For more than a century the creation of national parks and protected areas was a major threat to the survival of indigenous peoples. Parks based on wilderness ideals outlawed traditional ways of life and forced from their homelands peoples who had shaped and preserved local ecos…
The book identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of ecological modernization as a new language in environmental politics.
Reconstructs negotiations of the Framework Convention on Climate Change at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit.
Environmental policymaking has become an experimental field for new modes of governance. This book focuses on three prominent characteristics of new governance arrangements: the broad participation of non-state actors, the attempt to improve vertical and horizontal coordination,…
Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who defines it, and according to what information? "Is It Safe" narrates…
Feminist Political Ecology explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies, and politics in communities as diverse as the rubber tappers in the rainforests of Brazil and activist groups fighting environmental racism in New York City. Environmental struggles occur through…
Provides an introduction to natural and environmental resources. Sets out a conceptuial framework within which contemporary issues can be considered and presents these issues in their historical contexts. Reviews each of the major resource sectors - land, energy, mineral, water,…
Recent critiques of air quality management approaches currently employed in developed and many developing countries have suggested that efficiencies could be achieved if air quality management practices shifted from pollutant-by-pollutant approaches to a comprehensive multipollu…
Every day we are exposed to toxins and toxicants that can impact our health.¡ Yet we rarely teach elementary and secondary students about these exposures and how they can reduce their risk to them.¡ In this book we highlight activities and curriculum developed at nine universiti…
The effects of climate change on spatial planning are discussed thoroughly in this comprehensive book, which includes information on recent legislation, case studies from the UK and Netherlands, general information on climate change progress and what can be done to reduce the ri…
Science and Stakeholders provides a conceptual framework for stakeholder involvement, followed by case studies to explore how to integrate and collaborate among diverse stakeholders and communities to solve environmental and energy-related problems.¡ Stakeholder participation sh…
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