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Assessing climate change impacts on the United States [[electronic resource] /] / Alex B. McNeill, editor
| Assessing climate change impacts on the United States [[electronic resource] /] / Alex B. McNeill, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.738740973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | McNeillAlex B |
| Collana | Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - United States
Climatic changes - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61668-537-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE UNITED STATES -- ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE UNITED STATES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON THE UNITED STATES -- SECTION I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- I.1. Introduction -- I.2. Causes of Climate Change -- I.3. Trends and Projections of Physical Changes -- I.3.a. Temperature -- I.3.b. Precipitation, runoff, and drought -- I.3.c. Ice and snow -- I.3.d. Sea level -- I.3.e. Atlantic hurricanes -- I.3.f. Abrupt Climate Change -- I.3.g. Stratospheric ozone -- I.4. Effects of Global Change on the Natural Environment and Human Systems -- I.4.a. Biological diversity, ecosystem composition, and the natural environment -- I.4.b. Agriculture and food production -- I.4.c. Water resources -- I.4.d. Social systems and settlements -- I.4.e. Human health -- I.4.f. Energy production, use, and distribution -- I.4.g. Transportation -- SECTION II. INTRODUCTION -- II.1. Objectives -- Sidebar -- Scientific Assessment -- II.2. Relationship to Other Assessments and Primary Scientific Literature -- II.3. Characterization of Uncertainty -- II.3.a. Description of confidence -- II.3.b. Description of likelihood -- II.4. Report Structure -- SECTION III: EVALUATION OF OVERALL PROGRESS BY CCSP -- III.1. Program Inputs -- III.1.a. Surface-based observing networks -- III.1.b. Satellite observations -- III.1.c. Field campaigns -- III.1.d. Data management -- III.1.e. Modeling -- III.2. Program Outputs -- III.2.a. Goal 1: Improve knowledge of the Earth's past and present climate and environment, including its natural variability, and improve understanding of the causes of observed variability and change -- III.2.b. Goal 2: Improve quantification of the forces bringing about changes in the Earth's climate and related systems.
III.2.c. Goal 3: Reduce uncertainty in projections of how the Earth's climate and related systems may change in the future -- III.2.d. Goal 4: Understand the sensitivity and adaptability of different natural and managed ecosystems and human systems to climate and related global changes -- III.2.e. Goal 5: Explore the uses and identify the limits of evolving knowledge to manage risks and opportunities related to climate variability and change -- SECTION IV. TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -- IV.1. Radiative Forcing and Observed Climate Change -- IV.1.a. Radiative forcing due to greenhouse gases and other factors -- Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide -- Fluorocarbons, chlorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride -- Ozone -- Water vapor -- Aerosols -- Land cover changes, linear contrails, and solar irradiance -- IV.1.b. Observed temperature changes -- Temperature trends -- Temperature patterns -- Temperature extremes -- Surface temperature over the last 2,000 years -- IV.1.c. Observed precipitation changes -- Precipitation trends and patterns -- Precipitation extremes and storms -- IV.1.d. Observed changes in other physical systems -- Cryosphere (snow and ice) -- Hydrosphere -- Sea level -- IV.2. Attribution of Observed Climate Change to Human Activities at the Global and Continental Scale -- IV.2.a. Attribution of observed climate change to anthropogenic emissions and land use / land cover -- Temperature -- Additional climate variables -- IV.2.b. Attribution of observed changes in physical and biological systems -- IV.3. Projected Future Greenhouse Gas Concentrations and Climate Change -- IV.3.a. Global emission scenarios and associated changes in concentrations and radiative forcing -- Greenhouse gas emissions -- Future concentration and radiative forcing changes. IV.3.b. Projected changes in physical components of the climate system -- Temperature projections -- Precipitation projections -- Sea level rise projections -- Cryosphere (snow and ice) projections -- Projections of extreme events -- Abrupt climate change projections -- IV.3.c. Land cover change as an environmental driver -- IV.3.d. Effects on and from stratospheric ozone -- Effects of elevated greenhouse gas concentrations on stratospheric ozone -- Effects of stratospheric ozone changes on climate -- SECTION V. ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN SYSTEMS -- V.1. Biological Diversity, Ecosystem Composition, and the Natural Environment -- V.1.a. Ecosystem distribution and phenology -- Ecosystem distribution -- Effects on phenology -- Growing season length and primary production shifts -- Shifts in phenology -- Projected impacts -- Population and community dynamics -- Species-level projections -- V.1.b. Ecosystem services -- Projected impacts -- V.1.c. Extreme events -- Projected impacts -- V.1.d. Sea level rise -- Projected impacts -- V.1.e. Vulnerable ecosystems -- Coastal and marine ecosystems -- Arctic sea ice ecosystem -- Temperate montane ecosystems -- V.1.f. Adaptation options -- V.2. Agriculture and Food Production -- V.2.a. Crop yields and productivity -- Increasing temperatures -- Increasing CO2 -- V.2.b. Water use and irrigation requirements -- V.2.c. Climate variability and extreme events -- V.2.d. Pests and weeds -- V.2.e. Projections for agriculture production -- V.2.f. Livestock -- V.2.g. Freshwater and marine fisheries -- V.3. Land Resources -- V.3.a. Forests -- V.3.b. Grasslands and shrublands -- V.3.c. Productivity -- Forest productivity -- Grassland and shrubland productivity -- V.3.d. Disturbance -- Wildland fires -- Insects and pathogens -- Storm events -- V.3.e. Species composition. Forest composition -- Grassland and shrubland composition -- V.4. Water Resources -- V.4.a. Water supply and precipitation -- Surface water and precipitation -- Projected impacts -- V.4.b. Groundwater -- V.4.c. Water quality -- V.4.d. Extreme events -- V.4.e. Implications for water users -- V.5. Social Systems and Settlements -- V.5.a. U.S. population trends -- V.5.b. Vulnerable communities -- V.5.c. Sea level rise -- Projected impacts -- V.5.d. Extreme events -- Floods and storms -- Wildland fire -- Drought -- V.6. Human Health -- V.6.a. Temperature effects -- Increased heat exposure -- Reduced cold exposure -- V.6.b. Extreme events -- Floods and storms -- Wildfires -- Droughts -- V.6.c. Climate-sensitive infectious diseases -- Water quality -- V.6.d. Aeroallergens -- V.6.e. Air quality -- Tropospheric ozone -- Particulate matter -- Particulate Emissions -- Photochemistry -- Transport and Removal -- V.7. Energy Production, Use, and Distribution -- V.7.a. Energy use -- Heating -- Cooling -- Combined heating and cooling -- V.7.b. Energy production and distribution -- Fossil and nuclear energy -- Renewable energy -- Hydropower -- Biomass -- Wind and Solar -- Extreme events -- V.8. Transportation -- Gulf Coast Case Study -- V.8.a. Study region -- V.8.b. Transportation infrastructure -- V.8.c. Trends in climate and coastal change in the Gulf Coast -- V.8.d. Impacts of changing climate on Gulf Coast transportation -- V.8.e. Impacts by transportation mode -- Roads -- Temperature -- Precipitation -- Relative Sea Level Rise -- Storm Activity -- Surge Wave Crests and Effects on Bridges -- Surge Inundation -- Wind -- Freight and passenger rail -- Temperature -- Precipitation -- Relative Sea Level Rise -- Storm Activity -- Marine -- Higher Temperatures -- Precipitation -- Relative Sea Level Rise -- Storm Activity: Water and Wind Damage -- Aviation. Temperature -- Precipitation -- Relative Sea Level Rise -- Storm Activity -- Pipelines -- Temperature -- Precipitation Change -- Storm Activity -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES -- Introduction -- THE LINK BETWEEN EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE -- POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- Effects on the Physical Environment -- Temperature -- Precipitation -- Cyclones, Typhoons, and Hurricanes -- Ocean currents -- Climate oscillations -- Sea level -- Ocean acidification -- Consequences for Biological Systems -- Ecosystems and Biodiversity -- Agriculture -- Forestry -- Fisheries -- Impacts on the Economy and Human Health -- Water Supply -- Infrastructure -- Human Health -- Aggregate Economic Impacts -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF UNCERTAINTY -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page. |
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Better not bigger [[electronic resource] ] : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community / / Eben Fodor
| Better not bigger [[electronic resource] ] : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community / / Eben Fodor |
| Autore | Fodor Eben <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stony Creek, Conn, : New Society, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.1/416/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Growth - Environmental aspects - United States
City planning - United States Land use, Urban - United States Urban policy - Environmental aspects - United States Urban policy - United States - Citizen participation Community organization - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-55092-308-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Where Are You on the Growth Spectrum?; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter Notes; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index; About the Author |
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Better not bigger : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community / / Eben Fodor
| Better not bigger : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community / / Eben Fodor |
| Autore | Fodor Eben <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stony Creek, Conn, : New Society, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 pages) |
| Disciplina | 307.1/416/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Growth - Environmental aspects - United States
City planning - United States Land use, Urban - United States Urban policy - Environmental aspects - United States Urban policy - United States - Citizen participation Community organization - United States |
| ISBN | 1-55092-308-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Where Are You on the Growth Spectrum?; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter Notes; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index; About the Author |
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Better not bigger : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community / / Eben Fodor
| Better not bigger : how to take control of urban growth and improve your community / / Eben Fodor |
| Autore | Fodor Eben <1956-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stony Creek, Conn, : New Society, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 pages) |
| Disciplina | 307.1/416/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - Growth - Environmental aspects - United States
City planning - United States Land use, Urban - United States Urban policy - Environmental aspects - United States Urban policy - United States - Citizen participation Community organization - United States |
| ISBN | 1-55092-308-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Where Are You on the Growth Spectrum?; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter Notes; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index; About the Author |
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| Stony Creek, Conn, : New Society, c1999 | ||
