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

Musavengane, Regis / Leonard, Llewellyn (eds.), Conservation, Land Conflicts and Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa: Contemporary Issues and Approaches. (Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment) 232 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-872>
ISBN 978-1-03-203762-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book examines the nexus between conservation, land conflicts, and sustainable tourism approaches in Southern Africa, with a focus on equity, access, restitution, and redistribution.While Southern Africa is home to important biodiversity, pristine woodlands, and grasslands, and is a habitat for important wildlife species, it is also a land of contestations over its natural resources with a complex historical legacy and a wide variety of competing and conflicting issues surrounding race, cultural and traditional practices, and neoliberalism. Drawing on insights from conservation, environmental, and tourism experts, this volume presents the nexus between land conflicts and conservation in the region. The chapters reveal the hegemony of humans on land and associated resources including wildlife and minerals. By using social science approaches, the book unites environmental, scientific, social, and political issues, as it is imperative we understand the holistic nature of land conflicts in nature-based tourism. Discussing the management theories and approaches to community-based tourism in communities where there are or were land conflicts is critical to understanding the current state and future of tourism in African rural spaces. This volume determines the extent to which land reform impacts community-based tourism in Africa to develop resilient destination strategies and shares solutions to existing land conflicts to promote conservation and nature-based tourism.The book will be of great interest to students, academics, development experts, and policymakers in the field of conservation, tourism geography, sociology, development studies, land use, and environmental management and African studies.

気候変動とグローバル・ヘルス　第2版
Butler, Colin / Higgs, Kerryn / Van Daalen, Kim (eds.), Climate Change and Global Health. 2nd ed. 360 pp. 2022:12 (CABI Pub., UK) <670-672>
ISBN 978-1-80062-000-1 hard ¥47,553.- (税込) GB￡ 165.00

There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, economic, political and environmental context, this unique book expands these issues by reviving and championing a third ('tertiary') category of longer term impacts on global health: famine, population dislocation, conflict and collapse. This edition has an expanded foundation, with new chapters discussing nuclear war, population and limits to growth, among others. This lively yet scholarly resource explores all these issues, finishing with a practical discussion of avenues to reform. As Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, states in the foreword: 'Climate change interacts with many undesirable aspects of human behaviour, including inequality, racism and other manifestations of injustice. Climate change policies, as practised by most countries in the global North, not only interact with these long-standing forms of injustice, but exemplify a new form, of startling magnitude.' The book is dedicated to Tony McMichael, Will Steffen and Maurice King. This book will be invaluable for students, post-graduates, researchers and policy-makers in public health, climate change and medicine.

Matthies, Franziska, Hydrometeorological Extreme Events and Public Health. (Hydrometeorological Extreme Events) 320 pp. 2022:3 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <670-690>
ISBN 978-1-119-25930-5 hard ¥24,223.- (税込) US$ 107.95 *

CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR INCREASED FLOODS AND DROUGHTS RESULTING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH Hydrometeorological Extreme Events and Public Health outlines the links between climate change, trends in hydrometeorological extreme events, and the effects on human health, and describes new developments in health adaptation and disaster risk management. The work provides technical facts, examples of international and national approaches and scientific projects, and covers key issues such as multi-sectoral collaboration, disaster preparedness, response and recovery, as well as stakeholder involvement, and costs. Readers will find: Specific observed and projected health effects of heavy precipitation events, floods, and droughtsA comprehensive analysis of recent studies on the health costs of extreme weather eventsA discussion of the impact and interdependency of international health and climate agreements For professionals working in the areas of hydrology, disaster management and prevention, and in the public health sector, Hydrometeorological Extreme Events and Public Health serves as a comprehensive resource on new challenges resulting from climate change and on how we can plan for and adapt to this uncharted territory to protect human lives and human health. The book is the fifth volume of the Hydrometeorological Extreme Events Series.

T.ロイ著　モンスーン経済－変化する気候におけるインドの歴史
Roy, Tirthankar, Monsoon Economies: India's History in a Changing Climate. (History for a Sustainable Future) 152 pp. 2022:4 (MIT Pr., US) <670-726>
ISBN 978-0-262-54358-3 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

採掘産業と持続可能な開発ハンドブック
Yakovleva, Natalia / Nickless, Edmund (eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development. (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks) 608 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-604>
ISBN 978-0-367-42995-9 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

The Routledge Handbook of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of current trends, challenges and opportunities for metal and mineral production and use, in the context of climate change and the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. Minerals and metals are used throughout the world in manufacturing, construction, infrastructure, production of electronics and consumer goods. Alongside this widespread use, extraction and processing of mineral resources take place in almost every nation at varying scales, both in developing countries and major developed nations. The chapters in this interdisciplinary handbook examine the international governance mechanisms regulating social, environmental and economic implications of mineral resource extraction and use. The original contributions, from a range of scholars, examine the relevance of the mining industry to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reviewing important themes such as local communities Indigenous peoples, gender equality and fair trade, showing how mining can influence global sustainable development. The chapters are organised into three sections: Global Trends in Mineral Resources Consumption and Production; Technology, Minerals and Sustainable Development; and Management of Social, Environmental and Economic Issues in the Mining Industry. This handbook will serve as an important resource for students and researchers of geology, geography, earth science, environmental studies, engineering, international development, sustainable development and business management, among others. It will also be of interest to professionals in governmental, international and non-governmental organisations that are working on issues of resource governance, environmental protection and social justice.

Grasso, Marco, From Big Oil to Big Green: Holding the Oil Industry to Account for the Climate Crisis. 320 pp. 2022:5 (MIT Pr., US) <670-597>
ISBN 978-0-262-54374-3 paper ¥8,976.- (税込) US$ 40.00 *

Sun, Yixian, Certifying China: The Rise and Limits of Transnational Sustainability Governance in Emerging Economies. (Earth System Governance: A Core Research Project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change) 224 pp. 2022:2 (MIT Pr., US) <670-532>
ISBN 978-0-262-54369-9 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Farmaki, Anna / Ioannides, Dimitri / Kladou, Stella (eds.), Peer-to-peer Accommodation and Community Resilience: Implications for Sustainable Development. 192 pp. 2022:4 (CABI Pub., UK) <670-507>
ISBN 978-1-78924-660-5 hard ¥25,476.- (税込) GB￡ 88.40 *

The growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation has been remarkable. However, the rapid expansion of the phenomenon has yielded several concerns over its potentially negative economic, social and environmental impacts. These impacts are highlighted in policy agendas as an emerging problem encountered by many local communities in destinations experiencing a boom in P2P accommodation. Specifically, concerns have been raised over the impact of the growth of P2P accommodation on local housing markets, residents' well-being and the environment as a result of the touristification of residential areas. In fact, many observers accuse P2P accommodation of fuelling the 'overtourism' problem that several destinations face. This edited book addresses the need to examine the P2P accommodation phenomenon from a community resilience lens. In particular, through a collection of chapters presenting a range of empirical and conceptual perspectives from urban and rural communities, the book considers the implications of P2P accommodation growth on the resilience of local communities and the sustainable development of places. This book highlights: ? The rapid growth of P2P accommodation yields economic, social and environmental negative impacts on destinations. ? The P2P accommodation sector is evolving towards professionalization which, in turns, creates further implications for local community resilience. ? This book draws attention towards the need to examine the nexus between P2P accommodation, sustainability and local community resilience. ? The collection of chapters presents empirical and conceptual perspectives from urban and rural communities. ? Chapters impart significant insights to policymakers, practitioners and academics in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ramani, Shyama V. / Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan (eds.), SDG11, Sustainable Cities and Communities. (Towards Sustainable Futures) 140 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-509>
ISBN 978-1-03-201527-9 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-207225-8 paper ¥11,524.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book explores Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, providing insights into viable pathways and policy designs for a transition towards sustainable, inclusive and resilient cities.The volume discusses existing scientific literature on SDG 11 and provides conceptual frameworks relating to systemic transitions, sectoral transitions and behavioural transitions for overcoming challenges related to governance and implementation. Through detailed case studies from cities and settlements, in Europe, Middle East and Asia, it showcases the dynamic processes involved in urban transformations. Drawing from these comparative analyses, the book provides robust frameworks and tools for better solutions and viable pathways to achieve SDG targets in diverse urban settings.Rich in empirical data, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of development studies, environment studies, urban studies, urban sociology, political economy, political studies, public policy and sociology. It will also be useful for policy makers, professionals, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and think tanks working in the area of sustainable development and urban planning.

Bachmann, Guenther, How to Successfully Encourage Sustainable Development Policy: Lessons from Germany. (Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy) 240 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-517>
ISBN 978-1-03-214974-5 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-214952-3 paper ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

This book builds on the insights of Guenther Bachmann, former Secretary General for the German Sustainability Council, who spent almost 20 years advising the German government on sustainability policy. The book discusses his experiences in negotiating stakeholder statements at the highest national levels.Bachmann takes the reader behind the scenes of German sustainable policy and practice, whilst also comparing Germany with other national approaches. He tells the story of political events from his insider perspective, unfolding the narrative of sustainable development goals and how activists in their respective countries could and should relate to it. Furthermore, he suggests new lines of vision through the tangle of conference fatigue and buzzwords. The book argues that environmentalists often display entrenched attitudes that too often downplay success. The rhetoric of crisis and doom, if overstretched and reduced to alarm, paralyses action and innovation. Bachmann, who on the contrary argues positively and concretely, shows unusual but significant signs of hope and confidence in action and how these can be made effective in the politics of sustainable development.This book will be of global relevance to sustainability professionals and policy makers and will advise them on how to successfully move ahead with sustainability policies.

Coggins, Chris / Chen, Bixia (eds.), Sacred Forests of Asia: Spiritual Ecology and the Politics of Nature Conservation. (Earthscan Forest Library) 336 pp. 2022:4 (Routledge, UK) <670-379>
ISBN 978-0-367-69872-0 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Presenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene. Given the vast geographic range of sacred groves in Asia, this volume discusses the diversity of associated cosmologies, ecologies, traditional local resource management practices, and environmental governance systems developed during the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods. Adopting theoretical perspectives from political ecology, the book views ecology and polity as constitutive elements interacting within local, regional, and global networks. Readers will find the very first systematic comparative analysis of sacred forests that include the karchall mabhuy of the Katu people of Central Vietnam, the leuweng kolot of the Baduy people of West Java, the fengshui forests of southern China, the groves to the goddess Sarna Mata worshiped by the Oraon people of Jharkhand India, the mauelsoop and bibosoop of Korea, and many more. Comprising in-depth, field-based case studies, each chapter shows how the forest's sacrality must not be conceptually delinked from its roles in common property regimes, resource security, spiritual matters of ultimate concern, and cultural identity. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of indigenous studies, environmental anthropology, political ecology, geography, religion and heritage, nature conservation, environmental protection, and Asian studies.

Liboiron, Max / Lepawsky, Josh, Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power. 128 pp. 2022:5 (MIT Pr., US) <670-2076>
ISBN 978-0-262-54365-1 paper ¥4,488.- (税込) US$ 20.00 *

Luzzatto, Livia Ester, Intergenerational Challenges and Climate Justice: Setting the Scope of Our Obligations. (Routledge Studies in Environmental Justice) 184 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-2077>
ISBN 978-1-03-219377-9 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Climate change poses questions of intergenerational justice, but some of its features make it difficult to determine whether we have obligations of climate justice to future generations. This book offers a novel argument, justifying the present generation's obligations to future people.Livia Ester Luzzatto shows that we have intergenerational obligations because many of our actions are based on presuppositions about future people. When agents engage in such intergenerational actions, they also acquire an obligation to recognise those future people as agents within their principles of justice and with that a duty to respect their agency and autonomy. Intergenerational Challenges and Climate Justice also offers a way to circumvent the problems of non-identity and non-existence. Its approach overcomes the intergenerational challenges of climate change by meeting three necessary criteria: providing ways to cope with uncertainty, dealing with the complexity of climate change, and including future people for their own sake. The author meets these criteria by adopting an action-centred methodology that grounds our obligations of justice on the presuppositions of activity. This robust framework can be used to justify increased climate action and the greater inclusion of future-oriented policies in current decision-making.This book will be of great interest to academics and students concerned with the issues of climate and intergenerational justice.

Martin, Laura J., Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration. 304 pp. 2022:4 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <670-2079>
ISBN 978-0-674-97942-0 hard ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

An environmental historian delves into the history, science, and philosophy of a paradoxical pursuit: the century-old quest to design natural places and create wild species.Environmental restoration is a global pursuit and a major political concern. Governments, nonprofits, private corporations, and other institutions spend billions of dollars each year to remove invasive species, build wetlands, and reintroduce species driven from their habitats. But restoration has not always been so intensively practiced. It began as the pastime of a few wildflower enthusiasts and the first practitioners of the new scientific discipline of ecology.Restoration has been a touchstone of US environmentalism since the beginning of the twentieth century. Diverging from popular ideas about preservation, which romanticized nature as an Eden to be left untouched by human hands, and conservation, the managed use of natural resources, restoration emerged as a "third way." Restorationists grappled with the deepest puzzles of human care for life on earth: How to intervene in nature for nature's own sake? What are the natural baselines that humans should aim to restore? Is it possible to design nature without destroying wildness? Laura J. Martin shows how, over time, amateur and professional ecologists, interest groups, and government agencies coalesced around a mode of environmental management that sought to respect the world-making, and even the decision-making, of other species. At the same time, restoration science reshaped material environments in ways that powerfully influenced what we understand the wild to be.In Wild by Design, restoration's past provides vital knowledge for climate change policy. But Martin also offers something more-a meditation on what it means to be wild and a call for ecological restoration that is socially just.

