The Environmental Case Translating Values Into Policy, Judith A. Layzer
Автор: Tatiana Konrad Название: Plastics, environment, culture, and the politics of waste ISBN: 1399511734 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781399511735 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 20236.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Plastics, Environment, Culture and the Politics of Waste examines plastic as a distinct cultural, political, and environmental phenomenon. It outlines the intricate relationship with plastic that humanity has been building over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, drawing on examples from history, the arts, and literature, as well as examining the place of plastics in the current health, environmental, and energy crises. The aim of this book is to reveal the complex nature of plastics, from their rapid incorporation into our advancing ways of life, to the reenvisioning of plastics’ role in human life and how, through abundant production, consumption, and disposal of plastics, humanity has initiated a toxic invasion of natural environments and human and nonhuman bodies. Bringing together various perspectives from the humanities, this edited collection contributes to the ongoing research on plastics and petrocultures and emphasizes the crucial significance of addressing the plastic crisis through culture.
Автор: Mieka Erley Название: On Russian Soil: Myth and Materiality ISBN: 1501755692 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501755699 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Blending close readings of literature, films, and other artworks with analysis of texts of political philosophy, science, and social theory, Mieka Erley offers an interdisciplinary perspective on attitudes to soil in Russia and the Soviet Union from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. As Erley shows in On Russian Soil, the earth has inspired utopian dreams, reactionary ideologies, social theories, and durable myths about the relationship between nation and nature.
In this period of modernization, soil was understood as the collective body of the nation, sitting at the crux of all economic and social problems. The "soil question" was debated by nationalists and radical materialists, Slavophiles and Westernizers, poets and scientists.
On Russian Soil highlights a selection of key myths at the intersection of cultural and material history that show how soil served as a natural, national, and symbolic resource from Fedor Dostoevsky's native soil movement to Nikita Khrushchev's Virgin Lands campaign at the Soviet periphery in the 1960s. Providing an original contribution to ecocriticism and environmental humanities, Erley expands our understanding of how cultural processes write nature and how nature inspires culture.
On Russian Soil brings Slavic studies into new conversations in the environmental humanities, generating fresh interpretations of literary and cultural movements and innovative readings of major writers.
Описание: Valuing Clean Air explains why and how environmental regulation came to be a critical site in the evolution of federal governance in both idea and practice in American politics and society.
Описание: Translating Diverse Environmental Data into Reliable Information: How to Coordinate Evidence from Different Sources is a resource for building environmental knowledge, particularly in the era of Big Data. Environmental scientists, engineers, educators and students will find it essential to determine data needs, assess their quality, and efficiently manage their findings. Decision makers can explore new open access databases and tools, especially portals and dashboards. The book demonstrates how environmental knowledgebases are and can be built to meet the needs of modern students and professionals. Topics covered include concepts and principles that underpin air, water, and other public health and ecological topics. Integrated and systems perspectives are woven throughout, with clues on how to build and apply interdisciplinary data, which can increasingly be obtained from sources ranging from peer-reviewed research appearing in scientific journals to information gathered by citizen scientists. This opens the door to using vast amounts of open data and the necessary quality assurance and metadata considerations for their countless applications.
Автор: Robert Garner Название: Environmental Political Thought ISBN: 1137607408 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137607409 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11464.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most prominent theories, concepts and debates in environmental political thinking. In doing so, Robert Garner – an esteemed scholar in the field – offers a foundation from which readers can better tackle perennially thorny questions such as what environmental cost can we bear for development, what do we mean by terms such as ‘sustainability’, and how might we reconcile competing interests and influences in the political sphere. Garner concludes his introductory account by exploring the idea of a sustainable future and how society must be structured in order to achieve it, encouraging readers to consider the theoretical when considering the all-too important reality.This text is designed for those studying environmental and green political thought, as well as readers keen to understand the development of environmental political thought over recent generations.
Автор: Kaushal K Rajesh Название: Self Assessment and Review of Anatomy 4th edition ISBN: 9390020468 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789390020461 Издательство: JayPee Brothers India Рейтинг: Цена: 8402.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Provides regular information and contains technical and scientific articles on narcotic drugs. This issue is specifically focused on the topic of drugs in the Nigerian population. It comprises articles that provide insights into the availability of drugs and their use, and policy implications to address the issue of drugs in Nigeria effectively.
Автор: Vladimir Pacheco Cueva Название: An Assessment of Mine Legacies and How to Prevent Them ISBN: 3319539752 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319539751 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6707.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Chapter 1. Methodology.- Chapter 2. Knowledge about Mine Legacies, International Best Practice Standards and Mine Closure Regulation in the USA and El Salvador.- Chapter 3. Social and Historical Remarks about Mining in San Sebastian and Assessment of the Mine's Current Legal Status.- Chapter 4. Legacies of the San Sebastian Mine.- Chapter 5. Reform, Awareness, Prevention and Remediation Strategies.- Conclusion.
Описание: These groups are highly vulnerable toclimate change due to their dependence on natural resources Millions of people are already affected by weather-related shocks every year in West Africa and climate change is highly likely to increase these threats.
Описание: Industrial Disasters and Environmental Policy: Stories of Villains, Heroes, and the Rest of Us illuminates the interplay between environmental policies and the people and groups who influence their development and implementation.
Автор: Dayal, Anurodh Mohan Название: Shale Gas ISBN: 0128095733 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128095737 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 13473.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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Shale Gas: Exploration and Environmental and Economic Impacts explores the shale gas exploration and production activities that are increasing globally, also presenting a basic understanding on the geological, geochemical, and geophysical aspects. The book is a key reference that is useful for researchers, the oil and gas industry, and policymakers in gas producing and prospective countries.
Users will find chapters on hydraulic fracturing and shale gas drilling, as well as the environmental and economic impacts of these activities. Further chapters include case studies on the shale gas revolution in the United States and other producing countries around the world.
The nineteenth-century discovery of oil in the eastern Himalayan foothills, together with the establishment of tea plantations and other extractive industries, continues to have a profound impact on life in the region. In the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland, everyday militarization, violence, and the scramble for natural resources regulate the lives of Naga, Ahom, and Adivasi people, as well as migrants from elsewhere in the region, as they struggle to find peace and work.
Anthropologist Dolly Kikon uses in-depth ethnographic accounts to address the complexity of Northeast India, a region between Southeast Asia and China where boundaries and borders are made, disputed, and maintained. Bringing a fresh and exciting direction to borderland studies, she explores the social bonds established through practices of resource extraction and the tensions these relations generate, focusing on peoples’ love for the landscape and for the state, as well as for family, friends, and neighbors. Living with Oil and Coal illuminates questions of citizenship, social justice, and environmental politics that are shared by communities worldwide.
Описание: Geoengineering is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system in an attempt to mitigate the adverse effects of global warming. Now that climate emergency is upon us, claims that geoengineering is inevitable are rapidly proliferating. How did we get into this situation where the most extreme path now seems a plausible development? Is it an accurate representation of where we are at? Who is this 'we' who is talking? What options make it onto the table? Which are left out? Whom does geoengineering serve? Why is the ensemble of projects that goes by that name so salient, even though the community of researchers and advocates is remarkably small? These are some of the questions that the thinkers contributing to this volume are exploring from perspectives ranging from sociology and geography to ethics and indigenous studies. We set out this diverse collection of voices not as a monolithic, unified take on geoengineering, but as a place where creative thinkers, students, and interested environmental and social justice advocates can explore nuanced ideas in more than 240 characters.
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