disabilities 7.4: Personal hygiene 7.5: First aid and survival 7.6: Permits 7.7: Environmental conditions 7.8: The trip planning sheet Chapter 8: Programme Design C: Leadership and Risk 8.1: Leadership 8.2: Approaches to leadership 8.3: Professional development 8.4: Safety and risk management Chapter 9: Implementation 9.1: Program life cycle 9.2: Marketing 9.3: Quality 9.4: Staff training 9.5: Public relations 9.6: Budgeting 9.7: Implementation strategies 9.8: Schedules and itineraries Chapter 10: Evaluation 10.1: The scope of evaluation 10.2: Models of evaluation 10.3: Evaluation details and issues 10.4: Debriefing 10.5: Certification and accreditation 10.6: Environmental programmes Chapter 11: Integrated Ecotourism Programme Planning: A Synthesis 11.1: Integrated ecotourism programme planning 11.2: Final thoughts
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CABI Publishing Encyclopedia of Ecotourism
Book SynopsisThe Encyclopedia of Ecotourism provides an expert, state-of-the-art and comprehensive knowledge base of the rapidly growing global ecotourism sector. It is divided into eight major sections, and contains 41 chapters, individually authored by international researchers and practitioners in ecotourism. Each chapter combines theory and practice in a complementary way. The scope of the encyclopedia includes definitions and other contextual material, regional perspectives, venues, impacts, planning and management considerations, and issues associated with ecotourism businesses, research and training.Table of ContentsSection 1: Introduction to Ecotourism, D B Weaver 1.1: Principles of Ecotourism, R K Blamey 1.2: Types of Ecotourism, M B Orams 1.3: Ecotourists: Not a Homogeneous Market Segment, P Wight 1.4: Global Growth and Magnitude of Ecotourism, D E Hawkins and K Lamoureux 1.5: Ecotourism in the Context of Other Tourism Types, D B Weaver Section 2: A Regional Survey of Ecotourism by Biome, D B Weaver 2.1: Kenya and South Africa, P U C Dieke 2.2: Anglo-America, D A Fennell 2.3: Asia, A A Lew 2.4: Oceania (Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific), R K Dowling 2.5: Europe, S Blangy and S Vautier 2.6: Latin America and the Caribbean, D B Weaver and R Schlüter Section 3: A Regional Survey of Ecotourism by Biome, D B Weaver 3.1: Rainforests, W Frost 3.2: Mountain Ecotourism: Creating a Sustainable Future, P W Williams, T V Singh, and R Schüter 3.3: Polar Environments (Arctic and Antarctic), B Stonehouse 3.4: Islands and Coasts, E A Halpenny 3.5: Deserts, Grasslands and Savannas, D B Weaver 3.6: Marine Environments, C Cater and E Cater Section 4: Ecotourism Venues, D B Weaver 4.1: Public Protected Areas, L J Lawton 4.2: Privately Owned Protected Areas, J Langholz and K Brandon 4.3: Modified Spaces, D B Weaver and L J Lawton 4.4: Wilderness, W E Hammitt and M C Symmonds 4.5: Indigenous Territories, T Hinch Section 5: Ecotourism Impacts, P F J Eagles 5.1: Economic Impacts, K Lindberg 5.2: Environmental Impacts, R Buckley 5.3: Exploring Socio-Cultural Impacts on Local Communities, S Wearing 5.4: Developing Indicators for Destination Sustainability, E Sirakaya, T B Jamal and H-S Choi 5.5: Rural Development, R W Butler Section 6: Introduction to Planning, Management and Institutions, K F Backman 6.1: Management Tools and Techniques: An Integrated Approach to Planning, S Backman, B A Wright and J Petrick 6.2: Policy and Planning, D A Fennell, R Buckley and D B Weaver 6.3: Ecotourism-Related Organisations, E Halpenny 6.4: Ecotourism in the Inter-Sectoral Context, J Cohen 6.5: The Place of Ecotourism in Public Policy and Planning, S Parker Section 7: Introduction to the Business of Ecotourism, B McKercher 7.1: Accommodations, J Gardner 7.2: Tour Operators, B R Higgins 7.3: Tour Guides and Interpretation, B Weiler and S H Ham 7.4: The Business of Ecotourism, B McKercher 7.5: The Pursuit of Excellence: Benchmarking, Accreditation, Best Practice and Auditing, J-P Issaverdis Section 8: Methodologies, Research and Resources: D B Weaver 8.1: Methodological Approaches Used in the Literature, K F Backman and D B Morais 8.2: Information Sources for Planning and Management, P F J Eagles 8.3: Education and Training in Ecotourism, N Lipscombe and R Thwaites 8.4: Areas and Needs in Ecotourism Research, D A Fennell
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MP-OSU Oregon State Universi A Generous Nature Lives Transformed by Oregon
Book SynopsisOffers profiles of twenty-one conservationists and activists who have made enduring contributions to the preservation of Oregon's wild and natural places and its high quality of life. These stories speak to their courage, foresight, and actions to save places, enact legislation, and motivate others to cherish the places that make Oregon unique.Trade ReviewThis book is a wonderful tribute to the people who kept Oregon the magnificent place it is—and a goad to the rest of us to continue their work all across this endangered planet." —Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Promoting Environmentalism
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the psychology, sociology, and public policy of global environmental issues. The goals of the book are: to describe the current state of the environment and environmentalism to present new theories and research on environmental attitudes and behaviors to explore obstacles and ethical considerations in promoting pro-environmental action Table of ContentsPart I: Psychology of Promoting Environmentalism: Promoting Environmentalism 1. Promoting EnvironmentalismLynnette C. Zelezny, California State University, Fresno; P. Wesley Schultz, California State University, San Marcos 2. Psychology of Promoting Environmentalism: Psychological Contributions to Achieving an Ecologically Sustainable Future for HumanityStuart Oskamp, Claremont Graduate University Part II: New Environmental Theories 1. Empathizing With Nature: The Effects ofPerspective Taking on Concern for Environmental IssuesP. Wesley Schultz, California State University, San Marcos 2.Toward a Coherent Theory of Environmentally Significant BehaviorPaul C. Stern, National Research Council Part III: New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes 1.Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP ScaleRiley E. Dunlap, Michigan State University; Kent D. Van Liere, Primen; Angela G. Mertig, Michigan State University; Robert Emmet Jones, University of Tennessee Part IV: New Ways of Thinking about Environmentalism 1. Elaborating on Gender Differences in EnvironmentalismLynnette C. Zelezny, California State University, Fresno; Poh-Pheng Chua, Pennsylvania State University; Christina Aldrich, Claremont Graduate University 2. Models of Justice in the Environmental DebateSusan Clayton, The College of Wooster 3. Denial and the Process of Moral Exclusion in Environmental ConflictSusan Opotow, University of Massachusetts-Boston; Leah Weiss, Annapolis, MD Part V: New Ways to Promote Proenvironmental Behavior 1. Human Nature and Environmentally Responsible BehaviorStephen Kaplan, University of Michigan 2. Expanding and Evaluating Motives for Environmentally Responsible BehaviorRaymond De Young, University of Michigan 3. The Application of Persuasion Theory to the Development Of Effective Proenvironmental Public Service AnnouncementsRenee J. Bator, State University of New York, Plattsburgh; Robert B. Cialdini, Arizona State University 4. Promoting Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social MarketingDoug McKenzie-Mohr, St. Thomas University Part VI: Environmentalism and Public Policy 1. Environmental Justice: Grassroots Activism and Its Impact on Public Policy Decision MakingRobert D. Bullard and Glenn S. Johnson, Clark Atlanta University
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Environmental Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis collection of 36 original articles by international scholars explores the cultural traditions that gave rise to environmental philosophy and brings environmental philosophy into conversation with other fields and disciplines.Trade Review‘...simply the best 'field-guide' to environmental philosophy anywhere. Dale Jamieson has assembled an insightful set of chapters - the topics are well chosen, the writing is crisp, and the thinking is compelling. The volume is also historically informed, theoretically rich, multicultural, and practical - all especially appreciated strengths.’ William S. Lynn, The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY ‘Featuring both first-rank scholars and superb new scholarship, this volume reflects well the many ways in which environmental philosophy not only pervades, but is also touched by, ancient and modern concerns.’ Paul Waldau, Tufts UniversityTable of ContentsList of contributors x Preface xv PART I: CULTURAL TRADITIONS 1 1 Indigenous perspectives 3LAURIE ANNE WHITT, MERE ROBERTS, WAERETE NORMAN, AND VICKI GRIEVES 2 Classical China 21KARYN L. LA1 3 Classical India 370. P . DWIVEDI 4 Jainism and Buddhism 52CHRISTOPHER KEY CHAPPLE 5 The classical Greek tradition 67GABRIELA R. CARONE 6 Judaism 81ERIC KATZ 7 Christianity 96ROBIN ATTFIECD 8 Islam 111S. NOMANUL HAQ 9 Early modern philosophy 130CHARLES TALIAFERRO 10 Nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy 146ANDREW BRENNAN PART 11: CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS 161 11 Meta-ethics 163JOHN O'NEILL 12 Normative ethics 177ROBERT ELLIOT 13 Sentientism 192GARY VARNER 14 The land ethic 204J. BAIRD CALLICOTT 1 5 Deep ecology 218FREYA MATHEWS 16 Ecofeminism 233VICTORIA DAVION PART 111: ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND ITS NEIGHBORS 249 17 Literature 251SCOTT SLOVIC 18 Aesthetics 264JOHN ANDREW FISHER 19 Economics 277A. MYRICK FREEMAN I11 20 History 291IAN SIMMONS 21 Ecology 304KRISTIN SHRADER-FRECHETTE 22 Politics 316ROBYN ECKERSLEY 23 Law 331SHEILA JASANOFF PART IV: PROBLEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY 347 24 Wilderness 349MARK WOODS 2 5 Population 362CLARK WOLF 26 Future generations 377ERNEST PARTRIDGE 27 Sustainability 390ALAN HOLLAND 28 Biodiversity 402HOLMES ROLSTON I11 29 Animals 41 6PETER SINGER 30 Environmental justice 426ROBERT FIGUFKOA AND CLAUDIA MILLS 3 1 Technology 439LORI GRUEN 32 Climate 449HENRY SHUE 33 Land and water 460PAUL B. THOMPSON 34 Consumption 473MARK SAGOFF 3 5 Colonization 486KEEKOK LEE 3 6 Environmental disobedience 498NED HETTINGER Index 510
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Environmental Ethics
Book SynopsisThrough a series of multidisciplinary readings, Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of Western intellectual tradition and traces the development of theory since the 1970s. Includes an extended introduction that provides an historical and thematic introduction to the field of environmental ethics Features a selection of brief original essays on why to study environmental ethics by leaders in the field Contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of the Western intellectual tradition by exploring anthropocentric (human-centered) and nonanthropocentric precedents Offers an interdisciplinary approach to the field by featuring seminal work from eminent philosophers, biologists, ecologists, historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, nature writers, business writers, and others Designed to be used with a web-site which contains a continuously updatedTrade Review"Overall, Environmental Ethics: the big questions is an essential text for anyone looking to get to grips with key thinkers and their contributions to this new and burgeoning domain of ethics. Whilst challenging at times, the variety of papers in terms of both inter-disciplinary and difficulty is wide, allowing readers to effectively engage irrespective of background. Further, the layout is clear and general binding and page quality high to ensure this can remain an indispensable reference text for the future." (The Guardian, 26 November 2013) "Overall, Environmental Ethics: the big questions is an essential text for anyone looking to get to grips with key thinkers and their contributions to this new and burgeoning domain of ethics. Whilst challenging at times, the variety of papers in terms of both inter-disciplinary and difficulty is wide, allowing readers to effectively engage irrespective of background. Further, the layout is clear and general binding and page quality high to ensure this can remain an indispensable reference text for many years to come." (Economics & Philosophy, 1 November 2013) "The major strength of the book is the fact that it evolved from a classroom course on environmental ethics. The different texts are selected, put together and introduced by an experienced teacher. As such, the selection of text has already proven successful and instructive. The editor has put an enormous amount of effort into selecting the right texts, which took him, according to the preface, over four years." (Ethical Perspectives, 2011)Table of ContentsPart I. Preface. Part II. What is the Proper Suject-Matter of Moral Philosophy? A Brief Overview of Environmental Ethics: David Keller. Part III. Why Study Environmental Ethics?. Essays by:. Emily Brady. Isis Brook. Baird Callicott. Victoria Davion. Frederick Ferré. Warwick Fox. Greta Gaard. John Granrose. Gene Hargrove. Andrew Light. Bryan Norton. Clare Palmer. Holmes Rolston. David Rothenberg. Mark Sagoff. George Sessions. Peter Singer. Ian Smith. James Sterba. Karen Warren. Michael Zimmerman. Part IV. WHAT IS ANTHROPOCENTRISM?. 