The SAGE Handbook of Environment and Society

"A monumental and timely contribution to scholarship on society and environments. The handbook makes it easy and compelling for anyone to learn about that scholarship in its full manifestations and as represented by some of the most highly respected researchers and thinkers in the English-speaking world. It is wide-reaching in scope and far-reaching in its implications for public and private action, a definite must for serious researchers and their libraries." - Bonnie J McCay, Rutgers University

Introduction to Environment and Society - Jules Pretty, Andrew S. Ball, Ted Benton, Julia S. Guivant, David R. Lee, David Orr, Max J. Pfeffer and Hugh Ward PART 1: ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHT: PAST AND PRESENTFrom Locke and Rousseau to Darwin and Wallace - Ted Benton Humans and NatureAnarchism, Libertarianism and Environmentalism - Damian F. White and Gideon Kossoff Anti-authoritarian Thought and the Search for Self-organising Societies Ecofeminism - Mary Mellor Linking Gender and EcologyDeep Ecology - Ted Benton Greening the Left? From Marx to World-system Theory - Ted BentonHuman Relationships, Nature, and the Built Environment - Warwick Fox Problems that any General Ethics must be able to Address Anti-Environmentalism - Damian F. White, Chris P. Wilbert and Alan Rudy Prometheans, Contrarians and Beyond PART 2: VALUING THE ENVIRONMENTFundamental Economic Questions for Choosing Environmental Management Instruments - Thomas D. Crocker Valuing Preferences regarding Environmental Change - Ian J. BatemanEconomic Valuation of Ecosystem Services - Randall A. KramerAssessing Environment-Development Tradeoffs - David R. Lee A Developing Country PerspectiveWater Policy, Economics, and the EU Framework Directive - Joe MorrisPART 3: KNOWLEDGES AND KNOWINGEcological Design and Education - David W. Orr Knowing Systems and the Environment - Richard BawdenVolunteer Environmental Monitoring, Knowledge Creation and Citizen-scientist Interaction - Max Pfeffer and Linda WagenetEnvironmental Ethics - Val PlumwoodBiocultural Diversity and Sustainability - Luisa MaffiPART 4: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGERepresentative Democracy and Environmental Problem Solution - Ron JohnsonPolitical Ecology from Landscapes to Genomes - Ron J. Herring Science and InterestsProtest Movements, Environmental Activism and Environmentalism in the United Kingdom - Steven Griggs and David HowarthFaces of the Sustainability Transition - Tim O'RiordanThe Greening of Business - Christina Page and Amory Lovins Opportunity or Contradiction? PART 5: ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIESThe Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change - Thomas J. Wilbanks and Patricia Romero-LankaoHealthy Environments - Howard FrumkinAir pollution - Ian Colbeck History of Actions and Effectiveness of Change Terrestrial Environments, Soils and Bioremediation - Andrew S. Ball Regenerating Aquaculture - Stuart W. Bunting Enhancing Aquatic Resources Management, Livelihoods and Conservation Shopping for Green Food in Globalizing Supermarkets - Peter Oosterveer, Julia Guivant and Gert Spaargaren Sustainability at the Consumption JunctionPART 6: REDESIGNING NATURES Healthy Ecosystems - David J. Rapport An Evolving Paradigm Environment and Human Security - Laura Little and Chris CocklinSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems - Jules Pretty Animals and Society - Henry Buller and Carol Morris Social Change and Conservation - Madhav Gadgil Coral Reefs and People - Dave Smith, Sarah Pilgrim and Leanne Cullen PART 7: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES FOR INFLUENCING THE ENVIRONMENTThe Role of Science and Scientists in Environmental Policy - Jon Hastie Integrated Social-ecological Systems and Adaptive Governance for Ecosystem Services - Carl Folke, Johan Colding, Per Olsson, and Thomas HahnContested Ground in Nature Protection - Steven R. Brechin, Grant Murray and Charles BenjaminCurrent Challenges and Opportunities in Community-based Natural Resources and Protected Areas ManagementInstitutions, Collective Action and Effective Forest Management - Harini Nagendra and Elinor Ostrom Learning from Studies in NepalThe Precautionary Principle in Environmental Policies - Albert WealeEnvironmental Risks and Public Perceptions - Ulrich Beck and Cordula Kropp