Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

気候変動科学－持続可能な開発入門　第2版
Mutter, John C., Climate Change Science: A Primer for Sustainable Development. 2nd ed. (Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers) 240 pp. 2026:5 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <763-902>
ISBN 978-0-231-22046-0 hard ¥17,952.- (税込) US$ 80.00
ISBN 978-0-231-22047-7 paper ¥4,488.- (税込) US$ 20.00

How will future climates be different from today's world-and what consequences will changes in climate have for societies? This book is a primer on the fundamental science of climate change and climate prediction, now updated to reflect the latest research. It is accessible for readers with little to no background in science, particularly geared toward those studying sustainable development.John C. Mutter gives a just-the-facts overview of how the climate system functions and what we know about why changes occur. He details how human activity affects global climate, explaining consequences of rising temperatures such as sea level rise, hurricane behavior, and climate variability. The primer also discusses how climate predictions are made and examines the sources of uncertainty in forecasting.This second edition incorporates updates to the science that have occurred since the book's original publication, including the most recent IPCC Assessment Report. It adds discussion of attribution science-the ability to determine the extent to which extreme weather was the result of climate change. It also features a new chapter on geoengineering, exploring proposals to mitigate or even reverse climate change by reducing the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth or directly removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Saygin, Hasan / Oral, H. V. / Dehghanian, K. et al. (eds.), Nature-based Solutions and Circularity Perspectives in the Built Environment: Multidisciplinary Approaches. 130 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-907>
ISBN 978-1-032-83433-7 hard ¥53,322.- (税込) GB￡ 175.00

The main purpose of this book is to examine the applications of nature-based solutions (NBS) and circularity in the built environment from a multidisciplinary perspective, but with a focus on energy, civil, and environmental engineering. The book is therefore divided into three sections, energy management, hydrology and water management, and applications of sustainable natural resources in soil improvement in the built environment.Section 1 introduces the concepts of circularity and NBS in the built environment with a focus on energy management in buildings and infrastructure through case studies of auditing, assessment, and best practice in design.Section 2 examines NBS in the form of water management. Chapters cover urban and rural resilience in water management, the circular design of waste management and NBS in coastal contexts.In Section 3, chapters and case studies present solutions that can be applied to improve the physical and mechanical properties of the soil. It presents viable options for sustainable reuse of construction materials from civil infrastructure projects, and industrial wastes in soil improvement.This book is important reading for researchers and professionals in civil engineering, water engineering, coastal engineering, sustainable infrastructure design and urban planning.

海洋学の基礎
Sharples, Jonathan, Oceanography: The Basics. (The Basics) 256 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-908>
ISBN 978-1-032-73280-0 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-73279-4 paper ¥7,309.- (税込) GB￡ 23.99

Earth's oceans are vital for sustaining life on our planet. Oceanography is an intrinsically multidisciplinary science that explores how the ocean does this. The author uses plankton as a focus for the book, drawing together the physics of the ocean circulation, the chemistry of nutrients and carbon, and the biology of the plankton.The book begins by describing the major ocean currents and tides, and the importance of stratification, or layers, in the ocean. It explains how microscopic plants and animals, the plankton, are fundamental to ocean food chains and Earth's climate, and shows how ocean currents and mixing control the global distribution of plankton. Contrasts are explored between the open ocean and the shallow coastal seas, to help understand why the shallow seas are so productive. Case studies illustrate how the ocean supports fish, including upwelling of deep nutrients, the links between plankton and fish, and how ocean currents provide vital transport routes for fish eggs and larvae. The author explores the importance of the ocean in Earth's carbon cycle and climate. A final chapter describes some of the core techniques used to observe the ocean.Oceanography: The Basics is an essential introduction to the field for undergraduates, and includes further resources and short, quantitative diversions for students who want to take the concepts further.

Thu, Nguyen Anh / Kumar, Anuj / Huong, Vu Thanh (eds.), Green Policies and Practices. 258 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <763-909>
ISBN 978-1-041-24072-3 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-041-24078-5 paper ¥13,708.- (税込) GB￡ 44.99

This conference proceedings is for the International Conference on Green Policies and Practices: Catalyst or Pressure for Trade and Investment. The conference was organized on 22nd and 23rd November 2024 at University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University - Hanoi. The conference is the 12th in the series of annual Conferences on International Economic Cooperation and Integration (CIECI), initiated in 2013 by the VNU-UEB. The theme of the conference, "Green Policies and Practices: Catalyst or Pressure for Trade and Investment", reflects one of the most pressing debates of our time: the balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability. As global trade and investment deepen, the urgency of integrating green standards into policies and practices has never been greater.

von Verschuer, Franziska, Collecting Seeds, Assembling Worlds: An Inquiry into Agrobiodiversity Conservation Through the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. (Science Studies) 280 S. 2025:12 (Transcript, GW) <763-911>
ISBN 978-3-8376-7811-6 paper ¥12,882.- (税込) EUR 49.00

How has the world lost three quarters of its crop diversity in less than a century? How does a collection of seeds frozen in the Arctic help face this loss and the growing threat of food insecurity? And how can Indigenous knowledges and artistic interventions inspire modes of dealing with agrobiodiversity loss that respond to contemporary socio-ecological transformations with care rather than techno-salvationism? Franziska von Verschuer traces these questions from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the world's stronghold against agrobiodiversity loss, to divergent worlds and modes of world-making that it assembles along with seeds ? showing that the future is more open than the popular story of the ?doomsday vault? suggests.

Aram, I. Arul, Green Narratives: Media and Environment in a Changing World. 276 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-874>
ISBN 978-1-041-17101-0 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-17102-7 paper ¥12,184.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book examines the nuances of how the media conveys environmental issues, drawing on scientific facts and documenting grassroots realities, and influencing popular perceptions. It provides a broad overview of the emerging field of environmental communication research. It is a valuable resource for scholars of environmental communication across various disciplines, including environmental studies and media & communication studies.This book arises from the need to guide media academics undertaking research in environmental communication, as well as media professionals, environmental enthusiasts, and environmental non-governmental organisations. It discusses the issues, theories, and methods related to environmental communication research practised around the globe. It extends beyond the scope of the Green Revolution and delves into the mass media coverage of agriculture. Case studies such as the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas disaster provide an in-depth understanding of pollution policies and the role of the media in monitoring their implementation. Greta Thunberg's climate change movement and the depletion of the ozone layer are also discussed. The book covers how human-wildlife conflict revolves around protected areas. It focuses on how the media creates a platform for the exchange of eco-sensitive information and ideas. The book provides an in-depth account of ecocriticism and visual analysis. All chapters are intertwined with examples of media coverage of the environment.This book has an advocacy approach, aiming to encourage people and governments to take action by promoting research in environmental communication. It will be an invaluable textbook for students, researchers, and educators studying environmental communication, media studies, environmental studies, disaster studies, and cultural studies. It will also serve as an essential resource for academics, policymakers, disaster management professionals, media practitioners, mental health experts, social workers, and general readers seeking a deeper understanding of ecology & environment, disaster narratives, memory, and resilience.