1. Introduction. 2. Humans as Moral Ends: Saint Thomas Aquinas from Summa Contra Gentiles. 3. The Mastery of Nature: Francis Bacon from The Great Instauration. 4. Nonhumans as Machines: Rene Descartes from Discourse on the Method. 5. The Amoral Status of Nature: John Stuart Mill from “Nature”. 6. Nature as Economic Resource: John Locke from “Of Property”. 7. Indirect Duties to Nonhumans: Immanuel Kant from Lectures on Ethics. 8. Mechanistic Metaphysics: Isaac Newton fromOpticks. 9. In Defense of Anthropocentrism: Wilfred Beckerman and Joanna Pasek from Justice, Posterity, and the Environment. Part V. WHAT IS NONANTHROPOCENTRISM?. 10. Introduction. 11. Walking: Henry David Thoreau from Excursions. 12. The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West: John Muir from Our National Parks and The Yosemite. 13. Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental, Ethic?: Richard Routley from Proceedings of teh XVth World Congress of Philosophy. 14. Attitudes to Nature: John Passmore from Nature and Conduct. 15. Should Trees Have Standing?: Christopher D. Stone from the Southern California Law Review Vol. 45. 16. The Varieties of Intrinsic Value: John O'Neill from The Monist Vol. 75. 17. Value in Nature and the Nature of Value: Holmes Rolston. 18. The End of Anthropocentrism?: Mary Midgley from Philosophy and the Natural Environment. 19. Is the Crown of Creation a Dunce Cap?: Chip Ward. Part VI. WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF MORAL CONSIDERABILITY?. 20. Introduction. 21. All Animals are Equal: Peter Singer from Philosophical Exchange vol. 1. 22. The Case for Animal Rights: Tom Reagan from In Defense of Animals and “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs”. 23. On Being Morally Considerable: Kenneth E. Goodpaster from The Journal of Philosophy. 24. The Ethics of Respect for Nature: Paul W. Taylor from Environmental Ethics vol. 3. 25. The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: Arne Naess from Inquiry vol. 16. 26. The Heart of Deep Ecology: Tom McLaughlin from Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century. 27. The Deep Ecology Movement: Arne Naess from Philisophical Inquiry vol. VIII. 28. Transpersonal Ecology as a Distinctive Approach to Ecophilosophy: Warwick Fox from Toward a Transpersonal Ecology. 29. The Land Ethic: Aldo Leopold from A Sand County Almanac. 30. Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic: J. Baird Callicott from In Defense of the Land Ethic. 31. Gaia As Seen Through the Atmosphere: James Lovelock from Atmospheric Environment vol. 6. 32. Kantians and Utilitarians and the Moral Status of Nonhuman Life: James P. Sterba from The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics. 33. Persons in Nature: Frederick Ferré from Ethics in teh Environment vol. 1. 34. General Ethics: Fox from Developing a General Ethics: An Introduction to the Theory of Responsive Cohesion Part VII. WHAT ARE PROMINENT ALTERNATIVES TO GROUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN MORAL EXTENSIONISM?. 35. Introduction. 36. What is Social Ecology?: Murray Bookchin from Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology. 37. Socialism and Ecology: James O'Connor from Capitalism, Nature, Socialism vol. 2. 38. The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism: Karen J. Warren from Environmental Ethics vol. 12. 39. Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory: Carolyn Merchant from Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism and Feminism and the Philosophy of Nature: Carolyn Merchant from The Death of Nature. 40. Nature, Self, and Gender: A Critique of Rationalism: Val Plumwood from Hypatia vol. 6. 41. Environmental Virtue Ethics: Sandler from Environmental Virtue Ethics. 42. Continental Environmental Ethics: Vogel, “Nature as Origin and Difference”. 43. Beyond Intrinsic Value: Pragmatism in Environmental Ethics: Anthony Weston from Environmental Ethics vol. 7. 44. The Case For a Practical Pluralism: Andrew Light from Environmental Ethics. 45. Earth First!: David Foreman The Progressive vol. 45. 46. The Ethics of Ecological Sabotage: An Exchange from Environmental vol. 4. a. “Ecological Sabotage: Pranks or Terrorism?”: Hargrove. b. “Earth First! and the Monkey Wrench Gang”: Edward Abbey. c. “More on Earth First! and The Monkey Wrench Gang”: David Foreman. d. Response: Hargrove. Part VIII. WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NATURE, CULTURE, SUBJECTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?. 47. Introduction. 48. Subjectivist Environmental Ethics: Elliot from Meta-Ethics and Environmental Ethics. 49. How to Construe Nature: Roger J. H. King from Between the Species. 50. The Trouble with Wilderness: William Cronon. 51. Ecological Realism: Shepard from “Virtually Hunting Reality in the Forests of Simulacra”. 52. Environmental Ethics and the Philosophy of Technology: Rothenberg from Hand’s End. Part IX. WHAT IS THE USE OF ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?. 53. Introduction. 54. Ecology—A Subversive Subject: Paul B. Sears. 55. What is Conservation Biology?: Michael E. Soulé from BioScience vol. 35. 56. Environmental Ethics and Ecological Science: Mark Sagoff from Environmental Ethics and International Policy. 57. The Metaphysical Implications of Ecology: J. Baird Callicott from Environmental Ethics vol. 7. 58. The Ends of the World as We Know Them: Jared Diamond from The New York Times. Part X. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC POLICY?. A. Introduction. 59. An Essay on the Principle of Population: Thomas Malthus. 