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

Cadman, Timothy / Hurlbert, Margot / Simonelli, A. C. (eds.), Earth System Law: Standing on the Precipice of the Anthropocene. (Challenges of Globalisation) 300 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-865>
ISBN 978-1-03-205624-1 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-205629-6 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book systematically explores the emerging legal discipline of Earth System Law (ESL), challenging the closed system of law and marking a new era in law and society scholarship.Law has historically provided stability, certainty, and predictability in the ordering of social relations (predominantly between humans). However, in recent decades the Earth's relationship in law has changed with increasing recognition of the standing of Mother Earth, inherent rights of the environment (such as flora and fauna, rivers), and now recognition of the multiple relations of the Anthropocene. This book questions the fundamental assumption that 'the law' only applies to humans, and that the earth, as a system, has intrinsic rights and responsibilities. In the last ten years the planet has experienced its hottest period since human evolution, and by the year 2100, unless substantive action is taken, many species will be lost, and planetary conditions will be intolerable for human civilisation as it currently exists. Relationships between humans, the biosphere, and all planetary systems must change. The authors address these challenging topics, setting the groundwork of ESL to ensure sustainable development of the coupled socio-ecological system that the Earth has become.Earth System Law is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research project, and, as such, this book will be of great interest to researchers and stakeholders from a wide range of disciplines, including political science, anthropology, economics, law, ethics, sociology, and psychology.

de Togni, Giulia, Fall-out from Fukushima: Nuclear Evacuees Seeking Compensation and Legal Protection After the Triple Meltdown. (The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series) 240 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-718>
ISBN 978-1-03-203300-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-203304-4 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book shows how the Fukushima plaintiffs have challenged narratives of safety and risk containment produced by TEPCO and the Japanese government through offering new empirical data on risk perceptions and life choices of some nuclear evacuees.Considering the Fukushima evacuees' disappearance from public discourse in Japan, the book engages with theoretical writings on risk, neoliberal governmentality and citizen science. Chapters draw on a wide range of anthropologically-related methodologies including socio-linguistics, participant observation, and qualitative interviews. Themes of self-governance, resistance, gender, kinship, class and social change surface throughout, setting the Fukushima experience in a broad historical, social, and comparative context. This is the first ethnographic account of the Fukushima litigation and the first extensive qualitative study documenting the worldviews and living conditions of nuclear evacuees who moved outside Fukushima Prefecture, with a particular focus on underrepresented groups (single mothers, elderly and disabled evacuees). The history of industrial disasters and the role of citizens in shaping environmental policy in Japan is also evaluated.Fall-out from Fukushima sets out to be a manifesto for understanding and supporting post-nuclear disaster societies, and will appeal to students and scholars of social, legal, and linguistic anthropology, science and technology studies, as well as Japanese studies.

ESG－リスクと期待の管理
Spitz, Karlheinz / Trudinger, John / Orr, Matthew, Environmental Social Governance: Managing Risk and Expectations. 324 pp. 2022:3 (CRC Pr., US) <665-605>
ISBN 978-0-367-68055-8 hard ¥31,702.- (税込) GB￡ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-68056-5 paper ¥13,253.- (税込) GB￡ 45.99 *

Increasingly, companies are being judged by their performance in terms of Environmental Social Governance (ESG). But exactly what does it mean, and what should be done about it? While much ambiguity exists, it is no longer sufficient to negotiate the environmental assessment process successfully. ESG is an ongoing process that spans the entire life cycle of a company and its operations.This book is aimed at business leaders - senior executives and company directors - and particularly those involved in the extractive industries and other ventures that significantly affect the environment and host communities. Guidance is provided on the major ESG issues that confront all business leaders. Strategies are provided to address ESG risk and to handle crises when they occur.QUESTIONS FOR BUSINESS LEADERS:Are you at all prepared for an environmental or social crisis event?How will you cope with the "unknown unknowns"?What do your shareholders expect you to do about climate change?Are your employees proud of the company's ESG performance?How does your bank evaluate your biodiversity impacts?

Thomas, Alexander / Reddy, K. Srinath et al. (eds.), Climate Change and the Health Sector: Healing the World. 270 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-522>
ISBN 978-1-03-203999-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-216252-2 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

The health sector is known to be one of the major contributors towards the greenhouse gas emissions causing the climate crisis, the greatest health threat of the 21st century. This volume positions the health sector as a leader in the fight against climate change and explores the role of the health system in climate policy action. It delivers an overview of the linkages between climate change and the health sector, with chapters on the impact of climate change on health, its connection to pandemics, and its effects on food, nutrition and air quality, while examining gendered and other vulnerabilities. It delves into the different operational aspects of the health sector in India and details how each one can become climate-smart to reduce the health sector's overall carbon footprint, by looking at sustainable procurement, green and resilient healthcare infrastructure, and the management of transportation, energy, water, waste, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and plastics in healthcare.Well supplemented with rigorous case studies, the book will be indispensable for students, teachers, and researchers of environmental studies, health sciences and climate change. It will be useful for healthcare workers, public health officials, healthcare leaders, policy planners and those interested in climate resilience and preparedness in the health sector.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Erdkamp, Paul / Manning, Joseph G. / Verboven, K. (eds.), Climate Change and Ancient Societies in Europe and the Near East: Diversity in Collapse and Resilience. (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies) 487 pp. 2021:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) * paper 2021 <665-537>
ISBN 978-3-030-81102-0 hard ¥38,892.- (税込) EUR 159.99 *
ISBN 978-3-030-81105-1 paper ¥38,892.- (税込) EUR 159.99 *

Climate change over the past thousands of years is undeniable, but debate has arisen about its impact on past human societies. This book explores the link between climate and society in ancient worlds, focusing on the ancient economies of western Eurasia and northern Africa from the fourth millennium BCE up to the end of the first millennium CE. This book contributes to the multi-disciplinary debate between scholars working on climate and society from various backgrounds. The chronological boundaries of the book are set by the emergence of complex societies in the Neolithic on the one end and the rise of early-modern states in global political and economic exchange on the other. In order to stimulate comparison across the boundaries of modern periodization, this book ends with demography and climate change in early-modern and modern Italy, a society whose empirical data allows the kind of statistical analysis that is impossible for ancient societies. The book highlights the role of human agency, and the complex interactions between the natural environment and the socio-cultural, political, demographic, and economic infrastructure of any given society. It is intended for a wide audience of scholars and students in ancient economic history, specifically Rome and Late Antiquity.

