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Contentious geographies : environmental knowledge, meaning, scale / edited by Michael K. Goodman, Maxwell T. Boykoff, Kyle T. Evered.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodman, Michael K., 1969-
- 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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