Mehar, Mamta / Prasad, Narayan, Climate Change, Adaptation and Gender: Methodological Underpinnings. (CABI Climate Change Series) 200 pp. 2022:10 (CABI Pub., UK) <670-2081>
ISBN 978-1-78924-989-7 hard ¥28,473.- (税込) GB￡ 98.80 *

This book offers a wide, in-depth study of the gender-climate change-agriculture nexus. The crux of understanding these connections comprises gender equality and tools to measure gender discrimination, the evolution of the concept of gender inclusiveness and its concerns; and the need to address the same by formulating gender-inclusive policymaking. Despite the fact that more than 50 years have elapsed since gender concerns were included in explorations of this nexus, there is still ambiguity around the foundations, connections, and approaches for planning gender-inclusive climate policies. This book aims to clear that ambiguity by: ? Being the first to explore exclusively this issue in detail. ? Revealing how and why consideration of gender is so important for understanding how climate change impacts rural communities and agricultural systems globally. ? Exploring every dimension of climate change (including belief systems and perceptions, knowledge, experience, coping strategies, adaptation, and mitigation strategies) and linking it to gender. It includes new theoretical and methodological approaches that go far beyond the household as the unit of analysis (using various approaches, including intersectional analysis). The book not only throws light on major themes of research, but also covers different methodologies ranging from review methods to mathematical models, conceptual frameworks and empirical analysis. It will be of wide interest to students, scholars, and researchers in gender studies, agriculture, climate change and rural development research, and also to practitioners, extension workers, and planners designing new climate-resilient practices.

北米の環境史における水
Melosi, Martin V., Water in North American Environmental History. (Themes in Environmental History) 316 pp. 2022:6 (Routledge, UK) <670-2082>
ISBN 978-0-367-48554-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-48553-5 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Water in North American Environmental History offers 25 cases studies that explore the range of uses and perceptions of water throughout Canadian, Mexican, and United States history.Water has served a myriad of purposes historically as human sustenance, agricultural irrigation, sanitation, fire protection, military defense, power generation, transportation, and much more. Water and its uses provide an excellent entree into the study of humans and the environment, not only because water is a vital resource for life, but also because water as a medium is so intimately woven into the everyday experiences of humans and into society's economic, political, and social fabric. A North American perspective is not representative of the world's water use, but it is an area with a linked history and many overlapping human and environmental features and concerns. With a continental perspective, the book explores many disparate topics without being confined to the history and experiences of just one country. The chapters are short, but descriptive, and departure points for what they tell us about the human experience in dealing with water and the environmental implications of water use. The text leads students to consider water in relation to society, and to the past.The book will be of interest to students of environmental history, geography, and the environmental sciences.

Nielsen, Carrie, Unleaded: How Changing Our Gasoline Changed Everything. 180 pp. 2021:9 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <670-2084>
ISBN 978-1-9788-2101-9 hard ¥16,369.- (税込) US$ 72.95 *
ISBN 978-1-9788-2100-2 paper ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

When leaded gasoline was first developed in the 1920s, medical experts were quick to warn of the public health catastrophes it would cause. Yet government regulators did not heed their advice, and for more than half a century, nearly all cars used leaded gasoline, which contributed to a nationwide epidemic of lead poisoning. By the 1970s, 99.8% of American children had significantly elevated levels of lead in their blood. Unleaded tells the story of how crusading scientists and activists convinced the U.S. government to ban lead additives in gasoline. It also reveals how, for nearly fifty years, scientific experts paid by the oil and mining industries abused their authority to convince the public that leaded gasoline was perfectly harmless. Combining environmental history, sociology, and neuroscience, Carrie Nielsen explores how lead exposure affects the developing brains of children and is linked to social problems including academic failure, teen pregnancies, and violent crime. She also shows how, even after the nationwide outrage over Flint's polluted water, many poor and minority communities and communities of color across the United States still have dangerously high lead levels. Unleaded vividly depicts the importance of sound science and strong environmental regulations to protect our nation's most vulnerable populations.

Pellens, Roseli (ed.), Natural History Collections in the Science of the 21st Century: A Sustainable Resource for Open Science. 416 pp. 2022:2 (Wiley-ISTE, UK) <670-2085>
ISBN 978-1-78945-049-1 hard ¥39,931.- (税込) US$ 177.95 *

Natural history collections have recently acquired an unprecedented place of importance in scientific research. Originally created in the context of systematics and taxonomy, they are now proving to be fundamental for answering various scientific and societal questions that are as significant as they are current.Natural History Collections in the Science of the 21st Century presents a wide range of questions and answers raised by the study of collections. The billions of specimens that have been collected from all around the world over more than two centuries provide us with information that is vital in our quest for knowledge about the Earth, the universe, the diversity of life and the history of humankind.These collections also provide valuable reference points from the past to help us understand the nature and dynamics of global change today. Their physical permanence is the best guarantee we have of a return to data and to information sources in the context of open science.

Petryna, Adriana, Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change. 224 pp. 2022:3 (Princeton U. Pr., US) <670-2086>
ISBN 978-0-691-21166-4 hard ¥6,271.- (税込) US$ 27.95 *

A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worldsAs carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, Earth's fragile ecosystems are growing increasingly unstable and unpredictable. Horizon Work explores how climate change is disrupting our fundamental ability to project how the environment will act over time, and how these rapidly faltering predictions are colliding with the dangerous new realities of emergency response.Anthropologist Adriana Petryna examines the climate crisis through the lens of "horizoning," a mode of reckoning that considers unnatural disasters against a horizon of expectation in which people and societies can act. She talks to wildfire scientists who, amid chaotic fire seasons and shifting fire behaviors, are revising predictive models calibrated to conditions that no longer exist. Petryna tells the stories of wildland firefighters who could once rely on memory of previous fires to gauge the behaviors of the next. Trust in patterns has become an occupational hazard. Sometimes, the very concept of projection becomes untenable. Yet if all we see is doom, we will overlook something crucial about the scientific and ethical labor needed to hold back climate chaos. Here is where the work of horizoning begins.From experiments probing our planetary points of no return to disaster ecologies where the stark realities of climate change are being confronted, Horizon Work reveals how this new way of thinking has the power to reverse harmful legacies while turning voids where projection falters into spaces of collective action and recoverable futures.

Pietz, David A. / Zeisler-Vralsted, Dorothy, Water and Human Societies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. 258 pp. 2021:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <670-2087>
ISBN 978-3-030-67694-0 paper ¥14,582.- (税込) EUR 59.99

This book explores the historical relationships between human communities and water. Bringing together for the first time key texts from across the literature, it discusses how the past has shaped our contemporary challenges with equitable access to clean and ample water supplies. The book is organized into chapters that explore thematic issues in water history, including "Water and Civilizations," Water and Health," "Water and Equity" and "Water and Sustainability". Each chapter is introduced by a critical overview of the theme, followed by four primary and secondary readings that discuss critical nodes in the historical and contemporary development of each chapter theme. "Further readings" at the end of each chapter invite the reader to further explore the dynamics of each theme. The foundational premise of the book is that in order to comprehend the complexity of global water challenges, we need to understand the history of cultural forces that have shaped our water practices. These historical patterns shape the range of choices available to us as we formulate responses to water challenges. The book will be a valuable resource to all students interested in understanding the challenges of water use today.

Pollans, Lily Baum, Resisting Garbage: The Politics of Waste Management in American Cities. 248 pp. 2021:11 (U. Texas Pr., US) <670-2088>
ISBN 978-1-4773-2370-0 hard ¥10,098.- (税込) US$ 45.00 *

Resisting Garbage presents a new approach to understanding practices of waste removal and recycling in American cities, one that is grounded in the close observation of case studies while being broadly applicable to many American cities today.Most current waste practices in the United States, Lily Baum Pollans argues, prioritize sanitation and efficiency while allowing limited post-consumer recycling as a way to quell consumers' environmental anxiety. After setting out the contours of this "weak recycling waste regime," Pollans zooms in on the very different waste management stories of Seattle and Boston over the last forty years. While Boston's local politics resulted in a waste-export program with minimal recycling, Seattle created new frameworks for thinking about consumption, disposal, and the roles that local governments and ordinary people can play as partners in a project of resource stewardship. By exploring how these two approaches have played out at the national level, Resisting Garbage provides new avenues for evaluating municipal action and fostering practices that will create environmentally meaningful change.

Puig, Blanca / Jimenez-Aleixandre, Maria Pilar (eds.), Critical Thinking in Biology and Environmental Education: Facing Challenges in a Post-Truth World. (Contributions from Biology Education Research) 282 pp. 2022:2 (Springer, GW) <670-2089>
ISBN 978-3-030-92005-0 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This volume seeks to broaden current ideas about the role of critical thinking (CT) in biology and environmental education considering educational challenges in the post-truth era. The chapters are distributed into three sections, perspectives of a theoretical character (part I), empirical research about CT in the context of biology and health education (part II), and empirical research on CT in the context of environmental and sustainability education (part III). The volume includes studies reporting students' engagement in the practice of critical thinking, and displays how CT can be integrated in biology and environmental education and why biology and environmental issues are privileged contexts for the development of CT. The chapters examine a range of dimensions of CT, such as skills, dispositions, emotions, agency, open-mindedness, or personal epistemologies. In addition, they explore topics such as climate change, sustainable diets, genetically modified food, vaccination, acceptance of evolution, homeopathy, and gene cloning. Concluding remarks regarding the connections between the chapters and future directions for the integration of critical thinking in biology and environmental education are presented in a final chapter.

Rees, Paul A., Key Questions in Biodiversity: A Study and Revision Guide. (Key Questions) 224 pp. 2021:5 (CABI Pub., UK) <670-2091>
ISBN 978-1-78924-863-0 paper ¥5,993.- (税込) GB￡ 20.80 *

An understanding of biodiversity is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including biology, zoology, wildlife conservation and environmental science. This book is a study and revision guide for students following such programmes in which biodiversity is an important component. It contains 600 multiple-choice questions (and answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced - and grouped into 10 major topic areas: 1. Principles of classification and taxonomy 2. Comparative anatomy and physiology 3. Protoctists, monerans, fungi, lichens and acellular organisms 4. 'Lower' plants and pteridophytes 5. Seed-bearing plants 6. Sponges, cnidarians, nematodes and minor animal phyla 7. Platyhelminths, annelids and molluscs 8. Arthropods and echinoderms 9. Fishes, amphibians and reptiles 10. Birds and mammals The book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. It allows the reader to learn and revise the meaning of terms used in animal and plant classification, the principles of comparative physiology, and the characteristics of, and diversity in, the major animal and plant taxa. The structure of the book allows the study of one topic area or group of taxa at a time, progressing through simple questions to those that are more demanding. Many of the questions require students to use their knowledge to identify organisms and biological structures from drawings or photographs.

Reeves, Matt / Harp, Aaron / Tanaka, John / Maczko, Kristie, Rangeland Sustainability: Social, Ecological, and Economic Assessments. (Environmental and Societal Dimensions of Sustainable Development Goals) 176 pp. 2022:5 (CRC Pr., US) <670-2092>
ISBN 978-0-367-48272-5 hard ¥26,511.- (税込) GB￡ 91.99 *

This book provides an integrated description of the indicators of rangeland sustainability that capture ecological, economic, and social dimensions. It takes a fresh look at the information available on current and emerging issues across rangelands, and presents collaborative research for future progress. Authors offer a framework for evaluating rangeland sustainability, the best available data to use, as well as an interactive tool for use at a variety of geographical scales. Readers with limited knowledge of rangelands, as well as professional rangeland ecologists and land managers, will gain an understanding of the best tools available today to assess sustainability across rangeland ecosystems in the U.S.

Reich, Kersten, The Sustainable Manifesto: A Commitment to Individual, Economical, and Political Change. (Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability) 144 pp. 2022:2 (Routledge, UK) <670-2093>
ISBN 978-1-03-223250-8 hard ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *
ISBN 978-1-03-223249-2 paper ¥5,760.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99 *

In The Sustainable Manifesto, Kersten Reich describes in a concise and memorable way the necessary actions that humans need to take to live sustainably and combat climate change. Are we sufficiently capable of changing our behaviour towards sustainability? What do we have to do in a more sustainable way, and how? The Sustainable Manifesto considers questions around behaviour-change and action for sustainability and connects this thinking to current research in both the natural and human sciences. Reich begins by addressing the most important risks to sustainability and looks in particular at climate change, biodiversity, land use and global phosphorus and nitrogen cycles. He goes on to identify the main causes that have led to the current crisis: specifically the human desire for expansion, growth in all areas, progress and competitive advantages that have forced consideration of the common good into the background. In this vein, the author highlights how economics and politics are two driving forces for which sustainability is difficult to comprehend, going against their basic principles of a liberal and now neo-liberal expansion of all markets. Finally, Reich demonstrates how sustainability could be possible if we reprioritize our life goals and face the reality of an ecological crisis and the necessary transformation of society in order to save our planet. Innovative and accessible, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of sustainability, theories of learning, human behaviour, as well as those who are looking for answers on how to fight for a sustainable future.

