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

Yao, Joanne, The Ideal River: How Control of Nature Shaped the International Order. 264 pp. 2022:3 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <673-981>
ISBN 978-1-5261-5438-5 hard ¥24,497.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Environmental politics has traditionally been a peripheral concern for international relations theory, but increasing alarm over global environmental challenges has elevated international society's relationship with the natural world into the theoretical limelight. IR theory's engagement with environmental politics, however, has largely focused on interstate cooperation in the late twentieth century, with less attention paid to how the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century quest to tame nature came to shape the modern international order.The ideal river examines nineteenth-century efforts to establish international commissions on three transboundary rivers - the Rhine, the Danube, and the Congo. It charts how the Enlightenment ambition to tame the natural world, and human nature itself, became an international standard for rational and civilized authority and informed our geographical imagination of the international. This relationship of domination over nature shaped three core IR concepts central to the emergence of early international order: the territorial sovereign state; imperial hierarchies; and international organizations. The book contributes to environmental politics and international relations by highlighting how the relationship between society and nature is not a peripheral concern, but one at the heart of international politics.

Karamitsios, Yannis, Time for a European Federation: How Europe Could Remain Relevant in the Century of Globalization, Climate Change and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (Europe des cultures / Europe of cultures 24) 304 pp. 2021:12 (P. Lang, SZ) <673-991>
ISBN 978-2-87574-428-9 paper ¥5,913.- (税込) SFR 24.00

In the third decade of the 21st century, Europe is facing several serious challenges to its prosperity and freedom. Those include economic, financial and productive decline compared to the rest of the world, demographic stagnation, the effects of climate change, energy dependence from other continents and exclusion from technological innovations. This book proposes the creation of a federal European state that would replace and succeed the EU, its member states and other willing European countries. This is the only way for Europe to successfully address all those challenges and stay at centre stage in world affairs, in the century of globalization, climate change and the fourth industrial revolution. But addressing Europe’s existential challenges is not the only reason to move in that direction. A federal Europe would also become a major, self-sufficient geopolitical power, as strong as orstronger than the USA, Russia or China. It would be a model for other regional federations around the planet. The book is not restricted to the analysis of why we need a federal European state but further suggests substantial policies for many different sectors: economy, banking, foreign affairs, defence, education, health, social security, immigration, human rights, agriculture, fourth industrial revolution, circular economy and climate ? to name some of them. At the end, it presents a rough budget estimation to show that such a federation would not only be desirable but also be feasible.

Reid, Donald G., Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy. (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development) 280 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <673-895>
ISBN 978-1-03-225908-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy examines the authoritarian challenge to present-day democracy through a framing of social progress theory and the idea of the social contract. Building on the author's previous work, this book discusses whether social progress is linear and on a continual upward trajectory to human betterment, or if there are peaks and troughs along the way. More importantly, it questions that, if social progress exists, is it compatible with social and environmental sustainability? At the outset the book introduces the concepts of social contract theory and the idea of human social progress, long considered to be settled conditions, now ripe for further examination. Each chapter carefully analyses the contemporary struggle between democracy and authoritarianism, using examples from the USA as a foundation to discuss and compare democracies from around the world encountering the pressures of rising authoritarianism, including anti-immigration, xenophobia and anti-institutionalism. It argues that if the climate crisis is to be urgently addressed as required, the rise in authoritarian thinking, with its focus on maintaining power and the creation of individual wealth, presents a challenge to both our societal foundations and environmental sustainability. Highlighting and analysing topics of critical importance to today's society, this book will have widespread appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students throughout the social sciences including sociology, political science, philosophy, environmental sustainability and development studies.

Hicks, Celeste, Expansion Rebellion: Using the Law to Fight a Runway and Save the Planet. 256 pp. 2022:5 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <673-664>
ISBN 978-1-5261-6235-9 paper ¥4,319.- (税込) GB￡ 14.99 *

This is a story of hope in the face of widespread consternation over the global climate crisis. For many people concerned about global warming, the 2018 vote by UK parliamentarians to proceed with the plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport was a devastating blow. Aviation was predicted to make up some 25% of the UK's carbon emissions by 2050 and so the decision seemed to fly in the face of the UK's commitment to be a climate leader.Can the UK expand Heathrow airport, bringing in 700 extra planes a day, and still stay within ambitious carbon budgets? One legal case sought to answer this question. Campaigning lawyers argued that plans for a third runway at one of the world's busiest airports would jeopardise the UK's ability to meet its commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. This book traces the dramatic story of how the case was prepared - and why international aviation has for so long avoided meaningful limits on its expansion.

