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Serie: Globalization and the environment
GebondenEngels9780759111028
25-2-2008
Capitalizing on Catastrophe critically explores the phenomenon of 'disaster capitalism,' in which relief efforts for natural disasters and other large-scale disruptions are contracted out to private companies. Meer
GebondenEngels9780759121324
28-6-2012
This book constitutes an effort to develop a critical social science of climate change, one that posits its roots in global capitalism with its emphasis on profit-making, a treadmill of production and consumption, heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and commitment to ongoing economic expansion. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759110281
18-1-2007
Providing an overview of the ecological dimension of economic processes, this book presents a framework for understanding the relations between ecosystems and world systems. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759100671
9-10-2001
Argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759105812
21-9-2005
Reveals the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. This book examines the bio-cultural intersection of health and the environment and the impact of rapid change, technological development and the expansion of the global economy. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759105850
27-4-2006
Offers an analysis of the connections between global marine and atmospheric conditions to global political phenomena. This book shows how human survival is intricately linked to the sustainability of the world ocean, a singular connected body of regional oceans. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759112070
19-8-2011
This book takes a comprehensive look at the environmental costs of wars around the world since the end of World War II, drawing on case studies from Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Africa, and other regions. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759105065
14-7-2005
Analyzes and advocates for community-based natural resource management. This book offers an overview of this transnational movement and its links between environmental management and social justice agendas. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759107403
19-10-2006
Presenting a cultural ecological study of a Siberian people, the Viliui Sakha, this title describes the local and global forces of modernization that challenge their survival. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759109414
3-5-2007
A fascinating analysis of the world's scavengers as performing an important economic role in the production and consumption of food. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759109476
16-3-2009
By examining the connections among local values, material needs, and environmental management regimes, Saving Forests, Protecting People? explores that difficult terrain where culture, the environment, and social policies meet. Meer
GebondenEngels9780759109483
16-1-2010
Computing Our Way to Paradise? challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies in globalization processes. While globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected network of products, processes, and services, the real environmental and health benefits remain far from certain. Meer
GebondenEngels9780759110250
16-12-2008
This book asks an important question: Can we simply accelerate growth under the assumption that increased prosperity and new technologies will allow us to reverse environmental damage? Meer
PaperbackEngels9780759110267
16-12-2008
This book asks an important question: Can we simply accelerate growth under the assumption that increased prosperity and new technologies will allow us to reverse environmental damage? Meer
GebondenEngels9780759110274
18-1-2007
Providing an overview of the ecological dimension of economic processes, this book presents a framework for understanding the relations between ecosystems and world systems. Meer