環境と社会－批判的入門　第3版
Robbins, Paul / Hintz, John / Moore, Sarah A., Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction. 3rd ed. (Critical Introductions to Geography) 432 pp. 2022:3 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <670-2094>
ISBN 978-1-119-40823-9 paper ¥12,778.- (税込) US$ 56.95 *

A comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the conceptual tools used to explore real-world environmental problems Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition demonstrates how theoretical approaches such as environmental ethics, political economy, and social construction work as conceptual tools to identify and clarify contemporary environmental issues. Assuming no background knowledge in the subject, this reader-friendly textbook uses clear language and engaging examples to first describe nine key conceptual tools, and then apply them to a variety of familiar objects-from bottled water and French fries to trees, wolves, and carbon dioxide. Throughout the text, highly accessible chapters provide insight into the relationship between the environment and present-day society. Divided into two parts, the text begins by explaining major theoretical approaches for interpreting the environment-society relationship and discussing different perspectives about environmental problems. Part II examines a series of objects, each viewed through a sample of the theoretical tools from Part I, helping readers think critically about critical environmental topics such as deforestation, climate change, the global water supply, and hazardous e-waste. This fully revised third edition stresses a wider range of competing ways of thinking about environmental issues and features additional cases studies, up-to-date conceptual understandings, and new chapters in Part I on racializd environments and feminist approaches. Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition: Covers theoretical lenses such as commodities, environmental ethics, and risks and hazards, and applies them to touchstone environment-society objects like wolves, tuna, trees, and carbon dioxide Uses a conversational narrative to explain key historical events, topical issues and policies, and scientific concepts Features substantial revisions and updates, including new chapters on feminism and race, and improved maps and illustrations Includes a wealth of in-book and online resources, including exercises and boxed discussions, chapter summaries, review questions, references, suggested readings, an online test bank, and internet links Provides additional instructor support such as suggested teaching models, full-color PowerPoint slides, and supplementary teaching material Retaining the innovative approach of its predecessors, Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction, Third Edition remains the ideal textbook for courses in environmental issues, environmental science, and nature and society theory.

Rouliere, Camille / Egerer, Claudia (eds.), Water Lore: Practice, Place and Poetics. (Routledge Environmental Humanities) 240 pp. 2022:4 (Routledge, UK) <670-2096>
ISBN 978-1-03-211065-3 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-211066-0 paper ¥10,660.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Located within the field of environmental humanities, this volume engages with one of the most pressing contemporary environmental challenges of our time: how can we shift our understanding and realign what water means to us? Water is increasingly at the centre of scientific and public debates about climate change. In these debates, rising sea levels compete against desertification; hurricanes and floods follow periods of prolonged drought. As we continue to pollute, canalise and desalinate waters, the ambiguous nature of our relationship with these entities becomes visible. From the paradisiac and pristine scenery of holiday postcards through to the devastated landscapes of post-tsunami news reports, images of waters surround us. And while we continue to damage what most sustains us, collective precarity grows. Breaking down disciplinary boundaries, with contributions from scholars in the visual arts, history, earth systems, anthropology, architecture, literature and creative writing, archaeology and music, this edited collection creates space for less-prominent perspectives, with many authors coming from female, Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ contexts. Combining established and emerging voices, and practice-led research and critical scholarship, the book explores water across its scientific, symbolic, material, imaginary, practical and aesthetic dimensions. It examines and interrogates our cultural construction and representation of water and, through original research and theory, suggests ways in which we can reframe the dialogue to create a better relationship with water sources in diverse contexts and geographies. This expansive book brings together key emerging scholarship on water persona and agency and would be an ideal supplementary text for discussions on the blue humanities, climate change, environmental anthropology and environmental history.

Stone, James R., Jr., Populism, Eco-populism, and the Future of Environmentalism. (Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics) 272 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-2098>
ISBN 978-1-03-220572-4 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Populism, Eco-populism, and the Future of Environmentalism analyzes the history and language of populism in order to fully comprehend the threat of eco-fascism - paradoxically revealing that it is possible for there to be both progressive eco-Populist and right-wing sham eco-Populist discourses.The book highlights the harrowing prospect that the crises of democracy now confronting countries such as the United States may culminate in forms of eco-fascism in a world increasingly divided over issues of economic and social inequality, immigration, and competition for dwindling resources. The author reveals that there is a language of eco-populism that accompanies Populist and sham Populist discourses of the left and right as ecological crises have assumed a more prominent role in national and global politics. These crises are exacerbated by the willingness of the fossil fuel industry to destabilize democracy in order to forestall government-imposed limits on carbon emissions and elimination of fossil fuel subsidies that threaten their profits. The book, primarily a work of political and ecological theory, draws on the history of populism as well as the history of conservation and modern environmental movements to make an innovative argument - that a radical form of right-wing sham eco-populism that emerged out of the crucible of the energy crisis and recession of the 1970s has substantially contributed to the crises we now face. The author maintains that the only plausible solution to current political and ecological crises is a progressive eco-populism that combines environmental justice and sustainability with economic and social justice, and offers resources that can help construct a democratic and inclusive movement and culture. A progressive eco-Populist vision has led to proposals for a Green New Deal and the development of the Build Back Better Act currently being considered by the U.S. Congress, but the stalemate between progressive and conservative Democrats over the bill reveals both the compromised state of U.S. representative democracy and the need for a stronger movement to hold politicians and government accountable.This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and researchers of environmental politics, environmental history, and environmental philosophy, as well as sociology, political science, and history.

Villanueva-Romero, Diana / Kerslake, L. et al. (eds.), Imaginative Ecologies: Inspiring Change through the Humanities. (Nature, Culture and Literature 17) 227 pp. 2021:12 (Brill, NE) <670-2100>
ISBN 978-90-04-50126-3 hard ¥21,635.- (税込) EUR 89.00

Imaginative Ecologies: Inspiring Change through the Humanities highlights the role literature and visual arts play in fostering sustainability. It weaves together contributions by international scholars, practitioners and environmental activists whose insights are brought together to illustrate how creative imaginations can inspire change. One of the most outstanding characteristic of this volume is its interdisciplinarity and its varied methods of inquiry. The field of environmental humanities is discussed together with ideas such as the role of the public intellectual and el buen vivir. Examples of ecofiction from the UK, the US and Spain are analysed while artistic practices aimed at raising awareness of the effects of the Anthropocene are presented as imaginative ways of reacting against climate change and rampant capitalism.