Marke, Alastair / Mehling, M. / Correa, F. d. A. (eds.), Governing Carbon Markets with Distributed Ledger Technology. 2022:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <673-666>
ISBN 978-1-108-84356-0 hard ¥24,497.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Carbon markets involve complex governance challenges, such as ensuring transparency of emissions, facilitating as well as recording transactions, overseeing market activity and preventing abuse. Conventionally, these have been addressed with a combination of regulatory, procedural and technical structures that impose significant burdens on market participants and administrators while remaining vulnerable to system shocks and illicit practices. Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has the potential to address these problems. This volume offers the first book-length exploration of how carbon markets can be governed using DLT, offering conceptual and theoretical analysis, practical case studies, and a roadmap for implementation of a DLT-based architecture in major existing and emerging carbon markets. It surveys existing expertise on distributed ledger technology, provides progress updates from industry professionals, and shows how this technology could offer a cost-effective and sustainable solution to double-counting and other governance concerns identified as major challenges in the implementation of carbon markets.

安部浩他編　環境哲学と東アジア
Abe, Hiroshi / Fritsch, Matthias / Wenning, Mario (eds.), Environmental Philosophy and East Asia: Nature, Time, Responsibility. (Political Theories in East Asian Context) 232 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <673-52>
ISBN 978-1-03-210780-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explores the contributions of East Asian traditions, particularly Buddhism and Daoism, to environmental philosophy in dialogue with European philosophy. It critically examines the conceptions of human responsibility toward nature and across time presented within these traditions.The volume rethinks human relationships to the natural world by focusing on three main themes: Daoist and Eurodaoist perspectives on nature, human responsibility toward nature, and Buddhist perspectives on life and nature. By way of discussing East Asian traditions and European thinkers, this collection reveals that the impact of humanity on the environment is shaped not only by distinctive modes of economic production, but also by cultural beliefs and practices. Representing a unique constellation of environmental and intercultural philosophy, the contributions present systematic approaches to the global need for cultivating environmental responsibility across cultures and generations to address the political, ethical, and aesthetic challenges arising from humanity's transformative impact on the natural world.Presenting a critical re-evaluation of human relationships to the natural world in dialogue with East Asian traditions, this will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Philosophy, Environmental Studies and Asian Studies.

持続可能な遺産ハンドブック
Fouseki, Kalliopi / Cassar, M. / Dreyfuss, G. et al. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Heritage. 608 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <673-471>
ISBN 978-0-367-48274-9 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

This handbook presents cutting-edge and global insights on sustainable heritage, engaging with ideas such as data science in heritage, climate change and environmental challenges, indigenous heritage, contested heritage and resilience. It does so across a diverse range of global heritage sites.Organized into six themed parts, the handbook offers cross-disciplinary perspectives on the latest theory, research and practice. Thirty-five chapters offer insights from leading scholars and practitioners in the field as well as early career researchers. This book fills a lacuna in the literature by offering scientific approaches to sustainable heritage, as well as multicultural perspectives by exploring sustainable heritage in a range of different geographical contexts and scales. The themes covered revolve around heritage values and heritage risk; participatory approaches to heritage; dissonant heritage; socio-environmental challenges to heritage; sustainable heritage-led transformation and new cross-disciplinary methods for heritage research.This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in heritage studies, archaeology, museum studies, cultural studies, architecture, landscape, urban design, planning, geography and tourism.

Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia. (South Asia Development Matters) 85 pp. 2023 (World Bank, US) <673-379>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1831-8 paper ¥10,345.- (税込) US$ 49.50 *

This report aims to identify and map air pollution hotspots in South Asia in terms of concentration and exposure, understand the various sources of pollution in hotspot areas (from Kabul to Dhaka), and help categorise policy actions and interventions based on a systematic analysis of costs and benefits.

von Stackelberg, Katherine / Williams, Pamela et al., Recycling of Used Lead-Acid Batteries: Guidelines for Appraisal of Environmental Health Impacts. (International Development in Focus) 130 pp. 2022:2 (World Bank, US) <673-385>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1820-2 paper ¥8,767.- (税込) US$ 41.95 *

The Global Health Cost of PM2.5 Air Pollution: A Case for Action Beyond 2021. (International Development in Focus) 86 pp. 2022:2 (World Bank, US) <673-352>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1816-5 paper ¥7,315.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

According to the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study, air pollution from fine particulate matter caused 6.4 million premature deaths and 93 billion days lived with illness in 2019. Over the past decade, the toll of ambient air pollution has continued to rise. Air pollution's significant health, social, and economic effects compel the World Bank to support client countries in addressing air pollution as a core development challenge. This publication estimates that the global cost of health damages associated with exposure to air pollution is $8.1 trillion, equivalent to 6.1 percent of global GDP. People in low- and middle-income countries are most affected by mortality and morbidity from air pollution. The death rate associated with air pollution is significantly higher in low-and lower-middle income countries than in high-income countries. This publication further develops the evidence base for air-quality management through up-to-date estimates of air pollution's global economic costs. The analyses presented here build on previous cost estimates by the Bank and its partners, as well as on more comprehensive air-quality data from monitoring stations in many cities across the world. By providing monetary estimates of air pollution's health damages, this publication aims to support policy makers and decision-makers in client countries in prioritizing air pollution amid competing development challenges. Its findings build a robust economic case to invest scarce budgetary resources in the design and implementation of policies and interventions for improving air quality. Such investments will deliver benefits for societies at large, and particularly for vulnerable groups. This publication builds a strong case for scaling up investments for air pollution control in low-and middle-income countries.

Cherian, Anilla, Air Pollution, Clean Energy and Climate Change. 272 pp. 2022:5 (Wiley, US) <673-360>
ISBN 978-1-119-77158-6 hard ¥30,281.- (税込) US$ 134.95 *

AIR POLLUTION, CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE Anthropogenic climate change is a globally recognized threat multiplier. Yet, decades of intergovernmental negotiations have failed to curb toxic levels of fossil fuel energy-related air pollution which the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified as the world's largest, single environmental health risk. Lying in plain view are the troubling truths about the morbidity and ill-health burdens associated with anthropogenic climate change that are borne by those who have done the least to contribute to per capita emissions of greenhouse gas emissions. Ignoring the nexus between air pollution, lack of access to clean energy and climate adversities represents a collective failure of the UN's ambitious, universally agreed upon 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (SDA) which pledged 'to leave no one behind'. This book highlights the air pollution crisis that emanates from the heavy reliance on polluting forms of energy and the urbanization of poverty in developing countries. It provides a framework for understanding why the broader sustainable development community needs to address the more neglected intersection between adverse climatic impacts and energy-related air pollution which devastates the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable amongst us, especially young children, women and the elderly. It focuses on the importance of breaking down persistent global silos and goals on sustainable energy for all, and climate change reflected in the UN?s 2030 SDA, and the 2015 Paris Agreement. Integrating clean air and climate mitigation measures that specifically include curbing short lived climate pollutants such as black carbon via innovative partnerships/modalities are seen as vital to clean energy and climate responsive action. This book argues that linked actions by non-nation state actors aimed at reducing air pollution and ameliorating short term climate pollutants in the most populous cities, particularly in countries like India where annual average particulate matter pollution levels consistently exceed WHO guidelines are essential in reducing grave health costs and disease burdens. Air Pollution, Clean Energy and Climate Change will be of particular interest to policy makers, researchers, environmental advocates, civil society stakeholders and practitioners who want to understand the urgency of addressing linkages between climate change, fossil fuel energy, air pollution and public health risks. The cover image is an oil painting by Anilla Cherian, which incorporates tree bark and twigs, and serves as a reminder of the daily energy sources used by millions who lack access to clean energy and are exposed to high levels of household air pollution. It is the second-part of a series, with the first one serving as the cover image to Energy and Global Climate Change (Cherian, 2015). Photograph of painting by Alison Sheehy Photography.

Fahad, Shah / Adnan, Muhammad / Saud, Shah (eds.), Improvement of Plant Production in the Era of Climate Change. (Footprints of Climate Variability on Plant Diversity) 328 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <673-312>
ISBN 978-1-03-226071-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Current trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to meet future demands under projected climate change scenarios unless the pace of plant improvement is accelerated. Plant production is facing many challenges due to changing environmental conditions and the growing demand for new plant-derived materials. These challenges come at a time when plant science is making significant progress in understanding the basic processes of plant growth and development. Major abiotic stresses like drought, heat, cold and salinity often cause a range of morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular changes affecting plant growth, development, and productivity; so sustainable food production poses a serious challenge to much of the world, particularly in emerging countries. This underscores the urgent need to find better ways to translate new advances in plant science into concrete successes in agricultural production. In order to overcome the negative effects of abiotic stress and to maintain food security in the face of these challenges, new, improved, and resilient plant varieties, contemporary breeding techniques, and a deep understanding of the mechanisms for offsetting harmful climate change are undoubtedly necessary. In this context, Improvement of Plant Production in the Era of Climate Change is a guide to the most advanced techniques that help in understanding plant response to abiotic stress, leading to new horizons and the strategy for the current translation studies application to overall solution to create a powerful production and crop improvement in such an adverse environment.FEATURESProvides a state-of-the-art description of the physiological, biochemical, and molecular-level understanding of abiotic stress in plantsCourses taught in universities from basics to advanced level in field of plant physiology, molecular genetics, and bioinformatics will use this bookFocuses on climatic extremes and their management for plant protection and production, which is great threat to future generation and food securityUnderstanding of new techniques pointed out in this book will open the possibility of genetic engineering in crop plants with the concomitant improved stress toleranceAddressing factors that are threatening future food production and providing potential solutions to these factorsWritten by a diverse group of internationally famed scholars, this book adds new horizons in the field of abiotic stress tolerance