Feldpausch-Parker, Andrea M. / Endres, D. et al. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy. (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks) 460 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-415>
ISBN 978-1-138-39225-0 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

This handbook offers a comprehensive transdisciplinary examination of the research and practices that constitute the emerging research agenda in energy democracy.With protests over fossil fuels and controversies over nuclear and renewable energy technologies, democratic ideals have contributed to an emerging social movement. Energy democracy captures this movement and addresses the issues of energy access, ownership, and participation at a time when there are expanding social, political, environmental, and economic demands on energy systems. This volume defines energy democracy as both a social movement and an academic area of study and examines it through a social science and humanities lens, explaining key concepts and reflecting state-of-the-art research. The collection is comprised of six parts:1 Scalar Dimensions of Power and Governance in Energy Democracy2 Discourses of Energy Democracy3 Grassroots and Critical Modes of Action4 Democratic and Participatory Principles5 Energy Resource Tensions6 Energy Democracies in PracticeThe vision of this handbook is explicitly transdisciplinary and global, including contributions from interdisciplinary international scholars and practitioners. The Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy will be the premier source for all students and researchers interested in the field of energy, including policy, politics, transitions, access, justice, and public participation.

Golding, Shaun A., Electric Mountains: Climate, Power, and Justice in an Energy Transition. (Nature, Society, and Culture) 266 pp. 2021:7 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <665-416>
ISBN 978-1-9788-2069-2 hard ¥33,660.- (税込) US$ 150.00 *
ISBN 978-1-9788-2068-5 paper ¥8,515.- (税込) US$ 37.95 *

Climate change has shifted from future menace to current event. As eco-conscious electricity consumers, we want to do our part in weening from fossil fuels, but what are we actually a part of? Committed environmentalists in one of North America's most progressive regions desperately wanted energy policies that address the climate crisis. For many of them, wind turbines on Northern New England's iconic ridgelines symbolize the energy transition that they have long hoped to see. For others, however, ridgeline wind takes on a very different meaning. When weighing its costs and benefits locally and globally, some wind opponents now see the graceful structures as symbols of corrupted energy politics. This book derives from several years of research to make sense of how wind turbines have so starkly split a community of environmentalists, as well as several communities. In doing so, it casts a critical light on the roadmap for energy transition that Northern New England's ridgeline wind projects demarcate. It outlines how ridgeline wind conforms to antiquated social structures propping up corporate energy interests, to the detriment of the swift de-carbonizing and equitable transformation that climate predictions warrant. It suggests, therefore, that the energy transition of which most of us are a part, is probably not the transition we would have designed ourselves, if we had been asked.

Stagner, Jacqueline A. / Ting, David S-K. (eds.), Renewable Energy for Mitigating Climate Change. 220 pp. 2021:11 (CRC Pr., US) <665-423>
ISBN 978-0-367-75811-0 hard ¥24,493.- (税込) GB￡ 84.99 *

Based on state-of-the-art science and technologies, this book disseminates the latest advancements concerning the relationship between renewable energy and climate change and presents the best practices to further utilize renewable energy for mitigation. It examines issues of climate change from different renewable energy fronts by the respective experts from around the world. While high-level and in-depth technological advancements are judiciously presented, it also discusses different types of renewable energy and the associated technologies in consideration of the various perspectives of economy, availability, and societal implications in different regions.Features: Discusses the concept of leapfrogging renewable energy technologies in developing countries for the purpose of minimizing human-induced climate change impacts as rapidly as possible Includes various options from high technology to sustainable agriculture Presents and compares the latest novel and emerging potential technologies Outlines how to advance renewable energy by improving energy storage and optimizing financial incentives and managementRenewable Energy for Mitigating Climate Change enlightens readers from a renewable energy perspective on how to best tackle the challenges of climate change. This is a must-read for senior undergraduate and graduate students in environmental studies, decision- and policymakers, educators, and every environmental steward. The interests of all stakeholders, especially future generations, form the thread connecting all the chapters together into a powerful tool to mitigate global climate change.

Widener, Patricia, Toxic and Intoxicating Oil: Discovery, Resistance, and Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand. 270 pp. 2021:3 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <665-424>
ISBN 978-1-9788-0504-0 hard ¥33,660.- (税込) US$ 150.00
ISBN 978-1-9788-0503-3 paper ¥10,310.- (税込) US$ 45.95 *

When oil and gas exploration was expanding across Aotearoa New Zealand, Patricia Widener was there interviewing affected residents and environmental and climate activists, and attending community meetings and anti-drilling rallies. Exploration was occurring on an unprecedented scale when oil disasters dwelled in recent memory, socioecological worries were high, campaigns for climate action were becoming global, and transitioning toward a low carbon society seemed possible. Yet unlike other communities who have experienced either an oil spill, or hydraulic fracturing, or offshore exploration, or climate fears, or disputes over unresolved Indigenous claims, New Zealanders were facing each one almost simultaneously. Collectively, these grievances created the foundation for an organized civil society to construct and then magnify a comprehensive critical oil narrative--in dialogue, practice, and aspiration. Community advocates and socioecological activists mobilized for their health and well-being, for their neighborhoods and beaches, for Planet Earth and Planet Ocean, and for terrestrial and aquatic species and ecosystems. They rallied against toxic, climate-altering pollution; the extraction of fossil fuels; a myriad of historic and contemporary inequities; and for local, just, and sustainable communities, ecologies, economies, and/or energy sources. In this allied ethnography, quotes are used extensively to convey the tenor of some of the country's most passionate and committed people. By analyzing the intersections of a social movement and the political economy of oil, Widener reveals a nuanced story of oil resistance and promotion at a time when many anti-drilling activists believed themselves to be on the front lines of the industry's inevitable decline.

Singh, Ranjay Kumar / Turner, Nancy J. et al. (eds.), Social-Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems: Opportunities from the Biocultural World. 322 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-440>
ISBN 978-1-03-215903-4 hard ¥30,261.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00 *

This book draws on world-wide experiences and valuable lessons to highlight community-ecosystem interactions and the role of traditional knowledge in sustaining biocultural resources through community-based adaptations. The book targets different audiences including researchers working on human-environment interactions and climate adaptation practices, biodiversity conservators, non-government organizations and policy makers involved in revitalizing traditional foods and community-based conservation and adaptation in diverse ecosystems. This volume is also a source book for educators advocating for and collaborating with indigenous and local peoples to promote location-specific adaptations to overcome the impacts of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses.Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Coastal Transport Infrastructure: A compilation of policies and practices. (Transport and Trade Facilitation 12) 93 pp. 2020 (UN, US) <665-452>
ISBN 978-92-1-112970-0 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Given the strategic role of seaports and of other coastal transport infrastructure as part of the global trading system and the potential for climate-related delays and disruptions across global supply chains, enhancing the climate resilience of key transport infrastructure is a matter of strategic economic importance. Legal and regulatory approaches, as well as policies and plans are going to be key to efforts at facilitating effective risk and vulnerability assessments and providing a supportive framework for adaptation action at all levels. Guidance, standards, best practices, methodologies and other tools in support of adaptation are urgently required, and targeted capacity building is going to be critical, especially for the most vulnerable countries. This includes SIDS, which depend on their ports and coastal airports for food and energy needs, external trade and - crucially - tourism, which typically accounts for a major share of GDP. Against this background and drawing on UNCTAD's related work, since 2008, this compilation of policies and practices has been prepared to contribute to bridging a knowledge gap with regards to climate change impacts and adaptation for coastal transport infrastructure. The compilation presents examples of legal and policy approaches, as well as of reports, studies and guidance to support climate risk, vulnerability and impact assessment, and the development of effective adaptation response measures for coastal transport infrastructure, with a view to informing and inspiring policy makers, national authorities, transport managers, infrastructure owners, and other interested stakeholders in their efforts..

