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Environment and Society - A Critical Introduction 2e

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Substantially updated for the second edition, this engaging and innovative introduction to the environment and society uses key theoretical approaches to explore familiar objects. Features substantial revisions and updates for the second edition, including new chapters on E waste, mosquitoes and uranium, improved maps and graphics, new exercises, shorter theory chapters, and refocused sections on environmental solutions Discusses topics such as population and scarcity, commodities, environmental ethics, risks and hazards, and political economy and applies them to objects like bottled water, tuna, and trees Accessible for students, and accompanied by in-book and online resources including exercises and boxed discussions, an online test bank, notes, suggested reading, and website links for enhanced understanding Offers additional online support for instructors, including suggested teaching models, PowerPoint slides for each chapter with full-color graphics, and supplementary images and teaching material

Author Biography:

Paul Robbins is Professor and Director of the NelsonInstitute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin -Madison-. His research interests include understandinghuman-environment systems, the influence non-humans have on humanbehavior and organization, and the implications these interactionshold for ecosystem health, local communities, and social justice.He is the author of Political Ecology: A CriticalIntroduction, Second Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) andLawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who WeAre (2007). John Hintz is Associate Professor of Environmental,Geographic, and Geological Sciences at the Bloomsburg University ofPennsylvania. His current research focuses on land use conflicts,environmental policy, and the US environmental movement. He haspublished in a number of journals, including CapitalismNature Socialism and Ethics, Place andEnvironment. Sarah A. Moore is Assistant Professor in the Departmentof Geography at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her researchfocuses on urban development politics, urban environmental issues,and environmental justice in the United States and Latin America.Her publications include articles in numerous journals includingProgress in Human Geography, the ProfessionalGeographer and Society and Natural Resources.
Release date Australia
January 24th, 2014
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Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pages
350
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions
200x251x20
ISBN-13
9781118451564
Product ID
21516976

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