Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
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Environmental Justice in Developing Countries: Perspectives from Africa and Asia-Pacific
1st Edition
By Rhuks Ako
May 11, 2016
The evolving environmental justice paradigm is conceptualized differently based on political, economic and historical factors. In developed countries, emphasis is placed on the role of individuals in environmental decision-making and the protection of their access to the prerequisite environmental ...
Fairness and Justice in Environmental Decision Making: Water Under the Bridge
1st Edition
By Catherine Gross
April 27, 2016
By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uniquely connects theories of justice with people's lived experience within social conflicts over resource sharing. It shows why some conflicts, such as local opposition to wind farms and water disputes, have become intractable social problems in many ...
Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civic Engagement: How planting trees strengthens the roots of democracy
1st Edition
By Dana Fisher, Erika Svendsen, James Connolly
April 27, 2016
Once considered the antithesis of a verdant and vibrant ecosystem, cities are now being hailed as highly efficient and complex social ecological systems. Emerging from the streets of the post-industrial city are well-tended community gardens, rooftop farms and other viable habitats capable of ...
Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment: The Case of India
1st Edition
By Manu Mathai
October 29, 2015
Nuclear power is often characterized as a "green technology." Technologies are rarely, if ever, socially isolated artefacts. Instead, they materially represent an embodiment of values and priorities. Nuclear power is no different. It is a product of a particular political economy and the question ...
Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol
1st Edition
By Gerald Kutney
October 12, 2015
Carbon Politics and the Failure of Kyoto charts the framework and political evolution of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations and examines the ensuing failure of the international community to adequately address climate change. The focus is not on the science or consequences of climate change but on the...
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: A Race against Time
1st Edition
By Peter F. Smith
October 12, 2015
History reveals how civilisations can be decimated by changes in climate. More recently modern methods of warfare have exposed the vulnerability of the artefacts of civilisation. Bringing together a range of subjects - from science, energy and sustainability to aesthetics theory and civilization ...
Trade, Health and the Environment: The European Union Put to the Test
1st Edition
By Marjolein van Asselt, Michelle Everson, Ellen Vos
October 06, 2015
The trade conflicts that the EU has faced within the EU or WTO context demonstrate that the question of how to balance trade and other societal values in situations of uncertainty has not been solved by the regulatory model evolved by the EU in the aftermath of the BSE crisis – one which privileges...
Federalism of Wetlands
1st Edition
By Ryan Taylor
July 23, 2015
This book investigates the consequences of redundant state and federal environmental regulations in the United States. Drawing on the most exhaustive statistical analysis of US federal wetland permits ever constructed, the book uncovers the disjointed world of wetland regulation. The author starts ...
The Political Economy of Global Warming: The Terminal Crisis
1st Edition
By Del Weston
July 16, 2015
Humanity is facing an unprecedented global catastrophe as a result of global warming. This book examines the reasons why international agencies, together with national governments, are seemingly unable to provide real and binding solutions to the problems. The reasons presented relate to the ...
Communicating Environmental Patriotism: A Rhetorical History of the American Environmental Movement
1st Edition
By Anne Marie Todd
May 21, 2015
Environmental patriotism, the belief that the national environment defines a country’s greatness, is a significant strand in twentieth century American environmentalism. This book is the first to explore the history of environmental patriotism in America through the intriguing stories of ...
Nuclear Waste Management and Legitimacy: Nihilism and Responsibility
1st Edition
By Mats Andrén
May 21, 2015
Nuclear technology places special demands on society and both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy for peaceful purposes require a large measure of security and monitoring at the international level. This book focuses on nuclear waste management, which can work in democratic countries only if viewed...
The Coming of Age of the Green Community: My neighbourhood, my planet
1st Edition
By Erik Bichard
May 21, 2015
People organising to protect their environment is not a new phenomenon, but the groups that have been pushing for environmental change since the 1970s have not convinced sufficient numbers make sustainable decisions or to lead sustainable lives. Governments have serially failed to do the job at the...