Social impact of environmental issues Books

Book SynopsisReveals a remarkable range of animal behaviours and makes the case that the ethical treatment of animals is an especially significant issueTrade Review"Bekoff has established himself as an excellent researcher in behavioral ecology. He has made strong contributions to our understanding of the ecology and behavior of carnivores and this book is a nice review of his past work. Bekoff builds a convincing case that scientists must understand the larger social and political ramifications of their research. Readers who are generally interested in the topics of animal rights and the ethics of conducting science on animals should certainly read this book because many of the author's ideas are both provocative and highly relevant." The Quarterly Review of Biology "Bekoff brings together some of the most important findings he has presented throughout his career as a biologist and animal behaviorist...[He] successfully challenges traditional reviews of animal behavior." Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly "This is a thought-provoking book that forces the reader to consider issues that are important but are often left at the fringes of our work... Marc Bekoff, by forcing us to consider animal minds and our ethical obligations to animals, is pushing the field of behaviour in interesting directions." Nature "One of his gems is his view on how we should interact with animals. He says, 'Do no intentional harm; respect all life; treat all individuals with compassion; and step lightly into the lives of other beings, bodies of water, and landscapes.'" BBC Wildlife "serves as an excellent summation of the major theme of Bekoff's many books...These essays not only explain his concern for how humans 'redecorate' nature by using animals for their own purposes but also achieve his goal of appealing to academic and popular audiences though his 'musings' on science, social responsibility and 'who we are in the grand scheme of things.'" Publishers Weekly Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues is a book for scientists and non-scientists alike. The writing is clear so that even complex subjects can be readily understood. Marc has the courage of his convictions and is an excellent spokesman for animals." Jane Goodall "Through his hard work and determination and in the face of considerable opposition, Bekoff has been most influential in the growing academic body of knowledge on animal sentience. This fascinating book, of appeal to both scientists and the general reader, looks at a range of topics including animal behavior, emotions and relationships and includes discussion of the ethics of our use of animals. Highly recommended!" Farm Animal Voices

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Book SynopsisShould you buy organic food? Is it just a status symbol, or is it really better for us? Is it really better for the environment? What about organic produce grown thousands of miles from our kitchens, or on massive corporately owned farms? Is “local” or “small-scale” better, even if it’s not organic? A lot of consumers who would like to do the right thing for their health and the environment are asking such questions.Sapna Thottathil calls on us to rethink the politics of organic food by focusing on what it means for the people who grow and sell it—what it means for their health, the health of their environment, and also their economic and political well-being. Taking readers to the state of Kerala in southern India, she shows us a place where the so-called “Green Revolution” program of hybrid seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and rising pesticide use had failed to reduce hunger while it caused a cascade of economic, medical, and environmental problems. Farmers burdened with huge debts from buying the new seeds and chemicals were committing suicide in troubling numbers. Farm labourers suffered from pesticide poisoning and rising rates of birth defects. A sharp fall in biodiversity worried environmental activists, and everyone was anxious about declining yields of key export crops like black pepper and coffee.In their debates about how to solve these problems, farmers, environmentalists, and policymakers drew on Kerala’s history of and continuing commitment to grassroots democracy. In 2010, they took the unprecedented step of enacting a policy that requires all Kerala growers to farm organically by 2020. How this policy came to be and its immediate economic, political, and physical effects on the state’s residents offer lessons for everyone interested in agriculture, the environment, and what to eat for dinner. Kerala’s example shows that when done right, this kind of agriculture can be good for everyone in our global food system.

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Book SynopsisThe Maine Woods, vast and largely unsettled, are often described as unchanged since Henry David Thoreau's 1847 journey across the backcountry, in spite of the realities of Indian dispossession and the visible signs of logging, settlement, tourism, and real estate development. In the summer of 2014 scholars, indigenous peoples, activists, and other individuals retraced Thoreau's route.Inspired partly by this expedition, the accessible and engaging essays here offer valuable new perspectives on conservation, the cultural ties that connect Native communities to the land, and the profound influence the geography of the Maine Woods had on Thoreau and writers and activists who followed in his wake. Together, these essays offer a rich and multifaceted look at this special place and the ways in which Thoreau's Maine experiences continue to shape understandings of the environment a century and a half later.Contributors include the volume editor, Kathryn Dolan, James S. Finley, James Francis, Richard W. Judd, Dale Potts, Melissa Sexton, Chris Sockalexis, Stan Tag, Robert M. Thorson, and Laura Dassow Walls.

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Book SynopsisExamines portrayals of plants and landscapes in recent German novels and films, addressing the contemporary forms of racism, nationalism, and social and ecological injustice that they expose. Plants, Places, and Power is a study of plants and landscapes in and beyond contemporary German-language literature and film. Stories and images of plants and landscapes in cultural productions are key sites for exposing the violent legacies of German colonialism and Nazism and for addressing contemporary forms of racism, nationalism, social and ecological injustice, and gender inequity. The novels and films discussed in this book address these key political issues in contemporary Europe and propose alternative ways for people to live together on this planet by formulating more inclusive and sustainable concepts of belonging. The book has two main objectives: to offer new approaches to contemporary literature and film from an intersectional, ecological perspective, and to form a canon. All of the works focused on, from Mo Asumang's documentary film Roots Germania (2007) through Faraz Shariat's Futur Drei (2020) and from Yōko Tawada's novel Das nackte Auge (2004) to Saša Stanišić's Herkunft (2019), are by female artists, artists of color, artists who have experienced forced displacement, and/or queer artists. In five chapters, Maria Stehle reads artworks in reference to ecological systems, develops forms of eco- and social criticism based on art, and intertwines ecological and critical thinking with questions of form, affect, and aesthetics.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments: People and Places Introduction: Living in Relation: Plants, Place-Making, and Social Justice 1: Landscapes: Infrastructures, Power Topographies, and Feral Gardens in Juli Zeh's Unterleuten (2016), Valeska Grisebach's Western (2017), and Anna Sofie Hartmann's Giraffe (2019) 2: Uncanny Gardens: Migration and Belonging in Dörte Hansen's Altes Land (2015) and Saša Stanišić's Herkunft (2019) 3: Trees, Roots, and Anti-Racism in Ilija Trojanow's Nach der Flucht (2017), Mo Asumang's Roots Germania (2007) and Die Arier (2014), and Elliot Blue's Home? (2018) 4: Defiant Flowers and Manufactured Happiness in Vera Chytilová's Daisies (1966), Pipilotti Rist's Pepperminta (2009), and Jessica Hausner's Little Joe: Glück ist ein Geschäft (2019) 5: Senses, Queer Interrelations, and Decolonial Geographies in Yōko Tawada's Das nackte Auge (2004), Shari Hagen's Auf den zweiten Blick (2012), and Faraz Shariat's Futur Drei (2020) Epilogue: Erasures and Different Stories Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisClimate change is predicted to dislocate millions of people in regions already vulnerable to economic, political and environmental disruption. Already some communities, notably Pacific Islanders, are under direct threat of displacement due to climate-related factors. ""Stormy Weather"" looks at the effects of climate change as experienced by the people of Tuvalu, a tiny, picturesque Pacific nation. It looks at how the international community should respond to climate-related migration in Asia, the Pacific and Africa, and argues that Australia - in a region in which 60 per cent of the world's population lives and where the human implications of climate change will be played out - has a particular interest in ensuring that this new challenge is met. This title examines the dynamics and implications of climate- migration. It considers the effects of climate change at a micro level and paints a vivid picture of life in a small Pacific nation. It draws out the wider implications for Australia and countries across Asia, the Pacific and Africa.

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Book SynopsisCoal is the political, economic and cultural totem for debates about climate change. Yet Australian politicians have had a love affair with coal, which has helped lock our politics – and our country – into the fossil fuel age. This searing book takes apart the pivotal role of the Adani Carmichael mine in the conflict over coal. We see the rise of a fossil fuel power network linking mining companies, mining oligarchs, the big four banks, right-wing think tanks, lobby groups, the conservative media and all sides of Australian politics. On the other side, we have one of the biggest social movements ever seen in Australia in the form of #StopAdani uniting to try to save the Great Barrier Reef, native title rights and to fight the corrupt politics of coal. Looking into the social, environmental and economic elements of this big fight, as well as the background of Gautam Adani himself, this book tells the full story of one of the lightning rod issues of our time. Sales Points: The inside story of Australia’s largest and the world’s second largest proposed coal mine Reveals the insidious power and influence of the fossil fuel lobby at all levels of government. The loser is democracy. Comprehensive – covers all aspects of the political, economic and social sides of Adani Shows impact of the proposed mine and resistance to it on corporations - the big 4 banks for example The Adani campaign has had an impact on voting patterns – the recent Batman by-election in Melbourne is a good example The proposed mine is in Queensland but the story is truly national Author has interviewed key players including Bob Brown, Geoff Cousins, Adrian Burragubba to write an often gripping narrative Includes background on Gautam Adani himself, and the sorry environmental record of his company in India Combines analysis and research within a compelling – and shocking – story Up to date – author can’t see a path by which the mine could proceed, but warns we should not be complacent To be endorsed by legendary environmental campaigners Bob Brown and Bill McKibben Quentin Beresford’s previous book The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd won the Tasmanian Premier’s 2015 Literary Prize and was longlisted for the Walkley Book Award. He proved himself as a superb media performer and will do the same here.

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Book SynopsisClimate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme, life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement, an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand. Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate justice through the voices of energetic and motivated scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America, Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share their stories of participatory research and collective action.Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway, Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related actions that run roughshod over local communities' interests and wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory research. This is a work committed to the practical work of transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to collective wellbeing.Table of Contents Introduction Participatory Research, Knowledge, and Livelihoods: Commons Build Community-Based Climate ResiliencePatricia E. Perkins Part I: Knowledge Commons Putting Ethos into Practice: Climate Justice Research in the Global Knowledge Commons Kathryn Wells Integrating Citizen Science Observations in Climate Mapping: Lessons from Coastal Zone Geovisualization in Chilean Patagonia and the Brazilian Southeast Allan Yu Iwama, Francisco Brañas, David Núñez, Daniela Collao, Ramin Soleymani-Fard, Carla Lanyon, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Lara da Silva, Petra Benyei, Francisco Ther, and Sarita Albagli Part II: Food, Land, and Agricultural Commons Enhancing Local Sensitives to Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Capacities of Smallholder Farmers: Community-Based Participatory Research Ayansina Ayanlade, Abinmola Oluwaranti, Adewale M. Olayiwola, Oluwatoyin S. Ayanlade, Margaret O. Jegede, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Moses O. Olawole, and Adefunke F.O. Ayinde The Oil-Palm Sector in the Climate Crisis: Resilience and Social Justice in the Municipality of Ngwéi (Littoral-Cameroon) Guy Donald Abassombe, Mesmin Tchindjang, and Vadel Eneckdem Tsopgni Common-Pool Resources and the Governance of Community Gardens: Experimenting with Participatory Research in São Paulo, BrazilKátia Carolino and Marcos Sorrentino Linking Soil and Social-Ecological Resilience with the Climate Agenda: Perspectives from Quilombola communities in the Atlantic Forest, BrazilMarcondes Coelho, Eduardo C. da Silva Neto, Emerson Ramos, Ronaldo dos Santos, Ana P. D. Turetta, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, and Eliane M.R. da Silva Commons Governance and Climate Resilience: Intergovernmental Relationships in the Guapiruvu Community, Brazil Aico Nogueira Part III: Water and Fisheries Commons Mining and Water Insecurity in Brazil: Geo-Participatory Dam Mapping (MapGB) and Community Empowerment Daniela Campolina and Lussandra Gianasi Investigating Citizen Participation in Plans for Lamu Port, Kenya Solomon Njenga Hydroelecticity, Water Rights, Community Mapping, and Indigenous Toponyms in the Queuco River Basin Camila Bañales-Seguel Sentinels of Carelmapu: Participatory Community Monitoring to Protect Indigenous Marinescapes in Southern Chile Francisco Araos, Florencia Diestre, Jaime Cursach, Joaquin Almonacid, Gonzalo Zamorano, Wladimir Riquelme, Francisco Brañas, José Molin-Hueichán, Darlys Vargas, Manuel Lemus, Daniella Ruiz, and Claudio Oyarzún Inequality in Water Access for South Africa's Small-Scale Farmers amid a Climate Crisis: Past and Present Injustices in a Legal Context Patience Mukuyu and Mary Galvin Activist Citizen Science: Building Water Justice in South Africa Ferrial Adam Part IV: Collective Resilience for Climate Justice Conflicting Perspectives in the Global South Just Transition Movement: A Case Study of Mpumalanga Coal Region in South Africa Andries Motau Saving Our "Common Home:" A critical Analysis of the "For Our Common Home" Campaign in AlbertaChrislain Eric Kenfack Action Research for Climate Justice: Challenging the Carbon Market and False Climate Solutions in Mozambique Natacha Bruna and Boaventura Monjane Youth Climate Activism: Mobilizing for a Common Future Patricia Figueiredo Walker Index

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Book SynopsisClimate catastrophe throws into stark relief the extreme, life-threatening inequalities that affect millions of lives worldwide. The poorest and most marginalized, who are least responsible for the consumption and emissions that create climate change, are the first and hardest impacted, and the least able to protect themselves. Climate justice is simultaneously a movement, an academic field, an organizing principle, and a political demand. Building climate justice is a matter of life and death.Climate Justice and Participatory Research offers ideas and inspiration for climate justice through the creation of research, knowledge, and livelihood commons and community-based climate resilience. It brings together articulations of the what, why, and how of climate justice through the voices of energetic and motivated scholar-activists who are building alliances across Latin America, Africa, and Canada. Exemplifying socio-ecological transformation through equitable public engagement, these scholars, climate activists, community educators, and teachers come together to share their stories of participatory research and collective action.Grounded in experience and processes that are currently underway, Climate Justice and Participatory Research explores the value of common assets, collective action, environmental protection, and equitable partnerships between local community experts and academic allies. It demonstrates the negative effects of climate-related actions that run roughshod over local communities’ interests and wellbeing, and acknowledges the myriad challenges of participatory research. This is a work committed to the practical work of transforming socio-economies from situations of vulnerability to collective wellbeing.Table of Contents Introduction Participatory Research, Knowledge, and Livelihoods: Commons Build Community-Based Climate ResiliencePatricia E. Perkins Part I: Knowledge Commons Putting Ethos into Practice: Climate Justice Research in the Global Knowledge Commons Kathryn Wells Integrating Citizen Science Observations in Climate Mapping: Lessons from Coastal Zone Geovisualization in Chilean Patagonia and the Brazilian Southeast Allan Yu Iwama, Francisco Brañas, David Núñez, Daniela Collao, Ramin Soleymani-Fard, Carla Lanyon, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Lara da Silva, Petra Benyei, Francisco Ther, and Sarita Albagli Part II: Food, Land, and Agricultural Commons Enhancing Local Sensitives to Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Capacities of Smallholder Farmers: Community-Based Participatory Research Ayansina Ayanlade, Abinmola Oluwaranti, Adewale M. Olayiwola, Oluwatoyin S. Ayanlade, Margaret O. Jegede, Lemlem F. Weldemariam, Moses O. Olawole, and Adefunke F.O. Ayinde The Oil-Palm Sector in the Climate Crisis: Resilience and Social Justice in the Municipality of Ngwéi (Littoral-Cameroon) Guy Donald Abassombe, Mesmin Tchindjang, and Vadel Eneckdem Tsopgni Common-Pool Resources and the Governance of Community Gardens: Experimenting with Participatory Research in São Paulo, BrazilKátia Carolino and Marcos Sorrentino Linking Soil and Social-Ecological Resilience with the Climate Agenda: Perspectives from Quilombola communities in the Atlantic Forest, BrazilMarcondes Coelho, Eduardo C. da Silva Neto, Emerson Ramos, Ronaldo dos Santos, Ana P. D. Turetta, Marcos Gervasio Pereira, and Eliane M.R. da Silva Commons Governance and Climate Resilience: Intergovernmental Relationships in the Guapiruvu Community, Brazil Aico Nogueira Part III: Water and Fisheries Commons Mining and Water Insecurity in Brazil: Geo-Participatory Dam Mapping (MapGB) and Community Empowerment Daniela Campolina and Lussandra Gianasi Investigating Citizen Participation in Plans for Lamu Port, Kenya Solomon Njenga Hydroelecticity, Water Rights, Community Mapping, and Indigenous Toponyms in the Queuco River Basin Camila Bañales-Seguel Sentinels of Carelmapu: Participatory Community Monitoring to Protect Indigenous Marinescapes in Southern Chile Francisco Araos, Florencia Diestre, Jaime Cursach, Joaquin Almonacid, Gonzalo Zamorano, Wladimir Riquelme, Francisco Brañas, José Molin-Hueichán, Darlys Vargas, Manuel Lemus, Daniella Ruiz, and Claudio Oyarzún Inequality in Water Access for South Africa's Small-Scale Farmers amid a Climate Crisis: Past and Present Injustices in a Legal Context Patience Mukuyu and Mary Galvin Activist Citizen Science: Building Water Justice in South Africa Ferrial Adam Part IV: Collective Resilience for Climate Justice Conflicting Perspectives in the Global South Just Transition Movement: A Case Study of Mpumalanga Coal Region in South Africa Andries Motau Saving Our "Common Home:" A critical Analysis of the "For Our Common Home" Campaign in AlbertaChrislain Eric Kenfack Action Research for Climate Justice: Challenging the Carbon Market and False Climate Solutions in Mozambique Natacha Bruna and Boaventura Monjane Youth Climate Activism: Mobilizing for a Common Future Patricia Figueiredo Walker Index

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Book SynopsisFew people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.'- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada'This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a "must" read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.'- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkThis timely volume recognizes that traditional policy approaches to reduce human impacts on the environment through technological change - for example, emphasizing resource efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources - are insufficient to meet the most pressing sustainability challenges of the twenty-first century. Instead, the editors and contributors argue that we must fundamentally reconfigure our lifestyles and social institutions if we are to make the transition toward a truly sustainable future.These expert contributions pinpoint specific areas in which innovation will be required. These include economic policies, socio-technical systems of production and consumption, and dominant social practices. Drawing on these and other diverse areas of scholarship, this fascinating book highlights new conceptual frameworks for achieving the twin sustainability goals of decreased resource use and enhanced individual and societal well-being.Students, professors and policymakers in ecological economics, innovation studies, environmental policy and many other related fields will find much of interest in this pathbreaking volume.Contributors: M.M. Bell, H.S. Brown, M.J. Cohen, B. Halkier, J.M. Harris, D.J. Hess, S. Hielscher, R. Kemp, E. Kennedy, H. Krahn, N.T. Krogman, S.M. McCauley, I. Røpke, G. Seyfang, A. Smith, G. Spaargaren, J.C. Stephens, J. Stutz, E. Ubert, H. van Lente, P.J. VergragtTrade Review‘This book captures some of the more innovative thinking on “sustainable consumption” being discussed today, offering an excellent starting point for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers interested in new approaches to understanding sustainable consumption. The contributors come together to offer a stimulating discussion around three novel perspectives, but also a basis for future research that might further integrate these approaches.’ -- Marlyne Sahakian, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions‘Few people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.’ -- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada‘In recent years much hard thinking has been devoted to exploring the transition to true sustainability and consumption’s role in it. Innovations in Sustainable Consumption offers an impressive and enormously useful synthesis of this new work. Highly recommended.’ -- James Gustave Speth, Vermont University Law School, US and author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy‘This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a “must” read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.’ -- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives Halina Szejnwald Brown, Philip J. Vergragt, and Maurie J. Cohen PART I: NEW ECONOMICS 2. The Macroeconomics of Development Without Throughput Growth Jonathan M. Harris 3. Ecological Macroeconomics: Implications for the Roles of Consumer-Citizens Inge Røpke 4. Going for a Better Life John Stutz 5. Welcome to the Consumption Line: Sustainability, Social Organization and the Wage-Price Gap Emanuel Ubert and Michael M. Bell PART II: SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS 6. The Dual Challenge of Sustainability Transitions: Different Trajectories and Criteria René Kemp and Harro van Lente 7. Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Energy: Exploring Niche-Development Processes Among Community-Energy Initiatives Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith 8. Sustainable Consumption, Energy and Failed Transitions: The Problem of Adaptation David J. Hess 9. Clusters in Transition: Analysis of a Sustainable Energy-Cluster Initiative in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Jennie C. Stephens and Stephen M. McCauley PART III: SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES 10. Sustainable Lifestyles in a New Economy: A Practice Theoretical Perspective on Change Behavior Campaigns and Sustainability Issues Bente Halkier 11. The Cultural Dimension of Sustainable Consumption Practices: An Exploration in Theory and Policy Gert Spaargaren 12. Taking Social Practice Theories on the Road: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Sustainable Transportation Emily Kennedy, Harvey Krahn and Naomi T. Krogman Index

