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.

Structural environmental reform by firms and industries, governmental and intergovernmental agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and others is a worldwide phenomenon and the focus of this definitive collection.

This book investigates the role played by classical and digital media, and social networks in shaping debates on the environment.

The book introduces two basic approaches for understanding governance issues: Political ecology and Political economy.

This book addresses legal issues of rising seas endangering the habitability and existence of island nations in the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Societies around the world face an increasingly uncertain future as social and ecological changes create pressure on resource governance, and this uncertainty calls for new models that illuminate the intersections of civil society, public sector, and private sector resource management.

This book addresses some of the controversies and uncertainties associated with reducing the extensive exploitation of fossil fuels due to their role in global warming.

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.

This book offers new perspectives on how social and political institutions can respond more effectively to climate change.

Originally published in 1995, this book brings together material from many sources and offers a balanced appreciation of the ways in which climatic changes can interact with society.

In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us, critique is an important tool.

Originally published in 1987, this book brings together information previously buried in specialist sources and makes it available to the student in a non-technical and well-illustrated synthesis.

The mineral-rich mountains of Tibet so far have been largely untouched by China's growing economy.

This book explores what is needed for an overall evaluation of the prosperity and wellbeing of people within a framework of sustaining the economy, environment and development.

Peter McManners gets underneath the well-known facts about the unsustainable nature of the aviation industry and argues for fundamental change to our travelling habits.

In Europe and other developed countries, much of the population live in small and medium sized towns.

This unique and readable book examines the relationship between religion and animal welfare, taking a detailed dive into the teachings and practices of the major world religions.

Comprehensive, objective assessment of the literature on renewable energy and its role in climate change mitigation for policymakers, professionals, researchers.

Tackling a global and seismic problem such as climate change requires an equally extensive approach.

The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development makes climate change and responsible consumption key priorities for both industrialized and emerging economies.

In a sequence of publications in the 1760s, James Macpherson, a Scottish schoolteacher in the central Highlands, created fantastic epics of ancient heroes and presented them as genuine translations of the poetry of Ossian, a fictionalized Caledonian bard of the third century.

This important volume brings together scientific, cultural, literary, historical, and philosophical perspectives to offer new understandings of the critical issues of our ecological present and new models for the creation of alternative ecological futures.

This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia.

This book offers an essential, comprehensive, yet accessible reference of contemporary food security discourse and guides readers through the steps required for food security analysis.

Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation demonstrates how sociological theory and research are critical for understanding the social drivers of global environmental destruction and the conditions for transformative change.

Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern.

Planning for Greying Cities: Age-Friendly City Planning and Design Research and Practice highlights how modern town planning and design act as a positive force for population ageing, taking on these challenges from a user-oriented perspective.

This handbook presents cutting-edge and global insights on sustainable heritage, engaging with ideas such as data science in heritage, climate change and environmental challenges, indigenous heritage, contested heritage and resilience.

This book takes a practical approach to understanding and describing collaborative governance for resolving environmental problems.

The division of 'rural' and 'urban' is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture.

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

This book analyses water allocation law and policy in New Zealand and offers a comparative analysis with Australia.

Averting Climate Catastrophe Together addresses the necessity of meeting the Paris Agreement temperature target and explores what framework could enable climate action in an effective, efficient and equitable manner that is consistent with that goal.

This book provides an integrated description of the indicators of rangeland sustainability that capture ecological, economic, and social dimensions.

Alle in diesem Buch versammelten Texte von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen sind vor der beispiellosen Nahrungsmittelkrise entstanden, die durch die Folgen von Covid-19, den brutalen Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine und den damit verbundenen exorbitanten Preissteigerungen insbesondere in Ländern des Globalen Südens massiv verstärkt wird.

This book is an anthology of key essays that foregrounds coasts, islands, and shorelines as central to the scholarship on the oceanic environment and climate across South Asia.

Are radical climate activists hurting the cause?

In The Green Leap to an Inclusive Economy, two leading thinkers, Stuart L.

Examines international grievance mechanisms for those suffering environmental/social harm resulting from multilateral development financing.

Socio-environmental crises are currently transforming the conditions for life on this planet, from climate change, to resource depletion, biodiversity loss and long-term pollutants.

The authoritative assessment of the many climate change impacts on allergens and allergic diseases, for researchers, clinicians, students.

This volume reports all the information presently available from the fifty-seven regeneration surveys carried out to the present by government and private agencies within the Province of Ontario.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the role of fossil-based economies in the global energy transition toward sustainability.

This book presents a practical guide to help businesses navigate the complex topics of sustainability in the food industry.

The local food movement is one of the most active of current civil engagement social movements.

A fully updated, substantially expanded, new edition of acclaimed textbook for life science and Earth science students and scientists and policymakers.

This book explores what is needed for an overall evaluation of the prosperity and wellbeing of people within a framework of sustaining the economy, environment and development.

How have sociologists responded to the emergence of environmentalism?

What is environmental justice?