Description
| Product ID: | 9780230300606 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Natural Resource Use and Global Change |
| Subtitle: | New Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Social Ecology |
| Authors: | Author: K. Bruckmeier |
| Page Count: | 290 |
| Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Philosophy of science, The environment, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Sustainability, Political science & theory, Central government policies, Philosophy of science, The environment, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Sustainability |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Barriers to global sustainability are identified and conditions for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use are described. Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Charting the historical development of social ecology in the context of environmental research, the book examines the interactions between society and nature and identifies both the barriers to global sustainability and the conditions and best practice for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-01-21 |