60. The Tragedy of the Commons: Garrett Hardin from Science vol. 162 and Ethical Implications of Carrying Capacity: Garrett Hardin from Managing the Commons and The Immorality of Being Softhearted: Garrett Hardin from The Relevant Scientist. 61. Impact of Population Growth: Paul R. Ehrlich and John P. Holdren from Science vol. 171. 62. How Poverty Breeds Overpopulation: Barry Commoner from Ramparts vol. 13. 63. More People, Greater Wealth, More Resources, Healthier Environment: Julian L. Simon from Economic Affairs. 64. Population: Delusion and Reality: Amartya Sen from The New York Review of Books. 65. A Special Moment in History: The Future of Population: Bill McKibben from The Atlantic Monthly. 66. Nature as the Measure for a Sustainable Agriculture: Wes Jackson from Ecology, Economics, Ethics- The Broken Circle. 67. Putting Food Production in Context: Toward a Postmechanistic Agricultural Ethic: David R. Keller and E. Charles Brummer from BioScience vol. 52. 68. Environmental Justice for All: Robert D. Bullard from Unequal Protection. 69. Just Garbage: Peter S. Wenz from Faces of Environmental Racism. 70. A Declaration of Sustainability: Paul Hawken from the UTNE Reader. 71. Steady-State Economy: Herman E. Daly from Valuing the Earth. 72. The Triple-Bottom Line: John Elkington from Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of the 21st Century Business. 73. The Ignorance Argument: Bryan Norton from Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy. 74. Environmental Justice and Intergenerational Debt: Clark Wolf from Blackwell Companion to Environmental Philosophy. 75. The Environmental Limits to Globalization: David Ehrenfeld from Conservation Biology vol. 19. Part XI. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?. 76. The Future of Environmental Ethics: Holmes Rolston III. Part XII. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Part XIII. INDEX.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Environmental Ethics
Book SynopsisThrough a series of multidisciplinary readings, Environmental Ethics: The Big Questions contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of Western intellectual tradition and traces the development of theory since the 1970s. Includes an extended introduction that provides an historical and thematic introduction to the field of environmental ethics Features a selection of brief original essays on why to study environmental ethics by leaders in the field Contextualizes environmental ethics within the history of the Western intellectual tradition by exploring anthropocentric (human-centered) and nonanthropocentric precedents Offers an interdisciplinary approach to the field by featuring seminal work from eminent philosophers, biologists, ecologists, historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, nature writers, business writers, and others Designed to be used with a web-site which contains a continuously updatedTrade Review"Overall, Environmental Ethics: the big questions is an essential text for anyone looking to get to grips with key thinkers and their contributions to this new and burgeoning domain of ethics. Whilst challenging at times, the variety of papers in terms of both inter-disciplinary and difficulty is wide, allowing readers to effectively engage irrespective of background. Further, the layout is clear and general binding and page quality high to ensure this can remain an indispensable reference text for the future." (The Guardian, 26 November 2013) "Overall, Environmental Ethics: the big questions is an essential text for anyone looking to get to grips with key thinkers and their contributions to this new and burgeoning domain of ethics. Whilst challenging at times, the variety of papers in terms of both inter-disciplinary and difficulty is wide, allowing readers to effectively engage irrespective of background. Further, the layout is clear and general binding and page quality high to ensure this can remain an indispensable reference text for many years to come." (Economics & Philosophy, 1 November 2013) "The major strength of the book is the fact that it evolved from a classroom course on environmental ethics. The different texts are selected, put together and introduced by an experienced teacher. As such, the selection of text has already proven successful and instructive. The editor has put an enormous amount of effort into selecting the right texts, which took him, according to the preface, over four years." (Ethical Perspectives, 2011)Table of ContentsPart I. Preface. Part II. What is the Proper Suject-Matter of Moral Philosophy? A Brief Overview of Environmental Ethics: David Keller. Part III. Why Study Environmental Ethics?. Essays by:. Emily Brady. Isis Brook. Baird Callicott. Victoria Davion. Frederick Ferré. Warwick Fox. Greta Gaard. John Granrose. Gene Hargrove. Andrew Light. Bryan Norton. Clare Palmer. Holmes Rolston. David Rothenberg. Mark Sagoff. George Sessions. Peter Singer. Ian Smith. James Sterba. Karen Warren. Michael Zimmerman. Part IV. WHAT IS ANTHROPOCENTRISM?. 1. Introduction. 2. Humans as Moral Ends: Saint Thomas Aquinas from Summa Contra Gentiles. 3. The Mastery of Nature: Francis Bacon from The Great Instauration. 4. Nonhumans as Machines: Rene Descartes from Discourse on the Method. 5. The Amoral Status of Nature: John Stuart Mill from “Nature”. 6. Nature as Economic Resource: John Locke from “Of Property”. 7. Indirect Duties to Nonhumans: Immanuel Kant from Lectures on Ethics. 8. Mechanistic Metaphysics: Isaac Newton fromOpticks. 9. In Defense of Anthropocentrism: Wilfred Beckerman and Joanna Pasek from Justice, Posterity, and the Environment. Part V. WHAT IS NONANTHROPOCENTRISM?. 10. Introduction. 11. Walking: Henry David Thoreau from Excursions. 12. The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West: John Muir from Our National Parks and The Yosemite. 13. Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental, Ethic?: Richard Routley from Proceedings of teh XVth World Congress of Philosophy. 14. Attitudes to Nature: John Passmore from Nature and Conduct. 15. Should Trees Have Standing?: Christopher D. Stone from the Southern California Law Review Vol. 45. 16. The Varieties of Intrinsic Value: John O'Neill from The Monist Vol. 75. 17. Value in Nature and the Nature of Value: Holmes Rolston. 18. The End of Anthropocentrism?: Mary Midgley from Philosophy and the Natural Environment. 