Weis, Judith S. / De Falco, Francesca / Cocca, M. (eds.), Polluting Textiles: The Problem with Microfibres. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 304 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-2101>
ISBN 978-0-367-76078-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-76075-5 paper ¥10,660.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This book examines the critical issue of environmental pollutants produced by the textiles industry.Comprised of contributions from environmental scientists and materials and textiles scientists, this edited volume addresses the environmental impact of microplastics, with a particular focus on microfibres released by textiles into marine and freshwater environments. The chapters in Part I offer environmental perspectives focusing on the measurement of microplastics in the environment, their ingestion by small plankton and larger filter feeders, the effects of consuming microplastics, and the role of microplastics as a vector for transferring toxic contaminants in food webs. Written by environmental and material scientists, the chapters in Part II present potential solutions to the problem of microplastics released from textiles, discussing parameters of influence, water treatment, degradation in aquatic environments, textile end-of-life management, textile manufacturing and laundry, and possible policy measures. This is a much needed volume which brings together in one place environmental research with technical solutions in order to provide a cohesive and practical approach to mitigating and preventing environmental pollution from the textiles industry going forward.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental conservation and management, environmental pollution and environmental chemistry and toxicology, sustainability, as well as students and scholars of material and textiles science, textile engineering and sustainable manufacturing.

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Ziska, Lewis H. (ed.), Invasive Species and Global Climate Change. 2nd ed. (CABI Invasives Series) 304 pp. 2022:9 (CABI Pub., UK) <670-2105>
ISBN 978-1-80062-143-5 hard ¥32,969.- (税込) GB￡ 114.40 *

This book addresses topics related to the impact of invasive species including biosecurity, demographics, species diversity and food security. It is meant for researchers, upper-level students, and policy makers and provides a factual basis for the underlying science and a discussion of that information with respect to current and future impacts and possible solutions. This book explores the nexus of climate change and biological invasions, resulting impacts (biological and economic) and assesses ways to reduce vulnerability and increase the resiliency and sustainability of managed and unmanaged ecosystems. The book has three parts, focusing on: (1) the dimensions of the problem; background and science; (2) case studies; (3) Management: detection, prevention, control and adaptation. This revised edition examines a wide range of topics and region, the underlying science, examples (case studies) from around the world, and ways and means to recognize, manage and control the consequences. It includes new cases and new threats; for example, a chapter summarizing case studies regarding climate change and invasive species that are also disease carriers (e.g. ticks and Lyme disease). - Covers a wide range of topics and areas - Examines the synergy between invasive species and climate change - Explains options to control and mitigate effects This book is of interest to academics, researchers and students studying climate change and invasive species. Those interested in the environment and ecology, land managers, policy makers, agronomists, federal and state departments of natural resources, climate change activists, public health professionals.

Ystanes, Margit, (Mis)trusting Development: Social Struggles and Forest Conservation in Guatemala. 193 pp. 2022:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <670-2055>
ISBN 978-3-030-89319-4 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book explores the role of trust in social struggles related to tropical forest preservation in El Peten, Guatemala. The author combines ethnographic exploration of how trust is formed in the local context with insights about postcolonial inequalities, which structure discourses on development and climate change in ways that exclude local actors. Empirically, the book follows the complicated engagements of local concession-holding forest communities with outside actors aiming to develop archaeology-based tourism in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve. A central argument presented is that processes initiated for societal improvement need to be based on trusting relationships in order to be successful. This requires a context sensitive approach that takes into consideration how trust is formed and undermined in specific lifeworlds, as well as postcolonial inequalities. Theoretically, the book expands existing conceptualisations of trust and emphasises the potential for ethnographic research to further our understanding of this elusive phenomenon. "How do trust and mistrust permeate the fluid relations among communities living off the forests of northern Guatemala, outside stakeholders, and a global discourse of cultural heritage and climate change? This remarkable book by a pioneer of the anthropology of trust dissects a questionable development plan that threatens the rights and livelihood of a local population marginalized in a decision-making process aimed at protecting ancient archaeological sites, promoting tourism, and preserving the rain forest." - Antonius C. G. M. Robben, author of Argentina Betrayed: Memory, Mourning, and Accountability and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands"El Mirador is an extraordinary Mayan archaeological site in the jungles of northern Guatemala, accessible only by foot or helicopter. Poor mestizos, for whom the forest is home, have become expert tour guides and forest conservationists. Outsiders who view the ruins and forest as a resource primed for extraction have extravagant plans to "develop" the area. Ystanes offers a richly contextualized and theorized exploration of the struggles over caring for and living in and off this exceptional and fragile place, by focusing on the role of trust in the complex negotiations over its future and in identities more broadly. While showing how structural inequalities breed mistrust at every scale, this is a beautiful and nuanced take on existential questions of living in worlds shaped by violence and competition with historical knowledge, ecosystem survival, and livelihoods at stake." - Diane Nelson, Bass Chair and Eads Family Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University, USA

Antunes, Pedro, The Relationship Between Soil and Global Climate Change: Processes, Impacts And Adaptations. 232 pp. 2022:7 (CABI Pub., UK) <670-2057>
ISBN 978-1-78924-678-0 hard ¥27,379.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

Bailly, Victor / Barbier, Remi / Francois-Joseph, D. (ed.), La prevention des dechets: Innovations sociales, action publique et transition sociotechnique. (EcoPolis 36) 370 p. 2021:6 (P. Lang, SZ) <670-2059>
ISBN 978-2-8076-1836-7 paper ¥15,523.- (税込) SFR 63.00

Depuis une vingtaine d’annees, la prevention des dechets est passee du statut d’incantation a celui de veritable politique, dotee d’instruments, d’objectifs, de propositions operationnelles. Des acteurs associatifs, politiques, institutionnels se sont efforces de reperer, d’inventer et de diffuser les manieres d’intervenir ≪ avant ≫ la phase dechet d’un produit ou d’une matiere. Cet ouvrage relate ce moment particulier de la politique des dechets, qu’il illustre avec les demarches de compostage partage et de langes lavables. Il met en lumiere certaines figures d’acteurs ayant ?uvre a cette transition (entrepreneurs de pratiques, experts-militants, etc.), mais aussi les obstacles et limites qu’ils ont rencontres. En croisant les niveaux d’analyse, il montre la difficulte a operer une telle transition et a intervenir au c?ur des pratiques des individus. Aux difficultes associees au travail laborieux d’animation et d’accompagnement, s’ajoutent les strategies de resistance de certains acteurs economiques, ainsi que l’engagement peu ambitieux des acteurs publics. En devoilant les freins au changement, l’ouvrage contribue a une reflexion theorique sur les transitions sociotechniques, le role des innovateurs et l’ancrage des innovations dans les regimes de consommation et de gestion des dechets.

