Environment and Society : Human Perspectives on Environmental Issues
ISBN: 9780132403566 | 0132403560
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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For courses in Environmental Sociology and Environmental Issues, taught in departments of Sociology, Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, and Human Geography. This integrative book about human-environment relations connects many issues about human societies, ecological systems, and environments with data and perspectives from different fields of study. While the viewpoint is primarily sociological, coverage is specifically designed to relate to a diverse audience and encompass viewpoints from a variety of natural and social s... MORE
| Environment, Human Systems, And Social Science | |
| Environments and Ecosystems Sociocultural Systems | |
| Ecosystem and Sociocultural Evolution | |
| Human Ecology Environmental Social Sciences | |
| Conclusion: Environment, Ecosystems, and Human Systems | |
| Personal Connections | |
| Humans and The Resources of the Earth Sources and Sinks | |
| Land and Soil Water Resources | ... MORE |
| Biodiversity and Forests Wastes and Pollution Conclusion | |
| Resources of the Earth Personal connections | |
| Global Climate Change | |
| Ozone Depletion and Ultraviolet Radiation Turning Up the Heat: Global Warming Do we know enough to act? | |
| Personal Connections | |
| Energy and Society | |
| A Historical Detour: Recent Energy Crises Energy Problems: Environmental and Social | |
| The Energetics of Human Societies | |
| The Present Energy System and its Alternatives | |
| In Summary: Energy and the Risks We Take Personal Connections | |
| Population, Environment, And Food 224 | |
| The Dynamics of Population Change | |
| How serious is the problem of population growth? | |
| Making Sense out of this Controversy Population, Food, and Hunger Feeding eight billion people in the next 50 years? | |
| Stabilizing World Population: Policy Options Conclusion Personal Connections | |
| Globalization, Growth, And Sustainability 288 | |
| Globalization Sustainability Growth and Sustainability: Two Perspectives Sustainable Societies? | |
| Transformations and Sustainability | |
| Social Change Conclusion | |
| A Transformation to Sustainability? | |
| Personal Connections | |
| Transforming Structures: Markets and Politics | |
| Markets Politics and Policy Possible Levers for Progress | |
| The Global Political-Economy and the Environment Conclusion Personal Connections | |
| Environmentalism: Ideiology and Collective Actions | |
| American Environmentalism | |
| Global Environmentalism | |
| Environmentalism and Change Environmentalism: How Successful? | |
| In conclusion Personal Connections | |
| References | |
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