19. Is the Crown of Creation a Dunce Cap?: Chip Ward. Part VI. WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF MORAL CONSIDERABILITY?. 20. Introduction. 21. All Animals are Equal: Peter Singer from Philosophical Exchange vol. 1. 22. The Case for Animal Rights: Tom Reagan from In Defense of Animals and “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs”. 23. On Being Morally Considerable: Kenneth E. Goodpaster from The Journal of Philosophy. 24. The Ethics of Respect for Nature: Paul W. Taylor from Environmental Ethics vol. 3. 25. The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: Arne Naess from Inquiry vol. 16. 26. The Heart of Deep Ecology: Tom McLaughlin from Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century. 27. The Deep Ecology Movement: Arne Naess from Philisophical Inquiry vol. VIII. 28. Transpersonal Ecology as a Distinctive Approach to Ecophilosophy: Warwick Fox from Toward a Transpersonal Ecology. 29. The Land Ethic: Aldo Leopold from A Sand County Almanac. 30. Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic: J. Baird Callicott from In Defense of the Land Ethic. 31. Gaia As Seen Through the Atmosphere: James Lovelock from Atmospheric Environment vol. 6. 32. Kantians and Utilitarians and the Moral Status of Nonhuman Life: James P. Sterba from The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics. 33. Persons in Nature: Frederick Ferré from Ethics in teh Environment vol. 1. 34. General Ethics: Fox from Developing a General Ethics: An Introduction to the Theory of Responsive Cohesion Part VII. WHAT ARE PROMINENT ALTERNATIVES TO GROUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN MORAL EXTENSIONISM?. 35. Introduction. 36. What is Social Ecology?: Murray Bookchin from Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology. 37. Socialism and Ecology: James O'Connor from Capitalism, Nature, Socialism vol. 2. 38. The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism: Karen J. Warren from Environmental Ethics vol. 12. 39. Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory: Carolyn Merchant from Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism and Feminism and the Philosophy of Nature: Carolyn Merchant from The Death of Nature. 40. Nature, Self, and Gender: A Critique of Rationalism: Val Plumwood from Hypatia vol. 6. 41. Environmental Virtue Ethics: Sandler from Environmental Virtue Ethics. 42. Continental Environmental Ethics: Vogel, “Nature as Origin and Difference”. 43. Beyond Intrinsic Value: Pragmatism in Environmental Ethics: Anthony Weston from Environmental Ethics vol. 7. 44. The Case For a Practical Pluralism: Andrew Light from Environmental Ethics. 45. Earth First!: David Foreman The Progressive vol. 45. 46. The Ethics of Ecological Sabotage: An Exchange from Environmental vol. 4. a. “Ecological Sabotage: Pranks or Terrorism?”: Hargrove. b. “Earth First! and the Monkey Wrench Gang”: Edward Abbey. c. “More on Earth First! and The Monkey Wrench Gang”: David Foreman. d. Response: Hargrove. Part VIII. WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NATURE, CULTURE, SUBJECTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?. 47. Introduction. 48. Subjectivist Environmental Ethics: Elliot from Meta-Ethics and Environmental Ethics. 49. How to Construe Nature: Roger J. H. King from Between the Species. 50. The Trouble with Wilderness: William Cronon. 51. Ecological Realism: Shepard from “Virtually Hunting Reality in the Forests of Simulacra”. 52. Environmental Ethics and the Philosophy of Technology: Rothenberg from Hand’s End. Part IX. WHAT IS THE USE OF ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?. 53. Introduction. 54. Ecology—A Subversive Subject: Paul B. Sears. 55. What is Conservation Biology?: Michael E. Soulé from BioScience vol. 35. 56. Environmental Ethics and Ecological Science: Mark Sagoff from Environmental Ethics and International Policy. 57. The Metaphysical Implications of Ecology: J. Baird Callicott from Environmental Ethics vol. 7. 58. The Ends of the World as We Know Them: Jared Diamond from The New York Times. Part X. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC POLICY?. A. Introduction. 59. An Essay on the Principle of Population: Thomas Malthus. 60. The Tragedy of the Commons: Garrett Hardin from Science vol. 162 and Ethical Implications of Carrying Capacity: Garrett Hardin from Managing the Commons and The Immorality of Being Softhearted: Garrett Hardin from The Relevant Scientist. 61. Impact of Population Growth: Paul R. Ehrlich and John P. Holdren from Science vol. 171. 62. How Poverty Breeds Overpopulation: Barry Commoner from Ramparts vol. 13. 63. More People, Greater Wealth, More Resources, Healthier Environment: Julian L. Simon from Economic Affairs. 64. Population: Delusion and Reality: Amartya Sen from The New York Review of Books. 65. A Special Moment in History: The Future of Population: Bill McKibben from The Atlantic Monthly. 66. Nature as the Measure for a Sustainable Agriculture: Wes Jackson from Ecology, Economics, Ethics- The Broken Circle. 67. Putting Food Production in Context: Toward a Postmechanistic Agricultural Ethic: David R. Keller and E. Charles Brummer from BioScience vol. 52. 68. Environmental Justice for All: Robert D. Bullard from Unequal Protection. 69. Just Garbage: Peter S. Wenz from Faces of Environmental Racism. 70. A Declaration of Sustainability: Paul Hawken from the UTNE Reader. 71. Steady-State Economy: Herman E. Daly from Valuing the Earth. 72. The Triple-Bottom Line: John Elkington from Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of the 21st Century Business. 73. The Ignorance Argument: Bryan Norton from Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy. 74. Environmental Justice and Intergenerational Debt: Clark Wolf from Blackwell Companion to Environmental Philosophy. 75. The Environmental Limits to Globalization: David Ehrenfeld from Conservation Biology vol. 19. Part XI. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS?. 76. The Future of Environmental Ethics: Holmes Rolston III. Part XII. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Part XIII. INDEX.
£87.35
Bristol University Press The Approaching Great Transformation