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Book SynopsisFew people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.'- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada'This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a "must" read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.'- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkThis timely volume recognizes that traditional policy approaches to reduce human impacts on the environment through technological change - for example, emphasizing resource efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources - are insufficient to meet the most pressing sustainability challenges of the twenty-first century. Instead, the editors and contributors argue that we must fundamentally reconfigure our lifestyles and social institutions if we are to make the transition toward a truly sustainable future.These expert contributions pinpoint specific areas in which innovation will be required. These include economic policies, socio-technical systems of production and consumption, and dominant social practices. Drawing on these and other diverse areas of scholarship, this fascinating book highlights new conceptual frameworks for achieving the twin sustainability goals of decreased resource use and enhanced individual and societal well-being.Students, professors and policymakers in ecological economics, innovation studies, environmental policy and many other related fields will find much of interest in this pathbreaking volume.Contributors: M.M. Bell, H.S. Brown, M.J. Cohen, B. Halkier, J.M. Harris, D.J. Hess, S. Hielscher, R. Kemp, E. Kennedy, H. Krahn, N.T. Krogman, S.M. McCauley, I. Røpke, G. Seyfang, A. Smith, G. Spaargaren, J.C. Stephens, J. Stutz, E. Ubert, H. van Lente, P.J. VergragtTrade Review‘This book captures some of the more innovative thinking on “sustainable consumption” being discussed today, offering an excellent starting point for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers interested in new approaches to understanding sustainable consumption. The contributors come together to offer a stimulating discussion around three novel perspectives, but also a basis for future research that might further integrate these approaches.’ -- Marlyne Sahakian, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions‘Few people who think about the state of the world are content with the status quo. The increasingly complex mix of economic, social, environmental and political problems at all scales requires new ways of thinking. It also requires new ways of integrating mutually supportive ideas and approaches, which is what this useful new book offers around the theme of sustainable consumption. The editors and contributors offer a breadth and depth of research from three domains: the new economics, socio-technical transitions and social practice, with a focus on consumption that meets the needs of people within the limits of the biosphere.’ -- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada‘In recent years much hard thinking has been devoted to exploring the transition to true sustainability and consumption’s role in it. Innovations in Sustainable Consumption offers an impressive and enormously useful synthesis of this new work. Highly recommended.’ -- James Gustave Speth, Vermont University Law School, US and author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy‘This is a very timely and inspiring book. The editors have carefully compiled original contributions from leading researchers in sustainable consumption, reflecting the important work of the SCORAI network and beyond. This is a “must” read for those who want to know where research in sustainable consumption is really heading.’ -- Lucia A. Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Societal Innovation in a Constrained World: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives Halina Szejnwald Brown, Philip J. Vergragt, and Maurie J. Cohen PART I: NEW ECONOMICS 2. The Macroeconomics of Development Without Throughput Growth Jonathan M. Harris 3. Ecological Macroeconomics: Implications for the Roles of Consumer-Citizens Inge Røpke 4. Going for a Better Life John Stutz 5. Welcome to the Consumption Line: Sustainability, Social Organization and the Wage-Price Gap Emanuel Ubert and Michael M. Bell PART II: SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS 6. The Dual Challenge of Sustainability Transitions: Different Trajectories and Criteria René Kemp and Harro van Lente 7. Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Energy: Exploring Niche-Development Processes Among Community-Energy Initiatives Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith 8. Sustainable Consumption, Energy and Failed Transitions: The Problem of Adaptation David J. Hess 9. Clusters in Transition: Analysis of a Sustainable Energy-Cluster Initiative in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Jennie C. Stephens and Stephen M. McCauley PART III: SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES 10. Sustainable Lifestyles in a New Economy: A Practice Theoretical Perspective on Change Behavior Campaigns and Sustainability Issues Bente Halkier 11. The Cultural Dimension of Sustainable Consumption Practices: An Exploration in Theory and Policy Gert Spaargaren 12. Taking Social Practice Theories on the Road: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Sustainable Transportation Emily Kennedy, Harvey Krahn and Naomi T. Krogman Index

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Book SynopsisAlong with environmental impact assessment, social impact assessment (SIA) has its origins in the 1970s and has developed from being a tool to meet regulatory requirements, to a discipline that seeks to contribute proactively to better project and policy development and to enhance the wellbeing of affected people. This volume, edited by a leading authority in the field, collates the classic articles in the history of SIA along with the most significant recent papers in this expanding area.This important collection, with an original introduction by the editor, will be an invaluable source of reference for students, academics and practitioners with an interest in the field of social impact assessment.50 articles, dating from 1973 to 2013Contributors include: C. Barrow, R. Burdge, A.M. Esteves, K. Finsterbusch, D. Franks, W. Freudenburg, R. Howitt, S. Lockie, C. O'Faircheallaigh, C. WolfTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Frank Vanclay PART I CURRENT OVERVIEW OF SIA 1. Ana Maria Esteves, Daniel Franks and Frank Vanclay (2012), ‘Social Impact Assessment: The State of the Art’ 2. Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh (2009), ‘Effectiveness in Social Impact Assessment: Aboriginal Peoples and Resource Development in Australia’ 3. Stewart Lockie (2001), ‘SIA In Review: Setting the Agenda for Impact Assessment in the 21st Century’ 4. Frank Vanclay (2004), ‘The Triple Bottom Line and Impact Assessment: How do TBL, EIA, SIA, SEA and EMS Relate to Each Other?’ 5. Frank Vanclay (2012), ‘The Potential Application of Social Impact Assessment in Integrated Coastal Zone Management’ PART II GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES 6. Frank Vanclay (2003), ‘International Principles for Social Impact Assessment: Their Evolution’ 7. Frank Vanclay (2003), ‘International Principles for Social Impact Assessment’ 8. Interorganizational Committee on Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment (2003), ‘Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment in the USA’ 9. Frank Vanclay (2006), ‘Principles for Social Impact Assessment: A Critical Comparison between the International and US Documents’ PART III ETHICS AND VALUES 10. Richard Howitt (2005), ‘The Importance of Process in Social Impact Assessment: Ethics, Methods and Process for Cross-cultural Engagement’ 11. Robert Fisher (2008), ‘Anthropologists and Social Impact Assessment: Negotiating the Ethical Minefield’ 12. Michael Gismondi (1997), ‘Sociology and Environmental Impact Assessment’ PART IV UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL IMPACTS 13. Roel Slootweg, Frank Vanclay and Marlies van Schooten (2001), ‘Function Evaluation as a Framework for the Integration of Social and Environmental Impact Assessment’ 14. Frank Vanclay (2002), ‘Conceptualising Social Impacts’ 15. Stewart Lockie, Susan Rockloft, Danielle Helbers, Maharlina Gorospe-Lockie and Karen Lawrence (2009), ‘Assessing the Social Impacts of Extensive Resource Use Activities’ PART V THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS 16. Thomas Dietz (1987), ‘Theory and Method in Social Impact Assessment’ 17. Helen Ross and Tara K. McGee (2006), ‘Conceptual Frameworks for SIA Revisited: A Cumulative Effects Study on Lead Contamination and Economic Change’ 18. Nigel Rossouw and Shakti Malan (2007), ‘The Importance of Theory in Shaping Social Impact Monitoring: Lessons from the Berg River Dam, South Africa’ 19. Stewart Lockie (2007), ‘Deliberation and Actor-Networks: The “Practical” Implications of Social Theory for the Assessment of Large Dams and Other Interventions’ PART VI SIA IN PRACTICE 20. Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh (2010), ‘Public Participation and Environmental Impact Assessment: Purposes, Implications, and Lessons for Public Policy Making’ 21. Ana Maria Esteves and Frank Vanclay (2009), ‘Social Development Needs Analysis as a Tool for SIA to Guide Corporate-Community Investment: Applications in the Minerals Industry’ 22. Ana Maria Esteves and Mary-Anne Barclay (2011), ‘Enhancing the Benefits of Local Content: Integrating Social and Economic Impact Assessment into Procurement Strategies’ 23. Dianne Buchan (2003), ‘Buy-in and Social Capital: By-Products of Social Impact Assessment’ 24. Annelies Stolp, Wim Groen, Jacqueline van Vliet and Frank Vanclay (2002), ‘Citizen Values Assessment: Incorporating Citizens’ Value Judgements in Environmental Impact Assessment’ PART VII VARIOUS ISSUES OF INTEREST 25. Deanna Kemp and Frank Vanclay (2013), ‘Human Rights and Impact Assessment: Clarifying the Connections in Practice’ 26. Philippe Hanna and Frank Vanclay (2013), ‘Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent’ 27. Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh (1999), ‘Making Social Impact Assessment Count: A Negotiation-Based Approach for Indigenous Peoples’ 28. Keith Storey (2010), ‘Fly-in/Fly-out: Implications for Community Sustainability’ 29. Stewart Lockie, Maree Franettovich, Vanessa Petkova-Timmer, John Rolfe and Galina Ivanova (2009), ‘Coal Mining and the Resource Community Cycle: A Longitudinal Assessment of the Social Impacts of the Coppabella Coal Mine’ 30. Daniel M. Franks, David Brereton and Chris J. Moran (2010), ‘Managing the Cumulative Impacts of Coal Mining on Regional Communities and Environments in Australia’ 31. Doreen Stabinksy (2000), ‘Bringing Social Analysis Into a Multilateral Environmental Agreement: Social Impact Assessment and the Biosafety Protocol’ 32. C.J. Barrow (2010), ‘How is Environmental Conflict Addressed by SIA?’ PART VIII CASE STUDIES OF SIA AROUND THE WORLD 33. Bettina Gransow (2007), ‘Social Transformation in China and the Development of Social Assessment’ 34. Mostafa Ahmadvand, Ezatollah Karami, Gholam Hossein Zamani and Frank Vanclay (2009), ‘Evaluating the Use of Social Impact Assessment in the Context of Agricultural Development Projects in Iran’ 35. Jacobus A. du Pisani and Luke A. Sandham (2006), ‘Assessing the Performance of SIA in the EIA Context: A Case Study of South Africa’ 36. Bryan Tilt, Yvonne Braun and Daming He (2009), ‘Social Impacts of Large Dam Projects: A Comparison of International Case Studies and Implications for Best Practice’ PART IX HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTS 37. Magoroh Maruyama (1973), ‘Cultural, Social, and Psychological Considerations in the Planning of Public Works’ 38. C.P. Wolf (1974), ‘Social Impact Assessment: The State of the Art’ 39. Sue Johnson and Rabel J. Burdge (1974), ‘Social Impact Statements: A Tentative Methodology’ 40. Lynn Llewellyn, Elaine Bunten, Clare Goodman, Gail Hare, Richard Mach and Ralph Swisher (1975), ‘The Role of Social Impact Assessment in Highway Planning’ 41. Mark A. Shields (1975), ‘Social Impact Studies: An Expository Analysis’ 42. James C. Cramer, Thomas Dietz and Robert A. Johnston (1980), ‘Social Impact Assessment of Regional Plans: A Review of Methods and Issues and a Recommended Process’ 43. C.P. Wolf (1980), ‘Getting Social Impact Assessment into the Policy Arena’ 44. Kurt Finsterbusch (1985), ‘State of the Art in Social Impact Assessment’ 45. William R. Freudenburg (1986), ‘Social Impact Assessment’ 46. Rabel J. Burdge (1991), ‘A Brief History and Major Trends in the Field of Impact Assessment’ 47. Robert Gramling and William R. Freudenburg (1992), ‘Opportunity-Threat, Development, and Adaptation: Toward a Comprehensive Framework for Social Impact Assessment’ 48. Christiane Gagnon, Philip Hirsch and Richard Howitt (1993), ‘Can SIA Empower Communities?’ 49. Kurt Finsterbusch (1995), ‘In Praise of SIA: A Personal Review of the Field of Social Impact Assessment: Feasibility, Justification, History, Methods, Issues’ 50. Rabel J. Burdge and Frank Vanclay (1996), ‘Social Impact Assessment: A Contribution to the State of the Art Series’

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark publication which links the complexities of climate change to the wellbeing and resilience of human populations.It is written in an engaging and accessible way but also conveys the state of the art on both climate change research and work into human security, utilizing both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. Organized around thematic sections, each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert in the field, and discusses the key concepts and evidence base for our current policy choices, and the dilemmas of international policy in the field. The Handbook is unique in addressing sophisticated ethical and moral questions as well as new information and data from different geographical regions. It is a timely volume that makes the case for acting wisely now to avert impending crises and global environmental problems.The Handbook is international in scope and provides an assessment that will be of value to academics, students and policy professionals alike. NGOs and policy institutes which need a grasp of the specificity and range of the issues and problems will also find this book insightful.Contributors: K. Bickerstaff, H.G. Brauch, S. Dalby, G. Edwards, G. Feola, D. Gasper, N.P. Gleditsch, M. Grasso, C.M. Hall, E. Hinton, C.D. Klose, M. Mason, R. Matthew, R. Nordås, M. Nuttall, Ú. Oswald Spring, M.R. Redclift, E. Remling, J. Ribot, J.T. Roberts, J. Scheffran, D. Simon, S. Srinivasan, S. Vanderheiden, E.E. Watson, C. WebersikTrade Review‘This volume provides a useful overview of the debate on climate change and human security.’ -- Benoit Mayer, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Human Security in the Age of Carbon Michael R. Redclift and Marco Grasso PART I: FRAMING THE ISSUE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY 1. Climate Change as an Issue of Human Security Simon Dalby 2. Elements and Value-added of a Human Security Approach in the Study of Climate Change Des Gasper 3. The IPCC, Human Security, and the Climate-conflict Nexus Ragnhild Nordås and Nils Petter Gleditsch 4. Space, Time and Scales of Human Security in Climate Change Richard Matthew PART II: THE DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN SECURITY IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE CONTEXT 5. The Environmental Determinants of Human Security in the Context of Climate Change David Simon 6. The Social Dimensions of Human Security under a Changing Climate Jürgen Scheffran and Elise Remling 7. Vulnerability Does Not Just Fall from the Sky: Toward Multi-scale Pro-poor Climate Policy Jesse Ribot 8. Disasters and Human Security: Natural Hazards and Political Instability in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Christian Webersik and Christian D. Klose PART III: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY 9. The Impact of Climate Change on Human Security in Latin America and the Caribbean Úrsula Oswald Spring, Hans Günter Brauch, Guy Edwards and J Timmons Roberts 10. Human Security and Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region Marco Grasso and Giuseppe Feola 11. Climate Change and Human Security in the Arctic Mark Nuttall 12. Climate Change and Human Security in Africa Sharath Srinivasan and Elizabeth E. Watson PART IV: RESPONSES TO THE THREATS POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE TO HUMAN SECURITY 13. Climate Change and Human Security: The Individual and Community Response C. Michael Hall 14. Climate Change, Human Security and the Built Environment Karen Bickerstaff and Emma Hinton 15. Climate Change and Human Security: The International Governance Architectures, Policies and Instruments Michael Mason 16. A Human Rights-based Approach from Strengthening Human Security Against Climate Change Steve Vanderheiden Index

