Robbins / Hintz / Moore Environment and Society

A Critical Introduction
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-45154-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Critical Introductions to Geography

Substantially updated for the second edition, this engaging andinnovative introduction to the environment and society uses keytheoretical approaches to explore familiar objects.
* Features substantial revisions and updates for the secondedition, including new chapters on Ewaste, mosquitoes and uranium, improved maps andgraphics, new exercises, shorter theory chapters, and refocusedsections on environmental solutions
* Discusses topics such as population and scarcity, commodities,environmental ethics, risks and hazards, and political economy andapplies them to objects like bottled water, tuna, and trees
* Accessible for students, and accompanied by in-book and onlineresources including exercises and boxed discussions, an online testbank, notes, suggested reading, and website links for enhancedunderstanding
* Offers additional online support for instructors, includingsuggested teaching models, PowerPoint slides for each chapter withfull-color graphics, and supplementary images and teachingmaterial

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robbins, Paul

Hintz, John

Hintz, John G.

Moore, Sarah A.

Über Autor(innen)

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.