ISBN:
9781136707995
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 338 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Routledge International Handbooks Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.4
Keywords:
Social change - Environmental aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Today, the risks associated with global environmental change and the dangers of extreme climatic and geological events remind us of humanityâs dependence on favourable environmental conditions. Our relationships with the landscapes and ecologies that we are a part of, the plants and animals that we share them with, and the natural resources that we extract, lie at the heart of contemporary social and political debates. It is no longer possible to understand key social scientific concerns without at the same time also understanding contemporary patterns of ecosystem change. The Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change reviews the major ways in which social scientists are conceptualizing more integrated perspectives on society and nature, from the global to local levels. The chapters in this volume, by international experts from a variety of disciplines, explore the challenges, contradictions and consequences of socialâecological change, along with the uncertainties and governance dilemmas they create. The contributions are based around the themes of: Climate change, energy, and adaptation Urban environmental change and governance Risk, uncertainty and social learning (Re)assembling social-ecological systems With case studies from sectors across both developed and developing worlds, the Handbook illustrates the inter-connectedness of ecosystem health, natural resource condition, livelihood security, social justice and development. It will be of interest for students and scholars across the social sciences and natural sciences, as well as to those interested and engaged in environmental policy at all levels.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Socio-ecological transformations and the social sciences -- PART I Challenges, contradictions and consequences of global socio-ecological change -- 2 Ecological modernization theory: taking stock, moving forward -- 3 The emergence of new world-systems perspectives on global environmental change -- 4 China's economic growth and environmental protection: approaching a 'win-win' situation? A discussion of ecological modernization theory -- 5 Eco-imperialism and environmental justice -- 6 Neoliberalism by design: changing modalities of market-based environmental governance -- 7 Dilemmas for standardizers of sustainable consumption -- PART II Climate change, energy and adaptation -- 8 Climate, scenario-building and governance: comprehending the temporalities of social-ecological change -- 9 From Rio to Copenhagen: multilateral agreements, disagreements and situated actions -- 10 Marriage on the rocks: sociology's counsel for our struggling energy-society relationships -- 11 Sustainability as social practice: new perspectives on the theory and policies of reducing energy consumption -- 12 Environmental migration: nature, society and population movement -- PART III Urban environmental change, governance and adaptation -- 13 Climate change and urban governance: a new politics? -- 14 Recovering the city level in the global environmental struggle: going beyond carbon trading -- 15 Hybrid arrangements within the environmental state -- 16 The new mobilities paradigm and sustainable transport: finding synergies and creating new methods -- PART IV Risk, uncertainty and social learning -- 17 Towards a socio-ecological foundation for environmental risk research.
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