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Book Synopsis'Daly's contributions to the still emergent field of ecological economics are constant references for our peers throughout the developing world as well as in the North. His courageous tilting at the windmills of mainstream economic nonsense inspire us to continue questioning: in whose interests do we continue on a perpetual search for unlimited material satisfaction? Daly's conception is not only of a world restricted by biophysical limits, but also one in which poverty and deprivation are commonplace, and where Sisyphean efforts to maintain accelerated economic growth only exacerbate inequitable distribution. His vision of sustainable economic welfare shed light on other aspects of our existence which make it worth living. Thanks to Farley, Rees, El Serafy, Goodland and other fellow travelers, we are bestowed with an excellent collection synthesizing Daly's contributions to our work, which will inspire our youth and their children long after we too depart.'- Peter H. May, President, Brazilian Society for Ecological Economics (ECOECO)'Contributed by several eminent thinkers, the chapters in this book herald the paradigm shift that is needed to save the scientific framework of economics. In spite of the conceptual inconsistencies, GDP continues to be accepted by the nation states as the singular parameter to comprehensively describe the health of their economy. What gets easily hidden behind 'Market Failures ' is actually the success of cost-shifting on the heads of the ignorant and marginalized people as 'price for economic growth'. The chapters eloquently establish the need for moving beyond the religious faith on a paradigm that is facing fundamental conceptual challenges but has not addressed them with due seriousness. What is a greater contribution of this collection is the identification of the gaps in knowledge of economics that need to be filled-up to arrive at some basic articulations of the new paradigm that can throw some light on what is ecologically and socially 'Sustainable Development'.'- Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Past President, The Indian Society for Ecological Economics'The title Beyond Uneconomic Growth captures both the core of Herman Daly's key message and the linguistic mastery that makes his texts so enjoyable to read. The book forms a great tribute to the work of Herman Daly by gathering a distinguished set of contributors, covering a a wide variety of the topics that Daly has dealt with, and pointing in new directions.'- Inge Røpke, Aalborg University, DenmarkThis engaging book brings together leading ecological economists to collectively present a definitive case for looking beyond economic growth as the sole panacea for the world's ecological predicament. Grounded in physics, ecology, and the science of human behavior, contributors show how economic growth itself has become ''uneconomic'' and adds to a ravaging of both social and ecological cohesion.Guided by a clear moral vision that prioritizes sustainability and justice over profit, the authors provide a blueprint for an economy that replaces quantitative growth with qualitative improvement to enhance human welfare while restoring degraded ecosystems. They present solutions for many of today's challenges, ranging from global climate change and biodiversity loss to natural resource depletion. This interdisciplinary work not only relates ecological economics theory to the most urgent predicaments of the contemporary world, but also pays tribute to the work of Herman Daly, a leading pioneer of modern ecological economics.Researchers and faculty studying and teaching ecological economics and environmental studies will find value in this unprecedented book. It will also be of interest to practitioners working to solve a variety of global environmental issues.Trade ReviewBeyond Uneconomic Growth is a fine collection of essays documenting, supporting, and building on the powerful contributions of Herman Daly to the field of ecological economics. Conventional economists focus on allocation, or efficiency, are only now becoming concerned again about distribution, and have yet to realize that the scale of the economy must be compatible with, i.e. significantly smaller than, the biophysical system. Ecological economists start with scale, are centrally concerned with distribution, or with who gets what, and only lastly are concerned with efficiency. Herman Daly set the stage on which ecological economists perform.' --Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US'Herman Daly is the greatest, and most under-appreciated, economist of our time. This volume, in which other economists and scientists whom he has influenced celebrate and discuss his work, is valuable both as an appreciation of, and as an introduction to the field of ecological economics-which Daly spearheaded. It is essential reading for anyone who desires a human economy that respects nature's limits and can therefore be sustained far into the future.' --Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute'Excellent read. Speaking of the valuable and unique contribution of Herman Daly, the authors succeed in expanding the existing knowledge around Herman's ideas and reflections. They also provide an insight into the origins and evolution of ecological economics. Thus, the book helps to understand the role that Herman has played in the construction process of the steady-state economy, its most important contribution perhaps to a prudent use of nature with a view to promoting the highest good of mankind - happiness. This rich volume will greatly assist in strengthening the foundations of ecological economics.' --Clóvis Cavalcanti, President Elect of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)Table of ContentsContents: In Memoriam for Robert Goodland PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Foundations for an Ecological Economy: An Overview Joshua Farley 2. The World in Over-shoot: A Celebration of Herman Daly’s Contributions to Ecological Economics – The Science of Sustainability Robert Goodland 3. Toward a Sustainable and Desirable Future: A 35 Year Collaboration with Herman Daly Robert Costanza PART II CHANGING THE PARADIGM:WHAT IS BIOPHYSICALLY POSSIBLE, AND HOW DO HUMANS BEHAVE? 4. Population, Resources, and Energy in the Global Economy: A Vindication of Herman Daly’s Vision Jonathan M. Harris 5. On Limits Arild Vatn 6. Toward a Science-based Theory of Behavior: Building on Georgescu-Roegen John Gowdy 7. Denying Herman Daly: Why Conventional Economics will not Embrace the Daly Vision William E. Rees PART III CHANGING THE GOALS: WHAT IS SOCIALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND ETHICALLY DESIRABLE? 8. The Importance of Just Distribution in a ‘Full’ World Philip Lawn 9. Hicksian Income, Welfare, and the Steady State Salah El Serafy PART IV CHANGING THE RULES: INSTITUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND DESIRABLE FUTURE 10. Ecological and Georgist Economic Principles: A Comparison Clifford Cobb 11. Making Money John B. Cobb, Jr. PART V THE STEADY-STATE ECONOMY 12. The Steady-state Economy Peter A. Victor 13. Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth Joan Martinez Alier 14. Politics for a Steady State Economy Brain Czech PART VI CONCLUSIONS 15. The Unfinished Journey of Ecological Economics: Toward an Ethic of Ecological Citizenship Peter G. Brown Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook presents state-of-the-art methodological guidance and discussion of international practice related to the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, featuring contributions from leading researchers and practitioners the world over. Its multidisciplinary approach covers contributions across five continents to broaden the scope of the field both thematically and geographically. A multifaceted variety of case studies provide examples of the use of information on biodiversity and ecosystem services in different types of impact assessment to improve decisions at all levels, from strategic choices to individual projects. In addition to its discussion of how biodiversity and ecosystem services can improve the salience and effectiveness of impact assessment, this Handbook presents a range of applications and possible solutions to challenges in key policy and planning sectors, including urban development, land use, energy, marine areas, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, health and tourism. This Handbook's combination of cutting-edge literature and methodological guidance supports researchers, practitioners and students in developing and implementing biodiversity and ecosystem services-inclusive impact assessment processes, which can contribute to better decisions about the use of our lands and waters. As such it will appeal not only to scholars of impact assessment but of environmental sciences, environmental engineering, natural sciences, planning and economics as well.Contributors include: C. Albert, A. Antón, M. Ashley, J. Azcarate, B. Balfors, S. Brownlie, L. Bulling, C. Cortinovis, R.T.T. Forman, S. Frank, C. Fürst, D. Geneletti, J. Goldstein, T. Hooper, P. Horwitz, M. Hughes, P. Itkonen, M. Jimenez, M. Karlson, L. Karrasch, C.M. Kennedy, J.M. Kiesecker, J. Köppel, L. Kopperoinen, O. Langmead, D. Maia de Souza, L. Mandle, L. Milà i Canals, U. Mörtberg, D. Newsome, S. Odelius Gordon, M.W. Parkes, K. Pietzsch, F. Pietzsch, A. Rajvanshi, D. Roe, D.A. Rozas Vásquez, M. Ruckelshaus, H. Tallis, L. Tardieu, F. Teillard, J. Treweek, J. Wu, L. ZardoTrade ReviewThis volume integrates across disciplinary, sectoral and national perspectives to illuminate the cutting edge of contemporary assessment theory and practice. Particular strengths include its focus on how changes in ecosystem services affect human well-being, its elaboration of methods for spatially explicit assessment, its insights on cumulative effects, its inclusive approach to evaluation metrics, and its insistence on the importance of stakeholder involvement in assessment processes. This wonderfully accessible volume will surely become an indispensable desk reference for all seeking to improve the management of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and sustainable development. --William C. Clark, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Chapter 1. Introduction Davide Geneletti PART 1 MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TYPES 2. Spatial Ecosystem Service Analysis for Environmental Impact Assessment of Projects Lisa Mandle and Heather Tallis 3. Ecosystem Services Analysis for Strategic Environmental Assessment: Concepts and Examples Davide Geneletti 4. Scoping Health Impact Assessment: Ecosystem Services as a Framing Device Pierre Horwitz and Margot W. Parkes 5. Matching an Ecosystem Services Approach with Social Impact Assessment Leena Karrasch 6. Economic Evaluation of the Impacts of Transportation Infrastructures on Ecosystem Services Léa Tardieu 7. Addressing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Life Cycle Assessment Assumpció Antón, Danielle Maia de Souza, Félix Teillard and Llorenç Milà i Canals PART II APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT SECTORS 8. Impacts of Urban Development on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Berit Balfors, Juan Azcarate, Ulla Mörtberg, Mårten Karlson and Sara Odelius Gordon 9. Impacts of Agricultural and Forest Management on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Christine Fürst, Susanne Frank, Marcos Jimenez, Daniel Alejandro Rozas Vásquez, Katrin Pietzsch and Frank Pietzsch 10. Applications of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Impact Assessment in Spatial Planning Leena Kopperoinen, Christian Albert and Pekka Itkonen 11. Ecosystem Services in Marine Environmental Impact Assessment: Tools to Support Marine Planning at Project and Strategic Scales Tara Hooper, Olivia Langmead and Matthew Ashley 12. Understanding the Impacts of Ecotourism on Biodiversity: A Multi-Scale, Cumulative Issue Influenced by Perceptions and Politics David Newsome and Mike Hughes 13. Exploring the Tradeoffs Between Wind Energy and Biodiversity Conservation Lea Bulling and Johann Köppel 14. Cumulative Effects of Dams on Biodiversity Asha Rajvanshi PART III CURRENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 15 Addressing the Interactions Between Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in Impact Assessment Dilys Roe and Davide Geneletti 16. Biodiversity Offsets for ‘No Net Loss’ Through Impact Assessment Susie Brownlie and Jo Treweek 17. Mitigation for the People: An Ecosystem Services Framework Heather Tallis, Christina M. Kennedy, Mary Ruckelshaus, Joshua Goldstein and Joseph M. Kiesecker 18. Promoting Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Cities Through Impact Assessment Davide Geneletti, Linda Zardo and Chiara Cortinovis 19. Where are the Best Places for the Next Billion People? Think Globally, Plan Regionally Richard T.T. Forman and Jianguo (Jingle) Wu CONCLUSIONS 20. Strengthening Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment for Better Decisions Davide Geneletti Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely collection of essays is a magnificent testament to Daly's pioneering work over four decades. Armed with clear scientific principles and an unfailing logic, Daly sets out on an urgent quest to develop an economics fit for purpose on a finite planet. The originality and clarity of thought revealed in this new collection is extraordinary. It cements Daly's status as the most visionary economist of our time.'- Tim Jackson, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, UK'Herman Daly has been leading the way on uneconomic growth and steady-state economics for nearly 50 years, and still is. His numerous contributions are increasingly relevant and influential, deeply insightful and unusually accessible to readers from all walks of life. How fortunate we are to have in a single volume so many of Daly's most important papers. Re-reading them is a pleasure and an inspiration, reading them for the first time could very well change your life.'- Peter A. Victor, York University, Canada'Herman Daly has helped us to realize that there is economic growth and uneconomic growth. In so doing, he reminds us that the only viable long-term option is a steady-state economy.'- Lester R. Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty PlatesIn this important book, Herman E. Daly lays bare the weaknesses of growth economics and explains why, in contrast, a steady-state economy is both necessary and desirable. Through the course of the book, Daly develops the basic concept and theory of a steady-state economy from the 1970s limits to growth debates. In doing so, he draws on work from the classical economists, through both conflicts and agreements with neo-classical and Keynesian economists, as well as recent debates on uneconomic growth.Editorial-style policy essays substantiate Daly's argument and he provides specific application of steady-state economics to important current issues, including monetary reform, tax reform, international trade and population. The book also includes discussion and critique of ethical, as well as biophysical, presuppositions of growth.From Uneconomic Growth to a Steady-State Economy is essential reading for academics, students and researchers in the fields of ecological economics, environmental studies, economic development, resource economics and public policy.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction : Envisioning a Successful Steady-State Economy Part I: Early Discussion of Basic Steady-State Concepts 2. The Economics of the Steady State 3. In Defense of a Steady-State Economy Part II: Later Extensions into Standard Economics 4. Towards an Environmental Macroeconomics 5. Growth, Debt, and the World Bank Part III: Recent Revival of the Growth Debate, and Policies for a Steady State 6. A Further Critique of Growth Economics 7. Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady State Economy 8. Climate Policy: From 'Know How' to 'Do Now' Part IV: Ethical Foundations of a Steady-State Economy 9. Incorporating Values in a Bottom-Line Ecological Economy 10. Ethics in Relation to Economics, Ecology, and Eschatology Part V: Short Essays on Current Issues Related to Growth versus Steady State IndexTrade Review'From near the beginning of his career, Herman Daly has consistently and ever more effectively argued for a steady-state economy. . . . this recent addition to his list shows that Daly is still going strong. His writing is sage, pugnacious, clear, witty, insightful, critical, even cutting, and yet always with a deep care for people and the planet. . . . an excellent collection of essays covering the history of his efforts and an excellent set of shorter entries on particular issues written over the past few years. Personally, I never tire of reading Herman Daly and so enthusiastically recommend this book. The combination of material in short and longer essays could make it an ideal book to accompany an upper division course on sustainable development, ecological economics, or a course that strives to cover the variety of ways heterodox economists think.' --Richard B. Norgaard, Journal of Regional Science'Herman Daly has helped us to realize that there is economic growth and uneconomic growth. In so doing, he reminds us that the only viable long-term option is a steady-state economy.' --Lester R. Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute and author of Full Planet, Empty Plates'Herman Daly is widely recognized as being the most accomplished thinker on the growth-versus-environment nexus. In this collection of essays, he discusses recent facts and arguments, fluently combining fundamental, applied and topical issues, as well as responding to green growth optimists like Paul Krugman. Acknowledging the precise and captivating style of Daly's writing, here is an excellent book for students of both economics and environmental science to start reading about environmental economics and growth. Daly gives his proposed alternative, the steady-state economy, hands and feet by elaborating a diversity of economic topics, including jobless growth, nationalizing money, regulating housing markets, facing the economic crisis and limiting free trade.' --Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, University of Barcelona, Spain and Free University, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction : Envisioning a Successful Steady-State Economy Part I: Early Discussion of Basic Steady-State Concepts 2. The Economics of the Steady State 3. In Defense of a Steady-State Economy Part II: Later Extensions into Standard Economics 4. Towards an Environmental Macroeconomics 5. Growth, Debt, and the World Bank Part III: Recent Revival of the Growth Debate, and Policies for a Steady State 6. A Further Critique of Growth Economics 7. Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady State Economy 8. Climate Policy: From “Know How” to “Do Now” Part IV: Ethical Foundations of a Steady-State Economy 9. Incorporating Values in a Bottom–Line Ecological Economy 10. Ethics in Relation to Economics, Ecology, and Eschatology Part V: Short Essays on Current Issues Related to Growth versus Steady State Index

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Book SynopsisChina's Urban Century is the impressive outcome of a European and Chinese collaborative project. The book extensively covers Chinese urban governance, environment, heritage, lifestyle and megacities. Ambitious and timely, François Gipouloux edits the book, not only to address topical issues such as migrant housing, social security and low-carbon development, but also to probe into the fundamental process of city creation, fiscal relations, and community configuration.'- Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London, UK'This is an exciting, informative, and insightful volume produced out of truly multi-disciplinary and international collaborations. It makes a timely and landmark contribution to the understanding of China's phenomenal urban transformation and its social, political, and environmental implications. With its unparalleled breadth and depth, this book provides illuminative accounts of the many facets of China's urbanization past, present, and in the years to come. A must-read for any scholars and practitioners interested in the dawn of China's urban century and the new age of global urbanism.'- George C.S. Lin, Hong Kong UniversityThe achievements of China's urbanization should not be evaluated solely in terms of adequate infrastructures, but also in their ability to implement sound governance practices to ensure social, environmental and economic development. This book addresses sever al key challenges faced by Chinese cities, based on the most recent policies and experiments adopted by central and local governments.The contributors offer an interdisciplinary analysis of the urbanization process in China, and examine the following key topics: the institutional foundations of Chinese cities, the legal status of the land, the rural to urban migration, the preservation of the urban heritage and the creation of urban community, and the competitiveness of Chinese cities. They define the current issues and challenges emerging from China's urbanization.Students and academics of urban studies and related subjects will find the strong theoretical backgrounds to be of use to their research. Policy-makers and other practitioners will benefit from the practical advice and recommendations.Contributors: C.-H. Ai, L. Balula, O. Bina, K.W. Chan, H. Chen, D. Du, M. Elosua, S. Feuchtwang, F. Ged, F. Gipouloux, W. Gong, S. Goulard, Y. Hu, L. Huang, A. Hussain, S. Li, P. Morais, P. Ni, D.H. Perkins, O. Pillet, Y. Pu, Y. Shao, J. Tan, J. Wang, A. Xiong, W. Xu, Z. Yuan, H. ZhangTrade Review‘Overall, this is an admirable group effort by Chinese and European scholars and institutions to jointly study Chinese urbanism. It offers useful narratives that map the macro trends of Chinese urbanization.’ -- Xuefei Ren, Paciffic Affairs‘China’s Urban Century is the impressive outcome of a European and Chinese collaborative project. The book extensively covers Chinese urban governance, environment, heritage, lifestyle and megacities. Ambitious and timely, François Gipouloux edits the book, not only to address topical issues such as migrant housing, social security and low-carbon development, but also to probe into the fundamental process of city creation, fiscal relations, and community configuration.’ -- Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London, UK‘This is an exciting, informative, and insightful volume produced out of truly multi-disciplinary and international collaborations. It makes a timely and landmark contribution to the understanding of China's phenomenal urban transformation and its social, political, and environmental implications. With its unparalleled breadth and depth, this book provides illuminative accounts of the many facets of China's urbanization past, present, and in the years to come. A must -read for any scholars and practitioners interested in the dawn of China's urban century and the new age of global urbanism.‘ -- George C.S. Lin, Hong Kong University' In sum, this book is a useful reference for researchers who have an interest in learning about China's urbanization, especially developments since the millennium .The comprehensive account of China's institutional foundation, key policy issues and local practices provides readers with plenty of interesting points to think about. ' -- Built EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Dwight H. Perkins 1. Introduction François Gipouloux PART I THE INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF URBANIZATION IN CHINA 2. The City Creation Process in China François Gipouloux and Li Shantong 3. Central-local Relations in Chinese Urbanization: The Case of Chongqing Pu Yongjian and Xiong Ailun 4. Public Ownership of Land and Urbanization in China Athar Hussain and Gong Wei 5. China’s Hukou Reform and New Urbanization Blueprint Kam Wing Chan 6. Snail without a Shell: Migrant Workers' Difficult Path toward Urban Housing Chi-Han Ai, Miguel Elosua and Sébastien Goulard PART II ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURES IN URBAN AREAS 7. The “Eco” and “Low-carbon” Promise: A Critical Review of China’s Experience Luis Balula and Olivia Bina 8. Choices Between Development and Environmental Preservation in Huangshan City Chen Hongfeng and Wang Jingya 9. Social Security Reform and its Impact on Urbanization: The Case of Shanghai Yuan Zhigang and Jing Tan 10. Implementation of New Social Housing Programmes: The Case of Shanghai and Chongqing Miguel Elosua and Ni Pengfei PART III HERITAGE PRESERVATION, TRADITIONS AND MODERN LIFESTYLES IN CHINESE CITIES 11. Historic Urban Landscapes in Shanghai: The Challenging Path from Recognition to Innovation and Appropriation within an Accelerated Socio-economic Context Françoise Ged and Shao Yong 12. The Challenge of Brownfield Rehabilitation: A Case Study of Dadukou District, Chongqing Chi-Han Ai and Oriane Pillet 13. The Formation of Governmental Community and the Closure of Housing Classes Stephan Feuchtwang, Zhang Hui and Paula Morais PART IV REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF CHINESE MEGA-CITIES 14. Fiscal Constraints and Their Impact on Financing Urbanization: The Case of Kunming Hu Ying 15. Evolutionary Process of Shanghai’s Rise to a Global City: Dynamic Dialectics of Localization and Globalization Du Debin and Huang Li and Xu Wei Index

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Book SynopsisOver time, it is expected that climate change will have a profound impact on human and natural systems, and thereby impede future economic growth and sustainable development. In this innovative and authoritative work, leading international experts discuss the challenges and opportunities for building an economy and society that is more resilient to climate change. Building a Climate Resilient Economy and Society fulfils a long-felt need, which assumed added importance following the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, for a comprehensive work on climate resilience. The chapters are organised into three thematic sections. The first part explores vulnerability, adaptation and resilience, whilst part two offers sectoral perspectives from agriculture, fisheries, marine ecosystems, cities and urban infrastructure, drought prone areas and renewable energy. In the final part, the authors examine incentives, institutions and policy, covering topics such as carbon pricing, REDD-plus, the role of institutions and communities, climate finance and policies. Combining a global focus with detailed case studies from a cross section of regions, countries and sectors, this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for researchers, scholars and students. Written in concise, non-technical language, it will also provide a thorough reference for those in civil society or government working on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction.Contributors include: I. Arakelyan, L. Barrage, I. Bateman, C. Carraro, W.W. L. Cheung, R. Costanza, P.M. Cury, M. Davide, S. Dekker, Y. Elhadi, C. Fezzi, I. Haque, A.R. Harwood, C. Hesse, M. Inoue, C. Johnson, A.A. Lovett, K. May, K.A. Miller, A.J. Mohammed, D. Moran, K. Mutafoglu, K.N. Ninan, V. Orindi, A. Panda, A. Patt, R. Pichs-Madruga, M. Rao, J.-P. Schweitzer, V. Shandas, U. Sharma, Y. Su, U.R. Sumaila, T. Tai, P. ten Brink, D. Timmons, C. Tisdell, A. van Diepen-Heyadat, J. Voelkel, R.T. Watson, J. Woollard, A. WrefordTrade Review‘Building a Climate Resilient Economy and Society is a worthy addition to the growing body of knowledge around how climate change is manifesting its effects across economies and societies, and efforts being made in response. It will appeal to professionals dealing with climate change policy and planning as a resource providing insights from case studies, and well explained technical material on a range of subjects close to the core of climate resilience.’ -- Bob Speirs, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management'This book is timely and identifies a range of options to adapt, reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to human-induced climate change for both terrestrial and marine systems. It addresses key sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, water quantity and quality, and coastal cities, and key issues such as terrestrial and marine biodiversity and Small Island States. It also addresses key issues associated with mitigation, including carbon pricing, economic implications of climate policies, financing at local levels, and REDD+. I would like to congratulate the editors and authors for bringing out this book which I am sure will receive wide attention.' --From the Foreword by Sir Robert T. Watson'The book provides an excellent overview of the importance, challenges and opportunities for building ecological resilience in dealing with climate change. The collection of articles is essential reading for both academics and policymakers working on the economics of climate change mitigation and adaptation.' --Andreas Kontoleon, University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy, UK'Despite the significant progress made when the Paris Agreement came into force in November 2016, greenhouse-gas emission mitigation will not proceed at a sufficient pace to preclude widespread climate change later in this century. Therefore, it is necessary to give more attention to the diverse means of adaptation to the climate change that will likely occur. K.N. Ninan and Makoto Inoue have assembled 17 essays that can inform scholars and policy makers alike as they come to grips with the eventual necessity to build climate resilient economies around the world.' --Robert N. Stavins, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Sir Robert T. Watson 1. Introduction K.N. Ninan and Makoto Inoue PART I VULNERABILITY, ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE 2. The environmental impact of climate change adaptation on land use and water quality Carlo Fezzi, Amii R. Harwood, Andrew A. Lovett and Ian J. Bateman 3. Adaptive capacity contributing to improved agricultural productivity at the household level: empirical findings highlighting the importance of crop insurance Architesh Panda, Upasna Sharma, K.N.Ninan and Anthony Patt 4. Adapting to climate change and improving urban resilience: The role of nature and biodiversity protection in cities Konar Mutafoglu, Patrick ten Brink, Sabrina Dekker, Jamie Woollard and Jean-Pierre Schweitzer 5. Coproducing resilience through understanding vulnerability Vivek Shandas, Anandi van Diepen, Jackson Voelkel, Meenakshi Rao 6. Climate resilience and sustainable development: challenges and options for small island developing states Ramón Pichs-Madruga PART II CLIMATE RESILIENCE: SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES 7. Can agriculture be climate smart? Irina Arakelyan, Anita Wreford and Dominic Moran 8. Global warming and changes in marine ecosystem- economic consequences and adjustment issues Clem Tisdell 9. Climate change, marine ecosystems and global fisheries U. Rashid Sumaila, William W.L. Cheung, Philippe M. Cury and Travis Tai 10. Extreme drought and California's water economy: challenges and opportunities for building resilience Kathleen A. Miller 11. Building urban climate resilience in Vietnam and Bangladesh Craig Johnson, Iftekharul Haque, Yvonne Su and Kristy May 12. Renewable energy economics David Timmons PART III INCENTIVES, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY 13. Carbon pricing policy design and revenue management: economic models and policy practice Lint Barrage 14. REDD+: a global multilevel forest governance for building a climate resilient society Abrar Juhar Mohammed and Makoto Inoue 15. Democratising climate finance at local levels Victor Orindi, Yazan Elhadi and Ced Hesse 16. Do climate policies hurt the economy? lessons from the EU experience Carlo Carraro and Marinella Davide Claim the sky! Robert Costanza Index