Bean, Michael J., Melville's Mistake: Essays in Defense of the Natural World. (Gideon Lincecum Nature and Environment Series) 240 pp. 2022:1 (Texas A&M U. Pr., US) <670-2060>
ISBN 978-1-64843-026-8 hard ¥7,180.- (税込) US$ 32.00 *

Claeys, Gregory, Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life after Consumerism. 520 pp. 2022:7 (Princeton U. Pr., US) <670-2064>
ISBN 978-0-691-17004-6 hard ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

How the utopian tradition offers answers to today's environmental crisesIn the face of Earth's environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won't save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective behavior. Utopianism for a Dying Planet examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden Age through to today's thinkers, can offer moral and imaginative guidance in the face of catastrophe. The utopian tradition, which has been critical of conspicuous consumption and luxurious indulgence, might light a path to a society that emphasizes equality, sociability, and sustainability.Gregory Claeys unfolds his argument through a wide-ranging consideration of utopian literature, social theory, and intentional communities. He defends a realist definition of utopia, focusing on ideas of sociability and belonging as central to utopian narratives. He surveys the development of these themes during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before examining twentieth- and twenty-first-century debates about alternatives to consumerism. Claeys contends that the current global warming limit of 1.5C (2.7F) will result in cataclysm if there is no further reduction in the cap. In response, he offers a radical Green New Deal program, which combines ideas from the theory of sociability with proposals to withdraw from fossil fuels and cease reliance on unsustainable commodities.An urgent and comprehensive search for antidotes to our planet's destruction, Utopianism for a Dying Planet asks for a revival of utopian ideas, not as an escape from reality, but as a powerful means of changing it.

Frickel, Scott / Creager, Angela N. H. / Boudia, S. et al., Residues: Thinking Through Chemical Environments. (Nature, Society, and Culture) 146 pp. 2021:12 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <670-2067>
ISBN 978-1-9788-1802-6 hard ¥33,660.- (税込) US$ 150.00 *
ISBN 978-1-9788-1801-9 paper ¥6,271.- (税込) US$ 27.95 *

Residues offers readers a new approach for conceptualizing the environmental impacts of chemicals production, consumption, disposal, and regulation. Environmental protection regimes tend to be highly segmented according to place, media, substance, and effect; academic scholarship often reflects this same segmented approach. Yet, in chemical substances we encounter phenomena that are at once voluminous and miniscule, singular and ubiquitous, regulated yet unruly. Inspired by recent studies of materiality and infrastructures, we introduce "residual materialism" as a framework for attending to the socio-material properties of chemicals and their world-making powers. Tracking residues through time, space, and understanding helps us see how the past has been built into our present chemical environments and future-oriented regulatory systems, why contaminants seem to always evade control, and why the Anthropocene is as inextricably harnessed to the synthesis of carbon into new molecules as it is driven by carbon's combustion.

Friedman, Avi, Designing Innovative Sustainable Neighbourhoods. 232 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-2068>
ISBN 978-1-03-206602-8 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-206597-7 paper ¥10,371.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

This book covers fundamental aspects of neighborhood planning and architecture along sustainable principles. Written by a designer and instructor, the book's fully illustrated chapters provide detailed insights into contemporary strategies that architects, planners and builders are integrating into their thought processes and residential design practices.Past approaches to planning and design modes of dwellings and neighborhoods can no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. This book explores new outlooks on neighborhood design, which are propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic and social aspects. It presents contemporary well-designed and illustrated examples of communities and detailed analysis of topics including the depletion of non-renewable natural resources, elevated levels of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. It also explores the increasing costs of material, labor, land and infrastructure, which pose economic challenges; as well as social challenges including the need for walkable communities and the increase in live-work environments.The need to think innovatively about neighborhoods is at the core of this book, which will be useful to students and practitioners of urban design, urban planning, geography and urban systems; and to architecture studios focused on sustainable residential development.

Gandy, Matthew, Natura Urbana: Ecological Constellations in Urban Space. 416 pp. 2022:3 (MIT Pr., US) <670-2069>
ISBN 978-0-262-04628-2 hard ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

Goldman, Linda, Climate Change and Youth: Turning Grief and Anxiety into Activism. 276 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-2070>
ISBN 978-0-367-49454-4 hard ¥37,466.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-49453-7 paper ¥9,219.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99 *

Climate Change and Youth is a pioneering book that opens the door to understanding the profound impact climate change has on the mental health of today's young people. Chapters provide age-appropriate language for a meaningful dialogue and resources for acknowledging children's voices, separating fact from fiction about environmental issues, encouraging participation in activism, creating tools to reduce stress, and highlighting inspirational role models and organizations for action. The book includes firsthand examples, research, children's work, interviews, and terminology. It also shares age-appropriate resources and websites relating to climate change and challenges.Filling a large void in the literature on this topic, this essential resource offers techniques and tools that professionals and caring adults can use to address the stresses associated with climate change and offer strategies for hope, resilience, and action.

Haddou, Hassan Ait / Toubanos, D. / Villien, P. (eds.), Ecological Transition in Education and Research. 288 pp. 2022:3 (Wiley-ISTE, UK) <670-2072>
ISBN 978-1-78630-716-3 hard ¥39,931.- (税込) US$ 177.95

Hadler, Markus / Kloesch, Beate / Schwarzinger, S. et al., Surveying Climate-Relevant Behavior: Measurements, Obstacles, and Implications. 159 pp. 2021:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <670-2073>
ISBN 978-3-030-85795-0 hard ¥7,289.- (税込) EUR 29.99

This open access book discusses the contribution of sociology and survey research to climate research. The authors address the questions of which behaviors are of climate relevance, who is engaging in these behaviors, in which contexts do these behaviors occur, and which individual perceptions and values are related to them. Utilizing survey research, the book focuses on the measurement of climate-relevant behaviors with population surveys and develops an instrument that allows a valid estimate of an individual's GHG emissions with a few core items. While the development of these instruments was based on surveys and qualitative interviews conducted in Austria, the instruments were subsequently tested in a set of 31 European countries, revealing the international relevance of such research. The book also concludes with a brief consideration of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on environmental attitudes, situating the project globally.

Harrison, Christian S., All the Water the Law Allows: Las Vegas and Colorado River Politics. (The Environment in Modern North America 6) 268 pp. 2021:8 (U. Oklahoma Pr., US) <670-2074>
ISBN 978-0-8061-6932-3 hard ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

As the population of the greater Las Vegas area grows and the climate warms, the threat of a water shortage looms over southern Nevada. But as Christian S. Harrison demonstrates in All the Water the Law Allows, the threat of shortage arises not from the local environment but from the American legal system, specifically the Law of the River that governs water allocation from the Colorado River. In this political and legal history of the Las Vegas water supply, Harrison focuses on the creation and actions of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to tell a story with profound implications and important lessons for water politics and natural resource policy in the twenty-first century. In the state with the smallest allocation of the Colorado's water supply, Las Vegas faces the twin challenges of aridity and federal law to obtain water for its ever-expanding population. All the Water the Law Allows describes how the impending threat of shortage in the 1980s compelled the five metropolitan water agencies of greater Las Vegas to unify into a single entity. Harrison relates the circumstances of the SNWA's evolution and reveals how the unification of local, county, and state interests allowed the compact to address regional water policy with greater force and focus than any of its peers in the Colorado River Basin. Most notably, the SNWA has mapped conservation plans that have drastically reduced local water consumption; and, in the interstate realm, it has been at the center of groundbreaking, water-sharing agreements. Yet these achievements do not challenge the fundamental primacy of the Law of the River. If current trends continue and the Basin States are compelled to reassess the river's distribution, the SNWA will be a force and a model for the Basin as a whole.