Bennett, Natalie, Green Thinking: Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics. 272 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-876>
ISBN 978-1-032-65589-5 hard ¥45,705.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00
ISBN 978-1-032-64027-3 paper ¥7,309.- (税込) GB￡ 23.99

Green Thinking seeks to "compost" the views of dead white men (Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Norman Borlaugh) and of some not white or dead (Francis Fukuyama, Richard Dawkins, Richard Thaler). It explores the flowering of probiotic Green thinking in the 21st century.This book understands the foundation of life is cooperation, not competition; that diversity is essential to resilience and health of systems; that humans are just one more species of animal, or rather, holobiont; that reductionism has to be replaced by relational thinking; that financialising society has destroyed - as it was meant to do - relationships essential to wellbeing; and, perhaps most crucially at all, that we have to draw on the knowledge and wisdom of indigenous societies that have maintained themselves and their environments in healthy balance for thousands or tens of thousands of years. That means acknowledging the time, energy and talents of all life must contribute to a new way for humans to live in balance with the more-than-human world.This book will appeal to fans of David Graeber, Kate Raworth, Tyson Yunkaporta, Jason Hickel, Anna Tsing, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ursula Le Guin, Bruno Latour, Wangarii Maathai, Merlin Sheldrake, Vandana Shiva, Lynn Margulis, Kim Stanley Robinson, as well as listeners to the New Books Network, Past Present Future, and HPS podcasts.

Brandtner, Christof, Cities in Action: Organizations, Institutions, and Urban Climate Strategies. (Society and the Environment) 344 pp. 2026:2 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <763-877>
ISBN 978-0-231-20238-1 hard ¥31,416.- (税込) US$ 140.00
ISBN 978-0-231-20239-8 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00

As national governments and global institutions fail to address climate change, an increasing number of cities have committed to major sustainability and climate strategies. Why do some cities take bold action while others remain on the sidelines?Christof Brandtner shows that city climate action is not simply a matter of political will: It is an organizational problem. Cities do not act alone. They are embedded within both a broad institutional superstructure of professional networks and peer cities as well as a deep organizational infrastructure of civil society organizations, public agencies, and socially responsible firms. This dual embeddedness shapes cities' capacity to plan, learn, lead, and scale sustainability solutions. Drawing on comparative research spanning fifteen years and thousands of cities around the world, Brandtner traces how environmental strategies, sustainability practices, and green building initiatives emerge, diffuse, and take hold. He uncovers the structural conditions that enable and inhibit meaningful climate action, revealing why it varies so widely across cities.By combining lenses from urban theory and organizational sociology, Cities in Action sheds light on how cities navigate their social and institutional environments to meet the climate challenge. This book offers a novel perspective for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners seeking not just to explain but also to empower city action.

Campbell, Cary, Education in a Time of Social and Environmental Unravelling: Transdisciplinary Responses to the Polycrisis. (Routledge Research in the Anthropocene) 246 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-879>
ISBN 978-1-041-10881-8 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book argues that the root of education's failure to address the complex problems of human-induced climate change lies in the stories we tell. At once too complex, too simplistic, and overly focused on communicating and accumulating scientific facts, the stories we tell about climate change often reduce the problem to singular issues, such as CO2 emissions while advocating out-of-this-world technofixes. Against this challenge, the term 'polycrisis' has emerged to describe the interconnected environmental and social crises we are confronting in the 21st century. The polycrisis encompasses much more than catch-all terms such as climate change and global warming, connecting issues as diverse as biodiversity and habitat loss, water and food scarcity, pollution, and resource depletion, as well as growing economic and social precarity. Through a series of essays and interviews with scholars, scientists, artists and activists, this volume seeks to articulate existential and educational responses and interventions to the polycrisis. The author presents a terrestrial vision for critical eco-pedagogy, arguing that educational freedom in this time is not unlimited or unbounded, but rather cultivated through an engagement with limits and limitations - most fundamentally, the limits of a planet with limited resources and carrying capacity. This timely volume will be of interest to researchers and teachers interested in environmental education, as well as posthumanism, decolonizing education, arts-based research methods, and postgrowth theory.

Fine, Lisa, Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place. (Working Class in American History) 264 pp. 2026:4 (U. Illinois Pr., US) <763-884>
ISBN 978-0-252-04694-0 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-0-252-08908-4 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00

This exploration of an industrial suburb south of Detroit takes seriously the connections to place and the natural world among the working-class people who lived, worked, and played in the region. After a consideration of this type of analysis and demographic and environmental features of this highly industrialized region, each chapter considers a different topic or episode in the on-going efforts of the working-class citizens to create a humane and habitable community. Efforts to combat environmental pollution in this highly industrialized region predate the start of the environmental movement. When working-class people worked to pursue clean water or preserve precious marsh lands along the Detroit River and its tributaries, they worked through sportsmen's organizations, appealed to state agencies, or engaged in grass roots organizing. Local unions objected to the building of an atomic power plant in the regions in the1950s. And, amidst the challenges of deindustrialization, one group of steel workers attempted to buy their own company to secure their families and communities in the region. When faced with economic and environmental challenges, the working-class of Downriver Detroit expressed an enduring connection to their region, a 'bond of place.'

Heaton, Lorna / Charvolin, Florian (eds.), Digital Participatory Biodiversity Science. 110 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-885>
ISBN 978-1-041-27437-7 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

We live in an age where biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, and the natural environment is increasingly under stress. Digital technologies can play a pivotal role in addressing these challenges. This book draws on several case studies of digital participatory science initiatives to reflectively analyze changes in biodiversity knowledge, expertise and infrastructures.It analyses changes in biodiversity knowledge, expertise and infrastructures in several digital participatory or citizen science initiatives and examines how these projects interact with their local environments and how the results are transported and made visible in other contexts. The projects described involve different groups including indigenous peoples, amateur naturalists, hunters, and researchers, in several geographical contexts, such as France, Finland and Canada, all with ties to international networks. This book was originally published as a special issue of Science as Culture.

Crabtree, John / Delgado J., Gonzalo (eds.), Mining and the Peruvian State: Social and Environmental Sustainability. (Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development) 274 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-862>
ISBN 978-1-041-25463-8 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book examines the social, environmental and political sustainability of Peru's mining industry as it seeks to garner the benefits of the energy transition between now and 2050.As the global shift toward net-zero emissions accelerates, Peru is uniquely positioned to play a vital role in the energy transition, thanks to its abundant reserves of critical minerals. This growing global demand presents an unprecedented opportunity for the country to harness its natural wealth to support sustainable development. Yet, the experiences of the past 25 years have shown that maximizing these benefits requires more than resource abundance alone. Social and environmental challenges have too often accompanied mining expansion, leading to significant conflicts around new projects. This book moves the conversation forward by offering a deeper understanding of the structural challenges posed by modern industrial mining and identifying the public policies needed to address them. It goes beyond the traditional "resource curse" narrative to explore how mining can serve as a driver of inclusive growth-provided it is responsibly managed, transparently governed, and aligned with the needs of affected communities. A key message is that the future of mining in Peru depends on building a stronger, more democratic, and participatory state: one capable of representing all sectors of society, not just corporate interests. By learning from past missteps and committing to institutional reforms that promote dialogue, accountability, and equitable development, Peru can chart a new path. The goal is not simply to avoid conflict, but to contribute towards a governance model and building of institutional mechanisms capable of meeting and resolving variant interests in society and enables mining to contribute meaningfully to national well-being and long-term sustainability. While Peru provides key examples of the problems arising from mining development, it typifies problems encountered elsewhere not just in Latin America but further afield. It will therefore be of interest to a far wider readership concerned with the extractive industries.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of mining and the extractive industries, Latin American development and natural resource management more widely, as well as those involved in government and NGOs.