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Book SynopsisA Handbook of Environmental Toxicology focuses on two key aspects: human disorders and ecotoxicology as affected by major toxins originating from biological sources and pollutants, as well as radiation generated spontaneously or as a result of anthropogenic activity. A diverse array of these potentially harmful agents regularly appear in the atmosphere, soil, water and food, compromising both human health and biodiversity in natural and managed ecosystems. This book: - provides authoritative reviews together with specialist short communications to complement the main chapters and address contemporary issues with important case studies; - explores the cutting edge of research and also indicates the likely direction of future developments; - contains extensive coverage of toxicants that are of significant current interest and will be of increasing concern for many years to come; and - encourages international cooperation in future research on pollution and other environmental agents causing harm to human health and degradation of natural habitats in the ecosystem. Written by an international team of authors from a range of educational, medical and research establishments, this book is an essential reference for advanced students and researchers in the areas of environmental sciences, ecology, agriculture, environmental health and medicine, in addition to industry and government personnel responsible for environmental regulations and directives.Table of ContentsPART I: BIOGENIC COMPOUNDS 1: Phytotoxins 2: Mycotoxins 3: Cyanobacterial Toxins 4: Amino Acids and Peptides as Mediators of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Higher Plants PART II: AMBIENT GASES AFFECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND ADAPTATION IN HIGHER PLANTS 5: Ozone I. Human Disorders: an Overview 6: Ozone II. Biophysical Observations 7: Nitrogen Dioxide: Ambient Exposure in Human Disorders 8: Sulfur Dioxide and Human Disorders 9: Plant Response to Acid Rain Stress PART III: PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS 10: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Ecotoxicity in the Aquatic Environment and Implications for Human Health 11: The Developmental Neurotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls: a Continuing Environmental Health Concern 12: Dioxins I. Dynamics and Legal Directives in Europe 13: Dioxins II. Human Exposure and Health Risks 14: Dioxins III. Relationship to Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy 15: Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Human Health 16: Organochlorine Insecticides: Neurotoxicity 17: Organophosphates I. Human Health Effects and Implications for the Environment: an Overview 18: Organophosphates II. Neurobehavioural Problems Following Low-Level Exposure: Methodological Considerations for Future Research 19: Glyphosate as a Glycine Analogue PART IV: PETROLEUM POLLUTION 20: Crude Oil Pollution I. Deepwater Horizon Contamination: Human Health Effects and Health Risk Assessments, a Case Study 21: Crude Oil Pollution II. Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Contamination on Sediment Toxicity in the Gulf of Mexico 22: Crude Oil Pollution III. Exxon Valdez Contamination: Ecological Recovery, a Case Study 23: Review of Studies of Composition, Toxicology and Human Health Impacts of Wastewater from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development from Shale PART V: TOXICOLOGY OF HEAVY METALS 24: Minamata Disease and Methylmercury Exposure 25: Lead Poisoning 26: Cadmium I. Exposure and Human Health Effects: an Overview 27: Cadmium II. Cardiovascular Effects of Human Exposure to Cadmium: Left Ventricular Structure and Function PART VI: PARTICULATES AND PLASTICS 28: Particulates from Combustion Sources: Formation, Characteristics and Toxic Hazards 29: Assessment of the Ecotoxicity of Airborne Particulate Matter 30: Toxicity of Microplastics in the Marine Environment PART VII: RADIATION RISKS 31: UV Exposure and Skin Protective Effects of Plant Polyphenols 32: Radon I. Lung Cancer Risks 33: Radon II. Leukaemia or CNS Cancer Risks Among Children 34: Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Potential Health Effects Inferred from Butterfly and Human Cases PART VIII: REMEDIATION 35: Microbial Remediation of Contaminated Soils 36: Metallic Iron for Environmental Remediation: Prospects and Limitations 37: Remediation of Contaminated Soil by Biochar PART IX: OUTLOOK AND CONCLUSIONS 38: Environmental Regulations in China 39: 21st Century Toxicology: Methods for Environmental Toxicology and Monitoring 40: Unequivocal Evidence Associating Environmental Contaminants and Pollutants with Human Morbidity and Ecological Degradation

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Book SynopsisThe role natural environments play in human health and wellbeing is attracting increasing attention. There is growing medical evidence that access to the natural environment can prevent disease, aid recovery, tackle obesity and improve mental health. This book examines the history of natural environments being used for stress-reduction, enjoyment, aesthetics and catharsis, and traces the development of the connection between humans and the environment, and how they impact our personal and collective health.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Overview Chapter 2: Nature and Health Chapter 3: The Historical Connection Between Natural Environments and Health Chapter 4: Concepts and Theories Chapter 5: Child Development and Nature Chapter 6: Adaptations and Applications Chapter 7: Outcomes and Benefits Chapter 8: Sense of Place and the Role of Education Chapter 9: Innovative Approaches to Integrating Natural Environments and Health Chapter 10: Future Actions and Implications for Policy and Research Chapter 11: Resources

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Book SynopsisThe triple bottom line has become the standard modus operandi for assessing the sustainability of financial markets, industries, institutions and corporations. This Research Handbook provides the most recent developments, current practices and new initiatives related to sustainable finance and impact investing. In doing so, it demonstrates how the triple bottom line principle can be used to design sustainable strategies for firms, markets and the economy as a whole. The Handbook covers aspects of socially responsible investment, finance and sustainable development, corporate socially responsible banking, green bonds and sustainable financial instruments. Comprising 20 topical chapters from experts in the field, this Handbook is a comprehensive investigation of financial services and products that help cope with sustainable investing and climate risk management. Chapters discuss the role of regulation framework in guaranteeing the stability and resilience of financial markets and offer insight into governance issues including the management of organizational risks, CSR culture, and social-impact investing culture. An essential reference for scholars and students, the multidisciplinary approach covers business, finance, accounting, management and entrepreneurship. Practitioners such as financial analysts, rating agencies and regulators will also find this an accessible read for exploring the possibilities the triple bottom line principle can provide.Contributors include: M. Amidu, W.R. Ang, M. Ariff, F. Aubert, H. Bassan, F. Bazzana, K. Berensmann, N. Boubakri, E. Broccardo, F. Dafe, F. de Mariz, K. Delchet-Cochet, M. Dempsey, G.N. Dong, K.U. Ehigiamusoe, J. Fouilloux, R. Gabriele, J.-F. Gajewski, J. Grira, K. Gupta, H. Issahaku, L. Kermiche, H.H. Lean, K.T. Liaw, N. Lindenberg, J.R. Mason, M. Mazzuca, R. McIver, C. Nitsche, G. Porino, J.M. Puaschunder, J.R.F. Savoia, M. Schröder, V. Tankoyeva, J.-L. Viviani, L.-C. Vo, O. Weber, A. ZareiTable of ContentsContents: Part I Sustainability, Financial Stability and Fraud 1. Financial Regulation and Fraud in CO2 Markets Joseph R. Mason 2. How to Better Detect Cases of Financial Reporting Fraud: Some New Findings from Earnings Restatements François Aubert, Jean-François Gajewski and Lamya Kermiche 3. Fostering green investment decisions: the real option approach Jessica Fouilloux and Jean-Laurent Viviani 4. Exchange Rate Instability: Relative Volatility, Risk and Adjustment Speed Mohamed Ariff and Alireza Zarei 5. Financial Instability: Economic and Financial Perspectives Michael Dempsey 6. The Stability of Financial System: An Analysis of the Determinants of Russian Bank Failures Viktoryia Tankoyeva, Flavio Bazzana and Roberto Gabriele 7. Sovereign Wealth Funds and Macroeconomic Stability: Before and After their Establishments Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe and Hooi Hooi Lean Part II Sustainability and Financial Markets 8. Financial Markets like Potter’s Hands? Rethinking Finance for Sustainability in a Civil Society Perspective Giulia Porino 9. An Alternative Way to Think of Finance: The Case of Innovative, Sustainable Financial Instruments Eleonora Broccardo and Maria Mazzuca 10. The Market Premium of Sustainability in Health-Care Sector Firms Gang Nathan Dong 11. Environmental Sustainability and Inter- and Intra- Industry Variation in Stock Returns: International Evidence Harjap Bassan, Kartick Gupta and Ron P. McIver 12. The Role of Financial Markets in Promoting Sustainability – A Review and Research Framework Mohammed Amidu and Haruna Issahaku 13. Financial Innovation with a Social Purpose: The Growth of Social Impact Bonds Frédéric de Mariz and José Roberto Ferreira Savoia 14. Asset Allocation and Green Bond Market K. Thomas Liaw 15. Demystifying Green Bonds Kathrin Berensmann, Florence Dafe and Nannette Lindenberg Part III CSR and Socially Responsible Investment 16. Models of Corporate Socially Responsible Banks: Financial Cooperatives, Islamic Banks, and Micro-Finance Institutions Narjess Boubakri and Jocelyn Grira 17. CSR Implementation in French SMEs: An Adapted Framework Karen Delchet-Cochet and Linh-Chi Vo 18. The Performance, Volatility, Downside Risk and Persistence of Socially Responsible Investments in Korea and the Impact of Korea Green New Deal Wei Rong Ang and Olaf Weber 19. Are SRI Funds Conventional Funds in Disguise or Do They Live up to Their Name? Christin Nitsche and Michael Schröder 20. Socio-psychological Motives of Socially Responsible Investors Julia M. Puaschunder Index

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this work is available on Modern Languages Open (https://www.modernlanguagesopen.org)Postgrowth Imaginaries brings together environmental cultural studies and postgrowth economics to examine counterhegemonic narratives and radical cultural shifts sparked by the global financial crisis of 2008. A number of critical voices worldwide have emphasized that in the context of a finite biosphere, constant economic growth is a biophysical impossibility. The problem is not a lack of growth but rather the globalization of an economic system addicted to constant growth, which destroys the ecological planetary systems that support life on Earth while failing to fulfil its social promises. Post-2008 Spain offers an optimal context to investigate these cultural processes, and this book demonstrates that a transition toward what Prádanos calls ‘postgrowth imaginaries’—the counterhegemonic cultural sensibilities that are challenging the growth paradigm in manifold ways—is well underway in the Iberian Peninsula today. Specifically, this book explores how emerging cultural sensibilities in Spain—reflected in fiction and nonfiction writing and film, television programs, photographs and graphic novels, op-eds, web pages, political manifestos, and socioecological movements—are actively detaching themselves from the dominant imaginary of economic growth. By approaching the counterhegemonic cultures of the crisis through environmental criticism, Postgrowth Imaginaries uncovers a whole range of cultural nuances often ignored by Iberian cultural studies.Trade Review'[This work] constitutes an urgent, enlightening, and empowering reflection about a crucial subject of our time. Its main focus and virtue is to provide with sound intellectual tools to think about the fundamental danger that the growth paradigm (and particularly its capitalist version) means for humanity and planet Earth. It also opens the discussion about the possibility of a “post-growth” world. [...] The book takes a special interest in studying the academic and disciplinary implications of this debate: what does it mean for humanities, cultural studies, urban studies, and, particularly for Iberian studies to take seriously the ecological crisis and the threat that the growth paradigm means? The claim is not for just a change of subjects of study in these disciplines, but moreover for a change in the way we think.' Luis Moreno-Caballud, University of Pennsylvania'Prádanos's book will become a necessary reference for all those who will subsequently write about post-growth, environmental studies in the Spanish/Iberian context and related subjects.'Katarzyna Olga Beilin, University of Wisconsin'The book is sure to engage Iberian and other cultural scholars. [...] throughout the book Prádanos analyses an impressively wide array of cultural productions—from the habitual novels, films, and documentaries to graphic novels and cartoons, songs, and an “audiovisual experiment,” a website, a street mural in Madrid, and even an art installation made entirely of garbage—all of which call attention to the excesses and failures of the neoliberal growth fantasy.' Mònica Tomàs, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and EnvironmentReviews 'Postgrowth Imaginaries is a book particularly useful for Iberian scholars interested in incorporating environmental humanities in their research. It is also a book which topics have not been sufficiently explored in Spain and, therefore, it contributes to encourage new research avenues and to establish a theoretical base combining national and international perspectives.' Rivero Vadillo, Ecozone‘Despite the Earth’s dire situation, the book’s tone is hopeful in its proposal to foster and study new epistemologies that envision an ecojust postgrowth period.' Shanna Lino, STTCL: Studies in Twentieth & Twenty-First Century Literature ‘Postgrowth Imaginaries is essential reading for students and scholars of contemporary Spain as well as those who want to think through broader questions related to how we can imagine a more socially and ecologically just future.’ Micah McKay, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos‘With cogent theoretical explanations, lucid prose, autonomous chapters and an abundance of cultural texts, Postgrowth Imaginaries will translate well to the classroom and will be easily accessible for anyone interested in learning about the global generators of climate change, eco-cultural responses from Spain and possible alternatives.' Megan Saltzman, Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Spanish Culture and Ecological EconomicsChapter 1: Toward an Ecocritical Approach to the Spanish Neoliberal CrisisPart II: Urban EcologiesChapter 2: Urban Ecocriticism and Spanish Cultural StudiesPart III: Waste, Disaster, Refugees, and Nonhuman AgencyChapter 3: Nonhuman Agency and the Political Ecology of WasteChapter 4: Disaster Fiction, the Pedagogy of Catastrophe, and the Dominant ImaginaryConclusion: The Global Rise of Postgrowth Imaginaries

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and is freely available to read online. Crises pose an immediate risk to life, health, and the environment and require urgent action. The public’s use of social media has important implications for contingency policies and practices. Social media have the potential for risk reduction and preventive interaction with the public. This book is about how different communicators - whether crisis managers, first responders, journalists, or private citizens and disaster victims - have used social media to communicate about risks and crises. It is also about how these very different actors can play a crucial role in mitigating or preventing crises. How can they use social media to strengthen their own and the public’s awareness and understanding of crises when they unfold? How can they use social media to promote resilience during crises and the ability to deal with the after-effects? Chapters address such questions by presenting new research-based knowledge on social media use during different crises: the terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011; the central European floods in Austria in 2013; and the West African Ebola-outbreak in 2014. The collection also presents research on the development of a tool for gathering social media information, based on a user-centered design. Social Media use in Crisis and Risk Communication presents cutting-edge research on the use of social media in crisis communication and reporting. It gives recommendations about how different crisis communicators (information officers, crisis managers, journalists) can improve their ability to gather information, communicate and raise people’s crisis awareness by using social media.Trade ReviewScholars of journalism look at how different communicators-whether professionals such as crisis managers, first responders, and journalists or private citizens and disaster victims-have used social media to communicate about risks and crises. They also suggest how these very different actors can play a crucial role in mitigating or preventing crises. Among their topics are tweeting terror: an analysis of the Norwegian Twitter-sphere during and in the aftermath of the 22 July 2011 terrorist attack, social media in the management of the terror crisis in Norway: experiences and lessons learning, old wine in new bottles: the use the established British news media use of Twitter during the 2014-15 West African ebola outbreak, tailoring tools to the rescue: lessons from developing a social media information gathering tool, and when the levee breaks: recommendations for social media use during environmental disasters. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Social Media Use in Crises and Risks: An Introduction to the Collection; Klas Backholm and Harald Hornmoen Part One: Using Social Media in Risks and Crises; 1. Tweeting Terror. An Analysis of the Norwegian Twitter-Sphere During and in the Aftermath Of The 22 July 2011 Terrorist Attack; Steen Steensen; 2. Victims' Use of Social Media During and After the Utøya Terror Attack: Fear, Resilience, Sorrow and Solidarity; Elsebeth Frey; 3. Blood and Security During the Norway Attacks: Authorities' Twitter Activity and Silence; Rune Ottosen and Steen Steensen; 4. Social Media in Management of the Terror Crisis in Norway: Experiences and Lessons Learned; Harald Hornmoen and Per Helge Måseide; 5. News Workers' Reflections on Digital Technology and Social Media After a Terror Event; Maria Konow-Lund; 6. Old Wine in New Bottles? Use of Twitter by Established UK News Media During The 2014-15 West African Ebola Outbreak; Colin Mcinnes; 7. Flows of Water and Information: Reconstructing Online Communication During the 2013 European Floods in Austria; Susanne Sackl-Sharif, Eva Goldgruber, Julian Ausserhofer, Robert Gutounig and Gudrun Reimerth; Part Two: Developing A Tool for Crisis Communicators; 8. Tailoring Tools to the Rescue: Lessons Learned from Developing a Social Media Information Gathering Tool; Klas Backholm, Joachim Högväg, Jörn Knutsen, Jenny Lindholm and Even Westvang; 9. What Eye Movements and Facial Expressions Tell Us About User-Friendliness: Testing a Tool for Communicators and Journalists; Jenny Lindholm, Klas Backholm and Joachim Högväg; Part Three: Recommendations for Social Media Use in Risks and Crises; 10. "When The Levee Breaks": Recommendations for Social Media Use During Environmental Disasters; Eva Goldgruber, Susanne Sackl-Sharif, Julian Ausserhofer and Robert Gutounig; 11. Social Media Communication During Disease Outbreaks: Findings and Recommendations; Harald Hornmoen and Colin Mcinnes ; 12. Social Media and Situation Awareness During Terrorist Attacks. Recommendations for Crisis Communication; Steen Steensen, Elsebeth Frey, Rune Ottosen, Harald Hornmoen, and Maria Konow-Lund

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.We face many important global environmental problems today, including climate change, biodiversity destruction, and environmental health issues. Key among the tools we have to understand and solve these problems is research. This Research Agenda argues for a transdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental management to provide better understanding and outcomes leading to practical solutions.By describing the key strategies needed to overcome common global environmental challenges and to undertake successful interdisciplinary environmental research, this Research Agenda demonstrates the possibilities for successful transdisciplinary environmental research. A series of case studies shows how this transdisciplinary approach to research has improved understandings of environmental problems and their potential solutions. Discussing the types of participation required and the difficulties of incorporating diverse groups into research projects, this Research Agenda provides lessons in how to successfully undertake transdisciplinary research in order to meet these challenges. A Research Agenda for Environmental Management provides invaluable insights for interdisciplinary researchers in all fields affected by environmental management as well as students and scholars engaged in environmental research looking for ways to successfully integrate transdisciplinary approaches into their work.Contributors include: J. Abrams, D.B. Agusdinata, G. Alonso-Yanez, B. Barnett, N. Basiliko, K. Calvert, D. Córdoba, T. de Souza, M. del Carmen Fragoso Medina, J.L. Dunn, A. Eastmond, D.J. Flaspohler, K. Floress, V.S. Gagnon, A. Giang, H.S. Gorman, R.B. Guerrero, K.E. Halvorsen, R.M. Handler, M.A. Hanif, R.J. Heffron, J. Heyman, L. House-Peters, A. Kantamneni, J.L. Knowlton, R.A. LaFave, J. Licata, H.K. Lukosch, E.E. Mata-Zayas, R. Medeiros, M.A. Mesa-Jurado, D. Minakata, A. Mirchi, C. Moseley, T. Moya Mose, T.H. Mwampamba, C.J.V. Navarrete, E.A. Nielsen, M. Ohira, E. Ortega, J.A. Perlinger, E.C. Pischke, E.W. Prehoda, V.D.P. Risso, J.C. Sacramento-Rivero, M. Samimi, D. Sanchez, C. Schelly, T.L. Selfa, R. Shwom, R.V. Sidortsov, B. Tarekegne, G. Tchobanoglous, N.R. Urban, L.P. Volkow, S. Walker, D. Watkins, R.L. WinklerTrade Review'In the new edited volume: A Research Agenda for Environmental Management, edited by Kathlen Halvorsen, Chelsea Schelley, Robert Handler, Erin C. Pischke, and Jessie Knowlton, we have a much needed accessible and useable handbook on how to do transdisciplinary and collaborative research in the era of climate change, which presents never-before faced challenges in environmental management. Authors do a splendid job of providing case studies on how to further expand our understanding and implementation of TD research to address the wicked problems of our time. This edited volume is accessible and useful for those looking to expand their use and understanding of TD methods and approaches.' --Gabrielle Roesch McNally, Climate Hubs, US Department of AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction to transdisciplinarity in environmental management research 1. Introduction: a research agenda for environmental management through transdisciplinary, social science-rich environmental governance research Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Jessie L. Knowlton, Chelsea Schelly, Robert M. Handler and Erin C. Pischke 2. Governing sustainability and environmental management: what, why, and how? Erin C. Pischke, Robert M. Handler and Jessie L. Knowlton 3. Power within and beyond the state: understanding how power relations shape environmental management Jesse Abrams, Diana Córdoba, Roman V. Sidortsov, Chelsea Schelly and Hugh S. Gorman Part II Integrating diverse sectors and disciplines into transdisciplinary environmental management research 4. Integrating across sectors and disciplines: transdisciplinary teamwork challenges and strategies Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Jessie L. Knowlton, Robert M. Handler, Chelsea Schelly and Erin C. Pischke 5. Transdisciplinary research teams: broadening the scope of who participates in research Erin C. Pischke, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Tuyeni Heita Mwampamba, Lily House-Peters, Amarella Eastmond, Lucía Pérez Volkow, Mayra del Carmen Fragoso Medina and Marcella Ohira 6. Administrative roles in environmental governance research: scientists incorporating policymakers Robert A. LaFave and Jennifer L. Dunn 7. Incorporating community: opportunities and challenges in community-engaged research Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle L. Winkler and Kirby Calvert 8. Crossing boundaries: cross-national, transdisciplinary research and teamwork Erin C. Pischke, Amarella Eastmond and Gabriela Alonso-Yanez Part III Case studies of transdisciplinary, social science-rich environmental management research 9. Policy, science, and transdisciplinary research: when will it be safe to eat as much fish as desired? Hugh S. Gorman, Valoree S. Gagnon, Amanda Giang, Judith A. Perlinger and Noel R. Urban 10. Lessons from the transdisciplinary, international BIOPIRE project Jennifer L. Dunn, Jessie L. Knowlton, Robert M. Handler, Erin C. Pischke, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, M. Azahara Mesa-Jurado, Theresa L. Selfa, David J. Flaspohler, Julian Licata, Ena E. Mata-Zayas, Rodrigo Medeiros, Cassandra Moseley, Erik A. Nielsen, Valentin D Picasso Risso, Julio C. Sacramento-Rivero, Tatiana de Souza, Cesar J. VazquezNavarrete and Nathan Basiliko 11. Applying transdisciplinary research to enhance low-to-moderate income households’ access to community solar Brad Barnett, Emily W. Prehoda, Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle Winkler and Chelsea Schelly 12. In search for common ground: energy justice perspectives in global fossil fuel extraction Roman V. Sidortsov, Raphael J. Heffron, Tedd Moya Mose, Chelsea Schelly and Bethel Tarekegne 13. Understanding household conservation, climate change, and the food-energy-water nexus from a transdisciplinary perspective David Watkins, Rachael Shwom, Chelsea Schelly, Datu B. Agusdinata, Kristin Floress and Kathleen E. Halvorsen 14. A role-playing game development for supporting interventions to reduce household greenhouse gas emissions: transdisciplinary pathways and challenges Datu B. Agusdinata, Muhammad A. Hanif, Heide K. Lukosch, and Excel Ortega 15. Community implementation of potable reuse of treated wastewater Ali Mirchi, Josiah Heyman, George Tchobanoglous, Daisuke Minakata, Shane Walker, Maryam Samimi, R. Brian Guerrero, Diego Sanchez, Robert Handler Index

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Book SynopsisThe editor takes an excitingly broad and refreshing approach to environmental justice, tracing the subject from its early developments to its contemporary need for a new non-anthropocentric ontology responsive to questions of human-non-human justice. This invaluable study includes 24 of the best available research articles in the field and offers a stimulating journey into the rich ambiguities, tensions and promise of environmental justice for the 21st century and beyond.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: ‘Staying with the Trouble’ – Environmental Justice for the Anthropocene–Capitalocene Anna Grear PART I ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: TAXONOMIES AND CONCEPTUALISATIONS 1. Robert D. Bullard (1994), ‘Overcoming Racism in Environmental Decisionmaking’, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 36 (4), May, 10–20, 39–44 2 2. Alice Kaswan (1997), ‘Environmental Justice: Bridging the Gap between Environmental Laws and “Justice”’, American University Law Review, 47 (2), 221–301 19 3. Dorceta E. Taylor (2000), ‘The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm: Injustice Framing and the Social Construction of Environmental Discourses’, American Behavioral Scientist, 43 (4), January, 508–80 100 4. Robert R. Kuehn (2000), ‘A Taxonomy of Environmental Justice’, Environmental Law Reporter, 30 (9), September, 10681–703 173 PART II ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: DISTRIBUTIVE PATTERNS, STRUCTURAL UNEVENNESS 5. Luke W. Cole (1992), ‘Empowerment as the Key to Environmental Protection: The Need for Environmental Poverty Law’, Ecology Law Quarterly, 19 (4), September, 619–83 197 6. Sheila Foster (1998), ‘Justice from the Ground Up: Distributive Inequities, Grassroots Resistance, and the Transformative Politics of the Environmental Justice Movement’, California Law Review, 86 (4), July, 775–841 262 7. Rebecca Tsosie (2007), ‘Indigenous People and Environmental Justice: The Impact of Climate Change’, University of Colorado Law Review, 78 (4), Fall, 1625–77 329 8. Melissa Checker (2008), ‘Eco-Apartheid and Global Greenwaves: African Diasporic Environmental Justice Movements’, Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, 10 (4), 390–408 382 PART III ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, RELATIONAL RECOGNITION 9. Daniel J. Fiorino (1990), ‘Citizen Participation and Environmental Risk: A Survey of Institutional Mechanisms’, Science, Technology, and Human Values, 15 (2), Spring, 226–43 402 10. Gordon Walker (2009), ‘Beyond Distribution and Proximity: Exploring the Multiple Spatialities of Environmental Justice’, Antipode, 41 (4), September, 614–36 420 11. Astrid Ulloa (2017), ‘Perspectives of Environmental Justice from Indigenous Peoples of Latin America: A Relational Indigenous Environmental Justice’, Environmental Justice, 10 (6), December, 175–80 443 12. Joshua C. Gellers and Chris Jeffords (2018), ‘Toward Environmental Democracy? Procedural Environmental Rights and Environmental Justice’, Global Environmental Politics, 18 (1), February, 99–121 449 PART IV ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: IDENTIFIABLE WRONGS, CORRECTIVE AND RETRIBUTIVE REPARATIONS 13. Kathy Seward Northern (1997), ‘Battery and Beyond: A Tort Law Response to Environmental Racism’, William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, 21 (3), 485–598 473 14. Tseming Yang (2002), ‘Environmental Regulation, Tort Law and Environmental Justice: What Could Have Been’, Washburn Law Journal, 41 (3), Spring, 607–28 587 15. Peter Atkins, Manzurul Hassan and Christine Dunn (2007), ‘Environmental Irony: Summoning Death in Bangladesh’, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 39 (11), November, 2699–714 609 16. Upendra Baxi (2010), ‘Writing about Impunity and Environment: The “Silver Jubilee” of the Bhopal Catastrophe’, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 1 (1), March, 23–44 625 PART V ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: INTERROGATING THE SOCIOPOLITICAL 17. Julian Agyeman and Bob Evans (2004), ‘“Just Sustainability”: The Emerging Discourse of Environmental Justice in Britain?’, Geographical Journal, 170 (2), June, 155–64 648 18. Carmen G. Gonzalez (2011), ‘An Environmental Justice Critique of Comparative Advantage: Indigenous Peoples, Trade Policy, and the Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms’, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 32 (3), Spring, 723–803 658 19. Donna Houston (2013), ‘Crisis Is Where We Live: Environmental Justice for the Anthropocene’, Globalizations, 10 (3), 439–50 739 20. Joan Martinez-Alier, Leah Temper, Daniela Del Bene and Arnim Scheidel (2016), ‘Is There a Global Environmental Justice Movement?’, Journal of Peasant Studies, 43 (3), 731–55 751 PART VI ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: ONTOLOGICAL JUSTICE AND THE POLITICS OF MEANING 21. Anna Stanley (2009), ‘Just Space or Spatial Justice? Difference, Discourse, and Environmental Justice’, Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 14 (10), November, 999–1014 777 22. Anna Tsing (2012), ‘Unruly Edges: Mushrooms as Companion Species’, Environmental Humanities, 1, 141–54 793 23. David Schlosberg (2013), ‘Theorising Environmental Justice: The Expanding Sphere of a Discourse’, Environmental Politics, 22 (1), 37–55 807 24. Stacy Alaimo (2016), ‘Climate Systems, Carbon-Heavy Masculinity, and Feminist Exposure’, in Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times, Part II, Chapter 4, Minneapolis, MN, USA and London, UK: University of Minnesota Press, 91–108, 216–20 826 Index

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Book SynopsisSustainable development brings together a series of normative themes related to negotiating environmental limits, to addressing equity, needs and development, and to the process of transformation and transition. To mark the 30th Anniversary of Our Common Future (1987), that first placed sustainable development on the global agenda, the editors have brought together a group of international scholars from a range of social science backgrounds. They have discussed these same themes ? looking backwards in terms of what has been achieved, assessing the current situation with respect to sustainable development, and looking forwards to identify the key elements of the future agenda. This book presents a series of critical reflections on these enduring themes. The overriding concern is with the present and with the future as the editors seek to explore the question: What next for sustainable development?Trade Review'This book is a masterful round up of 30 years of sustainable development thinking by some of the topic's most renowned and deep thinkers. The authors expose the progress made in the last 30 years, but also many gaps, flaws and more dangerous trends accompanying our times. Sustainable development now involves more forward and critical ideas, such as de-growth, critiques of fossil capitalism, insistence on equity and redistribution, moving towards ethics of care and eco-social policies focused on satisfying human needs within planetary boundaries. This book thus is a timely summary and renewed introduction to a complex and engaging body of thought, a path forward for the possibility of global human progress in troubled times.' --Julia Steinberger, University of Leeds, UK'The editors have brought together a distinguished international team of social scientists from different disciplines to assess the legacy of the landmark Brundtland report, Our Common Future (1987), along with the present and future prospects for sustainable development in the Anthropocene. The world is at a critical ecological juncture. This book is a must read for anyone seeking to understand how to accelerate the transition to a more equitable development path that can safe-guard both local ecosystems and Earth Systems.' --Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, Australia'Is sustainable development ''everything'' or ''something''? This edited volume makes a very important contribution to the discourse on critically analyzing the content, process and outcomes of sustainable development politics and policies; a discourse very different from the United Nations sponsored program for promoting sustainable development, which has been seriously ''stymied'' and ''diluted'' at the international and national levels of implementation.' --Carlo Aall, Western Norway Research Institute, and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Forward Preface 1. Introduction James Meadowcroft, David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud and Geoffrey Gilpin Part I Setting the Context 2. Our Common Future in Earth Systems perspective Simon Dalby 3. A normative model of sustainable development: how do countries comply? Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Geoffrey Gilpin and Morten Simonsen Part II Negotiating environmental limits 4. The global sustainability challenges in the future: the energy use, materials supply, pollution, climate change and inequality nexus Harald Ulrik Sverdrup 5. Implications of deep decarbonisation pathways for sustainable development Sabine Fuss 6. Brundtland+30: the continuing need for an indicator of environmental sustainability Paul Ekins and Arkaitz Usubiaga Part III Equity, needs and development 7. Sustainability and redistribution Iris Borowy 8. Necessities and luxuries: how to combine redistribution with sustainable consumption Ian Gough 9. Taming equity in multilateral climate politics: A shift from responsibilities to capacities Sonja Klinsky and Aarti Gupta Part IV Transitions and transformation 10. The Transition to Sustainability as Interbeing . . . or: from oncology to ontology Felix Rauschmayer 11. Taking climate change and transformations to sustainability seriously Karen O’Brien 12. Sustainability and the politics of transformations: from control to care in moving beyond Modernity Andy Stirling 13. Politics and technology: deploying the state to accelerate socio-technical transitions for sustainability Oluf Langhelle, James Meadowcroft, and Daniel Rosenbloom Part V Facing the future 14. Beyond limits: making policy in a climate changed world Eva Lövbrand 15. A Future for Sustainable Development? David Banister 16. What Next for Sustainable Development? David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud, James Meadowcroft and Geoffrey Gilpin Index

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Book SynopsisThe remarkable growth in religious tourism across the world has generated considerable interest in the impacts of this type of tourism. Focusing here on environmental issues, this book moves beyond the documentation of environmental impacts to examine in greater depth the intersections between religious tourism and the environment. Beginning with an in-depth introduction that highlights the intersections between religion, tourism, and the environment, the book then focuses on the environment as a resource or generator for religious tourism and as a recipient of the impacts of religious tourism. Chapters included discuss such important areas as theological views, environmental responsibility, and host perspectives. Covering as many cultural and environmental regions as possible, this book provides: -An in-depth yet holistic view of the relationships between religious tourism and the environment; -A conceptual framework that goes beyond listing potential environment impacts; -A strong focus on explaining the universality of the deeper environmental issues surrounding sacredness and sacred places; -A discussion of the role of disease and health-related issues at mass religious gatherings. From a global writing team and featuring case studies spanning Europe and Asia, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students of tourism and religious studies, as well as those studying environmental issues.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Environmental Impacts of Religious Tourism Chapter 2: Pilgrimage, Religious Tourism, Biodiversity, and Natural Sacred Sites Chapter 3: Managing the Environment in Religious Tourism Destinations: A Conceptual Model Chapter 4: Human Sanctuaries Can Be Created Everywhere: Pilgrimage, Tourism, and Conservation in Vrindavan, India Chapter 5: The Beyul: Sherpa Perspectives on Landscapes Characteristics and Tourism Development in Khumbu (Everest), Nepal Chapter 6: Religious Tourism and Environmental Conservation in Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, World Heritage Site, Nepal Chapter 7: Interreligious Dialogue: Trees, Stones, Water, and Interfaith Ritual Experiences in Lebanon Chapter 8: Mimicking Mountains: Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família and the Mountain of Montserrat Chapter 9: Disease and Health-Related Issues at Mass Religious Gatherings Chapter 10: The Natural Environment and Waste Management at the Hajj Chapter 11: The Effects of Natural Disasters on Religious Tourism Sites: Earthquakes in the Spiritual Heart of Italy Chapter 12: Religion, the Environment, and Sacred Places: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a timely and comprehensive analysis of how regulation can be leveraged to address worsening environmental harm, particularly in key areas such as water pollution and deforestation.

