Nature

Presenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene...

The 2015 Paris Agreement marked a turning point in the global community's response to climate change. This bookl provides a powerful and scholarly analysis of how this historic achievement came about.Author: Joanna Depledge, Emma Lees, Jorge E. Viñuales,...

This book compares how the social consequences of climate change are similarly unevenly distributed within China and the USA, despite different political systems. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate justice and vulnerability,...

This book contributes to the debate about the suitability and challenges of the Smart Water Management approach. It includes examples of SWM systems in practice in diverse locations from Korea, Mexico, Paris, the Canary Islands and southern Africa, aimed...

This book examines the authoritarian challenge to present-day democracy through a framing of social progress theory and the idea of the social contract. It will appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students of sociology, political science,...

This book explores the role of feminist activists in The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and highlights the progress they have made in mainstreaming gender as a key issue in global climate governance. It is now commonplace for...

This book introduces the critical term 'midgetism', which the author has coined, to demonstrate that the socio-cultural discrimination people with dwarfism experience is influenced by both heightism and disablism.Author: Erin PritchardPublisher:...

This book is devoted to the Anthropocene, the period of unprecedented human impacts on Earth's environmental systems and illustrates how Geographers envision the concept of the Anthropocene.Author: David R. ButlerPublisher: RoutledgePublication Date: Jan...

This book offers a comprehensive account of the current state of inland waters in tropical and subtropical East Asia, exploring a series of case studies of freshwater fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals and water bodies at particular risk...

This book presents a novel examination of Marine Protected Areas within a security context, bridging science, policy, and geopolitics, and addressing the often-under-emphasized aspect of environmental justice. The book argues that Marine Protected Areas...

This book probes the interconnections of time and ecology in order to spark our imagination and inspire us to re-think the planetary, ecology, and otherwise. It presents debates that interrogate and elucidate the anxieties of the known and the unknown of...

This volume focuses on the tree, as a cultural and biological form, and examines the concept of folk value and its implications for biocultural conservation. Folk value refers to the value of the more-than-human living world to cultural cohesion and...

This volume offers a holistic understanding of the environmental and societal challenges that affect reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia today. Reindeer husbandry is a livelihood with a long traditional heritage and cultural importance. Like many other...

Towards an Ecocritical Theatre investigates contemporary theatre through the lens of Anthropocene-oriented ecocriticism. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre studies, environmental humanities, and ecocritical studies.Author:...

The increasing globalization of trade, travel and transport since the mid-19th century had unwelcome consequences - one of them was the spread of contagious animal diseases over greater distances in a shorter time than ever before. Borders and national...

Eco-Terrorism: Radical Environmentalism and Its Consequences is a comprehensive exploration of the history, ideologies, tactics, targets, and consequences of eco-terrorism, as well as the government and law enforcement response, and strategies for...

Este libro reune 23 textos recientemente publicados por el autor en revistas peruanas revisadas por pares. Trata de lo que ocurre principalmente en la Amazonia del Perú, con enfasis en las alternativas disponibles para evitar, por una parte, la...

Water Management fills a critical gap: providing a base of knowledge to understand and manage complex water problems. It is geared primarily towards students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, but will also be a helpful resource for practicing...

Lake Kolleru - Environmental Status (Past and Present), This book highlights the Present and Past information on the physico-chemical properties, geographical features, ecology, biodiversity profiles besides huge potential of capture and culture...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Umweltwissenschaften, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (Institut für Landschaftsentwicklung, Erholungs- und Naturschutzplanung (ILEN)), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Bürgerbeteiligung hat in einem...

771/2 Magical Healing Herbs is an introduction to herbs found in a special Midsummer's wreath. This is an especially enchanting time of year. Among the Bulgarians, the day is called Eniovden.Author: Ronesa AveelaPublisher: Bendideia PublishingPublication...

The Way of Gaia is a collection of paintings and prose that speaks to humanity's relationship to the planet through the lenses of ecology, evolution, and the environment. The book calls out for a narrative that realigns the reader's sense of self and...

Lists of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : a brief history and overview of landscape ecology / Robert A. Francis and Marc Antrop -- Part 1 : theory and concepts in landscape ecology --...

The Handbook introduces, contextualises, critiques, and discusses a range of perspectives associated with the concept of the circular economy, including economics, environmental policymaking, sociology, environmental science, environmental and industrial...

The Routledge Handbook of Waste Studies offers a comprehensive survey of the new field of waste studies, critically interrogating the cultural, social, economic, and political systems within which waste is created, managed, and circulated. While scholars...

This chapter illustrates the core environmental values of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) people on the Pacific coast of Canada to explore how they manifest in the traditional management of coastal natural resources. The authors' survey of environmental...

This Handbook provides an essential guide to the study of resources and their role in socio-environmental change. With original contributions from more than 60 authors with expertise in a wide range of resource types and world regions, it offers a...

An indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran W. John Kress, provides an unprecedented appraisal of...

This book is a comprehensive and peerlessly beautiful reference featuring species accounts, lavish photographs and range maps of every one of the 1,175 bird species in the entire North American continent--Author: Bruce M. BeehlerPublisher: JHU...

This open access book is one in a series of four volumes introducing peatland conservation and restoration in Indonesia. It focuses on local governance, in particular on regional and local perspectives in Riau, the most peat-destructed province of...