Batra, Geeta / Uitto, Juha I. / Feinstein, Osvaldo N., Environmental Evaluation and Global Development Institutions: A Case Study of the Global Environment Facility. (Advances in Evaluation & Development) 186 pp. 2021:10 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-323>
ISBN 978-1-03-207614-0 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-207619-5 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Evaluation is increasingly important for finding sustainable solutions for the people and the planet, based on a systematic analysis of what works, for whom, and under what circumstances, and to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, as they pertain to the environment.This book explores why the Global Environment Facility (GEF) invests in evaluation for accountability and learning to inform its decision-making on programming priorities, and how this leads to wiser funding decisions and better program performance on the ground. The book is based on real-life experiences of how to make evaluation count for international environmental action. Drawing upon comprehensive evaluations of the GEF, it provides unique insights from authors responsible for designing, implementing, and disseminating the findings of the evaluations. No other multilateral development or environment agency places evaluation fully at the center of their decision-making. The book outlines the trends in the global environment and the changing landscape of international environmental finance. It defines the role of the GEF and explains its institutional framework and the unique partnership that involves donor and recipient countries, multilateral development banks, UN agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and national agencies in the developing countries. Further, it provides useful pointers to other organizations wishing to enhance evidence-based decision-making for improving their relevance, performance, and impact.The book will be most suitable for graduate-level, specialized study in a variety of disciplines such as environmental and development economics, political science, international relations, geography, sociology, and social anthropology.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2020. 100 pp. 2020:9 (UN, US) <665-330>
ISBN 978-92-1-120807-8 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00

This report analyses trends as well as data availability for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and the Pacific and its five subregions. It assesses gaps which must be closed to achieve the goals by 2030. This assessment is designed to ensure the region's actions remain on target, shortcomings are addressed as they arise, and all interested parties remain engaged. It is an invaluable resource for all stakeholders involved in prioritization, planning, implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific.

V.タンツィ著　脆弱な将来－災害、パンデミック、気候変動の不確実な経済学
Tanzi, Vito, Fragile Futures: The Uncertain Economics of Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change. 256 pp. 2022:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <665-275>
ISBN 978-1-00-910012-0 hard ¥4,319.- (税込) GB￡ 14.99 *

This book revisits a distinction introduced in 1921 by economists Frank Knight and John Maynard Keynes: that between statistically predictable future events ('risks') and statistically unpredictable, uncertain events ('uncertainties'). Governments have generally ignored the latter, perceiving phenomena such as pandemics, natural disasters and climate change as uncontrollable Acts of God. As a result, there has been little if any preparation for future catastrophes. Our modern society is more interconnected and more globalized than ever. Dealing with uncertain future events requires a stronger and more globally coordinated government response. This book suggests a larger, more global government role in dealing with these disasters and keeping economic inequalities low. Major institutional changes, such as regulating the private sector for the common good and dealing with special harms, risks and crises, especially those concerning climate change and pandemics, are necessary in order to achieve any semblance of future progress for humankind.

持続可能な開発目標報告　2020年
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020. 65 pp. 2020:10 (UN, US) <665-294>
ISBN 978-92-1-101425-9 paper ¥5,610.- (税込) US$ 25.00 *

This year marks the start of the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is a critical period to advance a shared vision and accelerate responses to the world's gravest challenges - from eliminating poverty and hunger to reversing climate change. Yet, in only a brief period of time, the precipitous spread of the novel coronavirus turned a public health emergency into one of the worst international crises of our lifetimes, changing the world as we know it. Now, due to COVID-19, an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis is threatening lives and livelihoods, making the achievement of Goals even more challenging.

持続可能な開発目標報告　2021年
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021. 68 pp. 2021:8 (UN, US) <665-295>
ISBN 978-92-1-101439-6 paper ¥5,610.- (税込) US$ 25.00 *

The annual Sustainable Development Goals Report provides an overview of the world's implementation efforts to date, highlighting areas of progress and areas where more action needs to be taken to ensure no one is left behind. While advances have been made in some areas, monumental challenges remain. The evidence and data spotlight areas that require urgent attention and more rapid progress to realize the 2030 Agenda's far-reaching vision. This sixth edition of the report also looks at the impact of COVID-19 in reaching the Goals

SDGsと移民
Sivakumar, P. / Rajan, S. Irudaya (eds.), Sustainable Development Goals and Migration. (Towards Sustainable Futures) 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-298>
ISBN 978-0-367-36539-4 hard ¥41,789.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-36540-0 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book looks at migration in contemporary society and its interrelations with development. It presents the complexities and dilemmas associated with migration, the changes in theoretical and historical perspectives on migration and development, and the role of policies and the sustainable development goals in this context.The volume views migration as a phenomenon for advancing human development outcomes. It deals with wide-ranging issues including labour migration, the idea of decent work, migration and transnationalism, remittances, social networks and capital, and addressing poverty. The chapters highlight the focus of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its relevance on migrant rights, safeguarding livelihoods and health. They also offer insights into regional and international co-operation on policies for migration, social growth and protection, and citizenship. With comparative analyses of data, trends and development indicators as well as various case studies, this volume examines the impact of migration on international relations and politics, labour market outcomes, gender, youth and education among others. It also discusses the loss of lives and livelihoods due to the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact on migration and the effects of the pandemic on the contemporary discussions on migration and SDGs.Rich in empirical data, this book will be an excellent read for scholars and researchers of migration and diaspora studies, development studies, refugee studies, public policy and governance, international relations, political studies, political economy, sociology and South Asian Studies.

Szrot, Lukas, Faiths in Green: Religion, Environmental Change, and Environmental Concern in the United States. (Religious Ethics and Environmental Challenges) 150 pp. 2021:5 (Lexington Books, US) <665-228>
ISBN 978-1-79363-012-4 hard ¥22,440.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

Faiths in Green addresses the complex and fraught relationship between religious identity and environmental concern in the United States, particularly how that relationship has changed over time. Examining the effects of religious upbringing, belonging, and disaffiliation on environmental concern across multiple religious groups over several decades, the author shows where, when, how, and why religious groups and their memberships have responded constructively to environmental change over time. The author also visits the effects of gender, social class, race, and politics on both religion and environmental concern in the U.S. Faiths in Green offers an in-depth and accessible guide to understanding the at-times incongruous relationship between religious beliefs and motivations, as well as ways to follow cultural shifts that both drive and are driven by religious persons and institutions. In examining how religious and cultural factors are linked to environmental concern over time, Faiths in Green demonstrates the importance of morality and worldviews in confronting global hazards of unprecedented scale.

