Isbn: 9783319849959 - environmental realism: challenging solutions (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This interdisciplinary book challenges current approaches to 'environmental problems' that perpetuate flawed but deeply embedded cultural beliefs about the role of science and technology in society. The authors elucidate and interrogate a cultural history of solutionism that typifies expectations that science can, should, and will reduce risk to people and property by containing and controlling biophysical phenomena. Using historical analysis, eco-evolutionary principles, and case studies on floods, radioactive waste, and epidemics, the authors show that perceived solutions to 'environmental problems' generate new problems, leading to problem-solution cycles of increasing scope and complexity. The authors encourage readers to challenge the ideology of solutionism by considering the potential of language, social action and new paradigms of sustainability to shape management systems. This book will appeal to scholars in multi- and interdisciplinary fields such as Environment Studies, Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, and Science, Technology, and Society Studies.…

Zustand: New. 2018. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 147 pages. 8.26x5.82x0.37 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Environmental Realism | Challenging Solutions | Kristan Cockerill (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | ix | Englisch | 2018 | Springer International Publishing | EAN 9783319849959 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …