Averting a global environmental collapse : the role of anthropology and local knowledge / edited by Thomas Reuter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reuter, Thomas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental degradation--Social aspects.

Environmental degradation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

The numerous and varied indicators of environmental risks point toward the likelihood of a systemic and catastrophic ecological failure at some point during this century. Political inaction and cultural resistance, meanwhile, are even preventing the implementation of already available technical solutions, which has led many experts to conclude that averting a global environmental catastrophe is, foremost, a socio-political, rather than a technical, challenge. The World Science Union (ICSU) has recognized that knowledge of the social sciences is indispensable for facilitating the major socio-cu

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Part I: Environmental Vulnerability and Risk Perceptions

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Part II: Sustainable Urban Environments

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Part III: Sustainable Rural Environments and Food Security

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Part IV: Indigenous People and Nature Conservation

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Part V: Environmental Justice and Corporate Social Responsibility

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Part VI: Sustainable Resource Management

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8396-4

OCLC:

925304485