Giblett, Rod, Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation. (Environment and Society) 238 pp. 2021:5 (Lexington Books, US) <665-1571>
ISBN 978-1-79364-345-2 hard ¥24,908.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

In Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation, Rod Giblett examines the portrayal of wetlands in Western culture and argues for their conservation. Giblett's analysis of the wetland motif in literature and the arts, including in Beowulf and the writings of Tolkien and Thoreau, demonstrates two approaches to wetlands-their denigration as dead or their commendation as living waters with a potent cultural history.

Howarth, Candice / Lane, Matthew / Slevin, Amanda (eds.), Addressing the Climate Crisis: Local action in theory and practice. 145 pp. 2021:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-1573>
ISBN 978-3-030-79738-6 hard ¥7,289.- (税込) EUR 29.99

This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level climate action, spanning varied communities, places, spaces, agents and disciplines, demonstrating how the energy and dynamism of local scales are a powerful resource in turning the tide. Interconnected yet conceptually distinct, the book's three sections span multiple levels of analysis, interrogating diverse perspectives and practices inherent to the vivid tapestry of climate action emerging locally, nationally and internationally. Delivered in collaboration with the UK's 'Place-Based Climate Action Network', chapters are drawn from a wide range of authors with varying backgrounds spread acrossacademia, policy and practice.

Ingold, Tim, The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill. 460 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-1574>
ISBN 978-1-03-205228-1 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-205227-4 paper ¥10,660.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive new approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor acquired, skills are grown, incorporated into the human organism through practice and training in an environment. They are thus as much biological as cultural. To account for the generation of skills we have therefore to understand the dynamics of development. And this in turn calls for an ecological approach that situates practitioners in the context of an active engagement with the constituents of their surroundings.The twenty-three essays comprising this book focus in turn on the procurement of livelihood, on what it means to 'dwell', and on the nature of skill, weaving together approaches from social anthropology, ecological psychology, developmental biology and phenomenology in a way that has never been attempted before. The book is set to revolutionise the way we think about what is 'biological' and 'cultural' in humans, about evolution and history, and indeed about what it means for human beings - at once organisms and persons - to inhabit an environment. The Perception of the Environment will be essential reading not only for anthropologists but also for biologists, psychologists, archaeologists, geographers and philosophers.This edition includes a new Preface by the author.

Kijak, Robert, Water Asset Management in Times of Climate Change and Digital Transformation. (Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies) 173 pp. 2021:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-1576>
ISBN 978-3-030-79359-3 hard ¥17,013.- (税込) EUR 69.99

In this book, climate change and digital transformation are explored as key strategic drivers for the contemporary practices of water utility companies. These drivers seem to be separate, but clearly, they are not.The recent weather anomalies in water stressed countries are discussed, which have been breaking records and become an elevated risk to water assets. In parallel, the book examines a contextual proposition that the concept of the fourth industrial revolution applied to the water sector, Water 4.0, assists with the water supply decentralisation and sustainability, in particular climate resilience. It further suggests that the implementation of an Asset Management System with reference to the ISO 55001 standard is a useful tool in this process.

Macias, Thomas, Sociology Saves the Planet: An Introduction to Socioecological Thinking and Practice. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 200 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) <665-1579>
ISBN 978-0-367-62759-1 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-62757-7 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Highlighting how the environment and society are intrinsically linked, this book argues that environmental concerns need to be treated as a core concept in the study of sociology.Given its focus on inequality and the constituent elements of the social world, sociology has often been accused of negligence regarding the urgency of the world's environmental crisis. Sociology Saves the Planet corrects this mis-perception by integrating the theme of environment and society to highlight the intrinsic value a sociological perspective brings to our understanding of the current ecological crisis. The author first draws out the origins of sociology in the social and ecological transformations of the industrial revolution. In accounting for the social upheavals of the 19th century, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber all provided key insights into the changing nature of human organization and exploitation of the natural world. Second, readers will explore sociological perspectives developed since that time, grounded in evidence-based research, which highlight the inextricable connection between environment and society. Special attention is devoted to the dual role of people as producers and consumers in the modern context. Lastly, this book examines the significance of major categories of social difference regarding the current environmental crisis. In that regard the question of environmental justice is paramount, illuminating both the disproportionate benefit of natural resource exploitation to those countries and individuals with higher socioeconomic status, and the greater exposure to environmental hazard among those with less. Averting global calamity requires we recognize the unequal social impacts of the environmental crisis while valorizing inclusivity and the diversity of human experience in our search for solutions.Designed for introductory courses, this book is essential reading for sociology students and will be of interest to students and academics studying environment and sustainability more broadly.

環境安全保障ハンドブック
Matthew, Richard / Nizkorodov, E. et al. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Environmental Security. 352 pp. 2022 (Routledge, UK) <665-1581>
ISBN 978-1-138-09229-7 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

The Routledge Handbook on Environmental Security provides a comprehensive, accessible, and sophisticated overview of the field of environmental security.The volume outlines the defining theories, major policy and programming interventions, and applied research surrounding the relationship between the natural environment and human and national security. Through the use of large-scale research and ground-level case analyses from across the globe, it details how environmental factors affect human security and contribute to the onset and continuation of violent conflict. It also examines the effects of violent conflict on the social and natural environment and the importance of environmental factors in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.Organized around the conflict cycle, the handbook is split into four thematic sections:* Section I: Environmental factors contributing to conflict;* Section II: The environment during conflict; * Section III: The role of the environment in post-conflict peacebuilding; and* Section IV: Cross-cutting themes and critical perspectives. This handbook will be essential reading for students of environmental studies, human security, global governance, development studies, and international relations in general.

Powell, Martin (ed.), The Climate City. 608 pp. 2022:5 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <665-1582>
ISBN 978-1-119-74627-0 hard ¥26,928.- (税込) US$ 120.00 *

THE CLIMATE CITY Provides professionals in finance, technology, and consulting with solutions for improving the quality of urban life under the changing climate The Climate City provides cutting-edge approaches for developing resilient solutions to combat the effects of climate change in cities throughout the world. Linking finance and technology to policy and innovation, this highly practical resource outlines a global framework for mitigating and adapting to climate change and for effectively planning and delivering a low-carbon future. This book addresses how cities can work effectively with each other to drive change, the importance of strong leadership and international cooperation, the role of innovative finance and technology to identify new economic opportunities, and more. Throughout the book, the authors address future trends such as the changing streetscape, connected infrastructure and eMobility, and autonomous vehicles, drones, and other emerging technologies. Designed to help all stakeholders build a pathway to a less resource-intensive future, The Climate City: Provides in-depth discussion of the technological, financial, and practical aspects of tackling climate change in urban environmentsDemonstrates why the global economy needs to transition to a low-carbon economyDescribes the role of financial institutions and how they can allocate capital more efficientlyExplains why and how challenges and priorities are different in the global north and southIllustrates how data can improve the ways cities use energy resources and operate transportation systemsDiscusses how citizen action can drive a new, more meaningful way of living in citiesFeatures insights from political leaders such as the Mayor of Copenhagen, the Mayor of Los Angeles and the former Mayor of London and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Climate City is essential reading for city planners, policy makers, technologists, consultants, finance and business professionals, and general readers wanting to improve the cities in which they work and live.