Fahad, Shah / Adnan, Muhammad / Saud, Shah et al. (eds.), Climate Change and Ecosystems: Challenges to Sustainable Development. (Footprints of Climate Variability on Plant Diversity) 336 pp. 2023 (CRC Pr., US) <673-313>
ISBN 978-1-03-226068-6 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

The global population is projected to increase by 3.3 billion from 6.7 billion in 2008 to 10 billion in 2100. As a result, soil degradation and desertification are growing due to the increasing demand for food, feed, fiber, and fuel on finite soil resources. The problem of global food insecurity may be further worsened by the threat of global warming. Climate change is showing its impacts in terms of increasing temperatures, variable rainfall, and an increase in climate-related extremes such as floods, droughts, cyclones, sea-level rise, salinity, and soil erosion. The agriculture sector is the most sensitive to climate change because the climate of a region/country determines the nature and characteristics of vegetation and crops. Increase in the mean seasonal temperature and decrease in effective precipitation can reduce the duration of many crops, may lead to outbreaks of pests and diseases, and hence reduce final yield ultimately affecting the food security of the country. Despite the positive impact of CO2 fertilization, the net productivity may decrease because of an increase in respiration rate, drought stress, and nutrient deficiency. For example, for every 75 ppm increase in CO2 concentration, rice yields will increase by 0.5 t/ha, but the yield will decrease by 0.6 t/ha for every 1 degreesC increase in temperature. The global agricultural productivity is expected to decrease from 3% to 16% by 2080. The estimated decrease in agricultural productivity in the developing countries is 10%-25% in the 2080s, where average air temperature is already near or above crop tolerance levels. This book is intended to serve as a stimulating collection that will contribute to debate and reflection on the sustainable future of agriculture and food production in the face of global change.Features:This book brings together a multidimensional group of international scholars exploring the ethical dimensions of climate change and ecosystem.New strategies have been pointed out in this book for better sustainable development. This book has been designed to provide a good overview of major challenges facing policymakers, researchers, and ultimately humankind in dealing with climate change. This book summarizes the diverse features of vulnerability, adaptation, and amelioration of climate change in respect to plants, crops, soil, and microbes for the sustainability of the agricultural sector, and, ultimately, food security for the future. This book provides a state-of-the-art description of the physiological, biochemical, and molecular status of the understanding of abiotic stress in plants.

Stoate, Chris, Farming with the Environment: Thirty Years of Allerton Project Research. (Earthscan Food and Agriculture) 264 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <673-320>
ISBN 978-0-367-74900-2 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-74897-5 paper ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

This book examines, discusses and shares over 30 years' worth of research from the Allerton Project, a research and demonstration farm in the UK which has been carrying out applied interdisciplinary research to explore and explain the need to adapt the management of farmland for environmental protection and to provide public benefits.Designed to provide guidance, feedback and recommendations to farmers, practitioners and policymakers, the Allerton Project is an exceptionally well-documented case study of lowland agricultural land management which has the purpose of meeting multiple objectives. This book draws on the wealth of knowledge built over the past 30 years and unveils and clarifies the complexity of a number of topical debates about current land and wildlife management at a range of spatial scales, explores the underlying historical context and provides some important pointers to future directions of travel. Topics include soil health and management, farmland ecology, development of management practices to enhance biodiversity, natural flood management, water quality and aquatic ecology. Most importantly, the book demonstrates how the findings from this project relate to agricultural and conservation policy more broadly as well as how they are applicable to similar projects throughout Europe.This book will be of great interest to professionals working in agricultural land management and conservation, as well as researchers and students of agri-environmental studies and agricultural policy.

Liebig, Steffen / Lucht, Kim, Fahren wir zusammen?: Die oeko-soziale Allianz von ver.di und Fridays for Future im OePNV. Mit einem Vorwort von M. Ball (ver.di) und einem Nachwort von K. Doerre. 112 S. 2022:4 (VSA, GW) <673-326>
ISBN 978-3-96488-140-3 paper ¥2,431.- (税込) EUR 10.00 *

