Environment and society : human perspectives on environmental issues

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Environment and society : human perspectives on environmental issues

Charles L. Harper

Prentice Hall, c2001

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-453) and indexes

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内容説明

Appropriate for upper-division undergraduates in various departments such as Sociology, Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Political Science and Human Geography. With appropriate supplements, the text could also be used by beginning graduate students. This integrative text 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 science approaches.

目次

I. INTRODUCTION. 1. Environmental Problems and Ecosystems. 2. Human Systems, Environment, and Social Science. II. READING THE EARTH'S VITAL SIGNS. 3. The Resources of the Earth: Sources and Sinks. 4. Global Climate Change, Scientific Uncertainty, and Risk. III. THE HUMAN CAUSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. 5. Population, Environment, and Food. 6. Energy and Society. 7. Alternative Futures: Sustainability, Inequality, and Social Change. IV. TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE WORLD? 8. Transforming Structures: Markets, Politics, and Policy. 9. Environmentalism: Ideology, Action, and Movements. 10. Globalization: Trade, Environment, and the Third Revolution. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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