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Border walls gone green : nature and anti-immigrant politics in America / / John Hultgren
| Border walls gone green : nature and anti-immigrant politics in America / / John Hultgren |
| Autore | Hultgren John <1981-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 325.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Public opinion
Emigration and immigration - Environmental aspects Emigration and immigration - Political aspects - United States Environmentalism - Political aspects - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States |
| ISBN | 1-4529-4570-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. We Have Always Been Restrictionists; 2. Naturalizing Nativism; 3. The Challenge of Ecocommunitarian Restrictionism; 4. Responding to Restrictionism; 5. Toward an Environmental Political Theory of Migration; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 | ||
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Border walls gone green : nature and anti-immigrant politics in America / / John Hultgren
| Border walls gone green : nature and anti-immigrant politics in America / / John Hultgren |
| Autore | Hultgren John <1981-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 325.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Immigrants - United States - Public opinion
Emigration and immigration - Environmental aspects Emigration and immigration - Political aspects - United States Environmentalism - Political aspects - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States |
| ISBN | 1-4529-4570-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. We Have Always Been Restrictionists; 2. Naturalizing Nativism; 3. The Challenge of Ecocommunitarian Restrictionism; 4. Responding to Restrictionism; 5. Toward an Environmental Political Theory of Migration; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 | ||
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Carbon Nation : Fossil Fuels in the Making of American Culture / / Bob Johnson
| Carbon Nation : Fossil Fuels in the Making of American Culture / / Bob Johnson |
| Autore | Johnson Bob (Associate professor) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lawrence, Kansas, : University Press of Kansas, [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxix, 230 pages :) : illustrations ; |
| Disciplina | 306.30973 |
| Collana | CultureAmerica |
| Soggetto topico |
HISTORY / Social History
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Energy industries - United States - History Energy consumption - Social aspects - United States - History Fossil fuels - Social aspects - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-7006-2581-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Modernity's Basement -- Part I: Divergence -- 1. A People of Prehistoric Carbon -- 2. Rocks and Bodies -- Part II: Submergence -- 3. An Upthrust into Barbarism -- 4. The Dynamo-Mother -- 5. A Faint Whiff of Gasoline -- Conclusion: A Return of the Repressed -- Appendix: Energy and Power -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Lawrence, Kansas, : University Press of Kansas, [2014] | ||
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The Columbia guide to American environmental history / / Carolyn Merchant
| The Columbia guide to American environmental history / / Carolyn Merchant |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana | Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures |
| Soggetto topico | SCIENCE / History |
| ISBN | 0-231-50584-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Historical Overview:Topics and Themes -- 1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875 -- 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850 -- 3. The Tobacco and Cotton South, 1600-1900 -- 4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850 -- 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820 -1930 -- 6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960 -- 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785-1950 -- 8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990 -- 9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990 -- 10. The Era of Environmentalism, 1940-2000 -- Part II. American Environmental History A to Z: Agencies, Concepts, Laws, and People -- Part III. Chronology: An Environmental History Timeline -- Part IV. Resource Guide -- Visual Resources: Films and Videos -- Electronic Resources -- Bibliographical Essay -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Comparative environmental politics [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice, and prospects / / edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer
| Comparative environmental politics [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice, and prospects / / edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.5/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteinbergPaul F
VanDeveerStacy D |
| Collana | American and comparative environmental policy |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Comparative government - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49942-7
9786613594655 0-262-30115-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Part I. Building Bridges: Comparative Politics and the Environment; Chapter 1. Comparative Environmental Politics in a Global World; Questions Transcend Borders; Beyond "Spaceship Earth" : Engaging Complexity, Fostering Understanding; The Comparative Advantage; A Fresh Take on Global Environmental Politics; An Overview of the Book; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Bridging Archipelagos: Connecting Comparative Politics and Environmental Politics; The Comparative Politics Tradition