Book SynopsisThe Approaching Great Transformation is about the coming shift in how we act and think economically as the era of cheap oil comes to an end. It provides inspiration for those engaged in the ongoing global effort to move away from our dependency on fossil fuels and ceaseless growth, and towards a more sustainable, stable, and just system.Trade Review"The Approaching Great Transformation is a breath of fresh air in a world of hackneyed nonsolutions to our social and economic problems. Professor Magnuson pulls no punches regarding the coming collapse of the corporate-commercial-consumer society, or the inability of technological fixes and 'green capitalism' to bail us out of the historical crunch that is virtually upon us. Rather, as we start to run out of energy (read: oil) and are forced to abandon obsolete notions of 'growth' and 'progress', we shall have to confront the question we have collectively been avoiding for roughly 500 years: If money is not the purpose of life, what is? Whether the alternative models discussed in this book prove to be viable or not, the author makes it clear that what we are living with now is no choice at all. His message is simple: change or die." Morris Berman, author of Why America Failed“A challenging and engaging exploration of what it will take to make the transition to an ecologically sustainable future. Magnuson exposes the false promises of green-wash capitalism—and in the tradition of E.F. Schumacher puts the hopeful shoots of real alternatives squarely on the map for ongoing development.” Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and author of America Beyond CapitalismTable of ContentsIntroduction: Another Sea Change in From Transition to Transformation; Economies in Transition—A Systems View; This Road Paved With Good Intentions; E.F. Schumacher and the Meta-Economists; The New Monastics; Education and Our Great Transformation.
£14.99
University of Texas Press From a Limestone Ledge
Book SynopsisNow back in printthe third volume in the acclaimed Brazos Trilogy by John Graves, who is widely acknowledged as Texas's most beloved writer.Table of Contents Foreword by Bill Wittliff Preface Coping Notes of an Uncertain Bluecollar Man More Than Most People Probably Want to Know About Fences Building Fever Meat Vin du Pays Trash as Treasure Kindred Spirits Creatures Nineteen Cows A Few Words in Favor of Goats Of Bees and Men Blue and Some Other Dogs Some Chickens I Have Known Ponderings, People, and Other Oddments Noticing Weather Between East and West Coronado’s Stepchildren Tobacco Without Smoke I: Dippers Tobacco Without Smoke II: Chewers One’s Own Sole Ground A Loser
£15.19
University of Toronto Press Lead for the Planet
Book SynopsisThis book guides concerned citizens and business leaders to take on the climate crisis, detailing five key practices for effective sustainability leadership.Trade Review"Rae Andre’s book provides a knowledgeable summary of key climate science issues as she presents her humanistic perspective throughout her book. Unlike other books that stress climate science and policy, Andre zeros in on human behavior with what she calls the two systems of thinking – system one, which is more emotionally based, and system two, which is systematic and rationally based. This reviewer is particularly impressed on the chapter on defining the 'business of business' where she discusses for-profit business decision-making and motivations." -- Richard Smardon, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry * Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Welcome to Team Humanity Practice 1: Get the Truth Practice 2: Assess the Risks Practice 3: Weigh the Stakes Practice 4: Define the Business of Business Practice 5: Engage Global Leadership What’s the Plan? Notes Index
£20.69
University of Toronto Press Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty
Book SynopsisKilling Bugs for Business and Beauty chronicles Canada's remarkable program in the wake of the First World War to kill forest pests using poison dropped from aircraft.Table of ContentsIntroduction: “The natural question is what can be done to destroy them?” 1. “Airplane dusting offers the only present hope”: Preparing to Take Canada’s War on Forest Insects to the Sky, 1886–1926 2. “One of the first aerial applications of an insecticide in forestry”: The Politics of Battling the Spruce Budworm in Nova Scotia, 1925–1927 3. “Fighting insect plagues is something new”: Aerial Dusting for Industrial Forestry in Ontario and Quebec, 1928–1929 4. “For the sake of this beautiful playground”: Killing the Hemlock Looper in Muskoka, 1927–1929 5. “You cannot control an infestation such as this with toys”: Poisoning Forest Pests in British Columbia, 1914–1929 6. “Carrying out this work, of a protective nature”: Combatting Forest Insects from the Air in Seymour Canyon and Stanley Park, British Columbia, 1929–1930 Conclusion: “We feel that the technique of airplane dusting has now been perfected”: Our Enigmatic View of Nature and the Lessons to be Drawn
£52.70
University of Toronto Press Finance or Food
Book SynopsisExploring the ways in which culture, systems of value, and ethics impact agriculture, this volume addresses contemporary land questions and conditions for agricultural land management. Throughout, the editors and contributors consider a range of issues, including pressure on farmland, international and global trade relations, moral and ethical questions, and implications for governance. The focus of Finance or Food? is land use in Australia, Canada, and Norway, chosen for their commonalities as well as their differences. With reference to these specific national contexts, the contributors explore political, ecological, and ethical debates concerning food production, alternative energy, and sustainability. The volume argues that recognition of food, finance, energy, and climate crises is driving investments and reframing the strategies of development agencies. At the same time, food producers, small farmers, and pastoralists facing eviction from their land are making thTable of Contents1. Introduction to Cultures, Values, Ethics and Arguments on Agricultural Land Hilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Philip McMichael, Cornell University, and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo 2. The 21st century land question, and its politics Philip McMichael, Cornell University 3. Last In, First Out?: The Uncertain Future of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation Hugh Campbell, University of Otago, and David Reynolds, University of Otago 4. Food Security and the Multifunctionality of Agriculture: Paradoxes in European Land Questions Katrina Rønningen, Ruralis, Norway 5. 