Social impact of environmental issues

Changing relations between science and democracy - and controversies over issues such as climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified organisms and smart technologies - have led to a rapid rise in new forms of public participation and citizen engagement.

Changing relations between science and democracy - and controversies over issues such as climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified organisms and smart technologies - have led to a rapid rise in new forms of public participation and citizen engagement.

The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "e;technics"e; and the codes that regulate it.

The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "e;technics"e; and the codes that regulate it.

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics.

Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics.

This book applies concepts from ethics, justice, and political philosophy to five sets of contemporary energy problems cutting across time, economics, politics, geography, and technology.

This book applies concepts from ethics, justice, and political philosophy to five sets of contemporary energy problems cutting across time, economics, politics, geography, and technology.

In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda.

In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda.

What does successful adaptation look like?

What does successful adaptation look like?

Accounting literature has viewed sustainability in terms of social, economic and environmental performances.

Accounting literature has viewed sustainability in terms of social, economic and environmental performances.

Consumption and Waste in American Environmental History is an accessible introduction to the consumption experience, wasting practices, and disposal history of the United States, spanning precontact to the present.

In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change.

In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change.

We are at an environmental impasse.

We are at an environmental impasse.

By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uniquely connects theories of justice with people's lived experience within social conflicts over resource sharing.

By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uniquely connects theories of justice with people's lived experience within social conflicts over resource sharing.

This book, drawing on new research conducted for the UK Energy Resource Centre (UKERC), examines the contemporary public debate on climate change and the linked issue of energy security.

This book, drawing on new research conducted for the UK Energy Resource Centre (UKERC), examines the contemporary public debate on climate change and the linked issue of energy security.

Food is a massive industry and the many key players involved have very different interests.

Food is a massive industry and the many key players involved have very different interests.

This volume presents new theoretical approaches, methodologies, subject pools, and topics in the field of environmental anthropology.

This volume presents new theoretical approaches, methodologies, subject pools, and topics in the field of environmental anthropology.

Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award!

Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award!

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the growing transnational climate movement.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the growing transnational climate movement.

Despite a growing contribution to climate change, tourist and traveller behaviour is currently not acknowledged as an important sector within the development of climate policy.

Despite a growing contribution to climate change, tourist and traveller behaviour is currently not acknowledged as an important sector within the development of climate policy.

This book brings together two vitally important strands of 20th-century thinking to establish a set of simple and elegant principles for planning, project design and evaluation.

This book brings together two vitally important strands of 20th-century thinking to establish a set of simple and elegant principles for planning, project design and evaluation.

Advocates of the alternative food movement often insist that food is our "e;common ground"e; - that through the very basic human need to eat, we all become entwined in a network of mutual solidarity.

Advocates of the alternative food movement often insist that food is our "e;common ground"e; - that through the very basic human need to eat, we all become entwined in a network of mutual solidarity.

Climate change is a complex and dynamic environmental, cultural and political phenomenon that is reshaping our relationship to nature.

Climate change is a complex and dynamic environmental, cultural and political phenomenon that is reshaping our relationship to nature.

The Dictionary of Sustainability provides clear and accurate definitions of the extensive vocabulary that has developed in this emerging and interdisciplinary field, saving considerable time from searching through the massive quantity of information of differing degrees of quality that is available through the Internet.

The Dictionary of Sustainability provides clear and accurate definitions of the extensive vocabulary that has developed in this emerging and interdisciplinary field, saving considerable time from searching through the massive quantity of information of differing degrees of quality that is available through the Internet.

The term "e;climate justice"e; began to gain traction in the late 1990s following a wide range of activities by social and environmental justice movements that emerged in response to the operations of the fossil fuel industry and, later, to what their members saw as the failed global climate governance model that became so transparent at COP15 in Copenhagen.

The term "e;climate justice"e; began to gain traction in the late 1990s following a wide range of activities by social and environmental justice movements that emerged in response to the operations of the fossil fuel industry and, later, to what their members saw as the failed global climate governance model that became so transparent at COP15 in Copenhagen.

The Anthropocene signals a new age in Earth's history, a human age, where we are revealed as a powerful force shaping planetary systems.

The Anthropocene signals a new age in Earth's history, a human age, where we are revealed as a powerful force shaping planetary systems.

An evocative investigation of ecotheologys first principles, Green Gospel will serve as antidote to the spiritual devastations of the climate crisis.

This book provides an accessible overview of the ways that key areas of technology have impacted global ecosystems and natural communities.

This book provides an accessible overview of the ways that key areas of technology have impacted global ecosystems and natural communities.

Islamic Environmentalism examines Muslim involvement in environmentalism in the United States and Great Britain.

Islamic Environmentalism examines Muslim involvement in environmentalism in the United States and Great Britain.