Moyo, Philani / Abuya, Willice O. / Botchwey, G. (eds.), Just Transition and Climate Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Epistemologies, Policy and Practice. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 236 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-834>
ISBN 978-1-041-13402-2 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Just transition offers a way for fossil fuel-dependant economies to meet climate goals, while ensuring that society as a whole - communities, workers, young people and marginalised groups - remain in the forefront of the conversation.This book explores the political economy of just transition in East, West and Southern Africa in order to shine a light on contested epistemologies, policy configurations and case studies of practice at various scales. In the African context, just transition is particularly significant due to the continent's rich natural resources, including oil, gas, and minerals, which have historically been exploited without adequate consideration for environmental sustainability and local communities' socio-economic rights. This book analyses how just transition, in practice, should aim to rectify these historical injustices by promoting inclusive decision-making processes that involve the affected groups, workers and communities. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, who apply a climate justice analytical lens and just transition concepts, the chapters question the extent to which pathways towards net zero carbon emissions by 2050 are achievable in Africa and whether this can be attained without undermining economic growth, jobs, livelihoods and lives.Just Transition and Climate Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa will be an important read for policymakers as well as for researchers in the fields of climate justice, environmental law, African and environmental studies.

Munkuamo Gonzaleze, Jean Rufin, Vulnerabilites environnementales et resiliences urbaines a Kinshasa. (Dossiers, etudes et documents) 207 p. 2025:11 (L'Harmattan, FR) <763-836>
ISBN 978-2-336-56887-4 paper ¥5,783.- (税込) EUR 22.00

Nicolai, Katharina, Environmental Sustainability and Autocratic Governance in Morocco: The Emerald Kingdom. (Perspectives on the Maghreb) 326 pp. 2026:3 (Routledge, UK) <763-815>
ISBN 978-90-485-6722-5 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book examines the foundations of Morocco's approach to green energy and environmental sustainability politics and, through an approach of autocracy research, offers a new perspective on the country's environmental turn during the reign of King Mohammed VI.International accolades have rained on the Moroccan regime for its transition toward green energy and environmental sustainability politics. Green mega projects such as the Noor Ouarzazate solar plants or Morocco's vast wind farms contributed considerably to its reputation as a modern green Kingdom. Within the nascent field of political ecology of the MENA region, the book examines the correlation between environmental sustainability politics and autocratic power. It proposes that the Moroccan regime strategically instrumentalizes this policy field to bolster regime resilience through legitimation strategies directed both at domestic and foreign audiences, as well as co-optive practices aimed at generating support among national as well as foreign elites. Inevitably, the book returns to the Western Sahara conflict and the role environmental sustainability politics play in Morocco's attempt in its annexation.This book is perfect for undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars alike. It speaks to a broad academic readership interested in modern Morocco and the Maghreb, as well as political and environmental studies.

Hetzel, Desiree, Moving Lives - Cultivating with Climate Change in Vanuatu. (Environmental Anthropology 10) 234 S. 2025:5 (Transcript, GW) <763-775>
ISBN 978-3-8376-7766-9 paper ¥14,459.- (税込) EUR 55.00

Horticulture in Oceania has been under increasing scrutiny?due to climate change and related policies. In Vanuatu, cultivators navigate crop growth and community life within the context of shifting environments, storm events, and innovations in climate projects. Desiree Hetzel?offers new?insights into the encounters and dynamics of climate change in this unique island nation by showing the routes around and roads towards gardening as both an environmental and a social practice. This reflection on indigenous agency from environmental anthropology and the anthropology of climate change comes at a critical moment of planetary transformation.

交差性と環境運動－グローバルなコンテクストにおけるイギリスのアクティヴィズム
Hiraide, Lydia Ayame, Intersectionality and Environmental Movements: British Activism in Global Context. (Social Movements in the 21st Century: New Paradigms) 232 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-887>
ISBN 978-1-041-06802-0 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-06447-3 paper ¥12,184.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

In view of recent criticisms of the environmentalist movement for centring middle-class whiteness, this book examines the discourses, strategies, and theories of environmentalism in modern Britain through the Black feminist lens of intersectionality.The author proposes a framework of 'intersectional absences and presences' to argue that how environmentalists understand-or ignore-intersectionality shapes their social movements in important ways. It affects how they build and communicate their political demands as environmentalists, as well as the literal spaces in which they organize. Drawing on interviews, ethnography, and archival research, it demonstrates the importance of intersectionality for analysing the structural relationships between discrete structures of oppression such as racism, sexism, and classism, and how political demands are built and communicated.This book will appeal to scholars, postgraduate students, and researchers of gender studies, social movements, political sociology, environmental sociology, and race and ethnicity.

ハプスブルク帝国領ガリツィアの河川
Kargol, Tomasz (ed.), The Rivers of Habsburg Galicia: Between Flow and Control. (Routledge Environmental History) 328 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-889>
ISBN 978-1-041-14495-3 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Providing an in-depth exploration into the rivers of Habsburg Galicia (part of Austrian Poland) in the 19th century, this volume combines analysis of historical hydrographic data with modern GIS and remote sensing tools.Considering geographical and historical factors, the book draws on both natural processes and human activities, to analyse how river valleys function and highlight contemporary challenges relating to water resource management in the context of climate change. The collection is divided into four parts, Rivers, Flow, Control, and Economy. The first part consists of studies on rivers in Galicia from geographical, borderland, legislative and literary perspectives. The second deals with the floods that regularly affected Galicia in the 19th and 20th centuries, causing significant economic and social damage, providing pertinent parallels with current issues in the context of climate change. The third part analyses the actions of the state and autonomous authorities, aimed at controlling rivers through regulation, the construction of flood embankments, and the drainage of wetlands. The final part includes studies on the role of rivers in the economic life.This is a detailed and fascinating examination for scholars and students interested in Eastern European environmental history, hydrology, environmental management and water resource governance, and environmental economics.

Kirsop-Taylor, Nick, Governing the Nature Restoration State. 230 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-890>
ISBN 978-90-485-6381-4 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

The ongoing global mass extinction of biotic life threatens the institutional foundations of many developed nations, which have historically depended on exploiting natural resources. As we enter the global Age of Ecosystem Restoration, a transformative governance paradigm emerges that could guide societies through the current biodiversity crisis.This institutional shift requires states to fundamentally reimagine their relationship with nature. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Nick Kirsop-Taylor presents a compelling framework for state transformation grounded in socio-ecological practice and contemporary theories of governance and institutions. The book argues that nature-depleted regions must evolve into "Nature Restoration States" - entities where place-based ecological restoration becomes the central organizing principle of mission-driven governance. This represents a radical departure from extractive models toward regenerative institutional frameworks designed to navigate our ecological future.This book is essential reading for scholars and researchers covering environmental conservation and protection, environmental policy, and socio-ecological practices.