'Indirect' Land Grabbing, Private Certification and Global GAP Jacob Muirhead, McMaster University 6. Dirty Hands, Clean Conscience? Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and the Ethical Investment Strategy of the Government Pension Fund – Global Siri Granum Carson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 7. Responsibility to the Rescue? Governing Private Financial Investment in Global Agriculture Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo 8. State-led and Finance-backed Farming Endeavours: Changing Contours of Investment in Australian Agriculture Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland, Sarah Ruth Sippel, University of Leipzig, and Nicolette Larder, University of New England 9. ‘Plus Ça Change …’: Saskatchewan Farmland Restructuring and Its Effects on Farm Families Jostein Tapper Brobakk, Ruralis, Norway and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo 10. ‘Jordvern’ as a Situation of Action - The Material and Non-material Forces Shaping the Protection of Farmland in Norway Hilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Katrina Rønningen, Ruralis, Norway, and Heidi Vinge, Ruralis, Norway 11. From Agri-culture to Agri-nature: New Alliances for Farmland Preservation in Norway Heidi Vinge, Ruralis, Norway and Siri Øyslebø Sørensen, Ruralis, Norway 12. Intergenerational Justice and Obligations towards Future Generations: Towards Environmental Rights in Land Use Policy Allen Alvarez, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and May Thorseth, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 13. Land and the Value Calculus: Towards a Reculturalization of Farmland Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Hilde Bjørkhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Bruce Muirhead, University of Waterloo
£24.29
University of Toronto Press Understanding Climate Change
Book SynopsisThe second edition of Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions.Table of Contents1. Climate Change in the Public Sphere 2. Basic System Dynamics 3. Climate Controls: Energy from the Sun 4. Climate Controls: Earth’s Reflectivity 5. Climate Controls: The Greenhouse Effect 6. Climate Change Mitigation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transforming the Energy System 7. Climate Models 8. Future Climate: Emissions, Climatic Shifts, and What to Do about Them 9. Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Systems 10. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Human Systems 11. Climate Change Policy and Governance 12. Understanding Climate Change: Pathways Forward
£31.50
University of Toronto Press Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty
Book SynopsisKilling Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada’s aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem. Shedding light on a largely forgotten chapter in Canadian environmental history, Mark Kuhlberg explores the theme of nature and its agency. The book highlights the shared impulses that often drove both the harvesters and the preservers of trees, and the acute dangers inherent in allowing emotional appeals instead of logic to drive environmental policy-making. It addresses both inter-governmental and intra-governmental relations, as well as pressure politics and lobbying. Including fascinating tales from Cape Breton Island, Muskoka, and Stanley Park, Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty clearly demonstrates how class, region, and commercial interest intersected to determine the location and timing of aerial bombings. At the core of this Table of ContentsIntroduction: “The natural question is what can be done to destroy them?” 1. “Airplane dusting offers the only present hope”: Preparing to Take Canada’s War on Forest Insects to the Sky, 1886–1926 2. “One of the first aerial applications of an insecticide in forestry”: The Politics of Battling the Spruce Budworm in Nova Scotia, 1925–1927 3. “Fighting insect plagues is something new”: Aerial Dusting for Industrial Forestry in Ontario and Quebec, 1928–1929 4. “For the sake of this beautiful playground”: Killing the Hemlock Looper in Muskoka, 1927–1929 5. “You cannot control an infestation such as this with toys”: Poisoning Forest Pests in British Columbia, 1914–1929 6. “Carrying out this work, of a protective nature”: Combatting Forest Insects from the Air in Seymour Canyon and Stanley Park, British Columbia, 1929–1930 Conclusion: “We feel that the technique of airplane dusting has now been perfected”: Our Enigmatic View of Nature and the Lessons to be Drawn
£25.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the
Book SynopsisHumans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene – one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. The emergence of a conscious creature capable of using technology to bring about a rupture in the Earth's geochronology is an event of monumental significance, on a par with the arrival of civilisation itself. What does it mean to have arrived at this point, where human history and Earth history collide? Some interpret the Anthropocene as no more than a development of what they already know, obscuring and deflating its profound significance. But the Anthropocene demands that we rethink everything. The modern belief in the free, reflexive being making its own future by taking control of its environment – even to the point of geoengineering – is now impossible because we have rendered the Earth more unpredictable and less controllable, a disobedient planet. At the same time, all attempts by progressives to cut humans down to size by attacking anthropocentrism come up against the insurmountable fact that human beings now possess enough power to change the Earth's course. It's too late to turn back the geological clock, and there is no going back to premodern ways of thinking. We must face the fact that humans are at the centre of the world, even if we must give the idea that we can control the planet. These truths call for a new kind of anthropocentrism, a philosophy by which we might use our power responsibly and find a way to live on a defiant Earth.Trade Review"Defiant Earth is a major contribution to a topic that is of vital if not pre-eminent importance