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Environmental Realism - Challenging Solutions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R1,644
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Environmental Realism - Challenging Solutions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Kristan Cockerill, Melanie Armstrong, Jennifer...

Environmental Realism - Challenging Solutions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

Kristan Cockerill, Melanie Armstrong, Jennifer Richter, Jordan G. Okie

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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.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: April 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: Kristan Cockerill • Melanie Armstrong • Jennifer Richter • Jordan G. Okie
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 147
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-52823-6
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General
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LSN: 3-319-52823-8
Barcode: 9783319528236

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