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook presents the state of the art of empirical sociological research on the causes of, and solutions to, pressing environmental problems. It provides cutting-edge insights into some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity, including anthropogenic climate change and environmental pollution. The contributors argue that profound collective efforts to protect the environment are vital for sustainable development and offer practical solutions to specific contemporary issues.Wide ranging and insightful, this Research Handbook encompasses the causes and consequences of environmental deterioration, the measurement, development and precedents of environmental concern, the determinants of pro-environmental behavior, and the acceptance of environmental policies. Key topics include the development of global CO2 emissions, prices, income and energy demand, climate change knowledge, meta-knowledge and beliefs, the collective risk social dilemma and support for city road tolls. Scholars and students in the environmental social sciences will find this innovative Research Handbook invaluable. Critical case studies also provide important insights and recommendations for environmental decision makers.Trade Review‘Climate change is humankind’s ultimate challenge. It is our behaviour that is causing the climate disaster, because our ancestors were selected to turn resources maximally into offspring. Our evolved heritage are ruthless harvesting strategies that need to be changed to pro-social, pro-environmental attitudes. Sociology provides the core requirements for solving this problem. Here we learn the most recent results of cutting-edge research on causes, consequences and solutions. This book may help us to survive the challenge.’ -- Manfred Milinski, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface xi Introduction to the Research Handbook on Environmental Sociology 1 Axel Franzen and Sebastian Mader PART I CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 1 The development of global CO2 emissions 5 Axel Franzen and Sebastian Mader 2 Prices, income and energy demand 27 Brantley Liddle and Hillard Huntington 3 Consistent inequality across Germany? Exploring spatial heterogeneity in the unequal distribution of air pollution 46 Tobias Rüttenauer and Henning Best PART II MEASUREMENT, DESCRIPTION AND PRECEDENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN 4 Testing the measurement of environmental concern: how do single items perform in comparison to multi-item scales? 68 Axel Franzen and Sebastian Mader 5 The evolution of environmental concern in Europe 84 John Kenny 6 Where do pro-environmental tendencies fit within a taxonomy of personality traits? 102 Taciano L. Milfont 7 Climate change knowledge, meta-knowledge and beliefs 122 Helen Fischer and Karlijn Van den Broek PART III THE DETERMINANTS OF PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR 8 Environmental behavior: measurement approaches and determining factors 140 Peter Preisendörfer and Andreas Diekmann 9 Non-monetary incentives and energy conservation 157 Ulf Liebe 10 The collective risk social dilemma 174 Manfred Milinski 11 Heating system choice among Swiss households: determinants and effects of policy counterfactuals 194 Patrick Bigler and Doina Radulescu 12 Is socially responsible investing (SRI) in stocks a competitive capital investment? A review of the literature and a comparative analysis based on the performance of sustainable stocks 223 Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg and Jonas F.A. Gottschalk PART IV ACCEPTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES 13 Public support for climate policy 244 Stefan Drews 14 Climate change denial among the general public: studying individual and contextual determinants in Europe 257 Christiane Lübke 15 What determines the attitude–behavior link when voting on renewable energy policies? The roles of problem perception and policy design 275 Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen and Philippe Thalmann 16 Support for city road tolls: a question of self-interest? 298 Fabian Thiel 17 Beyond political divides: analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland 320 Laurent Ott, Mehdi Farsi and Sylvain Weber Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the complex relationship between inequality and the environment and illustrates the myriad ways in which they intersect.Featuring over 30 contributions from leading experts in the field, it explores the ways in which inequality impacts three of the most pressing contemporary environmental issues: climate change, natural resource extraction, and food insecurity. Laying the conceptual foundations for its analysis of key inequality–environment intersections, the Handbook covers theoretical traditions employed in the environmental inequality literature and examines different approaches to the concept of rights and how these influence scholarship on environmental justice. Chapters further investigate the multifaceted relationships between the natural environment and common forms of social inequalities, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, social class, the economy, and the state.Bringing together cutting-edge research on diverse inequality–environment intersections, this comprehensive Handbook will be relevant to both students and researchers in the social sciences and environmental sociology, politics, and geography. Its empirical insights will also prove valuable to public and social policymakers with access to mechanisms that can shape environmental protection policies.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: inequality and the environment 1 Michael A. Long, Michael J. Lynch, and Paul B. Stretesky PART I THEORETICAL TRADITIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY 2 Treadmill of production 11 Amalia Leguizamón 3 Substantive inequality and the alienated metabolism of the capital system 28 Brett Clark, John Bellamy Foster, and Daniel Auerbach 4 Ecologically unequal exchange 44 Kelly F. Austin 5 Social inequalities, environmental crises, and the STIRPAT model 59 Patrick Trent Greiner, Julius Alexander McGee, and Richard York 6 Environmental justice 71 David N. Pellow 7 Money, value, and entropy 86 Alf Hornborg PART II RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY 8 Greenwashed relations of genocide 103 Martin Crook and Damien Short 9 Environmental inequality and rights of nature among Indigenous Peoples in North America 125 Julie Schweitzer, Olivia M. Fleming, and Tamara L. Mix 10 Nonhuman Animal rights 147 Corey L. Wrenn PART III RACE/ETHNICITY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY 11 Race and environmental inequality 162 Md Belal Hossain 12 Environmental inequality in West Africa 181 Jessie K. Luna and Gabin Korbeogo 13 Energy development and sociocultural inequality among First Nation Peoples 200 Duane A. Gill and Liesel A. Ritchie PART IV GENDER AND ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY 14 Gender and environmental inequality 225 Laura A. McKinney and Devin Wright 15 Gender and nonhuman animals 243 Amy Fitzgerald and Nik Taylor 16 Gender, large-scale resource extraction, and environmental inequality in Latin America 262 Inge A.M. Boudewijn and Katy Jenkins PART V THE ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY 17 Organizational political economy, corporate power, and the great acceleration of environmental pollution in the United States 285 Harland Prechel 18 Inequality, emissions, and human well-being 305 Jennifer E. Givens, Orla M. Kelly, and Andrew K. Jorgenson 19 Working time, inequality, and sustainability 322 Jared B. Fitzgerald and Juliet Schor PART VI THE STATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY 20 Democracy and environmental inequality 343 Liam Downey and Brigid Mark 21 Environmental criminal enforcement and environmental justice in the United States 362 Joshua Ozymy and Melissa Jarrell Ozymy 22 Non-criminal enforcement and environmental inequality in the United States 380 Tara O’Connor Shelley and Anne E. Egelston 23 Incarceration and environmental inequality 402 Maggie Leόn-Corwin, Jericho R. McElroy, and Michelle L. Estes 24 Grassland conservation and environmental inequality in Inner Mongolia, China 425 KuoRay Mao, Qian Zhang, and Micaela Truslove PART VII CLIMATE AND INEQUALITY 25 Climate change governance, environment, and inequality in Latin America 446 Ruth E. McKie 26 Social theory and climate change in the interregnum 460 Robert J. Antonio 27 Hurricanes, floods, and environmental inequality 486 Jayajit Chakraborty, Timothy W. Collins, Aaron B. Flores, and Sara E. Grineski PART VIII NATURAL RESOURCES AND INEQUALITY 28 Coal and environmental inequality 502 Ryan Wishart and Pierce Greenberg 29 Hydraulic fracturing and environmental inequality 527 Stephanie A. Malin, Adam Mayer, and Shawn Hazboun 30 Uranium mining, environmental inequality, and Native American health 551 Averi R. Fegadel PART IX FOOD INSECURITY, INJUSTICE, AND INEQUALITY 31 Food insecurity, inequality, and the environment 570 Stephen J. Scanlan 32 Food insecurity and inequality among young people in the United States 597 Lara Gonçalves Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of research on changing behaviour to become less environmentally harmful. Exploring how well-designed, contextually appropriate behaviour change interventions can work, it charts a path for future research that challenges traditional assumptions to maximise pro-environmental impact.Drawing together work from diverse perspectives and disciplines, this Handbook makes six key recommendations for anyone working towards a more sustainable society. Giving a critical perspective on existing ways of thinking about research and policy, leading global scholars examine behavioural change in the public and private sphere. Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, they review key success stories and identify where new ideas and approaches are needed. Chapters discuss cutting-edge issues including citizen science, effectiveness of behavioural interventions, norm nudges, public participation in climate policy, and children’s pro-environmentalism. The Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students of sustainability, social psychology, cultural and human geography, environmental governance, and natural resource management. It will also prove an essential guide for practitioners and activists seeking evidence-based strategies to induce change.Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION Introduction to the Handbook on Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change 2 Birgitta Gatersleben and Niamh Murtagh PART II STATE OF THE ART 1 Why do some behaviour change interventions not work as well as expected? 16 Wojke Abrahamse 2 Intrinsic motivation to act pro-environmentally 28 Linda Steg 3 Evaluating the effectiveness of pro-environmental behaviour change interventions: a review of reviews 38 Birgitta Gatersleben, George Murrell and Judith Geusen 4 One thing leads to another? Pro-environmental behavioural spillover 63 Nicholas Nash and Lorraine Whitmarsh 5 Experiences in nature and children’s pro-environmentalism 78 Silvia Collado and Gary W. Evans 6 Norm nudges in neighbourhoods: when do they work and why? 96 Tabea Hoffmann, Ward Rauws, Gregg Sparkman and Jan Willem Bolderdijk PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 7 Measuring pro-environmental behaviour: a critical reflection 114 Birgitta Gatersleben 8 The car or the bike today? Using segmentation to understand and change commuter decision making 125 Stewart Barr 9 Cut from the same cloth? Understanding behavioural consistency in energy and clothes shopping 142 Christopher R. Jones, Natalie McCreesh, Caroline Oates and Helen Storey 10 Designing behavioural interventions for better e-waste management and the circular economy 163 Keshav Parajuly, Ruediger Kuehr and Colin Fitzpatrick 11 Understanding what shapes pro-environmental behaviours in small construction firms 185 Alice M. Owen, Niamh Murtagh and Kate Simpson PART IV THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 12 Is research on pro-environmental behaviour change focused on what matters? 200 Niamh Murtagh 13 Basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation: a humanistic perspective on pro-environmental behaviour change 212 Marlis Wullenkord 14 Environmental identity as a motivator of pro-environmental behaviour 227 Susan Clayton and Sandor Czellar 15 Collective identity as a vehicle for individual and systemic change 240 Gerhard Reese 16 Promoting sustainable behaviours: the problem with materialistic values and potential avenues to progress 252 Amy Isham, Helga Dittmar and Tim Jackson 17 Pro-environmental behaviour is a moral issue 270 Ellen van der Werff PART V ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES 18 Should environmental communication be more disruptive and should psychologists study this more? 281 Christian A. Klöckner 19 Charging for change: the effectiveness of economic instruments to change environmentally-relevant behaviours 289 Wouter Poortinga and Stefan Drews 20 Household air pollution and behaviour change: learning from unexpected findings 308 Brendon R. Barnes 21 Citizen science as a pro-environmental behaviour and a catalyst for further behaviour change 321 Kayleigh J. Wyles and Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes 22 Contested climate policies and public participation: an equal-opportunities- and values-based approach (EVA) 336 Goda Perlaviciute, Lorenzo Squintani and Lu Liu PART VI THE CONTEXTS OF BEHAVIOUR 23 Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to mitigate the biodiversity crisis 354 Melissa R. Marselle and Sarah E. Golding 24 If you want to change behaviour, start with the environment 373 P. Wesley Schultz and Samantha N. Mertens 25 From consumers to citizens – grassroots initiatives for system transformation 388 Sebastian Bamberg 26 A cognitive approach to sustainable lifestyles 405 John Thøgersen 27 Life-course transitions: thinking sociologically about sustainable consumption 423 Kate Burningham and Susan Venn PART VII CONCLUSIONS 28 Concluding thoughts: what is moving us forward and what is still to be done? 443 Niamh Murtagh and Birgitta Gatersleben Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a concise overview of resilience in the context of unprecedented global environmental change, this Advanced Introduction addresses the intertwined systems of people and nature. It explores ecological resilience, incorporating social science approaches and concepts, and identifies and discusses innovative ways of planning for an increasingly unpredictable future. Key Features: Identifies practical resilience-building strategies applicable to multiple areas Provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the fundamentals of social and ecological resilience Proposes new ways of dealing with complex environmental problems which present fundamental challenges to conventional science and technology Highlights knowledge and issues concerning the resilience of Indigenous peoples across the globe, and the lessons that may be learned Examining the concept of resilience rooted in historical analysis, from Greenland’s Vikings to the collapse of Maya civilization, this insightful Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars of environmental studies, ecological economics, environmental and human geography, political studies, socio-economics, sociology and social policy. It includes key concepts for practitioners in the areas of climate change, development studies, disaster management, and natural resources management.Trade Review‘Resilience is a crucial ingredient of healthy environments, societies, and communities – but what is it and how do we get it? Berkes tells us, through a masterful exploration that looks back in history and right up to the present day of COVID-19. The book is filled with real-world examples, making it down-to-earth and pleasantly readable.’ -- Anthony Charles, Director, Community Conservation Research Network, Canada‘This book is a brilliant synthesis of resilience scholarship. It provides a fresh perspective on ways that society can address its most urgent challenges despite prevailing uncertainties about the future. This clearly written book is essential reading for managers, policy-makers, scientists, and ordinary citizens.’ -- F. Stuart Chapin III, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, US‘This is a beautiful text on resilience, the ability of a system to renew itself while adapting to or transforming with change, with a focus on social-ecological systems. Fikret Berkes explains resilience as capacities, with stories and cases from Indigenous groups to governance of climate change. A pleasure to read, highly recommended!’ -- Carl Folke, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University, Sweden

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a concise overview of resilience in the context of unprecedented global environmental change, this Advanced Introduction addresses the intertwined systems of people and nature. It explores ecological resilience, incorporating social science approaches and concepts, and identifies and discusses innovative ways of planning for an increasingly unpredictable future. Key Features: Identifies practical resilience-building strategies applicable to multiple areas Provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the fundamentals of social and ecological resilience Proposes new ways of dealing with complex environmental problems which present fundamental challenges to conventional science and technology Highlights knowledge and issues concerning the resilience of Indigenous peoples across the globe, and the lessons that may be learned Examining the concept of resilience rooted in historical analysis, from Greenland’s Vikings to the collapse of Maya civilization, this insightful Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars of environmental studies, ecological economics, environmental and human geography, political studies, socio-economics, sociology and social policy. It includes key concepts for practitioners in the areas of climate change, development studies, disaster management, and natural resources management.Trade Review‘Resilience is a crucial ingredient of healthy environments, societies, and communities – but what is it and how do we get it? Berkes tells us, through a masterful exploration that looks back in history and right up to the present day of COVID-19. The book is filled with real-world examples, making it down-to-earth and pleasantly readable.’ -- Anthony Charles, Director, Community Conservation Research Network, Canada‘This book is a brilliant synthesis of resilience scholarship. It provides a fresh perspective on ways that society can address its most urgent challenges despite prevailing uncertainties about the future. This clearly written book is essential reading for managers, policy-makers, scientists, and ordinary citizens.’ -- F. Stuart Chapin III, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, US‘This is a beautiful text on resilience, the ability of a system to renew itself while adapting to or transforming with change, with a focus on social-ecological systems. Fikret Berkes explains resilience as capacities, with stories and cases from Indigenous groups to governance of climate change. A pleasure to read, highly recommended!’ -- Carl Folke, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University, Sweden

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Book SynopsisClimate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. For the sake of human civilization and life on earth we must do all we can to keep global warming at the lowest possible level. Addressing climate change is everyone’s duty and that includes teachers of English. In order to support students and non-native English speakers, this important work provides an introduction to climate change via simple chapters addressing different and important dimensions of climate change and helps students acquire basic language skills which will allow them to study similar or more difficult texts. Each chapter offers an introduction on the topic discussed and its relation to climate change, outlines climate change or other related environmental science terms and 6-8 exercises on grammar, syntax and consolidation of terminology. Topics covered include climate change and tourism, gender, worker safety, mental and physical health, food production, deforestation, art, and much more. Offering an interdisciplinary introduction to climate change and its intersection with numerous industries and facets of life, The Academic Language of Climate Change, provides a necessary and welcome introduction for undergraduate and graduate students, and any non-native English speakers seeking to engage with climate change research.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Climate Change: Causes and Impacts; Walter Leal Filho and Evangelos Manolas Chapter 2. Climate Change and Agriculture; Chrysovalantou Antonopoulou Chapter 3. Climate Change and Tourism: Challenges and Prospects; Fotini Bantoudi and Maria Pentaftiki Chapter 4. Climate Change: Health and Safety of Workers; Panagiota Barbouti-Baloti, Angeliki Kouna, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 5. Gender and Climate Change; Efthalia Gerou and Dimitrios Geros Chapter 6. Adapting to Climate Change: Adaptation Options and Forms; Hacer Gören Chapter 7. Climate Change and Human Mobility; Hacer Gören Chapter 8. Climate Education Experience at University of Latvia; Indra Karapetjana and Maris Klavins Chapter 9. Climate Change and Energy; Evangelia Karasmanaki Chapter 10. Solastalgia: Looking into the Implicit Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health; Eirene Katsarou Chapter 11. Health and Climate Change; Margarita-Eleni Manola and George Tribonias Chapter 12. Climate Change and Food Production; Ioanna Mantzourani Chapter 13. Climate Change and Deforestation; Diamantis Myrtsidis Chapter 14. Climate Change and Art; Dimitra Pantiora, Ioannis Theodoulou, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 15. Utilizing the Systems Thinking Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Organizations; Christian Virgil and Kit Fai Pun Chapter 16. Climate Change and the Agro-food system; Elena Raptou Chapter 17. Droughts and Climate Change; Manuel Salvador da Conceição Rebelo Chapter 18. Climate change and Employment; Paschalina Siskou Chapter 19. Climate Change and Tourism: Towards a Sustainable Future; Ioanna Vasileiadou Chapter 20. Climate Change, Land Use and Land Management in Africa: The case of The Gambia; Franziska Wolf Chapter 21. The impacts of climate change on the forest ecosystems of the Mediterranean; Aikaterini Zerva Chapter 22. Climate change and health: The case of infectious diseases; Evangelia Tsagaki-Rekleitou, Vasiliki Oikonomou, Archonto-Dimitra Boukouvala, Maria Tsatsou, Theodora Skreka, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 23. Climate Change: Five Scenarios for the Future; Evangelos Manolas and Walter Leal Filho Key to Chapter Exercises

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book invites readers to rethink environmental law and its critical role in ensuring a sustainable future for all. Featuring international narratives, it demonstrates how environmental law can be a potent tool to secure multi-actor engagement, to improve ocean governance and to usher in effective policy reforms. Contributors illustrate narratives of successful historic and contemporary developments in environmental law, setting out innovative approaches to issues such as environmental enforcement and monitoring, effective forest protection, climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Drawing out key lessons and practices for effective reform, this insightful book highlights opportunities by which we can respond to the acute environmental challenges facing the planet. Bringing together perspectives from both established and up-and-coming scholars, this book will be of interest to academics and students of environmental law, as well as researchers of environmental management. Policy makers and practitioners will also find inspiration in fruitful stories of environmental law and policy reform. Contributors include: T.N. Adimazoya, T. Daya-Winterbottom, R.-L. Eisma-Osorio, D. Estrin, A. Foerster, L.L. Heng, E.A. Kirk, Y. Lin, R.V. Percival, F.-K. Phillips, A. Pickering, N. Robinson, J. Steinberg-AlbinTrade Review'This uplifting compilation of environmental law success stories from all over the world offers hope, guidance, and inspiration - a welcome antidote to the paralyzing despair that pervades so many conversations about our increasingly damaged planet.' --Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors vi Foreword: Changing the Story by Antonio Oposa, Jr. viii Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction: the need to rethink environmental laws 1 Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, Elizabeth A. Kirk and Jessica Steinberg Albin 2 Getting the lead out: the phase-out of gasoline lead additives – a global environmental success story 8 Robert V. Percival 3 Caring for our oceans and their biodiversity 30 Trevor Daya-Winterbottom 4 The Charter of the Forest: evolving human rights in nature 54 Nicholas A. Robinson 5 Implementation of obligations for wetland and waterfowl conservation under the Ramsar Convention: lessons and options at the Sakumo Lagoon, Ghana 75 David Estrin, Freedom-Kai Phillips and Theodore Nsoe Adimazoya 6 Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in law and policy: prospects for transformative flood risk management in Australia 100 Anita Foerster 7 Public housing in Singapore: a success story in sustainable development 128 Lye Lin-Heng 8 A perfect storm: how China’s Taizhou case marks the beginning of a new era of environmental enforcement 154 Amy Pickering and Yanmei Lin Index 174