Sjoelander-Lindqvist, Annelie / Murin, Ivan et al. (eds.), Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication. (Palgrave Studies in Anthropology of Sustainability) 235 pp. 2021:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-1586>
ISBN 978-3-030-78039-5 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99

In the continuous search for sustainability, the exchange of diverse perspectives, assumptions, and values is indispensable to environmental protection. Through anthropological and ethnographic analyses, this collection addresses how interests, values, and ideologies affect dialogue and sustainability work. Drawing on studies from three continents - Europe, North America, and South America - the paradoxes and the plurality of meanings associated with the creation of sustainable futures are explored. The book focuses on how communication practices collide with organizational frameworks, customary practices, livelihoods, and landscape. In so doing, the authors explore the meanings of environmental communication, pushing beyond environmental advocacy rhetoric to emphasize stronger anthropological engagement within communities to achieve more impactful environmental communication practice. Empirically the book's chapters explore a diverse set of issues, ranging from coastal management in the European north to Native American place naming in Alaska. They further share findings from studies of contaminated land remediation in Sweden, conflicts over water resources in Chile, management of heritage and national parks in Northern Arizona, and cultural transmission in Slovakia.This is an open access book.

Skilbeck, Malcolm, Loving and Studying Nature: Celebrating the Earth through History, Culture and Education. (International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education 10) 290 pp. 2021:11 (Springer, GW) <665-1587>
ISBN 978-3-030-80750-4 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99 *

This volume investigates crucial ways in which nature has been apprehended, understood and valued in different cultures and over time. It is grounded in current global concerns about growing threats to the natural environment. Through a critical appraisal of specific examples, it ranges widely over historical and contemporary attitudes and behaviours.It presents a wide ranging analysis of selected ideas and attitudes in the evolution mainly of western civilisation, from the time of the cave artists to the present day. It argues for preservation and conservation of the natural resources and beauty of the earth in the face of religious supernatural arguments and the rise of consumer capitalism and consumerism.

Smith, Wake, Pandora's Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention. 250 pp. 2022:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <665-1588>
ISBN 978-1-316-51843-4 hard ¥4,319.- (税込) GB￡ 14.99 *

Reaching net zero emissions will not be the end of the climate struggle, but only the end of the beginning. For centuries thereafter, temperatures will remain elevated; climate damages will continue to accrue and sea levels will continue to rise. Even the urgent and utterly essential task of reaching net zero cannot be achieved rapidly by emissions reductions alone. To hasten net zero and minimize climate damages thereafter, we will also need massive carbon removal and storage. We may even need to reduce incoming solar radiation in order to lower unacceptably high temperatures. Such unproven and potentially risky climate interventions raise mind-blowing questions of governance and ethics. Pandora's Toolbox offers readers an accessible and authoritative introduction to both the hopes and hazards of some of humanity's most controversial technologies, which may nevertheless provide the key to saving our world.

Stammler, Florian / Toivanen, Reetta (eds.), Young People, Wellbeing and Placemaking in the Arctic. (Routledge Research in Polar Regions) 250 pp. 2022 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1591>
ISBN 978-0-367-62629-7 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-62630-3 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Youth are usually not (yet) decision makers in politics or in business corporations, but the sustainability of Arctic settlements depends on whether or not youth envision such places as offering opportunities for a good future. This is the first multidisciplinary volume presenting original research on Arctic youth.This edited book presents the results of two research projects on youth wellbeing and senses of place in the Arctic region. The contributions are united by their focus on agency. Rather than seeing youth as vulnerable and possible victims of decisions by others, they illustrate the diverse avenues that youth pursue to achieve a good life in the Arctic. The contributions also show which social, economic, political and legal conditions provide the best frame for youth agency in Arctic settlements. Rather than portraying the Arctic as a resource frontier, a hotspot for climate change and a place where biodiversity and traditional Indigenous cultures are under threat, the book introduces the Arctic as a place for opportunities, the realization of life trajectories and young people's images of home. Rooted in anthropology, the chapters also feature contributions from the fields of sociology, geography, sustainability science, legal studies and political science. This book is intended for an audience interested in anthropology, political science, Arctic urban studies, youth studies, Arctic social sciences and humanities in general. It would attract those working on Arctic sustainability, wellbeing in the Arctic, Arctic demography and overall wellbeing of youth.

Takahashi, Bruno / Metag, Julia / Thaker, J. et al. (eds.), The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication. (ICA Handbook Series) 568 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) <665-1593>
ISBN 978-0-367-27518-1 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-27521-1 paper ¥25,070.- (税込) GB￡ 86.99 *

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of communication around rising global environmental challenges and public action to manage them now and into the future. Bringing together theoretical, methodological, and practical chapters, this book presents a unique opportunity for environmental communication scholars to critically reflect on the past, examine present trends, and start envisioning exciting new methodologies, theories, and areas of research. Chapters feature authors from a wide range of countries to critically review the genesis and evolution of environmental communication research and thus analyze current issues in the field from a truly international perspective, incorporating diverse epistemological perspectives, exciting new methodologies, and interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks. The handbook seeks to challenge existing dominant perspectives of environmental communication from and about populations in the Global South and disenfranchised populations in the Global North.The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication is ideal for scholars and advanced students of communication, sustainability, strategic communication, media, environmental studies, and politics.

Tennberg, Monica / Broderstad, Else Grete et al. (eds.), Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Governance: Agencies and Interactions. (Routledge Research in Polar Regions) 240 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1595>
ISBN 978-0-367-67415-1 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-67416-8 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the changing relationships between states, indigenous peoples and industries in the Arctic and beyond. It offers insights from Nordic countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia to present different systems of resource governance and practices of managing industry-indigenous peoples' relations in the mining industry, renewable resource development and aquaculture. Chapters cover growing international interest on Arctic natural resources, globalization of extractive industries and increasing land use conflicts. It considers issues such as equity, use of knowledge, development of company practices, conflict-solving measures and the role of indigenous institutions. Focus on Indigenous peoples and Governance triangle Multidisciplinary: political science, legal studies, sociology, administrative studies, Indigenous studies Global approach: Nordic countries, Canada, Russia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada Thorough case studies, rich material and analysisThe book will be of great interest to legal scholars, political scientists, experts in administrative sciences, authorities at different levels (local, regional and nations), experts in human rights and natural resources governance, experts in corporate social governance.

