ISBN:
9781479844746
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (401 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Environmentalism
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Electronic books
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Human ecology
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Environmental policy
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Globalization ; Environmental aspects
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Environmental responsibility
Abstract:
Cover -- ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. IDEAS OF NATURE -- 1. Excerpts from The End of Nature -- 2. The Anthropocene: Are Humans Now Overwhelming the Great Forces of Nature? -- 3. Excerpts from The World without Us -- 4. Excerpts from "Reinventing Eden: Western Culture as a Recovery Narrative" -- 5. Excerpts from Laudato Si -- 6. Excerpts from "The Etiquette of Freedom" -- 7. Excerpts from "The Land Ethic" -- Reading Questions and Further Readings -- PART II. ENVIRONMENTALISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS -- 8. Hetch Hetchy Valley -- 9. Excerpts from Silent Spring -- 10. Excerpts from "Environmentalism and Social Justice" -- 11. Excerpts from "Where We Live, Work, and Play" -- 12. Excerpts from "The Death of Environmentalism" -- 13. The Paradox of Global Environmentalism -- 14. Excerpts from "Between Violence and Desire: Space, Power, and Identity in the Making of Metropolitan Delhi" -- Reading Questions and Further Readings -- PART III. POPULATION AND CONSUMPTION -- 15. Excerpts from "An Essay on the Principle of Population" -- 16. How Do We Know We Have Global Environmental Problems? Science and the Globalization of Environmental Discourse -- 17. Excerpts from "The IPAT Equation and Its Variants" -- 18. Excerpts from "Socioeconomic Equity, Sustainability, and Earth's Carrying Capacity" -- 19. The NEXT Industrial Revolution -- 20. Excerpts from "In Search of Consumptive Resistance: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement" -- 21. Excerpts from "Overpopulation versus Biodiversity" -- Reading Questions and Further Readings -- PART IV. PUBLIC GOODS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION -- 22. Excerpts from "The Tragedy of the Commons" -- 23. Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges.
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