Langgut, Dafna, Climate and Environment in the Southern Levant, 1300-300 BCE. (Elements in The Archaeology of Ancient Israel) 75 pp. 2026:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <763-893>
ISBN 978-1-009-55832-7 hard ¥16,758.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-55830-3 paper ¥5,484.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

Past climate fluctuations significantly shaped human ways of life. This Element reconstructs the Southern Levant climate (ca. 1300-300 BCE) using high-resolution, well-dated paleoclimate records. Results show a 150-year arid phase ending the Late Bronze Age, likely driving the collapse of eastern Mediterranean complex societies. The Iron Age I saw a return to humid climate conditions, fostering highland settlement expansion and supporting the rise of the biblical kingdoms. This was one of the region's most profound cycles of collapse and revival. During Iron Age II, climate conditions were moderate, similar to today. The Achaemenid period began with brief aridity, followed by renewed humidity. Pollen evidence, along with additional data such as charcoal remains, was employed to trace environmental changes, including variations in the composition of natural vegetation. Human impacts on the environment were also identified, including fruit tree cultivation, deforestation, overgrazing, the introduction of new plant species, and landscape terracing.

Lutz, Raechel (ed.), New Jersey's Natures: Environmental Histories of the Garden State. (CERES: Rutgers Studies in History) 256 pp. 2026:5 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <763-894>
ISBN 978-1-9788-3643-3 hard ¥26,928.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-9788-3642-6 paper ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95

New Jersey's Natures takes up the challenge of expanding academic and popular conceptions of New Jersey and its landscapes through the lens of environmental history. Scholars' essays showcase the ways in which nature is integral to understandings of the state and its past as well as its future. These essays show that New Jersey should no longer solely be known as a place where pollution and suburbanization run amok, but rather a place where history happens. The contributors investigate how nature and history are intertwined within this small but mighty state, covering topics from the colonial period to the present across North, South, and Central Jersey. They investigate natural features like the Delaware River and Bay, the Pinelands, and the unforgettable Jersey Shore. In this book you will find: indigenous Americans making meaning as settlers threaten their ways of life, Governor William Livingston considering Central Jersey's features as he fights in the American Revolution, farmers building the state's industrial agriculture, a foreign diplomat planting an arboretum, squatters in the swampy Meadowlands subverting social and economic norms, activists fighting for parks, forests, and beaches across two centuries, and much more.

今日の気候正義
Marwege, Rebecca / Gaikwad, Nikhar / Schaefer, Joerg (eds.), Climate Justice Now: Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis. 376 pp. 2026:3 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <763-896>
ISBN 978-0-231-22023-1 hard ¥33,660.- (税込) US$ 150.00
ISBN 978-0-231-22024-8 paper ¥8,527.- (税込) US$ 38.00

Climate change is not only an environmental crisis but also a catalyst for worsening socioeconomic inequalities, leading to widespread calls for "climate justice." Even though this term has become increasingly common, there remains no universally accepted definition. This challenge is compounded by the limitations of traditional scholarly frameworks, which struggle to encompass the dynamic and pervasive impact of the climate crisis across global, national, and local levels. The scope of the crisis requires ethical, social, and political considerations alongside scientific and environmental insights in order to shape equitable responses by states and societies.This multidisciplinary book offers a comprehensive exploration of debates on climate justice across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Synthesizing these divergent approaches, it develops a new conceptual framework that transcends disciplinary divides, providing a deeper and richer understanding of climate justice. Contributors make an urgent case that climate justice must be centered within and across disciplines, creating a roadmap for multidisciplinary research and pedagogy on the climate crisis. Featuring a wide range of voices and actionable recommendations, this timely book illuminates how scholarship on climate change can become a call to action.

M.マスリン著　気候入門　第2版
Maslin, Mark, Climate: A Very Short Introduction. 2nd ed. (Very Short Introductions) 160 pp. 2026:10 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <763-897>
ISBN 978-0-19-894381-5 paper ¥1,969.- (税込)

Meraj, Gowhar / Khalid, Ahmad Mohd (eds.), Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goals: Implementation and Integration. (Environmental and Societal Dimensions of Sustainable Development Goals) 384 pp. 2026:4 (CRC Pr., US) <763-898>
ISBN 978-1-032-98718-7 hard ¥39,611.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This book investigates the critical relationship and interactions between two major environmental agendas of this century: the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Through numerous global case studies, this book provides extensive evidence explaining the synergies and trade-offs that exist between these two agendas and illustrates the varying approaches employed by governments and institutions while implementing them. It highlights essential lessons learned, key policy and regulatory measures focused on potential mitigation and adaptation solutions, and the pivotal role played by a diverse range of stakeholders in achieving the goals of both agendas. FeaturesExplains how to create synergies among the SDGs and the Climate Goals for the betterment of the planet.Raises awareness on urgent global issues through comprehensive analysis of policy measures and decision-making.Provides in-depth case studies from various regions with diverse perspectives and successful implementation strategies.Discusses financing gaps and solutions to guide financial planning and resource allocation.Addresses monitoring and verification mechanisms that will enhance accountability and transparency. This book is an insightful, comprehensive reference for professionals, researchers, senior undergraduates and graduate students working on projects in support of climate change and sustainable development. It's also an excellent book for policymakers and NGOs involved with UN SDGs.

Brereton, Pat, Environmental Ethics and Film. 2nd ed. (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media) 232 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-90>
ISBN 978-1-032-95899-6 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-95894-1 paper ¥12,794.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

Environmental Ethics and Film presents and defends a systematic and comprehensive account of the moral relation between human beings and their natural environment and assumes that human behaviour toward the natural world can and is governed by moral norms.In contemporary society, film has provided a powerful instrument for the moulding of such ethical attitudes. Through a close examination of the medium, Environmental Ethics and Film explores how historical ethical values can be re-imagined and re-constituted for more contemporary audiences. Building on an extensive back-catalogue of eco-film analysis, the author focuses on a diverse selection of contemporary films which target audiences' ethical sensibilities in very different ways. Each chapter focuses on at least three close readings of films and documentaries, examining a wide range of environmental issues as they are illustrated across contemporary Hollywood films. In this thoroughly revised new edition, the author updates each chapter with the latest developments in various core concepts and principles, including the tragedy of the commons, lifeboat ethics, indigenous otherness, deep ecology, and intergenerational justice.The coverage in this edition has been expanded to include tensions over anthropocentricism and ethics with more contemporary examples. This book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of environmental communication, film studies, media and cultural studies, environmental philosophy and ethics.

Ozymy, Joshua / Ozymy, Melissa Jarrell, Rivers on Fire and Corporate Liars: The Monitoring and Sanctioning of U.S. Water Pollution Crimes. (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) 202 pp. 2026:4 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <763-545>
ISBN 978-1-9788-4599-2 hard ¥26,928.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-9788-4598-5 paper ¥7,841.- (税込) US$ 34.95

For over four decades, the U.S federal government has undertaken efforts to police and prosecute environmental crimes to protect public health and the natural environment. Yet, we still know very little about how U.S. federal agencies have monitored and sanctioned water pollution violations and if these actions actually deter crime. In Rivers on Fire and Corporate Liars, Joshua Ozymy and Melissa Jarrell Ozymy examined over 1,000 federal water pollution investigations and prosecutions undertaken by the U.S. EPA and Department of Justice from 1983-2023 to answer these questions. Their analysis provides the most comprehensive empirical examination to date of how the criminal enforcement of water pollution has evolved over time, patterns in prosecutions, and how criminals were sanctioned.

