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The Appropriation of Ecological Space

Author : Kenneth Hermele
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135101221
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book The Appropriation of Ecological Space written by Kenneth Hermele and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it is recognised that Thomas Robert Malthus was wrong when he posited a contradiction between population increase and agricultural growth, there are increasing signs that he could be proved right in the future. Perhaps Malthus was too late and too early in his prediction? He was too late, because he did not foresee the shift from land-based resources to fossil fuels, outing an end to the limits of agricultural growth, at least temporarily; and he was too early to witness that fossil fuels would come up against their own limits in terms of supply as well as in terms of global warming. This study deals with land-based resources and the role they play in the global socio-ecological metabolic regime, both now and in the future. In particular, the controversial use of agrofuels as a solution to coming scarcity is subjected to close scrutiny.

Land Matters

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789174733495
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Land Matters written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Appropriation of Ecological Space

Author : Kenneth Hermele
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135101159
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book The Appropriation of Ecological Space written by Kenneth Hermele and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it is recognised that Thomas Robert Malthus was wrong when he posited a contradiction between population increase and agricultural growth, there are increasing signs that he could be proved right in the future. Perhaps Malthus was too late and too early in his prediction? He was too late, because he did not foresee the shift from land-based resources to fossil fuels, outing an end to the limits of agricultural growth, at least temporarily; and he was too early to witness that fossil fuels would come up against their own limits in terms of supply as well as in terms of global warming. This study deals with land-based resources and the role they play in the global socio-ecological metabolic regime, both now and in the future. In particular, the controversial use of agrofuels as a solution to coming scarcity is subjected to close scrutiny.

The Appropriation of Nature

Author : Tim Ingold
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877451679
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Appropriation of Nature written by Tim Ingold and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Appropriation of Nature

Author : Tim Ingold
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719018626
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book The Appropriation of Nature written by Tim Ingold and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Temporary Appropriation in Cities

Author : Alessandro Melis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030321207
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Temporary Appropriation in Cities written by Alessandro Melis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book conceptualises and illustrates temporary appropriation as an urban phenomenon, exploring its contributions to citizenship, urban social sustainability and urban health. It explains how some forms of appropriation can be subversive, existing in a grey area between legal and illegal activities in the city. The book explores the complex and the multi-scalar nature of temporary appropriation, and touches on its relationship to issues such as: sustainability and building re-use; culture; inclusivity, including socio-spatial inclusion; streetscape design; homelessness; and regulations controlling the use of public spaces. The book focuses on temporary appropriation as a necessity of adapting human needs in a city, highlighting the flexibility that is needed within urban planning and the further research that should be undertaken in this area. The book utilises case studies of Auckland, Algiers and Mexico City, and other cities with diverse cultural and historical backgrounds, to explore how planning, design and development can occur whilst maintaining community diversity and resilience. Since urban populations are certain to grow further, this is a key topic for understanding urban dynamics, and this book will be of interest to academics and practitioners alike.

National Sustainable Development Strategies

Author : D. Barry Dalal-Clayton
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 184369042X
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book National Sustainable Development Strategies written by D. Barry Dalal-Clayton and published by IIED. This book was released on 1994 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Safe Operating Space Treaty

Author : Klaus Bosselmann
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443892947
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Safe Operating Space Treaty written by Klaus Bosselmann and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is clear that international law is not yet equipped to handle the “ecological goods and services” that exist simultaneously within and outside of all states. The global commons have always been understood as geographical spaces that exist only outside the political borders of states. A vital good such as a stable climate exists both within and outside all states, and shows traditional legal approaches to be ecological nonsense. With the recent possibility of measuring and monitoring the state and functioning of the Earth System through the Planetary Boundaries framework, it is now possible to define a “Safe Operating Space of Humankind” corresponding to a biogeophysical state of Earth. In this sense, the Common Home of Humanity is not a planet with 510 million square kilometres, but is a specific favourable state of the Earth System. Recent major scientific advances anticipate a legal paradigm shift that could overcome the disconnection between ecological realities and existing legal frameworks. If we recognize this qualitative and non-geographic space as a Common Natural Intangible Heritage of Humankind, all positive and negative “externalities” end up being included within a new maintenance system of the Common Home.

Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment

Author : Manu V. Mathai
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136229906
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment written by Manu V. Mathai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 is whether that political economy can helpfully engage with the challenge of addressing the environmental crisis on a finite, inequitable and shared planet. For developing countries like India, who are presently making infrastructure investments which will have long legacies, it is imperative that these investments wrestle with such questions and prove themselves capable of sufficiency, greater equality and inclusiveness. This book offers a critique of civilian nuclear power as a green energy strategy for India and develops and proposes an alternative "synergy for sustainability." It situates nuclear power as a socio-technical infrastructure embodying a particular development discourse and practice of energy and economic development. The book reveals the political economy of this arrangement and examines the latter’s ability to respond to the environmental crisis. Manu V. Mathai argues that the existing overwhelmingly growth-focused, highly technology-centric approach for organizing economic activity is unsustainable and needs to be reformed. Within this imperative for change, nuclear power in India is found to be and is characterized as an "authoritarian technology." Based on this political economy critique the book proposes an alternative, a synergy of ideas from the fields of development economics, energy planning and science, technology and society studies.

Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change

Author : Sunil Nautiyal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642361439
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change written by Sunil Nautiyal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is broadly recognized as a key environmental issue affecting social and ecological systems worldwide. At the Cancun summit of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 16th Conference, the parties jointly agreed that the vulnerable groups particularly in developing countries and whose livelihood is based on land use practices are the most common victims as in most cases their activities are shaped by the climate. Therefore, solving the climate dilemma through mitigation processes and scientific research is an ethical concern. Thus combining the knowledge systems of the societies and scientific evidences can greatly assist in the creation of coping mechanisms for sustainable development in a situation of changing climate. International Humboldt Kolleg focusing on “knowledge systems of societies and Climate Change” was organized at ISEC. This event was of unique importance, as the year 2011-12 was celebrated as the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between India and Germany with the motto "Germany and India - Infinite Opportunities." This volume is the outcome of the papers presented during the IHK 2011 at ISEC, India.

Critical Approaches to Climate Change and Civic Action

Author : Anabela Carvalho
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889712796
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Critical Approaches to Climate Change and Civic Action written by Anabela Carvalho and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women and the Environment

Author : Irwin Altman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489915044
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Women and the Environment written by Irwin Altman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thirteenth volume in the series addresses an increasingly salient worldwide research, design, and policy issue-women and physical environments. We live in an era of worldwide social change. Some nation-states are fracturing or disintegrating, migrations are resulting from political up heavals and economic opportunities, some ethnic and national animosi ties are resurfacing, and global and national economic systems are under stress. Furthermore, the variability of interpersonal and familial forms is increasing, and cultural subgroups-minorities, women, the physically challenged, gays, and lesbians-are vigorously demanding their rights in societies and are becoming significant economic and political forces. Although these social-system changes affect many people, their im pact on women is especially salient. Women are at the center of most forms of family life. Whether in traditional or contemporary cultures, women's roles in child rearing, home management, and community relations have and will continue to be central, regardless of emerging and changing family structures. And, because of necessity and oppor tunity, women are increasingly engaged in paid work in and outside the home (women in most cultures have historically always worked, but often not for pay). Their influence in cultures and societies is also mounting in the social, political, and economic spheres. In technological societies, women are playing higher-level roles, though still in small numbers, in economic and policy domains. This trend is likely to acceler ate in the twenty-first century.

Agriculture--environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for 1975

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture--Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agriculture--environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for 1975 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture--Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Agriculture-environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1975, Hearings Before ... 93-2

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1652 pages
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Download or read book Agriculture-environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1975, Hearings Before ... 93-2 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ecology and Power

Author : Alf Hornborg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136335285
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Ecology and Power written by Alf Hornborg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a point of departure, recognizing that human relations to the environment and human social relations are not separate phenomena but inextricably intertwined. What makes this volume unique is that it sets this approach in a trans-disciplinary, global, and historical framework.

Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks

Author : Francis O. Adeola
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230339530
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters, and Environmental Health Risks written by Francis O. Adeola and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline. This book focuses on hazardous and toxic wastes releases, industrial toxic disasters, contamination of communities and the environment, and the subsequent adverse health effects among exposed populations

Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research

Author : Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319314165
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research by : Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi

Download or read book Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research written by Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook presents a broad overview of the current research carried out in environmental psychology which puts into perspective quality of life and relationships with living spaces, and shows how this original analytical framework can be used to understand different environmental and societal issues. Adopting an original approach, this Handbook focuses on the links with other specialties in psychology, especially social and health psychology, together with other disciplines such as geography, architecture, sociology, anthropology, urbanism and engineering. Faced with the problems of society which involve the quality of life of individuals and communities, it is fundamental to consider the relationships an individual has with his different living spaces. This issue of the links between quality of life and environment is becoming increasingly significant with, at a local level, problems resulting from different types of annoyances, such as pollution and noise, while, at a global level, there is the central question of climate change with its harmful consequences for humans and the planet. How can the impact on well-being of environmental nuisances and threats (for example, natural risks, pollution, and noise) be reduced? How can the quality of life within daily living spaces (home, cities, work environments) be improved? Why is it important to understand the psychological issues of our relationship with the global environment (climatic warming, ecological behaviours)? This Handbook is intended not only for students of various disciplines (geography, architecture, psychology, town planning, etc.) but also for social decision-makers and players who will find in it both theoretical and methodological perspectives, so that psychological and environmental dimensions can be better taken into account in their working practices.