02085nam 2200469 450 991046100070332120200520144314.01-4438-8396-4(CKB)3710000000517413(EBL)4534868(MiAaPQ)EBC4534868(Au-PeEL)EBL4534868(CaPaEBR)ebr11215881(CaONFJC)MIL838930(OCoLC)925304485(EXLCZ)99371000000051741320160619h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAverting a global environmental collapse the role of anthropology and local knowledge /edited by Thomas ReuterNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-7597-X Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.The numerous and varied indicators of environmental risks point toward the likelihood of a systemic and catastrophic ecological failure at some point during this century. Political inaction and cultural resistance, meanwhile, are even preventing the implementation of already available technical solutions, which has led many experts to conclude that averting a global environmental catastrophe is, foremost, a socio-political, rather than a technical, challenge. The World Science Union (ICSU) has recognized that knowledge of the social sciences is indispensable for facilitating the major socio-cuEnvironmental degradationSocial aspectsElectronic books.Environmental degradationSocial aspects.333.7137Reuter ThomasMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461000703321Averting a global environmental collapse1947625UNINA