Mancilla, Alejandra, From Sovereignty to Guardianship: Governing Antarctica, Governing the World. 232 pp. 2026:6 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <763-622>
ISBN 978-0-19-790267-7 hard ¥24,680.- (税込) GB￡ 81.00

An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest, and highest continent in the world, so it is no wonder that it has been painted as exceptional in geographic and climatic terms. But not only that: Antarctica is also seen as exceptional politically. Since the Antarctic Treaty came into force in 1961, it has been under the Joint Guardianship of a group of states that have kept peace and privileged science as the main activity on the continent, with a focus on the protection rather than the exploitation of nature. For natural scientists, Antarctica is seen as the largest open-air laboratory in the world. In From Sovereignty to Guardianship, Alejandra Mancilla proposes that Antarctica should also be seen as a laboratory for territorial governance, providing inspiration in places where both the regime of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources of individual states and the international regime of Common Heritage of Mankind have proven insufficient and inadequate. At the same time, she shows that Antarctic governance has important limits that can be surmounted to be made less state-centric and less anthropocentric, embracing the fact that protecting Antarctica requires acting beyond Antarctica, and vice versa. Given the global environmental challenges that we face, and the growing challenges to international law and cooperation, this book argues that environmental governance around the world can--and should--benefit from the creative and often unexpectedly fruitful political imagination of Antarctica.

Johnston, Vanessa / France-Hudson, Ben, Property Law and Climate Change: Inextricably Linked. 274 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-513>
ISBN 978-0-367-07602-3 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Property Law and Climate Change: Inextricably Linked reveals a critical oversight in global climate action: the failure to integrate property law into climate policy and regulatory frameworks.Through systematic analysis of mitigation and adaptation strategies, Property Law and Climate Change: Inextricably Linked demonstrates how the neglect of property law fundamentals undermines the effectiveness of climate responses, with particular focus on Australia and New Zealand. The book offers both diagnosis and direction, examining why current approaches fall short and identifying how property law integration could strengthen climate responses. From land use planning to coastal adaptation and carbon sequestration, the authors demonstrate that property law must be integrated within climate change policy. By mapping these crucial connections, this book provides a roadmap for developing regulatory frameworks that work with, rather than against, existing property systems.This book will appeal to researchers in the fields of property law, environmental law and governance, and comparative law. It will also be of interest to policymakers, lawmakers, urban planners, and legal practitioners.

気候変動と私法ハンドブック
Kysar, Douglas A. / Lim, Ernest (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Private Law. (Oxford Handbooks) 888 pp. 2026:6 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <763-514>
ISBN 978-0-19-780916-7 hard ¥53,856.- (税込) US$ 240.00

LaMothe, Ryan, Reimagining Psychoanalytic Theory in the Climate Polycrisis: Thinking with Giorgio Agamben and Indigenous Philosophies. 270 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <763-48>
ISBN 978-1-032-85411-3 hard ¥45,705.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00
ISBN 978-1-032-85410-6 paper ¥10,661.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Reimagining Psychoanalytic Theory in the Climate Polycrisis re-visions psychoanalysis by considering indigenous philosophy and the work of Giorgio Agamben.Ryan LaMothe argues that the origins of psychoanalysis have tacitly produced, with some qualifications, not only dismissive attitudes and relations toward so-called "primitive" peoples and their philosophies, but also depersonalization of other species. Revisiting key psychoanalytic concepts and drawing on Winnicott, Bollas and Lear, LaMothe sheds new light on notions of subjectivity, psychosocial development, trauma, transference, resistance, therapy, and analytic love and hope. Relying the philosophy of Giogio Agamben and Indigenous philosophies, this book aims to cross the divide by reimagining psychoanalytic developmental theory and concepts.Reimagining Psychoanalytic Theory in the Climate Polycrisis will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training.

Daniels, Brigham / Camacho, Alejandro E., Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law. 312 pp. 2026:4 (New York U. Pr., US) <763-461>
ISBN 978-1-4798-0281-4 hard ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Displays how throughout US history, law has consistently been foundational to the nation's environmental exploitation and protection, offering crucial lessons for addressing contemporary challengesThe relationship between humans and the environment in the United States has been a tale of countless contrasting, overlapping trends, movements, and tensions. Cultivating both the planet's biggest environmental threats and its most creative innovations for protecting human and ecological health, US laws have been the key driver of both exploitation and temperance; destruction and restoration; and resistance and adaptation.Lessons for a Warming Planet showcases the fundamental role the law has served in reckoning with environmental harm in the United States. Authors Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels explore the full arc of US Environmental legal history across five major periods in the United States: the Allocation Era, Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Era, the Modernization Era, the Environmental Era of the Sixties and Seventies, and the contemporary Contested Era. Through this rich history, the book considers the ways leadership, social movements, political coalitions, information, and technologies have both been catalyzed by the law and have advanced legal change. Camacho and Daniels ask what lessons can be drawn from this environmental legal history to help observers address today's contemporary challenges, from climate change to AI and other emerging biotechnologies. In looking to the past, the book illustrates how others have deployed legal imagination to reckon with similar environmental challenges. Providing a deeply fascinating and insightful history of environmental law, Lessons for a Warming Planet beckons readers to consider: What lessons can be drawn from environmental legal history and its related social, political, and economic movements to address the critical problems of today?

Fauche, Marine, Les medecins de la terre: une enquete philosophique dans le champ de la conservation de la nature. (Philosophie de terrain) 168 p. 2025:11 (Ed. Univ. de Dijon, FR) <763-43>
ISBN 978-2-36441-590-4 paper ¥4,206.- (税込) EUR 16.00

Tomala, Magdalena, Ecological Marketing in EU Cities. (Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City) 212 pp. 2026:3 (Routledge, UK) <763-400>
ISBN 978-1-041-00300-7 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book provides a comprehensive knowledge of eco-marketing in large cities of the European Union.It explains how environmental marketing becomes a strategic tool for building sustainable development in cities. The book explores theoretical foundations such as green marketing and sustainable branding, emphasizing the connection between people, planet, and profit. It also analyses diverse city-specific marketing strategies that balance economic growth with environmental protection. In addition to this, the book includes case studies evaluating the effectiveness of these strategies and provides practical recommendations for improving urban ecological indicators like air and water quality, waste management, and green space availability. The focus is on a multi-level governance to foster sustainable urban development. Ecological Marketing in EU Cities will appeal to urban planners, marketing professionals, local government officials, sustainability consultants, academic researchers, and students interested in environmental marketing, sustainable urban development, and city branding strategies.

