Understanding Environmental Issues

Collectif d'auteurs, Steve Hinchliffe, Andrew Blowers, Joanna Freeland

180 pages, parution le 31/01/2003

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Résumé

Is the answer to sea-level rise the building of higher flood defences? Does it matter if tigers go extinct? Can we afford to wait to see if genetically modified crops pose a hazard to environments or should they be banned before the evidence is in? These are just some of the questions which are addressed in Understanding Environmental Issues. Blending insights from science, social science, arts and technology, this book takes a unique and groundbreaking approach to environmental questions. By introducing a set of themes and analytical tools, readers will be able to approach a range of environmental questions with important insights which will allow them to make reasoned and informed arguments.

Topics include climate change, nuclear waste disposal, extinction, biodiversity conservation, genetically modified crops, international development
cross-cutting topics include environmental change, environmental conflicts, environmental hazards and risk, and environmental values
frequent activities encourage readers to develop their skills and appreciation of the issues
the text is richly illustrated with examples from Brazil, India, Mexico, the Pacific Islands, the UK and the USA.

The book is part of a series entitled Environment: Change, Contest and Response. The series forms a significant part of an interdisciplinary Open University course on environmental matters. The other books in the series are:

Changing Environments
Contested Environments
Environmental responses

Contents

Introduction: Andrew Blowers
Introducing environmental issues: the environment of an estuary (Andrew Blowers and Sandy Smith)
Are too many species going extinct? Environmental change in time and space (Joanna Freeland)
Who cares? Values, power and action in environmental contests (Steve Hinchliffe and Chris Belshaw)
What to do? How risk and uncertainty affect environmental responses (Nick Bingham and Roger Blackmore)
Conclusion: Steve Hinchliffe

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Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Collectif d'auteurs, Steve Hinchliffe, Andrew Blowers, Joanna Freeland
Parution	31/01/2003
Nb. de pages	180
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	539g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780470849989
ISBN13	978-0-47084-998-9