today. The book is highly original in its synthesis of the scientific, philosophical and religious issues raised by the coming of the 'Anthropocene.' Hamilton mines each of these traditions for ways to make sense of the new and frightening epoch that is upon us." - Adrian Wilding, University of Jena, Germany "For those entertaining the idea that we should just rocket away from an overheated planet to some new world, or perhaps fill the atmosphere with sulphur to block out the sun, here's a remarkably powerful accounting of our actual responsibility--past, present, and future." - Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature "Earth system scientists' idea of the Anthropocene has given rise to two seemingly rival camps of thought in the humanities: there are those who want to fold the idea back into new histories of global capital, and those who have used the debate to move towards a new philosophical anthropology. Clive Hamilton has been an original, important, and distinctive voice in this debate. Defiant Earth goes a long way towards bridging the distance between these rival camps while generating insights of its own into the meanings of being human in an age of planetary climate change. An essential reading for our times." - Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago"Drawing his observations from the humanities as much as the sciences, Hamilton offers a robust view of the current state of play; not a warning – we’re past that stage – but an attempt at understanding." - Geographical Magazine“The book is a deeply philosophical and intensively argumentative plea for all of us to reconcile ourselves with the looming planetary crisis that is now on our doorstep. It is not only beautifully written, but passionately argued … All books should aim for this stimulating provocation of thought, but it seems a rare accomplishment that few manage to achieve.”-ACUNS, Academic Council on the United Nations SystemTable of ContentsPreface: On waking up Acknowledgments 1 The Anthropocene Rupture A rupture in Earth history Volition in nature Earth System science Scientific misinterpretations The ecomodernist gloss An epoch by any other name 2 A New Anthropocentrism To doubt everything Anthropocentrism redux The antinomy of the Anthropocene The new anthropocentrism The world-making creature The new anthropocentrism versus ecomodernism In praise of technology 3 Friends and Adversaries Grand narratives are dead, until now After post-humanism The freak of nature The ontological wrong turn Recovering the cosmological sense? 4 A Planetary History? The significance of humans Does history have a meaning? An Enlightenment fable ‘Politics is fate’ 5 The Rise and Fall of the Super-agent Freedom is woven into nature-as-a-whole Responsibility is not enough Living without Utopia Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Who Should Own Natural Resources?
Book SynopsisThe natural resources of the earth – from oil and water to minerals and land – are crucial to our basic economic and social existence. But who is entitled to control, use and benefit from them? Should anyone ‘own’ the natural bounty of our planet? In this book, distinguished political theorist Margaret Moore tackles these questions and examines the different positions in the debate. States claim the right to control the natural resources within their territory. Liberals argue for a system of private ownership rights, including over natural resources, while egalitarians dispute such claims and argue for equal rights to natural resources. Moore shows why these standard approaches to resource justice are wanting, and offers an original approach that examines the different ways in which people interact with resources in order to determine what good is at stake in any particular case. In the context of serious environmental crisis and looming resource conflicts, this innovative and timely book will be essential reading for all students and scholars interested in the environment, property, distributive justice, and future generations.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Theories of Resource Justice 3. Resources and People: A Pluralist Relational Approach 4. Resource-Conflict 5. Future Generations and Resource Justice 6. Concluding Remarks Notes
£33.25
Bristol University Press Cities Demanding the Earth: A New Understanding
Book SynopsisThis urgent book brings our cities to the fore in understanding the human input into climate change. The demands we are making on nature by living in cities has reached a crisis point and unless we make significant changes to address it, the prognosis is terminal consumption. Providing a radical new argument that integrates global understandings of making nature and making cities, the authors move beyond current policies of mitigation and adaption and pose the challenge of urban stewardship to tackle the crisis. Their new way of thinking re-orients possibilities for environmental policy and calls for us to reinvent our cities as spaces for activism.Table of ContentsDeclarations: Root and Branch Unthinking Alternate: Jane Jacobs’ Legacy Inside Out: Twelve Antithesis Authenticating Cities Reset: Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Urban Not Modern Action: Can We Stop Terminal Consumption?
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Bristol University Press Cities Demanding the Earth: A New Understanding
Book SynopsisThis urgent book brings our cities to the fore in understanding the human input into climate change. The demands we are making on nature by living in cities has reached a crisis point and unless we make significant changes to address it, the prognosis is terminal consumption. Providing a radical new argument that integrates global understandings of making nature and making cities, the authors move beyond current policies of mitigation and adaption and pose the challenge of urban stewardship to tackle the crisis. Their new way of thinking re-orients possibilities for environmental policy and calls for us to reinvent our cities as spaces for activism.Table of ContentsDeclarations: Root and Branch Unthinking Alternate: Jane Jacobs’ Legacy Inside Out: Twelve Antithesis Authenticating Cities Reset: Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Urban Not Modern Action: Can We Stop Terminal Consumption?
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