TY - BOOK AU - Harper,Charles L. TI - Environment and society: human perspectives on environmental issues SN - 9780132403566 (alk. paper) U1 - 304.28 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental policy KW - Environmentalism N1 - TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN SYSTEMS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE 1 Ecocatastrophe or ecohype? Environments and Ecosystems Ecosystem Change and Evolution The Relevance of Ecological theory for Human-Environment Interaction Horticultural Systems Culture Social Institutions Social Strucure Population Size and Characteristics The Duality of Human Life Worldviews and Cognized Environments Ecosystem and sociocultural evolution: human ecology Industrial Societies Human-Environment Relations in Industrial Societies Dominant Worldviews in Industrial Societies Environmental Social Sciences Economic Thought Emerging Ecological Economics Sociological Thought The Greening of Social Theory and Sociology Conclusion: environment, ecosystems, and human systems The Human Driving Forces of Environmental and Ecological Change System Connections 50 / Intellectual Paradigms about Human- Environment Relations 50 Personal connections CHAPTER TWO HUMANS AND THE RESOURCES OF THE EARTH: SOURCES AND SINKS Land and soil Soil and Food Addressing Soil Problems Economic and Ecosystem Services: Pricing Soil Degradation Water resources Growing Water Use and It's Problems Water and Political Conflicts Freshwater Economic and Ecosystem Services Biodiversity and forests Forest Resources Tropical Deforestation Forest Economic and Ecosystem Services Declining Biodiversity The Human Causes of Declining Biodiversity Declining Biodiversity: Who Cares about Wild Creatures? Addressing Deforestation and Declining Biodiversity Wastes and pollution Chemical Pollution from Agriculture Addressing Solid Waste Problems Municipal Pollution Pollution Trends Conclusion: resources of the earth Personal connections CHAPTER THREE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Ozone depletion and ultraviolet radiation Destroying the Ozone Layer A Cautionary Tale: Technology, Progress, and Environmental Damage A Happy Ending? Turning up the heat: global warming General Circulation Models Some Ambiguities in the Evidence Evolving Science and Consensus Impacts on Society Do we know enough to act? Policy options: what could be done about global warming? Strategies, Social Change, and Inequality Greenhouse Diplomacy: Kyoto and Beyond Can We Afford the Costs? Personal connections CHAPTER FOUR ENERGY AND SOCIETY A historical detour: recent energy crises Energy problems: environmental and social Source Problems: Energy Resource Supplies Population Growth, Economic Development, and Distribution Problems Policy and Geopolitical Problems Sink Problems: Energy and Environment The energetic s of human societies Low- and Hi-energy Societies Industrialization and Energy Social Science and Energetic Macrolevel Studies of Low-Energy Societies Macrolevel Studies of High-Energy Societies Microlevel Studies: Personal and Household Energy Consumption The present energy system and its alternatives Fossil Fuels Nuclear Energy Renewable Energy Sources Barriers, transitions, and energy policy Barriers to Change Transitions and Policy The Present and Foreseeable Future In summary: energy and the risks we take Personal connections CHAPTER FIVE POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND FOOD 224 The dynamics of population change The Demographic Transition Model The Demographic Divide: More Developed Nations and Less Developed Nations Population Redistribution: Urbanization and Migration How serious is the problem of population growth? Neo-Malthusian Arguments Economics Arguments Inequality Arguments Making sense out of this controversial Population, food, and hunger Change and the Contours of World Hunger Explaining World Hunger Feeding eight billion people in the next 50 years? Biotechnology? Sustainable Agriculture: Agroecology and Low-input Farming? Stabilizing world population: policy options Conclusion Personal connections CHAPTER SIX GLOBALIZATION, GROWTH, AND SUSTAINABILITY Globalization Political-economy Perspective I: Neo Liberalism Political-economy Perspective II Globalization and Social Inequality Inequality and Environmental Impact Measuring Environmental Impact:I = PAT Sustainability Growth and sustainability: two perspectives Limits to Growth: Outbreak-Crash Ecological Modernization: Prosperity while protecting the Environment Understanding the Controversy Promoting More Sustainable Consumption Growth, Well-Being, and Happiness Sustainable societies? Transformations and sustainability: social change Functionalism and Change Conflict Perspectives and Change Interpretive Theories and Change Integrating Perspectives?Agency, Structure, and Time Horizons Time Horizons, Conclusion: a transformation to sustainability? Personal connections CHAPTER SEVEN TRANSFORMING STRUCTURES: MARKETS AND POLITICS Markets Market Failures Environmentally Perverse Subsidies and Market Incentives Transforming Market Incentives: Green Taxes New Measures of Social and Economic Progress Rational-Choice and Human-Environment Problems Markets Alone are Not "the Answer" Politics and policy Strategies for Public Policy Policy and the Economic Production Cycle Policy and Social Structure Politics and the Limits of Policy Possible levers for progress The Environmental State and Regulatory Policy Ecological Modernization Community Management of Commons Resources Tradable Permits Comparing Tradable Environmental Allowances and Community Resource Management The global political-economy and the environment Organizations, Trade, Treaties, and the Environment Transnational Corporations Protesting Globalization: Trouble with the WTO International Treaties and Regimes for Environmental Protection Conclusion Personal connections CHAPTER EIGHT ENVIRONMENTALISM: IDEIOLOGY AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONS American environmentalism Early American Environmental Movements, More Contemporary Environmental Movements Reform Environmentalism and the Environmental Lobby Reform Environmentalism, Public Opinion, and Legislation Environmental Justice and Grass Roots Movements Other Voices: Deep Ecology and Ecofeminism Other Voices: Ecotheology and Voluntary Simplicity Antienvironmentalism: Manifest Destiny and Countermovements Global environmentalism Environmentalism and change People and Environment: Attitudes, Commitments, and Behaviors Environmentalism: how successful? In conclusion Personal connections; Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-336) and indexes UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018523.html ER -