Mont, Oksana (ed.), Myths about Sustainable Consumption: Dispelled. 264 pp. 2026:3 (Routledge, UK) <763-336>
ISBN 978-1-041-01218-4 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-041-01217-7 paper ¥12,794.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

Why, despite decades of warnings and solutions, does unsustainable consumption still persist? What keeps societies locked into business as usual even when the consequences are clear? This book contends that part of the answer lies in the myths we adhere to-powerful narratives that normalise the status quo, limit imagination, and delay the transition to sustainability.Gathering leading scholars from various disciplines, this book examines twelve of the most widespread myths about sustainable consumption-from the belief that information provision, small individual actions, or technological fixes will deliver sustainability, to the faith in economic growth as the goal of societal development and the idea that consumer demand drives sustainability. Each chapter explores the origin of a specific myth, details its environmental and social impacts, and presents evidence-based counterarguments. Chapters also move beyond critique by offering practical strategies, policy and business implications, and inspiring real-world examples, illustrating how alternative pathways can be implemented in practice. Collectively, the chapters reveal how myths endure through cultural resonance, institutional embedding, daily practices, and political interests, while also providing a clear and applicable framework for diagnosing myths, debating them, and designing alternatives. The book underscores recurring barriers to change but highlights leverage points and opportunities for transformation.This volume will benefit researchers, students, policymakers, business leaders, and engaged citizens seeking to understand why simplistic solutions fall short and how sufficiency, justice, and systemic change can foster more sustainable ways of living within planetary boundaries. It ultimately empowers readers to rethink taken-for-granted assumptions and help accelerate sustainability transformations.

Petersen-Rockney, Margiana, Farmers and Climate Change: Agricultural Adaptation in an Age of Rural Polarization. (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) 288 pp. 2026:6 (Yale U. Pr., US) <763-249>
ISBN 978-0-300-28225-2 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00

B.S.Sergi他編　金融の弾力性とSDGs
Ziolo, Magdalena / Sergi, Bruno S. (eds.), Financial Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals. (Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance) 126 pp. 2026:2 (Routledge, UK) <763-234>
ISBN 978-1-041-09182-0 hard ¥17,059.- (税込) GB￡ 55.99

Financial resilience is a concept that is gaining importance in the context of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk and can be considered from the perspective of any entity operating in the market economy, from households to local government units. This book presents the concept of financial resilience from a global and an international perspective, and through the prism of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).It covers a broad spectrum, from the theoretical framework and the assessment of the current state of knowledge and research to the practical approach used in financial institutions. The book's key contribution is that it examines the link between the SDGs and financial resilience, which is an interesting and under-researched observation. Its original and innovative approach to financial resilience fills this research gap and also includes a discussion of artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalisation.The book provides empirical analyses, case studies and a framework, strategies and recommendations for building financial resilience. As such, it will be a valuable source of knowledge for students, academics, researchers and policymakers in the field of finance, and particularly green and sustainable finance.Magdalena Ziolo is a full professor of Finance at the University of Szczecin, Poland. Her research and teaching focus on finance, banking and sustainability. She is the author and editor of numerous books, mostly about financing sustainable development.Bruno S. Sergi is a professor of Political Economy at the University of Messina in Italy and concurrently serves as an instructor at Harvard University in the United States.

Scheyvens, Regina / Cheer, Joseph M. (eds.), Tourism, the SDGs, and Partnerships. 242 pp. 2026:3 (Routledge, UK) <763-387>
ISBN 978-1-041-24657-2 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book appraises the place of partnerships in the pursuit of the 2030 Agenda across diverse international cases and tourism industry contexts. The potential for tourism to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals is roundly acknowledged, with SDG17 (Partnerships for the Goals) being perhaps the most pivotal of all SDGs, given that without multi-stakeholder approaches, very little progress is likely. This is especially important in a sector like tourism that necessarily involves the participation of governments at all levels, non-governmental actors, industry-from small to medium enterprises to large corporations-and communities in all their manifestations, from village level to municipality, state, and nation. This volume showcases partnerships in diverse international settings and varying industry contexts.This comprehensive resource is essential reading for students, tourism professionals, policy makers, sustainable development practitioners and policy makers and researchers in tourism studies, international development, and sustainability programs. The book covers key subject areas including sustainable tourism development, international partnerships, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), multi-stakeholder collaboration, tourism policy, and community-based tourism initiatives.This book was previously published as a special issue of Journal of Sustainable Tourism and features an updated Introduction.

Falkowski, Krzysztof (ed.), Sustainable Development in East Asia. (Routledge Open Business and Economics) 138 pp. 2026:3 (Routledge, UK) <763-211>
ISBN 978-1-032-97901-4 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

East Asia plays a crucial role in the contemporary world, not only as a center of rapid economic growth but also as a region facing challenges in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the context of global efforts towards sustainable development, the role of East Asia is becoming increasingly significant due to its impact on the world economy and the environment. It seems evident that without considerable involvement from Asia, including East Asia, achieving the SDGs globally will be impossible. This book presents both European and Asian perspectives on sustainability issues in East Asia, emphasizing the economic, political and legal characteristics of the East Asian region, understood as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states plus China, Japan, and South Korea, (ASEAN plus three). This is a significant backdrop for further in-depth research on selected dimensions of sustainability in East Asia, which are particularly important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).It explores various aspects that constitute the region's pursuit of sustainable development, analysing them from the perspective of several dimensions. These include the normative-institutional dimension of cooperation among East Asian countries in implementing sustainable development; the promotion of sustainable trade in the region; sustainable consumption and production as a central challenge to East Asia's sustainability; and the role of the services sector in advancing SDG targets related to decent work.The book's interdisciplinary approach makes it a useful guide for researchers, scholars and students specializing in sustainable development, development economics, international economics, international law, political sciences, as well as policymakers and activists striving to achieve or promote the SDGs.

Vuppalapati, Chandrasekar, Building Next-Gen ESG Platforms with IoT and AI for Sustainable Development Goals. 308 pp. 2026:3 (CRC Pr., US) <763-202>
ISBN 978-1-032-85607-0 hard ¥45,705.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00

This book delivers a practical blueprint for applying AI, IoT, and advanced analytics to drive measurable ESG outcomes. It covers machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and fast language models for edge use, with benchmarks like MMLU, GPQA, and MGSM. Step-by-step guides teach ESG IoT model building, neural network fine-tuning, and RAG implementations. Application chapters span IoT-enabled GHG monitoring, methane/rumination tracking with Class 10 sensors, and AI for remote farming. Real-world case studies and deployment pipelines provide innovators, policymakers, and leaders with a cross-disciplinary framework aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals.

成長、民主主義、気候行動－先進資本主義の新しい政治的トリレンマ
Regan, Aidan / Schwander, Hanna / Benoit, Cyril et al., Growth, Democracy or Climate Action?: The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism. (Comparative Political Economy) 176 pp. 2026:4 (Agenda Pub., UK) <763-198>
ISBN 978-1-78821-888-7 hard ¥22,215.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-1-78821-889-4 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Governments face a conflicting choice between economic growth, democracy and tackling the climate crisis. They cannot achieve all three objectives simultaneously and the growing tensions between them are being played out in countries across the world. It is the new trilemma of advanced capitalist democracy. The authors use this trilemma as a fresh analytic framework to conceptualise these tradeoffs and tensions in the study of capitalist democracies. In a compelling analysis, the authors argue that the type of democratic politics that is required to generate growth and prosperity within the ecological limits of the planet has not been taken seriously in the study of comparative political economy and needs to be located at the heart of future research. Given the unprecedented scale of structural reform that governments need to implement to effectively tackle the climate crisis, the authors question whether the transition to carbon neutrality can be done within the liberal rulebook that has governed the politics of advanced capitalism for the past 100 years.

