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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821053303321

Autore

Goodman Michael K. <1969->

Titolo

Contentious geographies : environmental knowledge, meaning, scale / / edited by Michael K. Goodman, Maxwell T. Boykoff, Kyle T. Evered

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2008

ISBN

1-317-16048-7

1-315-57395-4

1-317-16047-9

1-281-33231-3

9786611332310

0-7546-8811-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice

Altri autori (Persone)

BoykoffMaxwell T

EveredKyle

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Environmental responsibility

Natural resources - Social aspects

Resource-based communities

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Environmental policy - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Contentious Geographies: Environmental Knowledge, Meaning, Scale; PART 1 TRANSLATING CONTENTIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE; PART 2 CONFLICTING AND SHIFTING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGES, LIVELIHOODS, AND POWER; PART 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS: CONTESTED (RE)SCALING OF KNOWLEDGES, PROBLEMS AND NARRATIVES; PART 4 CONTESTED PRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, LAW, AND KNOWLEDGE; PART 5 FRAUGHT SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The human-environment relationship is one of the most pressing concerns of the twenty-first century. Bringing together a range of



global case studies to illustrate the broad range of current theories on this relationship, this book presents significant cutting-edge research into the continuing (re)definition of political ecology as it relates to environmental contestation.