Companion to environmental studies / edited by Noel Castree, Mike Hulme and James D. Proctor.

Other author Castree, Noel, 1968- editor.
Other author Hulme, Mike, 1960- editor.
Other author Proctor, James D., 1957- editor.
Format Book
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2018.
Descriptionxxvii, 848 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Human ecology--Study and teaching.

Contents Introduction: Environmental studies past, present and future; Part 1 Classic concepts; Editorial introduction; 1.1 Adaptation; 1.2 Bioregionalism; 1.3 Conservation; 1.4 Desertification; 1.5 Environment; 1.6 Ecosystems; 1.7 Environmental catastrophe; 1.8 Ecological footprint; 1.9 The environmental Kuznets curve; 1.10 Gaia; 1.11 The Jevons Paradox; 1.12 Nature; 1.13 One world; 1.14 Overpopulation; 1.15 Precaution; 1.16 Risk; 1.17 Resilience; 1.18 The resource curse; 1.19 Scarcity and environmental limits; 1.20 Stewardship
Contents 1.21 Sustainable development; 1.22 The tragedy of the commons; 1.23 Uncertainty; 1.24 Vulnerability; 1.25 Wilderness; Part 2 Contemporary concepts; Editorial introduction; 2.1 The Anthropocene; 2.2 Biopolitics; 2.3 Biosecurity; 2.4 Corporate environmental responsibility; 2.5 The Earth System; 2.6 Ecosystem services; 2.7 Environmental governance; 2.8 Green democracy; 2.9 Environmental security; 2.10 Food systems; 2.11 Green economy; 2.12 Green governmentality; 2.13 Hybridity; 2.14 Land grabbing; 2.15 Metabolic rift; 2.16 Offsetting; 2.17 Peak oil; 2.18 Planetary boundaries
Contents 2.19 Post-environmentalism; 2.20 The social construction of nature; 2.21 Symbolic environmental politics; 2.22 Tipping points; 2.23 Wicked environmental problems; Part 3 Classic approaches; Editorial introduction; 3.1 Cultural theory; 3.2 Ecotheology; 3.3 Environmental anthropology; 3.4 Environmental economics; 3.5 Ecofeminism; 3.6 Environmental ethics; 3.7 Environmental geography; 3.8 Environmental health; 3.9 Environmental history; 3.10 Environmental modelling; 3.11 Environmental sociology; 3.12 Environmental politics; 3.13 Design, emotion, sustainability; 3.14 Environmental law
Contents 3.15 Environmental management; 3.16 Environmental philosophy; 3.17 Environmental planning; 3.18 Environmental psychology; 3.19 Natural hazards research; 3.20 Science and technology studies; 3.21 Social ecology; Part 4 Contemporary approaches; Editorial introduction; 4.1 Animal studies; 4.2 Business studies and the environment; 4.3 Environmentalism and creative writing; 4.4 Ecocriticism; 4.5 Ecological Marxism; 4.6 Ecopoetry; 4.7 Earth System Science; 4.8 Energy studies; 4.9 Environmental discourse analysis; 4.10 Environmental humanities; 4.11 Environmental image analysis
Contents 4.12 Environmental political economy; 4.13 Environmental political theory; 4.14 Political ecology; 4.15 Post-normal science; 4.16 Queer ecology; 4.17 Resilience science; 4.18 Sustainability science; 4.19 Vulnerability science; 4.20 Urban ecology; Part 5 Key topics: environmental challenges and changes; Editorial introduction; 5.1 Anthropogenic climate change; 5.2 Agro-food systems; 5.3 Biofuels; 5.4 Carbon budgets; 5.5 Fire; 5.6 Fisheries; 5.7 Forest resources; 5.8 Floods; 5.9 Glaciers; 5.10 Land degradation and restoration; 5.11 Mining and the environment
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1138192198 hardback
ISBN9781138192195 hardback
ISBN1138192201 paperback
ISBN9781138192201 paperback

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