Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change

Volume 5
ISBN: 978-0-470-85364-1
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Buch, Englisch, 626 Seiten, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 304 mm, Gewicht: 1812 g

Volume Five of the Encyclopedia is devoted to the social, political, economic, and spiritual - and thereby human dimensions of global environmental change.

It highlights the profound shifts in human thinking and awareness that are required to "wrap our minds" around the advent of globalization, and our increasing ability to affect natural systems, sometimes to our own benefit.

Because of the complex weave of interaction between humanity and the environment, this volume contains many essays and articles that are more in the realm of probes than fixed descriptions of their topics. Powerful words and powerful ideas, metaphors, myths, beliefs, images and arte-facts - these are all "vehicles" for the creation and shaping of meaning among human beings.

Topics covered include the great political and economic theories, the most influential views of nature from Plato to Rachel Carson, and the historic and literary seedbeds for the rise of environmental thought and practice in our time. Of particular importance are the introductory essays from leading figures in the field, and special efforts have been made throughout to give space to alternative voices and ideas.

Dialogue and diversity are essential to human development, and a reader will be stimulated by this volume towards his or her own thoughtful response to the increasing responsibility for the future of the Earth that has come upon us in our time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Timmerman, Peter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Munn, Ted

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change ix

Preface to Volume Five xv

The Human Dimensions of Global Change 1

The Changing Human-Nature Relationships (HNR) in the Context of Global Environmental Change 11

Economics and Global Environmental Change 25

Ecological Economics 37

Environmental Politics 49

Global Environmental Change and Environmental History 62

Globalization in Historical Perspective 73

Technological Society and its Relation to Global Environmental Change 86

Relating to Nature: Spirituality, Philosophy, and Environmental Concern 97

Social Science and Global Environmental Change 109

The Emergence of Global Environment Change into Politics 124

The Environment and Violent Conflict 137

Development and Global Environmental Change 150

Anthropology and Global Environmental Change 163

Art and the Environment 167

Attenborough, David 175

Baha'i Faith and the Environment 176

BAT (Best Available Technology) 183

Bateson, Gregory 183

Brent Spar 184

Brower, David 185

Buddhism and Ecology 185

Business-as-usual Scenarios 191

Carson, Rachel Louise 192

CBA (Cost Benefit Analysis) 193

Chipko Movement 193

Christianity and the Environment 194

Circulating Freshwater: Crucial Link between Climate, Land, Ecosystems, and Humanity 201

Commons, Tragedy of the 208

Cousteau, Jacques 209

Deep Ecology 211

Demographic transition 211

Discounting 214

Earth Charter 216

Earth Day 216

Earth First! 217

Ecocentric, Biocentric, Gaiacentric 217

Ecofeminism 218

Eco-socialism 224

Ecosystem Approach 225

Ecosystem Services 226

Emergy 228

Encyclopedias: Compendia of Global Knowledge 228

Enlightenment Project 229

Environmental Defense Fund 230

Environmental Economics 230

Environmental Ethics 231

Environmental Movement - the Rise of Non-government Organizations (NGOs) 243

Environmental Philosophy: Phenomenological

Ecology 253

Environmental Psychology/Perception 257

Environmental Security 269

Environmental Sociology 278

Equity 279

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 283

Francis of Assisi 284

Friends of the Earth 285

Futures Research 285

Gaia Hypothesis 287

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand 290

Governance and International Management 292

Hazards in Global Environmental Change 297

Hinduism and the Environment 303

Homocentric 311

Human Body, Immediate Environment 312

Indigenous Knowledge, Peoples and Sustainable Practice 314

International Environmental Law 324

ISEW (Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare) and GPI (Genuine Progress Indicator) 331

Islam and the Environment 332

ISSC (International Social Science Council) 339

Jains and the Environment 341

Judaism and the Environment 349

Kelly, Petra 355

Kondratyev, Nikolai Dmitrievich 356

Landscape, Urban Landscape, and the Human Shaping of the Environment 357

Leopold, Aldo 367

Life Style, Private Choice, and Environmental Governance 368

Literature and the Environment 370

Love Canal 382

Malthus, Thomas Robert 384

Man and Nature as a Single but Complex System 384

Modeling Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 394

Modernity vs. Post-modern Environmentalism 408

Muir, John 411

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein 412

National Environmental Law 413

Nature 419

New Ageism 420

NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) 421

Noosphere 421

Phase Shifts or Flip-flops in Complex Systems 422

Political Movements/Ideologies and the Environment 429

Political Systems and the Environment: Utopianism 443

Post-normal Science 451

Precautionary Principle 455

Property Rights and Regimes 457

Religion and Ecology in the Abrahamic Faiths 461

Religion and Environment Among North American First Nations 466

Roosevelt, Theodore 475

Scenarios 476

Seveso 482

Sierra Club 483

Small is Beautiful 483

Social Ecology 484

Social Impact Assessment (SIA) 484

Social Learning in the Management of Global Atmospheric Risks 485

Soft Energy Paths 487

Sovereignty and Sovereign States 487

Sustainability: Human, Social, Economic and Environmental 489

Theology 492

Theories of Health and Environment 492

Thoreau, Henry David 502

Three Mile Island 503

Torrey Canyon 503

UNU (United Nations University) 504

Virtual Environments 505

Waldsterben 508

WCC (World Council of Churches) 509

Über Autor(innen)

Editor-in Chief
Professor Ted Munn, Associate, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. He has over 50 years research/teaching experience in the areas of boundary layer meteorology, environmental impact assessment, environmental management and policy formulation. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). Wiley publish their research monographs (52 titles published to date).

Associate Editors
Professor Michael MacCracken (Volume 1) - Director of the Office of the US Global Change Research Programme (USGCRP), Washington DC, USA. He is a world-renowned academic with over 30 years teaching and research experience in climate modelling.

Dr John S Perry (Volume 1)

Professor Harold A Mooney (Volume 2) - Paul S Achilles Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University, USA. He has over 30 years experience in the areas of biodiversity and ecosystem processes. He is Secretary General of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and past President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

Dr Joseph Canadell (Volume 2) - GCTE International Project Office, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australia.

Professor Ian Douglas (Volume 3) - Professor of Physical Geography, University of Manchester, UK. He has over 30 years experience looking at environmental problems, specializing in tropical geomorphology, hydrology and urban environmental management. He is President of Section E Geography of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and past Co-Chairman of SCOPE.

Dr Mostafa Tolba (Volume 4) - President, International Center for Environment and Development, Egypt. He has led more than 1000 international projects in various areas of environmental planning, management and sustainable development and was Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for over 17 years.

Mr Peter Timmerman (Volume 5) - Programme Co-ordinator and Research Director, International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS) and Research Associate, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. He has published widely in the area of environmental ethics.