Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
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Philosophy of Nature: Rethinking naturalness
1st Edition
By Svein Anders Lie
December 21, 2017
The concept of naturalness has largely disappeared from the academic discourse in general but also the particular field of environmental studies. This book is about naturalness in general – about why the idea of naturalness has been abandoned in modern academic discourse, why it is important to ...
Complexity and Creative Capacity: Rethinking knowledge transfer, adaptive management and wicked environmental problems
1st Edition
By Kelly Chapman
December 08, 2017
Complexity theories gained prominence in the 1990s with a focus on self-organising and complex adaptive systems. Since then, complexity theory has become one of the fastest growing topics in both the natural and social sciences, and touted as a revolutionary way of understanding the behaviour of ...
Energy Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Bo Kong, Jae Ku
June 16, 2017
Drawing on cutting-edge research from leading scholars, this book investigates state preferences for regime creation and assesses state capacity for executing these preferences in Northeast Asia’s energy domain, defined as the geographical area comprising the following countries: Russia, Mongolia, ...
Ecology, Sustainable Development and Accounting
1st Edition
By Seleshi Sisaye
April 27, 2017
Accounting literature has viewed sustainability in terms of social, economic and environmental performances. There have been concerns that the relationship between sustainability, accounting and organizational performance cannot be explained unless we can deduce patterns of administrative behaviour...
Peak Energy Demand and Demand Side Response
1st Edition
By Jacopo Torriti
April 27, 2017
With different intensities, depending on the season, every morning and evening of any weekday there are the same peaks in electricity demand. Peaks can bring about significantly negative environmental and economic impacts. Demand Side Response is a relatively recent solution in Europe which has the...
Environmental Change and the World's Futures: Ecologies, ontologies and mythologies
1st Edition
Edited
By Jonathan Paul Marshall, Linda Connor
April 11, 2017
Climate change and ecological instability have the potential to disrupt human societies and their futures. Cultural, social and ethical life in all societies is directed towards a future that can never be observed, and never be directly acted upon, and yet is always interacting with us. Thinking ...
Culture and Conservation: Beyond Anthropocentrism
1st Edition
By Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet, Helen Kopnina
April 06, 2017
Today, there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play in helping conservation succeed for the sake of humanity and for the sake of other species. Equally important, however, is the fact that we, as the species that causes extinctions, have a moral ...
The Green Economy in the Gulf
1st Edition
Edited
By Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Mari Luomi
February 24, 2017
Filling a void in academic and policy-relevant literature on the topic of the green economy in the Arabian Gulf, this edited volume provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the key themes and challenges relating to the green economy in the region, including in the energy and water sectors and the ...
The Politics of Ecosocialism: Transforming welfare
1st Edition
Edited
By Kajsa Borgnäs, Teppo Eskelinen, Johanna Perkiö, Rikard Warlenius
February 24, 2017
As the global economy seeks to recover from the financial crisis and warnings about the consequences of climate change abound, it is clear that we need a fundamentally new approach to tackle these issues. This innovative book offers a unique perspective, stressing the necessity of both ecological ...
Disaster Risk Reduction for Economic Growth and Livelihood: Investing in Resilience and Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Davis, Kae Yanagisawa, Kristalina Georgieva
January 30, 2017
The prevalence of natural disasters in recent years has highlighted the importance of preparing adequately for disasters and dealing efficiently with their consequences. This book addresses how countries can enhance their resilience against natural disasters and move towards economic growth and ...
Water Politics and Spiritual Ecology: Custom, environmental governance and development
1st Edition
By Lisa Palmer
January 30, 2017
As water resources diminish with increasing population and economic pressures as well as global climate change, this book addresses a subject of ever increasing local and global importance. In many areas water is not only a vital resource but is also endowed with an agency and power that connects ...
Conflict, Negotiations and Natural Resource Management: A legal pluralism perspective from India
1st Edition
Edited
By Maarten Bavinck, Amalendu Jyotishi
November 04, 2016
Conflicts over natural resources abound in India, where much of the population is dependent on these resources for their livelihoods. Issues of governance and management are complicated by the competing claims of parallel legal systems, including state, customary, religious, project and local laws....