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Informationen zum Autor Paul Robbins is a Professor in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson. His current research centers on the relationships between individuals, environmental actors, and the institutions that connect them. Robbins is also the author of Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction (2004) and Lawn People: How Grasses Weeds and Chemicals Make us Who We Are (2007). John Hintz is Assistant Professor of Geography and Geosciences at the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. His current research focuses on land use conflicts, environmental policy, and the US environmental movement. He has most recently published in the journals Capitalism Nature Socialism and Ethics, Place and Environment . Sarah A. Moore is Assistant Professor in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Her research focuses on urban development politics, urban environmental issues, and environmental justice in the United States and Latin America. Her publications include articles in the Professional Geographer and Society and Natural Resources . Klappentext There is a good reason why global climate change, atmospheric pollution, deforestation, and the rapid decline of biodiversity are such hotbed issues. Interactions between human society and the environment have never been more complex - or more critical to our survival - than now. Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction presents readers with a concise overview of the diverse conceptual tools and traditions available for thinking about, explaining, and addressing the crucial environmental challenges we face today. The authors vividly demonstrate how theory can illuminate pressing environmental problems in the world around us by applying the most recent theoretical concepts to a variety of real-world objects - from French fries and wolves to bottled water and carbon dioxide. At the same time, they stress the ways that different, and often conflicting, conclusions about environmental issues can be reached, depending on varying perspectives, starting positions, and assumptions. Accessible and insightful, this book provides an essential foundation for shaping our understanding of one of the most important issues of our times. Zusammenfassung Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction is an overview of the diverse conceptual tools and traditions for thinking about! explaining and addressing the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Text Boxes. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction: The View from Clifton Bridge. What Is This Book? Part I Approaches and Perspectives. 2 Population and Scarcity. A Crowded Desert City. The Problem of "Geometric" Growth. Population, Development, and Environment Impact. The Other Side of the Coin: Population and Innovation. Limits to Population: An Effect Rather than a Cause? Thinking with Population. 3 Markets and Commodities. The Bet. Managing Environmental Bads: The Coase Theorem. Market Failure. Market-Based Solutions to Environmental Problems. Beyond Market Failure: Gaps between Nature and Economy. Thinking with Markets. 4 Institutions and "The Commons". Controlling Carbon? The Prisoner's Dilemma. The Tragedy of the Commons. The Evidence and Logic of Collective Action. Crafting Sustainable Environmental Institutions. Are All Commoners Equal? Does Scale Matter? Thinking with Institutions. 5 Environmental Ethics. The Price of Cheap Meat. Improving Nature: From Biblical Tradition to John Locke. Gifford Pinchot vs. Jo...