Verma, Manish K. (ed.), Environment and Sustainable Development: Perspectives and Issues. (Towards Sustainable Futures) 400 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1597>
ISBN 978-0-367-54182-8 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-55426-2 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This volume provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between environment and sustainable development in society from an interdisciplinary perspective. With its case studies from across the world, including countries such as India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United States, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Japan, and Kenya, it explores critical environmental issues concerning energy justice, queer ecology, mountain cultures, incarceration, energy strategies, mining tourism, pollution control mechanisms, social impacts of oil and gas production, contract farming, gender mainstreaming, climate change, and droughts and adaptation strategies along with literacy, leisure, well-being, development, sexuality, sustainability and environmental education. The book examines several dimensions within global environment of the adverse impact of developmental activities, discusses sustainable development activities undertaken in contemporary times, and underscores the importance of a just, people-centric policy framework in promoting sustainable development.Lucid and topical, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of environmental studies, development studies, sustainable development, political studies, sociology, and political economy. It will also interest policymakers, development practitioners, NGOs and think tanks working on environment and sustainable development, climate issues and SDGs.

Addaney, Michael / Cobbinah, Patrick (eds.), Sustainable Urban Futures in Africa. 408 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1465>
ISBN 978-1-03-202016-7 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-202018-1 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Sustainable Urban Futures in Africa provides a variety of conventional and emerging theoretical frameworks to inform understandings and responses to critical urban development issues such as urbanisation, climate change, housing/slum, informality, urban sprawl, urban ecosystem services and urban poverty, among others, within the context of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Africa.This book addresses topics including challenges to spatial urban development, how spatial planning is delivered, how different urbanisation variables influence the development of different forms of urban systems and settlements in Africa, how city authorities could use old and new methods of land administration to produce sustainable urban spaces in Africa, and the role of local activism is causing important changes in the built environment. Chapters are written by a diverse range of African scholars and practitioners in urban planning and policy design, environmental science and policy, sociology, agriculture, natural resources management, environmental law, and politics.Urban Africa has huge resource potential - both human and natural resources - that can stimulate sustainable development when effectively harnessed. Sustainable Urban Futures in Africa provides support for the SDGs in urban Africa and will be of interest to students and researchers, professionals and policymakers, and readers of urban studies, spatial planning, geography, governance, and other social sciences.

Lautze, Jonathan / McCartney, Matthew / Gibson, J. (eds.), The Omo-Turkana Basin: Cooperation for Sustainable Water Management. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World) 168 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1491>
ISBN 978-0-367-77004-4 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-77006-8 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book provides a comprehensive examination of water resource management in the Omo-Turkana Basin, linking together biophysical, socioeconomic, policy, institutional and governance issues in a solutions-oriented manner.The Omo-Turkana Basin is one of the most important lake basins in Africa, and despite the likely transboundary impacts associated with the management of dams, it is the largest lake basin in Africa without a cooperative water agreement. This volume provides a foundation for integrated decision-making in the management of development in the Lake Turkana Basin. Chapters cover water-related conditions, hydropower, agriculture, ecosystems, resilience and transboundary governance. The final chapter proposes ways forward in light of the potential benefits that can be achieved through cooperation, and practical realities that cooperation is slow and may take time to achieve.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of water and natural resource management, environmental policy, sustainable development and African studies. It will also be relevant to water management professionals.

The Climate Emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Path Ahead - Resignation or Action? 350 pp. 2020:11 (UN, US) <665-1514>
ISBN 978-92-1-122032-2 paper ¥10,098.- (税込) US$ 45.00 *

This book presents the results of more than a decade of work carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the economics of climate change. It analyses the conclusive global data and the impact of climate change in the region, examining sectors such as agriculture, health, transport and energy. In particular, it addresses the effects of climate change on the two most vulnerable subregions, Central America and the Caribbean, and gives an account of the agreements reached in the region to tackle the problem of global warming. The book discusses the advances made in relation to climate issues, climate finance flows and public policy innovations aimed at moving towards lower-carbon development better suited to a changing climate. Responding to the challenge of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean represents a financial, economic, social, cultural, distributive and innovation effort, but it also provides an opportunity for the region to move towards more sustainable and inclusive development.

Rayson, Dianne, Bonhoeffer and Climate Change: Theology and Ethics for the Anthropocene. 306 pp. 2021:5 (Fortress Academic, US) <665-152>
ISBN 978-1-9787-0183-0 hard ¥27,376.- (税込) US$ 122.00 *

What is the place of theology in the public discourse around anthropogenic climate change? How do we understand the human relationship to Earth and the ecology of which we are a part? How can we account for the human attempt to dominate nature and the devastation we have caused to our own home? Dianne Rayson addresses these questions. She uses the creation theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer to examine what it means to be human in the post-Holocene age. Employing a range of Bonhoeffer's texts, Rayson posits that Bonhoeffer's Christological theology and this-worldly ethical orientation provide the tools for an Earthly Christianity. She responds to Bonhoeffer's question, "who actually is Jesus Christ, for us, today?" and proposes a Bonhoefferian ecoethic.

Ferdinand, Malcom, A Decolonial Ecology: Thinking from the Caribbean World. Foreword by A. Y. Davis. Tr. by A. P. Smith. (Critical South) 300 pp. 2021:12 (Polity Pr., UK) <665-1528>
ISBN 978-1-5095-4622-0 hard ¥15,695.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-4623-7 paper ¥5,597.- (税込) US$ 24.95 *

The world is in the midst of a storm that has shaped the history of modernity along a double fracture: on the one hand, an environmental fracture driven by a technocratic and capitalist civilization that led to the ongoing devastation of the Earth's ecosystems and its human and non-human communities and, on the other, a colonial fracture instilled by Western colonization and imperialism that resulted in racial slavery and the domination of indigenous peoples and women in particular. In this important new book, Malcom Ferdinand challenges this double fracture, thinking from the Caribbean world. Here, the slave ship reveals the inequalities that continue during the storm: some are shackled inside the hold and even thrown overboard at the first gusts of wind. Drawing on empirical and theoretical work in the Caribbean, Ferdinand conceptualizes a decolonial ecology that holds protecting the environment together with the political struggles against (post)colonial domination, structural racism, and misogynistic practices. Facing the storm, this book is an invitation to build a world-ship where humans and non-humans can live together on a bridge of justice and shape a common world. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in environmental humanities and Latin American and Caribbean studies, as well as anyone interested in ecology, slavery, and (de)colonization.

