Description
| Product ID: | 9780415162753 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Timescapes of Modernity |
| Subtitle: | The Environment and Invisible Hazards |
| Authors: | Author: Barbara Adam |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Sociology, Human geography, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Sociology, Human geography, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | Introducing a unique 'timescape' perspective the author reexamines environmental problems and their cures and provides the potential for innovative new strategies to deal with environmental hazards. Timescapes of Modernity explores the relationship between time and environmental and socio-cultural concerns. Using examples such as the BSE crisis, the Sea Empress oil pollution and the Chernobyl radiation Barbara Adam argues that environmental hazards are inescapably tied to the successes of the industrial way of life. Global markets and economic growth; large-scale production of food; the speed of transport and communication; the 24 hour society and even democratic politics are among the invisible hazards we face. With this unique ''timescape'' perspective the author dislodges assumptions about environmental change, enables a rethinking of environmental problems and provides the potential for new strategies to deal with environmental hazards. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1998-03-05 |
