Globalization and the Environment

Informationen zum Autor Peter Christoff teaches environmental and climate policy in the Department of Resource Management and Geography at the University of Melbourne. Robyn Eckersley teaches global environmental politics and international relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Klappentext This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley disentangle and clarify the relationship between the processes of modernization, globalization, and global environmental change. Through a rich set of case studies, including a special focus on the challenging global problems of climate change and biodiversity loss, this powerful book will help readers grasp the systemic causes of global environmental degradation as well as the myriad opportunities for reform of global environmental governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: A World Fit for Us AllChapter 2: A Short History of Globalization and the EnvironmentChapter 3: An Overheated PlanetChapter 4: Remaking Nature: Biodiversity in PerilChapter 5: Governing the Planet

Product details

• Authors: Peter Christoff, Peter Eckersley Christoff, Christoff Peter, Robyn Eckersley
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2013
• EAN: 9780742556591
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5659-1
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Globalization; Globalization
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Environmental Studies, Applied ecology