Environment and society / / Erika Cudworth

• Autore: Cudworth Erika <1966-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology; Nature - Effect of human beings on; Environmental protection
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-224) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sociology and the environment; 2 Environment and society in green social and political theory; 3 Confronting environmental issues: social movements and political action; 4 Environment, modernity and society: industrialism and urbanization; 5 Globalization, development and environmental change; 6 Society, 'culture' and 'nature' - human relations with animals; Conclusion: environment and society; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At the start of the twenty-first century, it can be argued that human societies have a greater impact on the environment than ever before. We have always been dependent upon, and interacted with, the 'natural' environment. However, the dramatic social changes of the past three centuries, have altered the form of our relationship with non-human nature to the extent that some would see people/planet relations as in a situation of crisis.Environment and Society provides a comprehensive and critical account of the ways in which we can think about the relationship between human socie
• Titolo autorizzato: Environment and society
• ISBN: 1-134-60644-3; 1-134-60645-1; 1-280-14907-8; 0-203-99490-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457570903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge introductions to environment series.