Averting a global environmental collapse : the role of anthropology and local knowledge / / edited by Thomas Reuter

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7137
• Soggetto topico: Environmental degradation - Social aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): ReuterThomas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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-cu
• Titolo autorizzato: Averting a global environmental collapse
• ISBN: 1-4438-8396-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827796003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II