Ben-Asher, Noa, Secular-Christian Social Justice: Climate, Race, and Gender in the Twenty-First Century. 224 pp. 2026:8 (New York U. Pr., US) <763-129>
ISBN 978-1-4798-2357-4 hard ¥10,098.- (税込) US$ 45.00
ISBN 978-1-4798-4725-9 paper ¥10,098.- (税込) US$ 45.00

Explores the Christian-theological foundations of modern social justice movements and how they've shaped contemporary debates on climate, race, and genderFrom Pope Francis's call to "repent for ecological sins" to murals depicting George Floyd in the Virgin Mary's arms, Christian motifs have permeated contemporary justice discourse. In Secular Christian-Social Justice, legal scholar Noa Ben-Asher investigates the often-hidden theological foundations of seemingly secular social justice movements, exploring how climate, racial, and gender justice are fundamentally animated by Christian themes and values.Combining critical legal theory, theology, feminist and queer thought, and cultural analysis, Ben-Asher demonstrates that contemporary social justice movements operate through four distinctly Christian theological frameworks: apocalyptic worldviews that frame social crises as existential battles between good and evil; trauma-centered narratives that mirror Christian concepts of grace and redemption; appeals to human dignity rooted in Catholic social teaching; and critiques of material inequality that echo biblical economic justice traditions. This interdisciplinary approach allows for tracing the subtle yet pervasive influence of Christian thought across climate, racial, and gender justice. Thus, Ben-Asher argues, the so-called "culture wars" in the United States aren't taking place between religious and secular forces, but between two Christianities: one traditional and institutional, the other reformist and ostensibly secular.The book contends that reckoning with these theological foundations is essential for both intellectual honesty and effective legal and political action. Providing a critical diagnosis of contemporary law and activism, Secular-Christian Social Justice challenges and deepens readers' understanding of the relationship between religion, law, and politics in America, and calls for more radical forms of climate, racial, and gender justice that transcend inherited theological paradigms.

Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Thailand's Tropical Thresholds: Coastal Climate Resilience and Sustainable Urban Transformations. (Urban Sustainability) 211 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <762-798>
ISBN 978-981-9549-74-0 hard ¥34,173.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book dives into in-depth case studies across Thailand's low-lying coastal regions and its rapidly changing urban centers. It focuses on main coastal provinces and regions, where multidisciplinary research shows how hydro-meteorological hazards (such as storm surges, flash floods, erosion) are reshaping both natural environments and human systems. Detailed physico-geomorphological modelling reveals dramatic rates of erosion and accretion, up to -34.5 m/year on mangrove coastlines, versus -4 m/year on sandy beaches, with projections of increased storm severity and flooding because of sea-level rise. The book provides a comprehensive perspective on resilience changes by fusing case-study narratives with institutional analysis, policy evaluation, and UN/Green Climate Fund-backed initiatives. In addition to concrete infrastructure, it highlights nature-based solutions (such as mangrove replanting, sand fences, and crab banks), highlighting the connections between sustainable urban development, multi-scale governance, and local knowledge. In sum, this book offers a detailed yet comprehensive picture of urban and coastal resilience, making it an essential tool for academics, decision-makers, and practitioners involved in climate adaptation in tropical coastal regions.

Nor, Nor Fariza Mohd / Taufek, Tasha Erina / Aziz, J., A Critical Analysis of Climate Change Opinion News in Malaysian Media. 168 pp. 2026:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-803>
ISBN 978-3-032-10332-1 hard ¥31,544.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book serves as an essential reference for understanding the complex landscape of public opinions regarding climate change in Malaysia. Using a multi-dimensional critical analysis to examine the public opinion discourse in two online newspapers, this book aims to equip readers with a heightened awareness of how language shapes understanding, instil beliefs, and drives action or inaction towards this global crisis. It aims to raise readers' awareness about fostering increased public engagement, drawing on Malaysia as a case study to motivate active participation in the critical dialogues that influence the future of the planet. The book also offers possible implications for public understanding of climate change in Malaysia, and implications for climate mitigation policies. The book will be of interest to the public, academics, researchers, students, and practitioners in applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, media and communication studies, and sociolinguistics.

Gonda, Robert, Lake Urmia's Hydro-Social Dilemma: From Turquoise Solitaire to White Desert. 291 pp. 2026:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-828>
ISBN 978-3-032-08940-3 hard ¥42,060.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book provides an in-depth study of Lake Urmia in north-western Iran, a region that has mutated from a turquoise solitaire into a white desert. While hydrological and technical perspectives dominate existing research of this region, this book turns to the underexplored social, discursive, and ontological dimensions of the crisis. Building on its theoretical foundation, the book traces Iran's water history, from ancient irrigation to modern dam-building, showing how centuries of governance prepared the ground for Lake Urmia's decline. Drawing on 77 qualitative interviews, 115 scientific publications, and a wide corpus of policy documents, the book interrogates four central controversies: the disputed causes of desiccation, the impact of the causeway, the contested ecological water level, and competing restoration strategies. It also compares Lake Urmia with the Aral Sea, noting both the value and the limitations of this analogy, while demonstrating how Urmia's disappearance resonates beyond ecology by provoking a profound crisis of identity for local communities. Through the hydro-social cycle and Latourian concepts, the study employs controversy mapping to reveal how authority and knowledge shape problem framings and proposed solutions. Rather than closing the debate, it calls for a plural, context-sensitive approach that foregrounds diverse perspectives and contested futures of Lake Urmia.

Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Generative AI-Powered Urban Digital Twins: Pioneering Environmental Solutions for Sustainable Intelligent Cities. (Urban Sustainability) 167 pp. 2026:1 (Springer, GW) <762-871>
ISBN 978-981-9547-65-4 hard ¥26,286.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book presents a bold reimagining of urban futures through the convergence of generative artificial intelligence and digital twin technologies. This book presents AI-powered digital twins as catalysts for systemic change, civic empowerment, and environmental regeneration rather than just as planning tools at a time when cities are dealing with growing climate stresses, infrastructure stress, and profound social inequality. This book explores the development of urban digital twins from data-driven models to intelligent, adaptive systems that learn, simulate, and co-design with their urban settings. It does this via eleven technically sound and conceptually rich chapters. It investigates how generative AI may improve climate simulation, manage floods, lessen urban heat, lower emissions, and promote participatory planning, all while posing important ethical, equitable, and governance issues. This book covers open data standards, AI-twin integration architectures, and the difficulties of implementing prototypes into citywide systems, moving from fundamental theory to state-of-the-art practice. It demonstrates how these technologies can be used to depict community-driven urban scenarios, model circular material flows, and build green roofs. Throughout, this book maintains that cities' ability to restore ecosystems, incorporate a variety of viewpoints, and envision resilient and just futures are what truly define intelligence, not efficiency alone. This book promotes a new urban paradigm where ethics are ingrained, intelligence is dispersed, and regeneration becomes the design axiom. It does this while keeping a close eye on both potential and responsibility. This book provides scholars, planners, technologists, and policymakers with a visionary yet doable road map for creating cities that are not just intelligent-but profoundly alive-by drawing on real-world examples, speculative design theory, and systems thinking. This is not a book about managing cities more efficiently. It is a book about reconsidering the basic concept of urban intelligence and co-creating the urban futures filled with care, courage, and collective imagination.