Oekologische und soziale Anliegen werden oft als gegensaetzlich betrachtet, auch weil es bislang nur wenig praktische Zusammenarbeit zwischen Gewerkschaften und zum Beispiel Klimaaktivist*innen gibt ? eine Blockade fuer die sozial-oekologische Transformation. Die Allianz von der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) und Fridays for Future (FFF) im Oeffentlichen Personennahverkehr (OePNV) will dies aendern und eine oekologische Klassenpolitik praktisch proben. Bereits im Vorfeld der letzten Tarifrunde (Herbst 2020 bis Fruehjahr 2021) haben Aktive beider Organisationen Kontakte geknuepft und Positionen ausgetauscht. Diese muendeten in gemeinsam durchgefuehrten (Warn-)Streiks und oeffentlichkeitswirksamen Aktionen. Dabei geht es um bessere Arbeitsbedingungen und ein nachhaltiges Verkehrssystem sowie um Fragen der oeffentlichen Finanzierung. Trotz grossem organisationsinternen Widerhall steht eine systematische Untersuchung der Allianz noch aus. Die Autor*innen dieser Studie haben die Tarifrunde im OePNV und die darueber hinausgehenden verkehrspolitischen Forderungen als sozial-oekologischen Transformationskonflikt analysiert. Auf Basis von qualitativen Interviews mit Gewerkschafts- und Klimaaktiven sowie Beschaeftigten aus drei verschiedenen Staedten und einer quantitativen Umfrage wird die Allianz erstmals vergleichend untersucht. Aus dem Inhalt: Der OePNV und fehlende oekologische Nachhaltigkeit im Verkehrssektor Die Tarifrunde im OePNV 2020/21 und die gemeinsame Allianz Die Kampagnen ≫TV-N 2020≪ und ≫#wirfahrenzusammen≪ Unterschiedliche Staedte, unterschiedliche Erfahrungen aus Hamburg, Leipzig und Muenster Oekologische Klassenpolitik zwischen Klima-Aktivismus und Bewegungsgewerkschaft

Sanchez-Triana, Ernesto / Larsen, B. / Enriquez, S. (eds.), Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction: A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People's Democratic Republic. (International Development in Focus) 352 pp. 2022:3 (World Bank, US) <673-259>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1829-5 paper ¥11,066.- (税込) US$ 52.95 *

環境におけるプラスチックとマイクロプラスチック－管理と健康上のリスク
Ahamad, Arif / Singh, Pardeep / Tiwary, Dhanesh (eds.), Plastic and Microplastic in the Environment: Management and Health Risks. 320 pp. 2022:5 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <673-1200>
ISBN 978-1-119-80078-1 hard ¥33,872.- (税込) US$ 150.95 *

ORGANIC REACTIONS Thought-provoking discussions of the challenges posed by-and potential solutions to-plastic and microplastic pollution In Plastic and Microplastic in the Environment: Management and Health Risks, a team of distinguished environmental researchers delivers an up-to-date exploration of plastic and microplastic environmental contamination, conventional and advanced plastics management techniques, and the policies adopted across the globe to combat the phenomenon of plastics contamination. Containing a balanced focus on both conventional plastics and microplastics, this book discusses the potential health issues related to plastic and microplastic infiltration in a variety of global environments and environmental media, including freshwater environments, oceanic environments, soil and sediment, and air. Insightful treatments of commercial and social issues, including the roles of corporate social responsibility initiatives and general education in the fight against plastic and microplastic pollution, are provided as well. Plastic and Microplastic in the Environment also includes: A thorough introduction to plastic debris in global environments, including its accumulation and disintegrationComprehensive explorations of policies for strengthening recyclable markets around the worldPractical discussions of the prevalence of microplastics in the marine environment, air, soil, and other environmental mediaIn-depth examinations of wastewater treatment plants as a potential source point of microplastics, as well as conventional and advanced microplastic particle removal technologies Perfect for academics, postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in fields related to environmental science and plastics, Plastic and Microplastic in the Environment: Management and Health Risks will also earn a place in the libraries of professionals working in the plastics industries and environmental policymakers.

Armiero, Marco / Biasillo, Roberta / Morosini, S. (eds.), Rethinking Geographical Explorations in Extreme Environments: From the Arctic to the Mountaintops. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 240 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <673-1201>
ISBN 978-0-367-55983-0 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Focusing on extreme environments, from Umberto Nobile's expedition to the Arctic to the commercialization of Mt Everest, this volume examines global environmental margins, how they are conceived and how perceptions have changed. Mountaintops and Arctic environments are the settings of social encounters, political strategies, individual enterprises, geopolitical tensions, decolonial practises, and scientific experiments.Concentrating on mountaineering and Arctic exploration between 1880 - 1960, contributors to this volume show how environmental marginalisation has been discursively implemented and materially generated by foreign and local actors. It examines to what extent the status and identity of extreme environments has changed during modern times, moving them from periphery to the centre and discarding their marginality. The first section looks at ways in which societies have framed remoteness, through the lens of commercialization, colonialism, knowledge production and sport, while the second examines the reverse transfer, focusing on how extreme nature has influenced societies, through international network creation, political consensus and identity building. This collection enriches the historical understanding of exploration by adopting a critical approach and offering multidimensional and multi-gaze reconstructions.This book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in environmental history, geography, colonial studies and the environmental humanities.

