Handbook of environmental sociology /
edited by Riley E. Dunlap and William Michelson.
- Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- x, 602 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Table of Contents
1. Environmental sociology : an introduction / Riley E. Dunlap, William Michelson, and Glenn Stalker 1 2. Sociological theory and the natural environment / Frederick H. Buttel and Craig R. Humphrey 33 3. Theory and the sociological study of the built environment / William Michelson and Willem van Vliet-- 70 4. Socio-behavioral qualities of the built environment / Sherry Ahrentzen 96 5. Macro-environments and people : cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas / David Popenoe and William Michelson 137 6. Designing the built environment / Leslie Kilmartin 167 7. Rural environments and agriculture / Don E. Albrecht and Steve H. Murdock 192 8. Energy, society, and environment / Loren Lutzenhiser, Craig K. Harris, and Marvin E. Olsen 222 9. Natural hazards and disasters / Joanne M. Nigg and Dennis Mileti 272 10. Technological hazards and disasters / Steve Kroll-Smith, Stephen R. Couch, and Adeline G. Levine 295 11. Risk, technology, and society / Thomas Dietz, R. Scott Frey, and Eugene A. Rosa 329 12. Human dimensions of global environmental change / Thomas Dietz and Eugene A. Rosa 370 13. Social impact assessment and technology assessment / Kurt Finsterbusch and William R. Freudenburg 407 14 The environmental movement in the United States / Angela G. Mertig, Riley E. Dunlap, and Denton E. Morrison 448 15. Environmental concern : concept and measurement issues / Riley E. Dunlap and Robert Emmet Jones 482 16. Environmental sociology in nonacademic settings / Barbara A. Payne and Christopher Cluett. 525
Includes bibliographical references and index. 553
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Environmental sociology--North America. Environmental policy--North America. Social ecology--North America. Human ecology--North America.