Toward a Distinctive Tradition in Comparative Environmental Politics The Challenge Ahead; Notes; References; Part II. Greening States and Societies; Chapter 3. Greening the State?; A Brief History of Environmental Governance; Genesis of an Environmental State; Changing Patterns of State Activity; Greening the State; Notes; References; Chapter 4. The Globalization of Environmental Concern; The Theory of Postmaterialist Value Change; Challenges to the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmental Concern; Revising the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmentalism; Analyses of the WVS Data Sets Implications for Policy Making and Social Science Theory Notes; References; Part III. Nonstate Actors and Social Mobilization; Chapter 5. The Comparative Study of Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements: A Brief Introduction; Varieties of Environmentalism; Organizational Forms, Trajectories, and Impacts: Social Movement Theory and Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements and Comparative Politics: Political Contexts and Opportunities; Comparing Environmental Movements in a Globalizing World; Future Research Agendas; Notes; References Chapter 6. Business-State Relations and the Environment: The Evolving Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Business-State Relations; The Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Advanced Industrialized Countries; Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries; CSR as a Global Movement; Conclusion: From VEPs and Certification to Sustainability; Notes; References; Chapter 7. Political Parties and the "Meaning of Greening" in European Politics; Strategic and Ideological Predicaments; Explaining the Rise of Green Politics Conclusions: Whither the Greens? Notes; References; Part IV. Institutional Effectiveness across Political Systems; Chapter 8. Democracy and the Environment in Latin America and Eastern Europe; Thinking Theoretically about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Quantitatively about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Qualitatively about Environment and Democracy over Time: Democratization in Latin America and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Latin America; Conclusion; Notes; References Chapter 9. Institutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes: Water and the State in Egypt |
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 | ||
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Comparative environmental politics [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice, and prospects / / edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer
| Comparative environmental politics [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice, and prospects / / edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.5/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteinbergPaul F
VanDeveerStacy D |
| Collana | American and comparative environmental policy |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Comparative government - United States |
| ISBN |
0-262-30036-2
1-280-49942-7 9786613594655 0-262-30115-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Part I. Building Bridges: Comparative Politics and the Environment; Chapter 1. Comparative Environmental Politics in a Global World; Questions Transcend Borders; Beyond "Spaceship Earth" : Engaging Complexity, Fostering Understanding; The Comparative Advantage; A Fresh Take on Global Environmental Politics; An Overview of the Book; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Bridging Archipelagos: Connecting Comparative Politics and Environmental Politics; The Comparative Politics Tradition
Toward a Distinctive Tradition in Comparative Environmental Politics The Challenge Ahead; Notes; References; Part II. Greening States and Societies; Chapter 3. Greening the State?; A Brief History of Environmental Governance; Genesis of an Environmental State; Changing Patterns of State Activity; Greening the State; Notes; References; Chapter 4. The Globalization of Environmental Concern; The Theory of Postmaterialist Value Change; Challenges to the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmental Concern; Revising the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmentalism; Analyses of the WVS Data Sets Implications for Policy Making and Social Science Theory Notes; References; Part III. Nonstate Actors and Social Mobilization; Chapter 5. The Comparative Study of Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements: A Brief Introduction; Varieties of Environmentalism; Organizational Forms, Trajectories, and Impacts: Social Movement Theory and Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements and Comparative Politics: Political Contexts and Opportunities; Comparing Environmental Movements in a Globalizing World; Future Research Agendas; Notes; References Chapter 6. Business-State Relations and the Environment: The Evolving Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Business-State Relations; The Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Advanced Industrialized Countries; Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries; CSR as a Global Movement; Conclusion: From VEPs and Certification to Sustainability; Notes; References; Chapter 7. Political Parties and the "Meaning of Greening" in European Politics; Strategic and Ideological Predicaments; Explaining the Rise of Green Politics Conclusions: Whither the Greens? Notes; References; Part IV. Institutional Effectiveness across Political Systems; Chapter 8. Democracy and the Environment in Latin America and Eastern Europe; Thinking Theoretically about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Quantitatively about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Qualitatively about Environment and Democracy over Time: Democratization in Latin America and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Latin America; Conclusion; Notes; References Chapter 9. Institutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes: Water and the State in Egypt |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790203203321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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