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Contentious geographies : environmental knowledge, meaning, scale / edited by Michael K. Goodman, Maxwell T. Boykoff, Kyle T. Evered.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Goodman, Michael K., 1969-
Contributor:
Boykoff, Maxwell T.
Evered, Kyle.
Series:
Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice.
Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Environmental responsibility.
Natural resources--Social aspects.
Natural resources.
Resource-based communities.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Nature.
Environmental policy--Social aspects.
Environmental policy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The human-environment relationship is one of the most pressing concerns of the twenty-first century. Bringing together a range of global case studies to illustrate the broad range of current theories on this relationship, this book presents significant cutting-edge research into the continuing (re)definition of political ecology as it relates to environmental contestation.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Contentious Geographies: Environmental Knowledge, Meaning, Scale; PART 1 TRANSLATING CONTENTIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE; PART 2 CONFLICTING AND SHIFTING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGES, LIVELIHOODS, AND POWER; PART 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS: CONTESTED (RE)SCALING OF KNOWLEDGES, PROBLEMS AND NARRATIVES; PART 4 CONTESTED PRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, LAW, AND KNOWLEDGE; PART 5 FRAUGHT SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; Index
Notes:
First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-317-16048-7
1-315-57395-4
1-317-16047-9
1-281-33231-3
9786611332310
0-7546-8811-9
9781315573953
OCLC:
560651290

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