Bhadouria, Rahul / Upadhyay, Shweta et al. (eds.), Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change. 400 pp. 2022:5 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <673-1202>
ISBN 978-1-119-80718-6 hard ¥27,813.- (税込) US$ 123.95 *

Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change contains the latest practical and theoretical concepts of the emerging issues in urban ecological studies. The authors highlight some of the major challenges currently impeding ecological restoration goals in urbanized regions across the globe. It is sobering that the majority of sustainable development projects are being defeated by the increasing pace of two particular phenomena - namely climate change and urbanization. This book includes coverage of the major threats to biodiversity conservation and the most significant contributors to the deterioration of urban ecosystems. In addition, various case studies that reflect the anthropogenic interventions on ecological restoration are included. The book looks at evolving growth and urbanization concepts, monitoring of urbanization trends, land-use land cover (LULC) changes in urban and non-urban cities based on the use of open access data, urbanization affecting rural ecology, soil carbon emissions, urban development, human well-being and case studies of sustainable smart cities. Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change will find an appreciative audience amongst students of urban ecology and environmental policy, as well as policymakers, scientists and industrialists. The book provides an excellent introduction to the principles of smart city planning and urban sustainability with a view to maintaining ecological and conservation status of urban environments.

Bruce, John A., Participatory Design and Social Transformation: Images and Narratives of Crisis and Change. (Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability) 152 pp. 2022:4 (Routledge, UK) <673-1203>
ISBN 978-0-367-36525-7 hard ¥14,406.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

Participatory Design and Social Transformation introduces theories and methodologies for using image-oriented narratives as modes of inquiry and proposition toward greater justice and equity for society and the environment.Participatory artistic- and design-based research encounters - being, making, and learning with people, things, and situations - are explored through practices that utilize image-oriented and cinematic narratives. Collaborative alliances are invited to consider aesthetics, visuality, attunement, reflection, reciprocity, and care as a means for transdisciplinary approaches that foster generative and ethically responsible conditions toward collective liberation. The design of spectacles is proposed as a way for collective movements to affectively contribute to positive systemic changes from the ground up. In this way, Participatory Design and Social Transformation bridges contemporary advances in design theory and practice with media and art theory, the human and social sciences, and a pedagogy of interdependence.Participatory Design and Social Transformation will be of great interest to both professional and academic communities, providing resources for researchers, artists, designers, activists, students, educators, and leaders engaged with initiatives for transformation.

Buller, Adrienne, The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. 240 pp. 2022:7 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <673-1204>
ISBN 978-1-5261-6263-2 paper ¥3,743.- (税込) GB￡ 12.99 *

Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, and overt denial is on the way out. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate and nature crises, despite a growing number of pledges, policies and summits, little ever seems to change. Nature is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate. We remain on course for a catastrophic 3 degreesC of warming. What's holding us back? In this searing and insightful critique, Adrienne Buller examines the fatal biases that have shaped the response of our governing institutions to climate and environmental breakdown, and asks: are the 'solutions' being proposed really solutions? Tracing the intricate connections between financial power, economic injustice and ecological crisis, she exposes the myopic economism and market-centric thinking presently undermining a future where all life can flourish. The book examines what is wrong with mainstream climate and environmental governance, from carbon pricing and offset markets to 'green growth', the commodification of nature and the growing influence of the finance industry on environmental policy. In doing so, it exposes the self-defeating logic of a response to these challenges based on creating new opportunities for profit, and a refusal to grapple with the inequalities and injustices that have created them. Both honest and optimistic, The Value of a Whale asks us - in the face of crisis - what we really value.

Celec, Robert (ed.), Studies of Environmental Issues Through the Prism of Integration into the Wider Environment. (Erziehung - Unterricht - Bildung 205) 168 S. 2022:3 (Kovac, GW) <673-1205>
ISBN 978-3-339-12782-2 paper ¥18,912.- (税込) EUR 77.80 *

Dodds, Klaus / Soerlin, Sverker (eds.), Ice Humanities: Living, Thinking and Working in a Melting World. 320 pp. 2022:7 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <673-1207>
ISBN 978-1-5261-5777-5 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *

Ice humanities is a pioneering collection of essays that tackles the existential crisis posed by the planet's diminishing ice reserves. By the end of this century, we will likely be facing a world where sea ice no longer reliably forms in large areas of the Arctic Ocean, where glaciers have not just retreated but disappeared, where ice sheets collapse, and where permafrost is far from permanent. The ramifications of such change are not simply geophysical and biochemical. They are societal and cultural, and they are about value and loss.Where does this change leave our inherited ideas, knowledge and experiences of ice, snow, frost and frozen ground? How will human, animal and plant communities superbly adapted to cold and high places cope with less ice, or even none at all? The ecological services provided by ice are breath-taking, providing mobility, water and food security for hundreds of millions of people around the world, often Indigenous and vulnerable communities. The stakes could not be higher. Drawing on sources ranging from oral testimony to technical scientific expertise, this path-breaking collection sets out a highly compelling claim for the emerging field of ice humanities, convincingly demonstrating that the centrality of ice in human and non-human life is now impossible to ignore.

