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Автор: Nick Bingham
Год: 2003
Издание:
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Страниц: 352
ISBN: 9780470850008
Why are food scares become so common? Whose voices count in decisions affecting the landscapes where we live? Will we soon be wars over water? What makes people protest outside international trade meetings? These are just a few of the questions that are explored in Contested Environments. By bringing together perspectives from science, social science, technology, and humanities, the book addresses in a uniquely interdisciplinary way why environmental issues are so often controversial. Other features include ? the detailed examination of a wide range of topics from specific disputes such as those around GM crops, national parks, energy policy, water supply, and international trade to broader debates like environmental justice, economic valuation of environments, and the media, ? the promotion of integrative thinking through the book–wide use of the concepts of value, power, and action, ? the inclusion of frequent activities to encourage readers to develop both...
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Forging Environmentalism: Justice, Livelihood, And Contested Environments
Nick BinghamContested Environments
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