エコ社会主義ハンドブック
Brownhill, Leigh / Engel-Di Mauro, S. et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Ecosocialism. (Routledge International Handbooks) 376 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) <665-1559>
ISBN 978-0-367-35729-0 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

Building on the classical works that have propelled and shaped ecosocialist thinking and action and more recent political developments on the ground, the volume will provide a reference point for international work in the field, both directly political and academic.The Handbook acquaints readers with the varied roots of and sometimes conflicting approaches to ecosocialism. It does not attempt any unification of ecosocialist currents. Rather, it aims to provide a resource that is as comprehensive as possible with respect not only to theorization and ideological framing, but also and especially to existing projects, practices, and movements and giving a sense of the geographical reach that ecosocialism so far represents. This includes scholarship that extends Marxist foundations and reflects on more recent political developments. The theoretical and practice-oriented moorings are buttressed by discussions on movements, frameworks, and prefigurative processes as well as on social struggles occurring within institutional settings. Together, the collection offers a reference point for international work in the field, in social movements, and in institutional transformations.Providing detailed but accessible overviews of the complex, varied dimensions of ecosocialism, the Handbook is an essential up-to-date guide and reference not only for researchers, but also for undergraduate and graduate students in geography, environmental studies, development studies, sociology, and political science, as well as for policymakers and activists.

Burnette, Gerald A., Managing Environmental Data: Principles, Techniques, and Best Practices. (Applied Ecology and Environmental Management) 344 pp. 2021:11 (CRC Pr., US) <665-1560>
ISBN 978-0-367-65440-5 hard ¥34,584.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *

Focused on the mechanics of managing environmental data, this book provides guidelines on how to evaluate data requirements, assess tools and techniques, and implement an effective system. Moving beyond the hypothetical, Gerald Burnette illustrates the decision-making processes and the compromises required when applying environmental principles and practices to actual data. Managing Environmental Data explains the basic principles of relational databases, discusses database design, explores user interface options, and examines the process of implementation. Best practices are identified during each portion of the process. The discussion is summarized via the development of a hypothetical environmental data management system. Details of the design help establish a common framework that bridges the gap between data managers, users, and software developers. It is an ideal text for environmental professionals and students. The growth in both volume and complexity of environmental data presents challenges to environmental professionals. Developing better data management skills offers an excellent opportunity to meet these challenges. Gaining knowledge of and experience with data management best practices complements students' more traditional science education, providing them with the skills required to address complex data requirements.

Colfer, Carol J. Pierce / Prabhu, Ravi et al. (eds.), Adaptive Collaborative Management in Forest Landscapes: Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society. (Earthscan Forest Library) 272 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1562>
ISBN 978-1-03-205367-7 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-205368-4 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book examines the value of Adaptive Collaborative Management for facilitating learning and collaboration with local communities and beyond, utilising detailed studies of forest landscapes and communities. Many forest management proposals are based on top-down strategies, such as the Million Tree Initiatives, Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) and REDD+, often neglecting local communities. In the context of the climate crisis, it is imperative that local peoples and communities are an integral part of all decisions relating to resource management. Rather than being seen as beneficiaries or people to be safeguarded, they should be seen as full partners, and Adaptive Collaborative Management is an approach which priorities the rights and roles of communities alongside the need to address the environmental crisis. The volume presents detailed case studies and real life examples from across the globe, promoting and prioritizing the voices of women and scholars and practitioners from the Global South who are often under-represented. Providing concrete examples of ways that a bottom-up approach can function to enhance development sustainably, via its practitioners and far beyond the locale in which they initially worked, this volume demonstrates the lasting utility of approaches like Adaptive Collaborative Management that emphasize local control, inclusiveness and local creativity in management. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners working in the fields of conservation, forest management, community development and natural resource management and development studies more broadly.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Fabinyi, Michael / Barclay, Kate, Asia-Pacific Fishing Livelihoods. (Palgrave Pivot) 112 pp. 2021:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-1566>
ISBN 978-3-030-79590-0 hard ¥13,367.- (税込) EUR 54.99

This open access book explores fishing livelihoods within their wider contexts. Drawing on case studies from across the Asia-Pacific region, the book highlights how fishing livelihoods are shaped by globalisation, social relationships and governance. The book concludes by showing how better understanding these relationships can contribute to governance for healthier ecosystems and social wellbeing.This is an open access book.This is an open access book.

Ganapathy, Deepti, Media and Climate Change: Making Sense of Press Narratives. 176 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1569>
ISBN 978-0-367-44318-4 hard ¥41,789.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-214925-7 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book looks at the media's coverage of Climate Change and investigates its role in representing the complex realities of climate uncertainties and its effects on communities and the environment.This book explores the socioeconomic and cultural understanding of climate issues and the influence of environment communication via the news and the public response to it. It also examines the position of the media as a facilitator between scientists, policy makers and the public. Drawing extensively from case studies, personal interviews, comparative analysis of international climate coverage and a close reading of newspaper reports and archives, the author studies the pattern and frequency of climate coverage in the Indian media and their outcomes. With a special focus on the Western Ghats, the book discusses the political rhetoric, policy parameters and events that trigger a debate about development over biodiversity crisis and environmental risks in India.This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of environmental studies, especially Climate Change, media studies, public policy and South Asian studies, as well as conscientious citizens who deeply care for the environment.

Garcia, Emilio / Vale, Brenda / Vale, Robert, Collapsing Gracefully: Making a Built Environment that is Fit for the Future. 310 pp. 2021:7 (Springer, GW) <665-1570>
ISBN 978-3-030-77782-1 hard ¥10,936.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This innovative book investigates the concept of collapse in terms of our built environment, exploring the future transition of modern cities towards scenarios very different from the current promises of progress and development. This is not a book about the end of the world and hopeless apocalyptic scenarios. It is about understanding change in how and where we live. Collapse is inevitable, but in the built environment collapse could imply a manageable situation, an opportunity for change or a devastating reality. Collapsing gracefully means that there might be better ways to coexist with collapse if we learn more about it and commit to rebuild our civilisations in ways that avoid its worst effects. This book uses a wide range of practical examples to study critical changes in the built environment, to contextualise and visualise what collapse looks like, to see if it is possible to buffer its effects in places already collapsing and to propose ways to develop greater resilience.The book challenges all agents and institutions in modern cities, their designers and planners as well as their residents and users to think differently about built environment so as to ease our coexistence with collapse and not contribute to its causes. .

Marquardt, Jens / Delina, Laurence L. / Smits, M. (eds.), Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 288 pp. 2021:12 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1367>
ISBN 978-0-367-34255-5 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-215472-5 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This volume showcases the diversity of the politics and practices of climate change governance across Southeast Asia. Through a series of country-level case studies and regional perspectives, the authors in this volume explore the complexities and contested nature of climate governance in what can be considered as one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted regions of the world. They reflect upon the tensions between authoritarian and democratic climate change governance, the multiple roles of civil society and non-state interventions, and the conflicts between state planning and market-driven climate change governance. Shedding light on climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in Southeast Asia, this book presents the various formal and informal institutions of climate change governance, their relevant actors, procedures, and policies. Empirical findings from a diverse set of environments are merged into a cross-country comparison that allows for elaborating on similar patterns whilst at the same time highlighting the distinct features of climate change governance in Southeast Asia. Drawing on case studies from all Southeast Asian countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners dealing with climate change and environmental governance.

