Social impact of environmental issues

Providing shelter after a disaster is recognised as one of the most complex areas of humanitarian relief and recovery.

Based on nine years of research, this is the first book to offer an in-depth ethnographic study of a transnational environmentalist federation and of activists themselves.

On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy.

On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy.

This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon.

This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon.

The volatility of climate change is increasing.

The volatility of climate change is increasing.

Natural History filmmaking has a long history but the generic boundaries between it and environmental and conservation filmmaking are blurred.

Natural History filmmaking has a long history but the generic boundaries between it and environmental and conservation filmmaking are blurred.

First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa.

First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa.

The overall theme of this book concerns the multiplicity and complexities of discursive constructions of water in Western economies in relation to irrigation communities.

The overall theme of this book concerns the multiplicity and complexities of discursive constructions of water in Western economies in relation to irrigation communities.

This book argues for the utility of human rights in the practice of ocean governance.

The Routledge International Handbook ofHigher Education for Sustainable Development gives a systematic and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming research approaches for higher education for sustainable development.

The Routledge International Handbook ofHigher Education for Sustainable Development gives a systematic and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming research approaches for higher education for sustainable development.

In this groundbreaking book, Renee Lertzman applies psychoanalytic theory and psychosocial research to the issue of public engagement and public apathy in response to chronic ecological threats.

In this groundbreaking book, Renee Lertzman applies psychoanalytic theory and psychosocial research to the issue of public engagement and public apathy in response to chronic ecological threats.

Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies.

Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies.

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention has become one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage.

The last decade has witnessed major crises in both food and energy security across the world.

The last decade has witnessed major crises in both food and energy security across the world.

Growing numbers of residents are getting involved with professionals in shaping their local environment, and there is now a powerful menu of tools available, from design workshops to electronic maps.

Growing numbers of residents are getting involved with professionals in shaping their local environment, and there is now a powerful menu of tools available, from design workshops to electronic maps.

This book argues for the utility of human rights in the practice of ocean governance.

From the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, the human impact on the environment is significant and undeniable.

From the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of the atmosphere, the human impact on the environment is significant and undeniable.

This third edition of Food Policy in the United States offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of food policy in the United States.

Environmental journalism is an increasingly significant area for study within the broader field of journalism studies.

Environmental journalism is an increasingly significant area for study within the broader field of journalism studies.

Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers, if a multinational retailer undercuts its competitors or by the fact that food is relatively cheaper today in many countries than ever before?

Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers, if a multinational retailer undercuts its competitors or by the fact that food is relatively cheaper today in many countries than ever before?

This book explores the global connections between Chilean landscapes and Northern consumers embodied by the Forest Stewardship Council logo, the green seal of approval for certified sustainably-produced "e;good wood.

This book explores the global connections between Chilean landscapes and Northern consumers embodied by the Forest Stewardship Council logo, the green seal of approval for certified sustainably-produced "e;good wood.

As prosperity levels rise, so too does the number of products and services being consumed.

As prosperity levels rise, so too does the number of products and services being consumed.

In an era of dramatic environmental change, social change is desperately needed to curb burgeoning consumption.

In an era of dramatic environmental change, social change is desperately needed to curb burgeoning consumption.

This edited collection disrupts dominant narratives about space, states, and borders, bringing comparative ethnographic and geographic scholarship in conversation with one another to illuminate the varied ways in which space becomes socialized via political, economic, and cognitive appropriation.

This edited collection disrupts dominant narratives about space, states, and borders, bringing comparative ethnographic and geographic scholarship in conversation with one another to illuminate the varied ways in which space becomes socialized via political, economic, and cognitive appropriation.

This book examines the relationship between neoliberalism and insecurity, beginning with the post World War II period and continuing up through the present.

Climate change is a lived experience of changes in the environment, often destroying conventional forms of subsistence and production, creating new patterns of movement and connection, and transforming people's imagined future.

Climate change is a lived experience of changes in the environment, often destroying conventional forms of subsistence and production, creating new patterns of movement and connection, and transforming people's imagined future.

Since the late 1980s, green consumerism has been hailed in the West as an efficient solution to environmental problems.

Since the late 1980s, green consumerism has been hailed in the West as an efficient solution to environmental problems.

The world relies on very few crop and animal species for agriculture and to supply its food needs.

Environmental ethics presents and defends a systematic and comprehensive account of the moral relation between human beings and their natural environment and assumes that human behaviour toward the natural world can and is governed by moral norms.

Environmental ethics presents and defends a systematic and comprehensive account of the moral relation between human beings and their natural environment and assumes that human behaviour toward the natural world can and is governed by moral norms.