Marchant, Rob, East Africa's Environments: Historical Perspectives for Sustainable Future Environment Interactions. 301 pp. 2022:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <670-1992>
ISBN 978-3-030-88986-9 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book is an ambitious integration of ecological, archaeological, anthropological land use sciences, drawing on human geography, demography and economics of development across the East Africa region. It focuses on understanding and unpicking the interactions that have taken place between the natural and unnatural history of the East African region and trace this interaction from the evolutionary foundations of our species (c. 200,000 years ago), through the outwards and inwards human migrations, often associated with the adoption of subsistence strategies, new technologies and the arrival of new crops. The book will explore the impact of technological developments such as transitions to tool making, metallurgy, and the arrival of crops also involved an international dimension and waves of human migrations in and out of East Africa. Time will be presented with a widening focus that will frame the contemporary with a particular focus on the Anthropocene (last 500 years) to the present day. Many of the current challenges have their foundations in precolonial and colonial history and as such there will be a focus on how these have evolved and the impact on environmental and human landscapes. Moving into the Anthropocene era, there was increasing exposure to the International drivers of change, such as those associated with Ivory and slave trade. These international trade routes were tied into the ensuing decimation of elephant populations through to the exploitation of natural mineral resources have been sought after through to the present day. The book will provide a balanced perspective on the region, the people, and how the natural and unnatural histories have combined to create a dynamic region. These historical perspectives will be galvanized to outline the future changes and the challenges they will bring around such issues as sustainable development, space for wildlife and people, and the position of East Africa within a globalized world and how this is potentially going to evolve over the coming decades.

Chavunduka, Charles / De Vries, Walter Timo et al. (eds.), Sustainable and Smart Spatial Planning in Africa: Case Studies and Solutions. 328 pp. 2022:4 (Routledge, UK) <670-1972>
ISBN 978-1-03-211842-0 hard ¥31,702.- (税込) GB￡ 110.00 *

This book clarifies the smart city concept that is gaining application in Sub - Saharan Africa. It shows how the smart concept can be used to address problems that would be difficult and more expensive to solve using traditional techniques such as employment creation. This is done through elaboration of the African interpretation of smartness, using tools for smart solid waste management, e-governance, smart energy, and smart infrastructure. The case studies selected, and each chapter explain a different dimension of the smart city concept and offer innovative solutions to problems of rapid urbanization. It lays the theoretical foundation for further research on smart cities and rural areas in Africa.

Zhu, Annah Lake, Rosewood: Endangered Species Conservation and the Rise of Global China. 216 pp. 2022:6 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <670-1865>
ISBN 978-0-674-26027-6 hard ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

A riveting study of the booming rosewood trade between China and Madagascar uncovers an alternative approach to environmentalism that disrupts Western models.Rosewood is the world's most trafficked endangered species by value, accounting for larger outlays than ivory, rhino horn, and big cats put together. Nearly all rosewood logs are sent to China, fueling a $26 billion market for classically styled furniture. Vast expeditions across Asia and Africa search for the majestic timber, and legions of Chinese ships sail for Madagascar, where rosewood is purchased straight from the forest.The international response has been to interdict the trade, but in this incisive account Annah Lake Zhu suggests that environmentalists have misunderstood both the intent and the effect of China's appetite for rosewood, causing social and ecological damage in the process. For one thing, Chinese consumers are understandably seeking to reclaim their cultural heritage, restoring a centuries-old tradition of home furnishing that the Cultural Revolution had condemned. In addition, Chinese firms are investing in environmental preservation. Far from simply exploiting the tree, businesses are carefully managing valuable forests and experimenting with extensive new plantings. This sustainable-use paradigm differs dramatically from the conservation norms preferred by Western-dominated NGOs, whose trade bans have prompted speculation and high prices, even encouraging criminal activity. Meanwhile, attempts to arm conservation task forces-militias meant to guard the forests-have backfired.Drawing on years of fieldwork in China and Madagascar, Rosewood upends the pieties of the global aid industry. Zhu offers a rigorous look at what environmentalism and biodiversity protection might look like in a world no longer dominated by the West.

Booth, Robert, Becoming a Place of Unrest: Environmental Crisis and Ecophenomenological Praxis. (Series in Continental Thought) 288 pp. 2021:9 (Ohio U. Pr., US) <670-176>
ISBN 978-0-8214-2456-8 hard ¥21,318.- (税込) US$ 95.00 *

Kerns, Thomas A. / Moore, Kathleen Dean (eds.), Bearing Witness: The Human Rights Case Against Fracking and Climate Change. 416 pp. 2021:4 (Oregon State U. Pr., US) <670-1074>
ISBN 978-0-87071-072-8 paper ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

For the first time in history, an international human-rights court has weighed the evidence that fracking and climate change systematically violate human rights. Bearing Witness presents the searing eyewitness testimony and ground-breaking legal arguments that persuaded the court that fracking and resulting climate warming breach both substantive and procedural rights guaranteed by international law, that governments are complicit in these rights-violations, and that the practice of fracking should be banned.

Rosignoli, Francesca, Environmental Justice for Climate Refugees. (Routledge Studies in Environmental Migration, Displacement and Resettlement) 168 pp. 2022:5 (Routledge, UK) <670-1084>
ISBN 978-0-367-60943-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explores who climate refugees are and how environmental justice might be used to overcome legal obstacles preventing them from being recognized at an international level. Francesca Rosignoli begins by exploring the conceptual and complex issues that surround the very existence of climate refugees and investigates the magnitude of the phenomenon in its current and future estimates. Reframing the debate using an environment justice perspective, she examines who has the responsibility of assisting climate refugees (state vs non-state actors), the various legal solutions available and the political scenarios that should be advanced in order to govern this issue in the long term. Overall, Environmental Justice for Climate Refugees presents a critical interrogation of how this specific strand of forced migration is currently categorized by existing legal, ethical and political definitions, and highlights the importance of applying a justice perspective to this issue. Exploring the phenomenon of climate refugees through a multi-disciplinary lens, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental migration and displacement, environmental politics and governance, and refugee studies.