Kateja, Alpana / Jain, Rashmi (eds.), Urban Growth and Environmental Issues in India. 337 pp. 2021:9 (Springer, GW) <665-1403>
ISBN 978-981-16-4272-2 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book examines the interplay between urban growth and the environmental issues in India. The contributors, who are coming from diverse disciplines, examine socioeconomic, administrative, and environmental threats emanating from urbanization (e.g. climate change, health governance, energy issues, pollution, and e-waste management) and suggest various measures for dealing with the challenges of rapid urbanization. Offering a valuable resource for all those interested in understanding the multifaceted dimensions of urban growth, the book appeals to researchers, students, and policymakers, interested in the development studies and urban studies.

Baard, Patrik, Ethics in Biodiversity Conservation. (Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment) 200 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-132>
ISBN 978-0-367-62764-5 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-62768-3 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book examines the role of ethics and philosophy in biodiversity conservation. The objective of this book is two-fold: on the one hand it offers a detailed and systematic account of central normative concepts often used, but rarely explicated nor justified, within conservation biology. Such concepts include 'values' (both intrinsic, instrumental, and, more recently, relational), 'rights', and 'duties'. The second objective is to emphasize to environmental philosophers and applied ethicists the many interesting decision-making challenges of biodiversity conservation. The book argues that a nuanced account of instrumental values provides a powerful tool for reasoning about the values of biodiversity. It also scrutinizes relational values, the concept of rights of nature, and risk, and show how moral philosophy proves indispensable for these concepts. Consequently, it engages with recent suggestions on normative aspects of biodiversity conservation, and show the need for moral philosophy in biodiversity conservation. The overriding aim of this book is to provide conservation biologists and policy-makers with a systematic overview of concepts and assessments of the reasons for reaching prescriptive conclusions about biodiversity conservation. This will prove instrumental in clarifying the role of applied ethics and a refined understanding of the tools it can provide. This title will be of interest to students and scholars of conservation biology, conservation policy, environmental ethics and environmental philosophy.

Dai, Jia / Zeng, Fanxu, Environmental Risk Communication in China: Actors, Issues and Governance. (China Perspectives) 336 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1337>
ISBN 978-1-03-210330-3 hard ¥43,230.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-210333-4 paper ¥11,236.- (税込) GB￡ 38.99 *

The role of media is becoming increasingly important as globalization has developed. Given fast social transformation and technological development in China, the consequent environmental and health risks demand citizens integrate the communication and prevention of such risks as a significant part of their daily life. This book systematically discusses the communication process of typical environmental risk issues, and the complex interaction among multiple actors, including the public, media, experts, non-governmental organizations, and government in contemporary China. From a media-centered perspective, it applies major theories in the field of environmental and risk communication, and uses a variety of empirical research methods to unravel the complicated and unique experience of communication and governance. Combining theoretical reflections with real-life examples of Chinese scenarios, the authors not only encourage a dialogue between Western and Chinese academia but also inspire students and practitioners to apply risk communication theories to solving real-life problems. The book will appeal to students, scholars, and practitioners of risk and environmental communication studies.

Kinefuchi, Etsuko, Competing Discourses on Japan's Nuclear Power: Pronuclear versus Antinuclear Activism. (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media) 192 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-1205>
ISBN 978-0-367-49049-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-215510-4 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book examines the discursive formation of nuclear power in Japan to provide insights into the ways this technology has been both promoted and resisted, constituting and being constituted by Japan's sociocultural landscape. Each chapter pays close attention to a particular discursive site, including newspaper editorials, public relations campaigns, local site fights, urban antinuclear activism, and post-Fukushima pronuclear and antinuclear articulations. The book also raises the question of democracy and sustainability through the examination of nuclear power discourses. It demonstrates the power of discourse in shaping nuclear power by creating knowledge, influencing decisions, relationships, identity, and community. Readers will gain a range of insights from the book: prominent articulations on nuclear power discourse, state and corporate strategies for enticing consent for controversial facilities and technologies, the power of the media in framing public knowledge, the role of social movements and activisms in civic society, the power of community, and nuclear power as a problematic in representative democracy and sustainability. This book will appeal to students and scholars interested in social discourse, social movements, Japanese society, cultural studies, environmental communication, media analysis, energy and sustainability, and democracy, among others.

Ani, Kelechi Johnmary / Ojakorotu, V. / Bribena, K. (eds.), Political Economy of Resource, Human Security and Environmental Conflicts in Africa. 306 pp. 2021:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <665-1254>
ISBN 978-981-16-2035-5 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book shows the push and pull effects between resources, human security and conflicts in Africa. It recognizes the need for resources in Africa to be processed into finished goods in order to influence global market and redefine the pattern of trade relations with powerful countries of Asia, America and Europe in shaping the destiny and future of African countries. The achievement of this laudable objective is plagued by the security challenges which are directly or indirectly linked to resource-related conflicts rocking most of the resource endowed countries in the continent, thereby threatening global peace and security. To deal with this menace in the continent, it requires global co-operation and support of foreign governments, international organizations, international non-government organizations, governments of host countries and its citizens. The book presents the cases and experiences of countries that are endowed with resource, as well as have experienced different forms of human insecurity and have witnessed environmental conflicts in its analysis, which make the discourse interesting and quite educating.

Boggs, Carl, Fugitive Politics: The Struggle for Ecological Sanity. 158 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) <665-1086>
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Fugitive Politics explores the intersection between politics and ecology, between the requirements for radical change and the unprecedented challenges posed by the global crisis, a dialectic has rarely been addressed in academia.Across eight chapters, Carl Boggs explores how systemic change may be achieved within the current system, while detailing attempts at achieving change within nation-states. Boggs states that any notion of revolution seems fanciful in the current climate, contending that controlling elites have concentrated their hold on corporate power along three self-serving fronts: technology (Big Tech) and the surveillance order, militarism and the warfare state, and intensification of globalized power. Combined with this Boggs cites the fundamental absence of revolutionary counter-forces, arguing that after decades of subservice relevant, allied to the rise of identity politics and social movements, the Marxist theoretical legacy is now exhausted and will not provide an exit from the crisis. Boggs concludes that the only possibility for fundamental change will come from an open style of politics, in the Jacobin tradition, operating within the overall structures of the current democratic state.Written for both an academic and a general readership, in the U.S. and beyond, Fugitive Politics will be of vital importance to those studying political theory, political philosophy, political history, Marxism and Marxist theory, authoritarian politics, ecology, environmental politics, and climate politics.