78616168X     

9786161688                        

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Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

Online-Ressource (224 p)

Englisch

Cover; Half Title; Series Preface; Titles in the Series; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; The constitution of political ecology; Approaching political ecology; The structure of the book; Chapter 2 Roots and Branches; Geography's human-environment tradition; Cultural ecology; The critique of natural hazards; Third World environmental degradation; Political ecology takes shape; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Nature and Society; Social theory; Environmental history; Equilibrium and non-equilibrium ecology; Towards synthesis in political ecology

Chapter 4 Environment and DevelopmentSustainable development; States bad, communities good?; Development as discourse; Development, tenure and environmental change; Beyond dualisms of North-South and urban-rural; Chapter 5 Biodiversity Conservation; The role of the state; International organizations and institutions; Civil society; Islands of nature?; Nature-society hybrids; Living in a 'world of wounds'?; Chapter 6 Future Directions; Urban; Landscape and meaning; Environmental security and violence; Ethics; Identity and environment; Biotechnology and biodiversity; References; Index

Description based upon print version of record

Print version: Making Political Ecology

978-0-340-80939-6

978-0-340-80939-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

686817753

978-1-4441-1918-3 ( : 165.39 (NL))

JA75.8

304.2 ; 304.2     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Political ecology ; Electronic books

Making Political Ecology presents a comprehensive view of an important new field in human geography and interdisciplinary studies of nature-society relations. Tracing the development of political ecology from its origins in geography and ecological anthropology in the 1970s, to its current status as an established field, the book investigates how late twentieth-century developments in social and ecological theories are brought together to create a powerful framework for comprehending environmental problems. Making Political Ecology argues for an inclusionary conceptualization of the field, wh