Environment and Society · A Critical Introduction (Critical Introductions to Geography) by Robbins, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Critical Introductions to Geography Title page Copyright page List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: The View from a Human-Made Wilderness

What Is This Book? The Authors' Points of View

Part 1: Approaches and Perspectives

2: Population and Scarcity

A Crowded Desert City The Problem of “Geometric” Growth Population, Development, and Environment Impact The Other Side of the Coin: Population and Innovation Limits to Population: An Effect Rather than a Cause? Thinking with Population

3: Markets and Commodities

The Bet Managing Environmental Bads: The Coase Theorem Market Failure Market-Based Solutions to Environmental Problems Beyond Market Failure: Gaps between Nature and Economy Thinking with Markets

4: Institutions and “The Commons”

Controlling Carbon? The Prisoner's Dilemma The Tragedy of the Commons The Evidence and Logic of Collective Action Crafting Sustainable Environmental Institutions Are All Commoners Equal? Does Scale Matter? Thinking with Institutions

5: Environmental Ethics

The Price of Cheap Meat Improving Nature: From Biblical Tradition to John Locke Gifford Pinchot vs. John Muir in Yosemite, California Aldo Leopold and “The Land Ethic” Liberation for Animals! Holism, Scientism, and Other Pitfalls Thinking with Ethics

6: Risks and Hazards

Great Floods Environments as Hazard The Problem of Risk Perception Risk as Culture Beyond Risk: The Political Economy of Hazards Thinking with Hazards and Risk

7: Political Economy

The Strange Logic of “Under-pollution” Labor, Accumulation, and Crisis Production of Nature Global Capitalism and the Ecology of Uneven Development Social Reproduction and Nature Environments and Economism Thinking with Political Economy

8: Social Construction of Nature

Welcome to the Jungle So You Say It's “Natural”? Environmental Discourse The Limits of Constructivism: Science, Relativism, and the Very Material World Thinking with Construction

Part 2: Objects of Concern

9: Carbon Dioxide

Stuck in Pittsburgh Traffic A Short History of CO2 Institutions: Climate Free-Riders and Carbon Cooperation Markets: Trading More Gases, Buying Less Carbon Political Economy: Who Killed the Atmosphere? The Carbon Puzzle

10: Trees

Chained to a Tree in Berkeley, California A Short History of Trees Population and Markets: The Forest Transition Theory Political Economy: Accumulation and Deforestation Ethics, Justice, and Equity: Should Trees Have Standing? The Tree Puzzle

11: Wolves

The Death of 832F A Short History of Wolves Ethics: Rewilding and Wolves Institutions: Stakeholder Management Social Construction: Of Wolves and Men Masculinity The Wolf Puzzle

12: Uranium

13: Tuna

Blood Tuna A Short History of Tuna Markets and Commodities: Eco-Labels to the Rescue? Political Economy: Re-regulating Fishery Economies Ethics: Saving Animals, Conserving Species The Tuna Puzzle

14: Lawns

How Much Do People Love Lawns? A Short History of Lawns Risk and Chemical Decision-Making Social Construction: Good Lawns Mean Good People Political Economy: The Chemical Tail Wags the Turfgrass Dog The Lawn Puzzle

15: Bottled Water

A Tale of Two Bottles A Short History of Bottled Water Population: Bottling for Scarcity? Risk: Health and Safety in a Bottle? Political Economy: Manufacturing Demand on an Enclosed Commons The Bottled Water Puzzle

16: French Fries

Getting Your French Fry Fix A Short History of the Fry Risk Analysis: Eating What We Choose and Choosing What We Eat Political Economy: Eat Fries or Else! Ethics: Protecting or Engineering Potato Heritage? The French Fry Puzzle

17: E-Waste

Digital Divides A Short History of E-Waste (2000) Risk Management and the Hazard of E-Waste E-Waste and Markets: From Externality to Commodity E-Waste and Environmental Justice: The Political Economy of E-Waste The E-Waste Puzzle

Glossary Index