ISBN:
0415781566
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9780415781565
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0415781558
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9780415781558
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9781136658563
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9781283441889
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 301 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Environmental Anthropology Today : Cross-Disciplinary Investigations
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Human ecology
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Human ecology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
pt. 1. The theoretical perspectives -- pt. 2. Methodological challenges -- pt. 3. Anthropologists and the real world
Abstract:
Today, we face some of the greatest environmental challenges in global history. Understanding the damage being done and the varied ethics and efforts contributing to its repair is of vital importance. This volume poses the question: What can increasing the emphasis on the environment in environmental anthropology, along with the science of its problems and the theoretical and methodological tools of anthropological practice, do to aid conservation efforts, policy initiatives, and our overall understanding of how to survive as citizens of the planet? Environmental Anthropology Today combines a
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Environmental Anthropology Today; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Environmental Anthropology of Yesterday and Today: Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet and Helen Kopnina; Part I: The Theoretical Perspectives; 1. The Religion and Environment Interface: Spiritual Ecology in Ecological Anthropology: Leslie E. Sponsel; 2. Drawing from Traditional and 'Indigenous' Socioecological Theories: Eugene N. Anderson; 3. Environmental Politics and Policy Ambiguities in Environmental Anthropology: Peter Bille Larsen
Description / Table of Contents:
Part II: Methodological Challenges4. Environmental Anthropology as One of the Spatial Sciences: Emilio F. Moran; 5. What about that Wrapper? Using Consumption Diaries in Green Education: Helen Kopnina; 6. Time and Population Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: The Pre-Katrina Primacy of Experience: Daniel H. de Vries; 7. Participatory Action Research and Urban Environmental Justice: The Pacoima CARE Project: Carl A. Maida; Part III: Anthropologists and the Real World; 8. Anthropology, Climate Change and Coastal Planning: Bob Pokrant and Laura Stocker
Description / Table of Contents:
9. From Ecosystem Services to Unfulfilled Expectations: Factors Influencing Attitudes Toward the Madidi Protected Area: Teressa Trusty10. Who's Got the Money Now? Conservation-Development Meets the Nueva Ruralidad in Southern Mexico: Nora Haenn; 11. Middle-Out Conservation: The Role of Elites in Rural American Conservation: Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet; 12. Learning By Heart: An Anthropological Perspective on Environmental Learning in Lijiang: Rob Efird
Description / Table of Contents:
13. Linking Climate Action to Local Knowledge and Practice: A Case Study of Diverse Chicago Neighborhoods: Jennifer Hirsch, Sarah Van Deusen Phillips, Edward Labenski, Christine Dunford, and Troy PetersIndex;
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