Globalization and the environment

by Christoff, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Globalization and the environment / Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
Place of Publication:Lanham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 256 p. : : il. ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780742556584, 0742556581, 9780742556591, 074255659X
oclc:on1089495283
LC Classification:GE149

A world fit for Us all. Crisis? What crisis? -- One planet, many globalizations -- The global dimensions of environmental change -- Our core propositions. A short history of globalization and the environment. Discovery limits -- remaking the planet -- The long fuse of modernization -- The short fuse-Globalizations in the 20th century -- Consuming the planet -- Trading off the planet -- Conclusion-The return of limits -- An overheated planet. The long history of global warming -- Turning up the heat, sounding the alarm -- Adjunting the thermostat? The struggle for climate governance -- Conclusion-The future of climate governance. Remaking nature: Biodiversity in peril. The doomsday vault -- The biodiversity crisis -- The long fuse of modernization: Ecological imperialism shortening the biodiversity fuse: The global phase of modernization -- Why should we care? -- Governing biodiversity. Governing the planet. The failures of global environmental governance -- Reflexive modernization, reflexive globalization -- Future challenges to a green world order.

Subjects

Cambio global ambiental Cambios climáticos Changement global (Environnement) Climat -- Changements climate change Climatic changes Environmental protection Environnement -- Protection Global environmental change