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Book SynopsisThis incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty expert international contributors, it offers important insights into the inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy system and the changing structures of society.Structured in four thematic parts, the Research Handbook begins with an analysis of the evolution of large-scale energy production and consumption using coal, oil and gas. Chapters then explore social divisions and inequalities in energy systems in different countries, before moving on to discuss energy governance, policy and politics, along with strategies to achieve transformation. In the final part, the Research Handbook investigates forms of knowledge, stories and public engagement being used to re-make energy futures, concluding that social sciences are identifying the inter-locking societal and technical changes needed to enable rapid systemic changes in energy.The Research Handbook on Energy and Society will be a crucial resource for social science scholars and students interested in the intersections of energy, climate change and society, including aspects of governance, policy and politics, social identity, social justice and inequalities.Trade Review‘At last, a serious review of the interactions between society and energy. The Handbook considers the impacts of decarbonisation options from many angles, but all through the lens of society and social science, and not just from the techno-economic perspectives which usually dominate such analysis. The authors provide valuable insights, not only into the potential changes to energy production and consumption but also to the governance needed to achieve them, as society is weaned off its dependence on fossil fuels.’ -- Keith MacLean OBE, Providence Policy, London, UK‘Too often seen as a technical issue, how we live with and can transform our energy systems is a societal challenge. This Handbook gathers international contributors to examine the profound social questions that underpin how energy is provided and used. Drawing on examples from a wide range of social contexts, it provides crucial insights into how energy is central not only to how we live but who we are and offers key findings pointing to how the transformations necessary for a more sustainable future can be realised.’ -- Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: A few words on the creation of the cover image xviii 1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy and Society: why study energy and society? 1 Janette Webb, Faye Wade and Margaret Tingey PART I ENERGY SERVICES AND THE MAKING OF MARKETS 2 Socio-technical transitions from coal and gas: an unfinished story 14 Peter J.G. Pearson 3 This land is our land: understanding energy nationalism 31 David McCrone 4 The making of energy consumers: from mutual provisioning to mass markets and beyond 45 Hiroki Shin and Heather Chappells 5 Services revisited: what is energy for? 57 Janine Morley 6 Heating system transformation in Europe: accelerating sources of path dependence to escape carbon lock-in 69 Richard Hanna and Robert Gross 7 The redesign of electricity markets under EU influence: the capacity mechanism in Britain and France 83 Thomas Reverdy, Frédéric Marty and Ronan Bolton 8 Pivoting toward Energy Transition 2.0: learning from electricity 97 Gretchen Bakke PART II SOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN ENERGY AND SOCIETY 9 Why rationale matters in energy and climate policy 112 Niall Kerr 10 Access to energy: the contribution of the social sciences to delivering energy equity and justice 126 Julia Tomei and Long Seng To 11 Gender and solar energy in India’s low-carbon energy transition 141 Karina Standal and Mariëlle Feenstra 12 Contextualizing Nussbaumer via Nussbaum: unveiling a multi-disciplinary, human capabilities-centred approach to energy poverty from Mexico 154 Karla Ricalde, Karla G. Cedano, Harriet Thomson and Tiare Robles 13 Closing the gender gaps in energy sector recruitment, retention and advancement 168 Bipasha Baruah and Sandra Biskupski-Mujanovic 14 Social divisions in energy justice in the transport sector: personal car ownership and use 184 Karen Lucas, Noel Cass and Muhammed Adeel PART III ENERGY GOVERNANCE, POLICIES AND POLITICS 15 Will China deliver urban ‘ecological civilisation’? 201 David Tyfield 16 Energy transitions and multi-level governance: how has devolution in the United Kingdom affected renewable energy development? 215 Richard Cowell 17 Local heat and energy efficiency policy: ambiguity and ambivalence in England and Scotland 229 Faye Wade, Janette Webb and Margaret Tingey 18 Energy policy for buildings fit for the future 245 Tina Fawcett and Marina Topouzi 19 How non-energy policies shape demand for energy 259 Sarah Royston and Jan Selby 20 Debating energy futures on Lewis: energy transition, the politics of land use and law, and the question of the commons 272 Annabel Pinker PART IV CLIMATE CONSEQUENCES AND ENERGY FUTURES 21 Knowledge infrastructures for sustainable energy transitions: marine renewable energy in Scotland 287 Shana Lee Hirsch 22 ‘A little self-sufficient town close to the beach’: local energy system transformation through the lens of place and public things 299 Nick Pidgeon, Christopher Groves, Catherine Cherry, Gareth Thomas, Fiona Shirani and Karen Henwood 23 Disrupting markets with peer-to-peer energy trading 317 Alexandra Schneiders, Anna Gorbatcheva, Michael J. Fell and David Shipworth 24 Making energy futures at the edge of the grid: smart energy innovation in rural communities 328 Heather Lovell 25 Energy futures: understanding integrated energy systems modelling 340 Antti Silvast 26 How stories of the future impact energy and climate policy in the present 354 Noam Bergman and Kathryn B. Janda 27 Conclusions and new directions for energy and society research 367 Janette Webb and Faye Wade Index 375

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.We face many important global environmental problems today, including climate change, biodiversity destruction, and environmental health issues. Key among the tools we have to understand and solve these problems is research. This Research Agenda argues for a transdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental management to provide better understanding and outcomes leading to practical solutions.By describing the key strategies needed to overcome common global environmental challenges and to undertake successful interdisciplinary environmental research, this Research Agenda demonstrates the possibilities for successful transdisciplinary environmental research. A series of case studies shows how this transdisciplinary approach to research has improved understandings of environmental problems and their potential solutions. Discussing the types of participation required and the difficulties of incorporating diverse groups into research projects, this Research Agenda provides lessons in how to successfully undertake transdisciplinary research in order to meet these challenges. A Research Agenda for Environmental Management provides invaluable insights for interdisciplinary researchers in all fields affected by environmental management as well as students and scholars engaged in environmental research looking for ways to successfully integrate transdisciplinary approaches into their work.Contributors include: J. Abrams, D.B. Agusdinata, G. Alonso-Yanez, B. Barnett, N. Basiliko, K. Calvert, D. Córdoba, T. de Souza, M. del Carmen Fragoso Medina, J.L. Dunn, A. Eastmond, D.J. Flaspohler, K. Floress, V.S. Gagnon, A. Giang, H.S. Gorman, R.B. Guerrero, K.E. Halvorsen, R.M. Handler, M.A. Hanif, R.J. Heffron, J. Heyman, L. House-Peters, A. Kantamneni, J.L. Knowlton, R.A. LaFave, J. Licata, H.K. Lukosch, E.E. Mata-Zayas, R. Medeiros, M.A. Mesa-Jurado, D. Minakata, A. Mirchi, C. Moseley, T. Moya Mose, T.H. Mwampamba, C.J.V. Navarrete, E.A. Nielsen, M. Ohira, E. Ortega, J.A. Perlinger, E.C. Pischke, E.W. Prehoda, V.D.P. Risso, J.C. Sacramento-Rivero, M. Samimi, D. Sanchez, C. Schelly, T.L. Selfa, R. Shwom, R.V. Sidortsov, B. Tarekegne, G. Tchobanoglous, N.R. Urban, L.P. Volkow, S. Walker, D. Watkins, R.L. WinklerTrade Review'In the new edited volume: A Research Agenda for Environmental Management, edited by Kathlen Halvorsen, Chelsea Schelley, Robert Handler, Erin C. Pischke, and Jessie Knowlton, we have a much needed accessible and useable handbook on how to do transdisciplinary and collaborative research in the era of climate change, which presents never-before faced challenges in environmental management. Authors do a splendid job of providing case studies on how to further expand our understanding and implementation of TD research to address the wicked problems of our time. This edited volume is accessible and useful for those looking to expand their use and understanding of TD methods and approaches.' --Gabrielle Roesch McNally, Climate Hubs, US Department of AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction to transdisciplinarity in environmental management research 1. Introduction: a research agenda for environmental management through transdisciplinary, social science-rich environmental governance research Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Jessie L. Knowlton, Chelsea Schelly, Robert M. Handler and Erin C. Pischke 2. Governing sustainability and environmental management: what, why, and how? Erin C. Pischke, Robert M. Handler and Jessie L. Knowlton 3. Power within and beyond the state: understanding how power relations shape environmental management Jesse Abrams, Diana Córdoba, Roman V. Sidortsov, Chelsea Schelly and Hugh S. Gorman Part II Integrating diverse sectors and disciplines into transdisciplinary environmental management research 4. Integrating across sectors and disciplines: transdisciplinary teamwork challenges and strategies Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Jessie L. Knowlton, Robert M. Handler, Chelsea Schelly and Erin C. Pischke 5. Transdisciplinary research teams: broadening the scope of who participates in research Erin C. Pischke, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Tuyeni Heita Mwampamba, Lily House-Peters, Amarella Eastmond, Lucía Pérez Volkow, Mayra del Carmen Fragoso Medina and Marcella Ohira 6. Administrative roles in environmental governance research: scientists incorporating policymakers Robert A. LaFave and Jennifer L. Dunn 7. Incorporating community: opportunities and challenges in community-engaged research Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle L. Winkler and Kirby Calvert 8. Crossing boundaries: cross-national, transdisciplinary research and teamwork Erin C. Pischke, Amarella Eastmond and Gabriela Alonso-Yanez Part III Case studies of transdisciplinary, social science-rich environmental management research 9. Policy, science, and transdisciplinary research: when will it be safe to eat as much fish as desired? Hugh S. Gorman, Valoree S. Gagnon, Amanda Giang, Judith A. Perlinger and Noel R. Urban 10. Lessons from the transdisciplinary, international BIOPIRE project Jennifer L. Dunn, Jessie L. Knowlton, Robert M. Handler, Erin C. Pischke, Kathleen E. Halvorsen, M. Azahara Mesa-Jurado, Theresa L. Selfa, David J. Flaspohler, Julian Licata, Ena E. Mata-Zayas, Rodrigo Medeiros, Cassandra Moseley, Erik A. Nielsen, Valentin D Picasso Risso, Julio C. Sacramento-Rivero, Tatiana de Souza, Cesar J. VazquezNavarrete and Nathan Basiliko 11. Applying transdisciplinary research to enhance low-to-moderate income households’ access to community solar Brad Barnett, Emily W. Prehoda, Abhilash Kantamneni, Richelle Winkler and Chelsea Schelly 12. In search for common ground: energy justice perspectives in global fossil fuel extraction Roman V. Sidortsov, Raphael J. Heffron, Tedd Moya Mose, Chelsea Schelly and Bethel Tarekegne 13. Understanding household conservation, climate change, and the food-energy-water nexus from a transdisciplinary perspective David Watkins, Rachael Shwom, Chelsea Schelly, Datu B. Agusdinata, Kristin Floress and Kathleen E. Halvorsen 14. A role-playing game development for supporting interventions to reduce household greenhouse gas emissions: transdisciplinary pathways and challenges Datu B. Agusdinata, Muhammad A. Hanif, Heide K. Lukosch, and Excel Ortega 15. Community implementation of potable reuse of treated wastewater Ali Mirchi, Josiah Heyman, George Tchobanoglous, Daisuke Minakata, Shane Walker, Maryam Samimi, R. Brian Guerrero, Diego Sanchez, Robert Handler Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book invites readers to rethink environmental law and its critical role in ensuring a sustainable future for all. Featuring international narratives, it demonstrates how environmental law can be a potent tool to secure multi-actor engagement, to improve ocean governance and to usher in effective policy reforms. Contributors illustrate narratives of successful historic and contemporary developments in environmental law, setting out innovative approaches to issues such as environmental enforcement and monitoring, effective forest protection, climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Drawing out key lessons and practices for effective reform, this insightful book highlights opportunities by which we can respond to the acute environmental challenges facing the planet. Bringing together perspectives from both established and up-and-coming scholars, this book will be of interest to academics and students of environmental law, as well as researchers of environmental management. Policy makers and practitioners will also find inspiration in fruitful stories of environmental law and policy reform. Contributors include: T.N. Adimazoya, T. Daya-Winterbottom, R.-L. Eisma-Osorio, D. Estrin, A. Foerster, L.L. Heng, E.A. Kirk, Y. Lin, R.V. Percival, F.-K. Phillips, A. Pickering, N. Robinson, J. Steinberg-AlbinTrade Review'This uplifting compilation of environmental law success stories from all over the world offers hope, guidance, and inspiration - a welcome antidote to the paralyzing despair that pervades so many conversations about our increasingly damaged planet.' --Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors vi Foreword: Changing the Story by Antonio Oposa, Jr. viii Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction: the need to rethink environmental laws 1 Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, Elizabeth A. Kirk and Jessica Steinberg Albin 2 Getting the lead out: the phase-out of gasoline lead additives – a global environmental success story 8 Robert V. Percival 3 Caring for our oceans and their biodiversity 30 Trevor Daya-Winterbottom 4 The Charter of the Forest: evolving human rights in nature 54 Nicholas A. Robinson 5 Implementation of obligations for wetland and waterfowl conservation under the Ramsar Convention: lessons and options at the Sakumo Lagoon, Ghana 75 David Estrin, Freedom-Kai Phillips and Theodore Nsoe Adimazoya 6 Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in law and policy: prospects for transformative flood risk management in Australia 100 Anita Foerster 7 Public housing in Singapore: a success story in sustainable development 128 Lye Lin-Heng 8 A perfect storm: how China’s Taizhou case marks the beginning of a new era of environmental enforcement 154 Amy Pickering and Yanmei Lin Index 174

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Book SynopsisFeaturing an international, multidisciplinary set of contributors, this thought-provoking book reimagines established narratives of the Anthropocene to allow differences in regions and contexts to be taken seriously, emphasising the importance of localised and situated knowledge. Envisaging a narrative of change that renders visible the complex transformations taking place across the globe, this book outlines new and radical ways to address the current environmental crisis in a more sustainable and context-specific manner. It presents empirical studies from various contexts, highlighting the potentiality of non-Western knowledge, concepts and categories as well as recognising the entanglement of humans with other beings and ecosystems. In particular, it offers critical engagement with the debates around the Anthropocene by challenging the dominant techno-rational agenda that often prevails in socio-political and academic discussions. This book will be crucial reading for researchers and post-graduate students working in fields from human geography and tourism studies to law, public policy and administration, philosophy, politics and organisation studies who are dealing with intersecting issues of environment, sustainability, indigenous rights, space and ethics. It will also be helpful for policy makers and research consultants in leveraging localised solutions to the current ecological crisis.Trade Review'Have we run out of time to think and live differently? In this timely, globally relevant text, Valtonen, Rantala and Farah invite us to travel with them on a journey of human-earth relationships in relation to ethics, politics and space. Contributors have collectively produced a critical and provocative text which touches. Beautifully and sensitively written, readers will be inspired to radically question the ways in which we have contributed to capitalism's destruction of our planet. What matters is radically rethinking our being with human and non-human others as a political and ethical intervention.' --Alison Pullen, Macquarie University, Australia'Ethics and Politics of Space for the Anthropocene brings us stories that plumb the depths of both theory and grounded insights from the margins of Europe and the Indian sub-continent. With surprising and novel relations generated, this refreshing mix of voices counters growth-based, techno-oriented business as usual at our current climatic juncture and gives perspectives as well as hopes for an uncertain future of our making.' --Edward H. Huijbens, Wageningen University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: reimagining ways of talking about the Anthropocene 1 Anu Valtonen and Outi Rantala PART I REIMAGINATIONS 2 Imagining place and politics in the Anthropocene 17 Forrest Clingerman 3 Walking with rocks – with care 35 Outi Rantala, Anu Valtonen and Tarja Salmela 4 On scientific fabulation: storytelling in the more-than-human world 51 Emily Höckert PART II STORIES FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES 5 Rethinking knowledge, power, agency: learning from displaced and slum communities in Bangladesh 72 Afroja Khanam and Tiina Seppälä 6 Spaces of climate justice: towards an ethical politics of intervention in the Anthropocene 107 Paul Routledge 7 Between extractivism and sacredness: the struggle for environmental inheritances by the Adivasi communities of India 124 Arpita Bisht PART III LAW AND TECHNOLOGY 8 Beyond the Capitalocene: an ecocentric perspective for the energy transition 150 Giovanni Frigo 9 Temporality, technology and justice in Hannah Arendt: a critical approach 175 Jana Lozanoska 10 The Anthropocene and climate change in the post-Paris Agreement debate 197 Paolo Davide Farah and Marek Prityi 11 The role of imagination, marginalized communities, law and technology in building an ethical approach to the Anthropocene 210 Paolo Davide Farah Index

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Book SynopsisThis extraordinary book provides a critical review of the work of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen in conventional economics, environmental economics and methodology. Particular attention is paid to the role of thermodynamics in Georgescu-Roegen's economics.Trade Review'Georgescu-Roegen was a truly great economist . . . This welcome exposition of his major ideas by Beard and Lozada should help economists understand Georgescu, both the revolutionary boldness and originality of many of his ideas and the careful logic with which he developed them. I believe Beard and Lozada have done an excellent job, both of selection and of exposition . . . My hope is that this book will do for Georgescu's ideas what Alvin Hansen did for the ideas of John Maynard Keynes with his A Guide to Keynes published back in 1953. In my view Georgescu's intellectual contribution will be even greater than that of Keynes.' -- From the foreword by Herman Daly, University of Maryland, College Park, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Herman E. Daly 1. Introduction 2. Nicholas Georgesçu-Roegen: A Scholarly Refugee 3. Georgesçu-Roegen’s Epistemology and Economic Methodology 4. Georgesçu-Roegen and “Normal Science” 5. An Economist’s Primer on Thermodynamics 6. Thermodynamics and Georgesçu-Roegen’s Economics 7. Bioeconomics 8. Conclusion Bibliography References Index

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Book SynopsisThe assessment and management of risks to human health and the environment has become a topic of increasing importance and presents one of the major challenges to modern society. This comprehensive volume draws together key papers from a range of different perspectives and offers the reader an important insight into the basic principles of environmental risk management.Topics include the background to environmental risk, human health and ecological risk assessment, risk perception and communication, strategic issues in corporate environmental risk and environmental risk and siting hazardous facilities.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Simon Gerrard PART I BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL RISK 1. Vincent T. Covello and Jeryl Mumpower (1985), ‘Risk Analysis and Risk Management: An Historical Perspective’ 2. Emmanuel Somers (1995), ‘Perspectives on Risk Management’ 3. W. Kip Viscusi (1993), ‘The Value of Risks to Life and Health’ 4. Roger E. Kasperson and Jeanne X. Kasperson (1996), ‘The Social Amplification and Attenuation of Risk’ 5. Thomas Dietz, Paul C. Stern and Robert W. Rycroft (1989), ‘Definitions of Conflict and the Legitimation of Resources: The Case of Environmental Risk’ 6. Cynthia G. Jardine and Steve E. Hrudey (1997), ‘Mixed Messages in Risk Communication’ 7. Barry A. Turner (1994), ‘The Future for Risk Research’ PART II HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT 8. John Solbé (1999), ‘Vipers, Humic Acids and Hurricances: Some Thoughts on Environmental Risk Assessment in Europe’ 9. Paolo F. Ricci and Mario C. Cirillo (1985), ‘Uncertainty in Health Risk Analysis’ 10. Michael Gough (1991), ‘Human Health Effects: What the Data Indicate’ 11. Keith R. Solomon (1996), ‘Overview of Recent Developments in Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment’ 12. Glenn W. Suter II, Barney W. Cornaby, Charles T. Hadden, Ruth N. Hull, Mark Stack and Fred A. Zafran (1995), ‘An Approach for Balancing Health and Ecological Risks at Hazardous Waste Sites’ 13. D.C. Kocher and F.O. Hoffman (1996), ‘Comment on "An Approach for Balancing Health and Ecological Risks at Hazardous Waste Sites"’ 14. Robert J. Kavlock and Gerald T. Ankley (1996), ‘A Perspective on the Risk Assessment Process for Endocrine-Disruptive Effects on Wildlife and Human Health’ 15. A. Dennis Lemly (1996), ‘Risk Assessment in the Regulatory Process for Wetlands’ 16. Joanna Burger (1994), ‘How Should Success be Measured in Ecological Risk Assessment? The Importance of Predictive Accuracy’ PART III RISK PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION 17. Aaron Wildavsky and Karl Dake (1990), ‘Theories of Risk Perception: Who Fears What and Why?’ 18. Cynthia J. Atman, Ann Bostrom, Baruch Fischhoff and M. Granger Morgan (1994), ‘Designing Risk Communications: Completing and Correcting Mental Models of Hazardous Processes, Part I’ 19. Ann Bostrom, Cynthia J. Atman, Baruch Fischhoff and M. Granger Morgan (1994), ‘Evaluating Risk Communications: Completing and Correcting Mental Models of Hazardous Processes, Part II’ 20. James Tansey and Tim O’Riordan (1999), ‘Cultural Theory and Risk: A Review’ 21. Richard P. Barke, Hank Jenkins-Smith and Paul Slovic (1997), ‘Risk Perceptions of Men and Women Scientists’ 22. Peter M. Sandman, Neil D. Weinstein and Paul Miller (1994), ‘High Risk or Low: How Location on a "Risk Ladder" Affects Perceived Risk’ 23. Ortwin Renn (1998), ‘The Role of Risk Communication and Public Dialogue for Improving Risk Management’ 24. Frank N. Laird (1989), ‘The Decline of Deference: The Political Context of Risk Communication’ 25. Tamara R. Lave and Lester B. Lave (1991), ‘Public Perception of the Risks of Floods: Implications for Communication’ 26. Roger E. Kasperson (1986), ‘Six Propositions on Public Participation and Their Relevance for Risk Communication’ 27. Baruch Fischhoff (1995), ‘Risk Perception and Communication Unplugged: Twenty Years of Process’ 28. Richard G. Peters, Vincent T. Covello and David B. McCallum (1997), ‘The Determinants of Trust and Credibility in Environmental Risk Communication: An Empirical Study’ 29. Josée C.M. Van Eijndhoven, Rob A.P.M. Weterings, Cor W. Worrell, Joop de Boer, Joop van der Pligt and Pieter-Jan M. Stallen (1994), ‘Risk Communication in The Netherlands: The Monitored Introduction of the EC "Post-Seveso" Directive’ PART IV STRATEGIC ISSUES IN CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK 30. M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell (1996), ‘Global Risk Management’ 31. A. Neale (1997), ‘Organisational Learning in Contested Environments: Lessons from Brent Spar’ 32. Susan L. Santos, Vincent T. Covello and David B. McCallum (1996), ‘Industry Response to SARA Title III: Pollution Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Risk Communication’ 33. Peter Mascini (1998), ‘Risky Information: Social Limits to Risk Management’ PART V ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND SITING HAZARDOUS FACILITIES 34. Michael K. Lindell and Timothy C. Earle (1983), ‘How Close Is Close Enough: Public Perceptions of the Risks of Industrial Facilities’ 35. Roger E. Kasperson, Dominic Golding and Seth Tuler (1992), ‘Social Distrust as a Factor in Siting Hazardous Facilities and Communicating Risks’ 36. Howard Kunreuther, Kevin Fitzgerald and Thomas D. Aarts (1993), ‘Siting Noxious Facilities: A Test of the Facility Siting Credo’ 37. Patrick Field, Howard Raiffa and Lawrence Susskind (1996), ‘Risk and Justice: Rethinking the Concept of Compensation’ PART VI ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT 38. Michael Thompson and Steve Rayner (1998), ‘Risk and Governance Part I: The Discourses of Climate Change’ 39. Michael Thompson, Steve Rayner and Steven Ney (1998), ‘Risk and Governance Part II: Policy in a Complex and Plurally Perceived World’ 40. David Lewis Feldman, Ruth Anne Hanahan and Ralph Perhac (1999), ‘Environmental Priority-Setting Through Comparative Risk Assessment’ 41. Paul Bennett (1999), ‘Governing Environmental Risk: Regulation, Insurance and Moral Economy’ 42. Richard J. Zeckhauser and W. Kip Viscusi (1996), ‘The Risk Management Dilemma’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisAs greater significance is placed on the relationship between people and their environment it is increasingly acknowledged that few environmental problems can be solved without considering the social context in which they arise. But what does it mean to incorporate the 'social' and what types of social sciences are needed? This incisive book critically reviews the theoretical perspectives that underlie social scientific contributions to natural resource management and argues for both a greater social science presence and for conceptual and methodological clarity within the social sciences themselves.The expert contributors explore how new concepts and approaches can contribute positively to natural resource management. They demonstrate how the social sciences can be used as a vehicle to highlight social concerns as well as to foster greater participation, co-operation, and integration among community members, natural resource managers and researchers. Through detailed case studies from Australasia and the Americas, the authors illustrate how different social science perspectives can be utilised. The range and variety of views provide a basis for the evaluation of various and often competing disciplinary paradigms within the social sciences. This book will undoubtedly contribute to a more sophisticated debate about the place of the 'social' in environmental research. It will prove to be of great worth to students and researchers of environmental and social issues, to those involved in environmental decision making and community planning, as well as environmental policymakers and natural resource managers.Trade Review'For those interested in land degradation, this book does provide some useful insights, as it is often as a result of poorly integrated land-management strategies that degradation can occur.' -- C. Sullivan, Land Degradation and DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Role of the Social Sciences in Natural Resource Management Part II: Planning and Impact Assessment Part III: Sustaining Resources Part IV: Institutions and Regulation Index