Dorondel, Stefan / Serban, Stelu (eds.), A New Ecological Order: Development and the Transformation of Nature in Eastern Europe. (Intersections: Histories of Environment, Science and Technology in the Anthropocene) 320 pp. 2022:5 (U. Pittsburgh Pr., US) <673-1208>
ISBN 978-0-8229-4717-2 hard ¥12,342.- (税込) US$ 55.00 *

The rise of industrial capitalism in the 19th century forged a new ecological order in North American and Western European states, radically transforming the environment through science and technology in the name of human progress. Far less known are the dramatic environmental changes experienced by Eastern Europe, in many ways a terra incognita for environmental historians and anthropologists.A New Ecological Order explores, from a historical and ethnographic perspective, the role of state planners, bureaucrats, and experts face=Calibri>- engineers, agricultural engineers, geographers, biologists, foresters, and architects face=Calibri>- as agents of change in the natural world of Eastern Europe from 1870 to the early 21st century. Contributors consider territories engulfed by empires, from the Habsburg to the Ottoman to tsarist Russia; territories belonging to disintegrating empires; and countries in the Balkan Peninsula, Central and Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. Together, they follow a rhetoric of 'correcting nature', a desire to exploit the natural environment and put its resources to work for the sake of developing the economies and infrastructures of modern states. They reveal an eagerness among newly established nation-states, after centuries of imperial economic and political impositions, to import scientific knowledge and new technologies from Western Europe that would aid in their economic development, and how those imports and ideas about nature ultimately shaped local projects and policies.

Khoo, Hsien Hui / Tan, Reginald B. H. (eds.), Life Cycle Assessment: New Developments and Multi-Disciplinary Applications. 250 pp. 2022:2 (World Scientific, SI) <673-1215>
ISBN 978-981-12-4579-4 hard ¥21,991.- (税込) US$ 98.00 *

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is internationally accepted as a core topic in the field of environmental management in various industries for obtaining a complete picture of the environmental impacts of products or processes. In contrast to other types of environmental management tools or sustainability assessment methods, LCA methodologies take a holistic approach to include all relevant processes starting from the extraction of natural resources to various manufacturing stages that lead to the final product.Following an evidence-approach, LCA is underpinned by quantitative methodologies to study real-world problems and uncover 'hidden' impacts beyond the conventional boundary of a single-stage manufacturing system, to develop sustainable strategies that consider regional or global production chains.This book offers multi-disciplinary perspectives of new LCA developments and applications, spanning from data variability to ecosystem services, plus the evaluation of the net greenhouse gas from Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) methods and waste management. Perspectives of green chemistry principles via LCA, combined with life cycle atom economy approaches are explored. Industrial symbiosis concepts, LCA as an Entrepreneurial Tool for Business Management and Green Innovations, and blockchain-enabled LCA are also presented.

際限のないプラスチック－いかに企業が生態系の危機に油を注いでいるか、それに対し何ができるか－
Mah, Alice, Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It. 196 pp. 2022:5 (Polity Pr., UK) <673-1217>
ISBN 978-1-5095-4945-0 hard ¥13,451.- (税込) US$ 59.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-4946-7 paper ¥4,475.- (税込) US$ 19.95 *

Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil demand. Single-use plastics - deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19 - have been given a new lease of life. In a world beset with crisis fatigue, what can we do to curb the escalating plastics crisis? In this book, Alice Mah reveals how petrochemical and plastics corporations have fought relentlessly to protect and expand plastics markets in the face of existential threats to business. From denying the toxic health effects of plastics to co-opting circular economy solutions to plastic waste and exploiting the opportunities offered up by the global pandemic, industry has deflected attention from the key problem: plastics production. The consequences of unfettered plastics growth are pernicious and highly unequal. We all have a part to play in reducing plastics consumption but we must tackle the problem at its root: the capitalist imperative for limitless growth.

Mahmud, Iffat / Raza, Wameq A. / Hossain, Rafi, Climate Afflictions. (International Development in Focus) 146 pp. 2021:10 (World Bank, US) <673-1218>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1764-9 paper ¥8,767.- (税込) US$ 41.95 *

Deteriorating climatic conditions will likely increase the occurrences of infectious diseases and mental health issues. This book, using data from Bangladesh, explains how changes in the weather can cause diseases to spread faster, while making people more anxious and depressed.

