Natural resource use and global change : new interdisciplinary perspectives in social ecology / Karl Bruckmeier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruckmeier, Karl, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social ecology.

Natural resources--Management.

Natural resources.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

x, 290 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

"Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Charting the historical development of social ecology in the context of environmental research, the book examines the interactions between society and nature and identifies both the barriers to global sustainability and the conditions and best practice for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Introduction: The Development of Social Ecology

Interdisciplinary Research in Society and Nature in the 20th Century

Sources of Social Ecology: Discourses on Society and Nature in Sociology

Sources of Social Ecology: Ecosystems and Natural Resources in Ecological Discourses

Thematic Profiles of Social Ecology: The Research on Resource Flows and the Physical Economy in a Global Context

Thematic Profiles of Social Ecology: The Research on Human Land Use, Food and Biomass Production in European and Global Contexts

Thematic Profiles of Social Ecology: Knowledge Synthesis in a Theory of Interaction of Society and Nature

Social Ecology: A Science in Development

Social Ecology and Practice: The Policy Process and the Social-Ecological Discourse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230300606

023030060X

OCLC:

811002693

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