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Book SynopsisSocial Impact Assessment (SIA) is the process of analysing and managing the intended and unintended consequences on the human environment of planned interventions (policies, programmes, plans, projects) so as to bring about a more sustainable and equitable biophysical and human environment. This important Handbook presents an indispensable overview of the range of new methods and of the conceptual advances in SIA.Recent increased attention to social considerations has led to substantial development in the techniques useful to, and the thinking in, SIA. A distinguished group of contributors provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the cutting-edge in SIA development.This Handbook outlines a new understanding and definition of SIA and, as such, will be an invaluable reference tool for both practitioners and scholars at different levels working in the fields of SIA and environmental studies (including both impact assessment and management).Trade Review'This book provides a valuable addition to the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) literature. While the volume addresses several good examples of "how to" case studies it also firmly addresses the importance of the need for firm conceptual and theoretical guidelines for SIA practice. . . the volume is an excellent contribution to the SIA literature and I highly recommend it to both practitioner and researcher alike.' -- Geoff Syme, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management'An innovative collection which takes social impact assessment to the frontiers of environmental and social policy and citizen awareness. Unusually, this collection includes both sophisticated quantitative tools and equally important chapters on participation, stakeholder involvement and environmental mediation. A most valuable source book.' -- Michael Redclift, King's College, London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Conceptual and Methodological Advances in Social Impact Assessment Frank Vanclay PART I: CONCEPTUAL ADVANCES IN SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2. Undertaking Longitudinal Research Nick Taylor, Colin Goodrich, Gerard Fitzgerald and Wayne McClintock 3. Using Local Knowledge James Baines, Wayne McClintock, Nick Taylor and Brigid Buckenham 4. Learning from Participatory Land Management Neil Powell and Janice Jiggins 5. Integrating Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Roel Slootweg, Frank Vanclay and Marlies van Schooten 6. Conceptualizing Social Change Processes and Social Impacts Marlies van Schooten, Frank Vanclay and Roel Slootweg 7. Integrating Health and Social Impact Assessment Robert Rattle and Roy E. Kwiatkowski 8. An Ecological Model of Wellbeing Davianna Pomaika’i McGregor, Paula Tanemura Morelli, Jon Kei Matsuoka and Luciano Minerbi PART II: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR BEST PRACTICE 9. Theory Formation and Application in Social Impact Assessment Henk Becker 10. Computer-based Qualitative Data Methods Gerard Fitzgerald 11. Assessing Gender Impacts Bina Srinivasan and Lyla Mehta 12. Socioeconomic Modelling for Estimating Intergenerational Impacts Gijs Dekkers 13. Using Geographic Information Systems for Cultural Impact Assessment Luciano Minerbi, Davianna Pomaika’i McGregor and Jon Kei Matsuoka 14. Vulnerability and Capacity Measurement Mark Fenton, Sheridan Coakes and Nadine Marshall 15. Citizen Values Assessment Annelies Stolp 16. Involving the Public Richard Roberts 17. Handling Complex Societal Problems Dorien DeTombe 18. Environmental Mediation Helen Ross Index

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Book SynopsisThis important volume presents a selection of influential articles written by leading scholars whose research is seminal in the development of environmental sociology. The contributors take the discussions of the environmental social sciences into new domains, for example genetics and 'de-materialisation', as well as suggesting new conceptual approaches to familiar problems, such as those of globalisation, scientific uncertainty and environmental citizenship. This outstanding collection, which is a fully up to date companion to the title The Sociology of the Environment, published in 1995, represents a landmark in a field of academic research that is increasingly important for wider policy questions. The volume will be useful to all those interested in environmental issues.Trade Review'This is an invaluable collection: a sharply-focused archive of contemporary thinking on society and nature.' -- William M. Adams, Downing College, Cambridge University, UKTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Graham Woodgate and Michael R. Redclift PART I SOCIAL THEORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 1. Riley E. Dunlap and William R. Catton, Jr. (2002), ‘Which Function(s) of the Environment Do We Study? A Comparison of Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology’ 2. Frederick H. Buttel (2000), ‘Classical Theory and Contemporary Environmental Sociology: Some Reflections on the Antecedents and Prospects for Reflexive Modernization Theories in the Study of Environment and Society’ 3. Allan Schnaiberg, David N. Pellow and Adam Weinberg (2002), ‘The Treadmill of Production and the Environmental State’ 4. John Bellamy Foster (1999), ‘Marx’s Theory of Metabolic Rift: Classical Foundations for Environmental Sociology’ 5. Peter Dickens (2001), ‘Linking the Social and Natural Sciences: Is Capital Modifying Human Biology in Its Own Image?’ 6. Marina Fischer-Kowalski and Helga Weisz (1999), ‘Society as Hybrid Between Material and Symbolic Realms: Toward a Theoretical Framework of Society-Nature Interaction’ 7. Arturo Escobar (1996), ‘Constructing Nature: Elements for a Poststructural Political Ecology’ 8. Éric Darier (1999), ‘Foucault and the Environment: An Introduction’ 9. Alan Irwin (2001), ‘Society, Nature, Knowledge: Co-constructing the Social and the Natural’ PART II ECOLOGICAL MODERNISATION 10. Joseph Murphy (2000), ‘Ecological Modernisation’ 11. Joseph Huber (2000), ‘Towards Industrial Ecology: Sustainable Development as a Concept of Ecological Modernization’ 12. Andrew Blowers (1997), ‘Environmental Policy: Ecological Modernisation or the Risk Society?’ 13. Arthur P.J. Mol (2000), ‘The Environmental Movement in an Era of Ecological Modernisation’ PART III SOCIETY, NATURE AND KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY 14. Noel Castree and Bruce Braun (1998), ‘The Construction of Nature and the Nature of Construction: Analytical and Political Tools for Building Survivable Futures’ 15. David Demeritt (1998), ‘Science, Social Constructivism and Nature’ 16. Sheila Jasanoff and Brian Wynne (1998), ‘Science and Decisionmaking’ 17. Joseph Murphy and Maurie J. Cohen (2001), ‘Consumption, Environment and Public Policy’ PART IV GLOBALISATION, THE STATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 18. Wolfgang Sachs (1999), ‘Globalization and Sustainability’ 19. Steven Yearley (1996), ‘Rethinking the Global’ 20. David John Frank, Ann Hironaka and Evan Schofer (2000), ‘The Nation-State and the Natural Environment Over the Twentieth Century’ 21. Frederick H. Buttel (2000), ‘World Society, the Nation-State, and Environmental Protection: Comment on Frank, Hironaka, and Schofer’ 22. David John Frank, Ann Hironaka and Evan Schofer (2000), ‘Environmentalism as a Global Institution: Reply to Buttel’ 23. Jon Barnett (2001), ‘Environmental Security for People’ 24. Michael Redclift (2001), ‘Environmental Security and the Recombinant Human: Sustainability in the Twenty-first Century’ 25. John S. Dryzek (1997), ‘Leave it to the People: Democratic Pragmatism’ 26. Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Tim Allmark, Peter Buckley, Bindi Clements and Graham Woodgate (2002), ‘The Environmental State and the Forest: Of Lookouts, Lumberjacks, Leopards, and Losers’ PART V AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT 27. Margaret FitzSimmons and David Goodman (1998), ‘Incorporating Nature: Environmental Narratives and the Reproduction of Food’ 28. Sarah Whatmore and Lorraine Thorne (1997), ‘Nourishing Networks: Alternative Geographies of Food’ 29. Graham Woodgate, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Ramón Fernandez Durán, Gloria Guzmán and Eduardo Sevilla Guzmán (1999), ‘Alternative Food and Agriculture Networks: An Agroecological Perspective on Responses to Economic Globalisation and the “New” Agrarian Question’ 30. Terry Marsden (2003), ‘Conclusions: Rural Development as “Real” Ecological Modernisation?’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisExamines how pastoral peoples imagine, or even design, their futures under the pressure of changing environments and large-scale government projects. In East Africa and beyond, pastoral groups find themselves and their livelihoods under increasing threat when dealing with rapid environmental change. On the one hand, they contemplate major upheaval as a result of landscape and climate change on a scale never seen before. At the same time, these often-marginalised groups find themselves subsumed by the wider interests of national political economies prioritising new investment in land as well as encouraging tourism. This book investigates one such group - the nomadic pastoralists in East Pokot in north-west Kenya - and traces their social and ecological transformation over the past two hundred years to show how modern challenges are linked to the past history and also shape the perceptions of pastoral futures. In East Pokot the grass bush savannah upon which the pastoral lifestyle depends has strongly declined over a long period of time, with encroachment of acacia. Though traditionally cattle-rearing, its people have been forced to diversify into raising other browsing animals as well as cattle husbandry. The development efforts of the Kenyan government to use natural resources have also threatened their environment and their way of life. Bringing a long view to the history of human-environmental relations, the author reveals a more complex picture of change that, contrary to earlier assumptions, is not due exclusively to the pastoralists' pasture management, but also to the extinction of wildlife populations in the region, which were hunted heavily in colonial times. Attempts to move beyond Pokot territory, to the regions west of Lake Baringo and to the hard-fought Laikipia Plateau, have often been compromised by violent conflicts. While a younger generation looks to develop new sources of income through the job opportunities created by geothermal energy production, and diversify into other agricultural activities, this has also brought a dynamic social transformation: increasing production and sale of alcohol, decreasingly nomadic lifestyle, growing differences between the older and younger generations, and so on. Contributing to debates on future rural Africa, ecological history and environmental change, the book will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, historians and development scholars. Published in association with the Collaborative Research Centre FUTURE RURAL AFRICA, funded by the German Research Council (DFG).Trade ReviewA solid and insightful modern ethnography of the Pokot people. Captures well the shifts in pastoral practice. An excellent book of its kind. * Judging Panel - Amaury Talbot Prize *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. East Pokot: A Place and its People 3. Pokot Pastoral Livelihoods 4. The Paka Community 5. Environmental Changes in East Pokot 6. Socio-Ecological Transformations in the Agro-Pastoral Highlands 7. Ecological Change and Local Livelihoods: Scientific and Pokot Perspectives 8. Ecological Invasions and Socio-Ecological Transformation 9. Ecological Challenges and Social Transformations Appendix: List of Plant Names (Pokot-Scientific - Scientific-Pokot) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRichly detailed and timely study on conservation, development and sustainability in Tanzania. Provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management and governance of wildlife, forestry and coastal resources. Responding to the urgent need to examine the outcome of interventions in governing natural resources, this book analyses different types of sustainability partnerships - with donors, governments, business, NGOs and other actors, and, crucially, assesses which result in better livelihood and environmental outcomes. The contributors, from a range of disciplines, compare 'more complex' partnerships to relatively 'simpler', more traditional top-down and centralized management systems and to location where sustainability partnerships are not in place. Within-sector comparisons allow a fine-tuned analysis that is formed of historical, location and resource-specific issues, which can be used as input for resource-specific policy and partnership design. Experiences and lessons can be drawn from comparisons across the three different sectors, which can be applied to natural resource governance more broadly. This book is openly available in digital formats under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND.Trade ReviewContested Sustainability responds to the urgent need in writings on conservation, sustainability, and development to attend more thoughtfully, systematically, and innovatively to how politics structures sustainability outcomes at multiple levels. This brilliant collection is required reading for students, scholars, and researchers globally. * Professor Arun Agrawal, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan *An insightful and highly accessible book that meticulously uncovers the complexity of partnerships touted as crucial for achieving sustainability. It challenges us all to interrogate sustainability networks and their environmental and socio-economic outcomes. -- Maano Ramutsindela * University of Cape Town *Impels all actors to read, reflect and interrogate the design of decentralization and devolution models and reassess their delivery strategy. -- Isilda Nhantumbo * Micaia Foundation *A substantial contribution to evidence and analysis of complex natural resource governance in the Global South. -- Fiona Nunan * University of Birmingham *A rich mixture of field research, presentations and discussions in meetings in Europe and Tanzania, this book is a treasure to be taken seriously. -- Chris Maina Peter * University of Dar es Salaam *This is an absolute gem of a book! The impressive and highly readable culmination of a six-year, interdisciplinary research project, it provides a fascinating insight into the dynamics, legitimacy, and environmental and livelihood impacts of complex sustainability partnerships across three sectors in Southwest Tanzania. The collaborative research approach presents in-depth case studies and sophisticated comparative analysis of rich quantitative and qualitative data that give a nuanced perspective on the question whether more stakeholder involvement is always better. A must-read for scholars interested in conservation, development, and livelihood improvements in the Global South. -- Janina Grabs * Esade Business School *An important contribution to the field ... as well as governance partnerships, the book provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management of wildlife, forests and coastal resources. -- J. Terrence McCabe * University of Colorado Boulder *Table of ContentsPART I: ISSUES, BACKGROUND, AND METHODS 1 New partnerships for sustainability Stefano Ponte, Christine Noe, and Dan Brockington 2 Conservation and development in Tanzania: Background, history, and recent developments Christine Noe, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Opportuna Kweka, Ruth Warimu John, Pilly Silvano, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Robert Eliakim Katikiro, Rasul Ahmed Minja, Mette Fog Olwig, Dan Brockington, and Stefano Ponte 3 Design and Methodology Stefano Ponte, Christine Noe, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Opportuna Kweka, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Mette Fog Olwig, Dan Brockington, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Ruth Warimu John, Pilly Silvano, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Robert Eliakim Katikiro, Rasul Ahmed Minja, and Caleb Gallemore PART II: SECTORAL ANALYSIS 4 Sustainability partnerships in the wildlife sector in southeast Tanzania Christine Noe, RuthWarimu John, and Dan Brockington 5 Sustainability partnerships in the forestry sector in southeast Tanzania Asubisye Mwamfupe, Mette Fog Olwig, Pilly Silvano, Dan Brockington, and Lasse Folke Henriksen 6 Sustainability partnerships in the coastal resources sector in southeast Tanzania Opportuna Kweka, RobertEliakim Katikiro, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Rasul Ahmed Minja, and Stefano Ponte PART III: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 7 The legitimacy of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania Rasul Ahmed Minja, Stefano Ponte, Asubisye Mwamfupe, and Christine Noe 8 The governance complexity of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania: Institutional and network components Lasse Folke Henriksen, Caleb Gallemore, Ruth Warimu John, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, and Pilly Silvano 9 The environmental impacts of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania Caleb Gallemore, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Lasse Henriksen, and Dan Brockington 10 The livelihood impacts of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania Caleb Gallemore, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Lasse Folke Henriksen, and Dan Brockington 11 Contested sustainability Dan Brockington, Christine Noe, and Stefano Ponte

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Book SynopsisA timely and important examination of the environmental crises, investigating their biophysical, political, economic, and socio-cultural aspects, that reveals why previous conservation efforts failed. The eastern part of the Mau Forest, the most important closed-canopy forest in East Africa, has come under severe threat since the 1990s. In this political ecology Lisa Fuchs exploring the failure of the government-led forest restoration and rehabilitation initiative to 'Save the Mau', launched in 2009, the author examines two of the most contentious issues in Kenya since colonial times: land and the environment. She sheds light on the structural factors and the role of individuals in the forest's destruction and of non-protection and traces the colonial legacy of post-independent environmental conservation policies and practices. In doing so, Fuchs demonstrates that the Mau crisis is more than an environmental crisis: it is also a political, an economic, and a socio-cultural crisis. Though a detailed empirical analysis, the author shows that the 'Mau crisis' led to the near collapse of landscapes and livelihoods in the Mau Forest ecosystem. She traces the implementation of insufficient conservation programmes, which resulted from historical path-dependency and the adoption of global environmental governance blueprints, forest allocation and benefits, and exposes a forest management system that prioritises commercial forest production over biodiversity conservation. Access and entitlements to the highly fertile forest land, and the amalgamation of forest rehabilitation with the reclamation of grabbed public forest are emphasised as a further core contributor to the crisis. The socio-cultural dynamics within and among various forest-dwelling communities, including the indigenous hunting and gathering Ogiek and 'in-migrant' groups, are also analysed. The book highlights that local types of environmentalism are caught between the 'invention of traditions' and 'perverse modernisation' and shows the contradictory effects of the celebrated, highly anticipated but poorly executed 'Save the Mau' initiative, and how the presence of political will to maintain the crisis conditioned its perseverance. Finally, the book proposes realistic alternatives to sustainable forest management in politicised environments, whose relevance and applicability are considerable in this age of anthropogenic 'environmental' crises and conflicts. Published in association with IFRA/AFRICAETable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Politics of Conservation Aid: The Development State 'Saving the Mau' 2. Institutional Failure or Setting Priorities? The Continuation in Exploitation-focused Forest Management 3. The Political Economy of Land: Maintaining Control over Forest Land Allocation and Distribution 4. The Politics of Belonging and Exclusion in Response to Changes in the Eastern Mau: The Complex Definition of Legitimate Land and Resource Use 5. Conclusions

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