Demory, Pamela (ed.), Ecoadaptation: Mediating Nature and the Environment. (Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture) 324 pp. 2026:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-873>
ISBN 978-3-032-09846-7 hard ¥39,431.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This collection of essays brings together the study of cultural adaptations and environmental studies-thus the coined term "ecoadaptation"-to explore how elements of the natural world and the environment are represented and adapted in a variety of media. Emerging from the 2023 Literature and Film Association conference in Montana, this volume responds to the urgent call for a "green movement in adaptation studies," as proposed by scholars like Kyle Meikle and Robert Geal. The essays delve into critical questions such as: What is the nature of adaptation? How do our stories about nature evolve across time and media? How do environmentally-focused adaptations influence public responses to climate change? Contributors examine how narratives about the natural world intersect with issues of race, gender, and class, and how non-narrative art forms replicate and adapt nature. This collection also explores the transformation and appropriation of Indigenous narratives about nature. This book is essential for scholars and students in ecocriticism, adaptation studies, literature, film and television studies, art history, and environmental literature. It offers a groundbreaking perspective on the intersection of adaptation and environmental studies, illustrating the evolving landscape of adaptation studies.

Di Ciaccio, Fabiana / Fiorini, Lidia / Tucci, Grazia (eds.), Methodologies and Strategies for Cultural Heritage Protection and Conservation Against Climate Changes, Natural and Anthropic Risks. 397 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <762-874>
ISBN 978-3-032-12339-8 hard ¥13,141.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book offers an overview on the intermediate results obtained in the context of the Italian National Research Programme "Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society" by the Working Group "Spoke 7", which focuses its research on the development and improvement of strategies and methodologies to protect the cultural heritage against the effects of climate change and of natural and anthropic risks. Topics covered in this book include chapters on digital twins and documentation for cultural heritage as well as on monitoring, assessment, and preventive conservation of heritage. The book also examines restoration and sustainable strategies for heritage preservation and offers advice on green materials and methodologies for conservation. The impact of climate change on cultural heritage accelerates the effects of natural hazards as well as those caused by human actions: these phenomena raise new research questions and open new challenges for modern societies, thus requiring a broad multidisciplinary approach towards problem solving. Relevant case studies will be identified with a multi-scale approach to encompass different scenarios and to address both general and specific issues to finally deliver innovative solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change, natural and anthropic risks on cultural heritage.

プラスチックの問題
Enck, Judith / Beyond Plastics, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late. 240 pp. 2026:1 (The New Pr., US) <762-875>
ISBN 978-1-62097-945-7 hard ¥6,279.- (税込) US$ 27.99 *

"Plastic pollution has reached crisis proportions, and false solutions abound. But as The Problem with Plastic shows, there are real solutions out there. And, fortunately, there are people like Judith Enck working to enact them." -Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction A powerful look at plastic's impact on human health and the environment, and how we can fight back by putting people and the planet over plastics Plastic is everywhere-wrapped around our food, stitched into our clothes, even coursing through our veins. Once a marvel of modern science, plastic has become so inextricably woven into our lives that imagining a world without it can seem impossible. Over the last seventy-five years, plastic has cradled our planet in a synthetic embrace. The Problem with Plastic critically examines the paradox of this material, first celebrated for its innovations and now recognized for its devastating environmental and public health impacts. With clarity and urgency, the book reveals how plastic pollution contributes to poisoned oceans, polluted air, a warming planet, and overwhelming waste, disproportionately impacting marginalized communities who bear the brunt of petrochemical pollution. Revealing the alarming extent of microplastics infiltrating both the natural world and the human body, this compelling narrative challenges the illusion that recycling alone will save us. It unpacks the mechanisms of environmental racism and the deceptive greenwashing strategies used by the plastics industry to maintain the status quo. More than a critique, The Problem with Plastic emphasizes the urgent need for action against plastic's toxic legacy. It highlights powerful stories of frontline resistance in places like Louisiana, Texas, and Appalachia, and equips readers with practical tools-including a "Household Waste Audit" to track and reduce plastic consumption, as well as model policy guides for driving legislative change. Urgent, eye-opening, and ultimately empowering, The Problem with Plastic reminds us: plastic is a problem-but together, we can be the solution.

ロシア及びロシア帝国の森林史
Pinkham, Sophie, The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires. 304 pp. 2026:1 (Norton, US) <762-888>
ISBN 978-1-324-03668-5 hard ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

From the Baltic to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the steppes of Central Asia, Russia's forests account for nearly one-fifth of the world's wooded lands. The Oak and the Larch is the first-ever English-language exploration of this vast expanse-a dazzling environmental history of Russia that offers an urgent new understanding of the nature of Russian power, and of Russia's ideas of itself. Inspired by the majestic oak, which towers over the country's western heartland, and the hardy Siberian larch, an emblem of survival in the east, award-winning scholar Sophie Pinkham's magisterial account spans centuries, revealing how forests have nourished ancient Siberian indigenous societies, defended medieval Slavic settlements from Mongol invasion, and served as both an essential natural resource and a potent cultural symbol for Russia in all its incarnations, from the days of the tsars to the Soviets to Putin's Federation. By examining the country from the forest's perspective, Pinkham pushes far beyond the contemporary political environment in Russia. She draws on literature, history, and art to connect the expanse of the Russian wilderness and the nature of Russian culture, with indelible portraits of the diverse figures who have inhabited and celebrated these forests: the legendary indigenous guide Dersu Uzala, giants of literature like Tolstoy and Chekhov, political thinkers like Kropotkin and even Stalin. She confronts the forest's role in Russia's long history of imperial conquest, and in resistance to this conquest. Gorgeously written and surprising at every turn, The Oak and the Larch offers a vision of Russia rarely seen in the west, as a land defined by its wilderness, shaped by its encounters with the frontier, and-much like our own-ultimately beholden to nature's whim.

Runk, Julie Valasquez et al., Interwoven Rosewood: Collaborative Ecologies, Colonial Entanglements, and Indigenous Resistance. 424 pp. 2026:5 (U. Arizona Pr., US) <762-889>
ISBN 978-0-8165-5693-9 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00
ISBN 978-0-8165-4606-0 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Interweaving Rosewood is a collaborative exploration of the global rosewood trade and its entanglements with Indigenous lifeways, colonial histories, and environmental crises. Co-authored by Julie Velasquez Runk and members of the Wounaan National Congress and its Local Congress of the Maje community, this book traces the story of cocobolo rosewood from Wounaan lands in Panama to international markets, revealing how centuries of settler colonialism and extractive capitalism continue to shape landscapes, livelihoods, and relationships. At its heart, the book is a meditation on well-being and belonging-how people live in relation to land, each other, and the more-than-human world. Drawing on more than a decade of community-based research and six collaborative book workshops, the authors weave together first-person narratives, ecological analysis, historical context, and Indigenous knowledge. The result is a richly textured account that challenges dominant narratives of environmental degradation by centering Wounaan experiences of joy, resistance, and conviviality. The book's structure reflects its method: interwoven chapters authored or spoken by Wounaan colleagues, grounded in consent protocols and shaped by ancestral storytelling traditions. Accessibly written, Interweaving Rosewood is ideal for courses in environmental conservation, Indigenous studies, anthropology, Latin American studies, and political ecology. With its interdisciplinary reach and classroom-ready discussion questions, the book invites readers to reflect on the global forces behind environmental catastrophe-and the enduring power of Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and becoming.