UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Written by Susan Buckingham, Mike Turner
Published by Sage Publications
in 2008
ISBN: 9781761942368
UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Written by Susan Buckingham, Mike Turner.
Stock no. 1710857
1st.
2008.
Softcover.
Very good condition.
This book explains clearly and concisely the science and social science necessary to understand environmental issues using learning outcomes, text boxes, tables and figures throughout. It describes - in section one- the philosophies, values, politics, and technologies which contribute to the production of environmental issues. Section two uses cases on climate change, waste, food, and natural hazards to provide detailed illustration and exemplification of the ideas described in section one. Edited by Buckingham and Turner. Cardwraps. B/w photos & diagrams. xii and 274 pages including index. ISBN: 9781761942368. Light stain to vertical edge of text block. A few top corner creases. Else a nice, clean copy.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- SECTION 1 FRAMEWORKS:
- Approaching Environmental Issues
- The Rise of Environmental Politics and the Environmental Movement
- Valuing the Environment: Environmental Economics and the Limits to Growth Debate
- Geoinformation Technology and the Environment
- SECTION 2 CASE STUDIES:
- Food
- Waste
- Global Climate Change
- Natural Hazards
- Mexico City