Peszko, Grzegorz / Amann, Markus / Awe, Y. et al., Air Pollution and Climate Change: From Co-Benefits to Coherent Policies. (International Development in Focus) 132 pp. 2022:2 (World Bank, US) <673-1221>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1835-6 paper ¥8,767.- (税込) US$ 41.95 *

海洋空間ハンドブック
Peters, Kimberley / Anderson, J. / Davies, A. et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space. (Routledge International Handbooks) 480 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <673-1222>
ISBN 978-1-138-08480-3 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

Invisible as the seas and oceans may be for so many of us, life as we know it is almost always connected to, and constituted by, activities and occurrences that take place in, on and under our oceans. The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space provides a first port of call for scholars engaging in the 'oceanic turn' in the social sciences, offering a comprehensive summary of existing trends in making sense of our water worlds, alongside new, agenda-setting insights into the relationships between society and the 'seas around us'. Accordingly, this ambitious text not only attends to a growing interest in our oceans, past and present; it is also situated in a broader spatial turn across the social sciences that seeks to account for how space and place are imbricated in socio-cultural and political life.Through six clearly structured and wide-ranging sections, The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space examines and interrogates how the oceans are environmental, historical, social, cultural, political, legal and economic spaces, and also zones where national and international security comes into question. With a foreword and introduction authored by some of the leading scholars researching and writing about ocean spaces, alongside 31 further, carefully crafted chapters from established as well as early career academics, this book provides both an accessible guide to the subject and a cutting-edge collection of critical ideas and questions shaping the social sciences today.This handbook brings together the key debates defining the 'field' in one volume, appealing to a wide, cross-disciplinary social science and humanities audience. Moreover, drawing on a range of international examples, from a global collective of authors, this book promises to be the benchmark publication for those interested in ocean spaces, past and present. Indeed, as the seas and oceans continue to capture world-wide attention, and the social sciences continue their seaward 'turn', The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space will provide an invaluable resource that reveals how our world is a water world.

海景ハンドブック
Pungetti, Gloria (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Seascapes. (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks) 560 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <673-1223>
ISBN 978-0-367-22134-8 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

Seascape studies have developed in response to questions arising from composite correlations such as coastal, island and marine research, social requirements, landscape design and planning, marine ecology, and environment and resource management. This global volume is the first comprehensive overview to provide a solid foundation on the concept of seascape, with the latest research findings from leading experts across a variety of fields, offering a holistic approach to seascape linking nature with culture, and theory with practice. Divided into six parts, it includes over 30 chapters from contributors around the world. Pioneering methods with illustrated case studies from the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, North Sea, North America and Asia serve as examples for future seascape development, conservation and governance.An important and extremely timely resource, the Routledge Handbook of Seascapes provides academics, practitioners, NGOs, consultants and government officials with a broad overview of current research and practice for future application and advance worldwide.

Ropes, George H., Waking Up To Climate Change: Five Dimensions Of The Crisis And What We Can Do About It. 480 pp. 2022:4 (World Scientific, SI) <673-1225>
ISBN 978-981-12-4623-4 hard ¥21,991.- (税込) US$ 98.00 *
ISBN 978-981-12-4754-5 paper ¥8,527.- (税込) US$ 38.00 *

For 15 years, author George Ropes has followed the unfolding story of climate change for the timely website ClimateYou.org. Along the way, he has covered myriad individual research studies, innovations, catastrophes, and signs of progress, from the resurgence of sustainable communities to lessons learned from the Australian wildfires. This enlightening book presents a selection of these key writings to describe the multifaceted ways that climate change affectsLooking at these five dimensions of the crisis, Waking Up to Climate Change illuminates how we all can play a crucial part in our beautiful planet's health and survival.

Suo, Anning / Yu, Yonghai, Research on Management Technology of Sea Area Reclamation. 245 pp. 2022:3 (World Scientific, SI) <673-1227>
ISBN 978-981-12-4638-8 hard ¥19,747.- (税込) US$ 88.00 *

Sea area reclamation is one important activity where land is obtained in coastal countries and regions. It is also a marine development activity with great environment impact. Management technologies for sea area reclamation is the technologies system for sea area reclamation management.This compendium is a summary of the research and application of reclamation management technology in China. It makes a thorough study and systematic exposition of the main technical links of reclamation management.This comprehensive reference text provides a window for domestic and abroad reclamation managers, reclamation demonstration and assessment workers, reclamation project owners and even teachers and students keen in reclamation management.

Ugur, Oemer / Cengiz, Emre (eds.), Understanding Environmental Policy After Covid-19. 286 pp. 2021:12 (P. Lang, SZ) <673-1229>
ISBN 978-3-631-86112-7 paper ¥15,227.- (税込) SFR 61.80 *

Environmental and climate problems have gained a global dimension and constitute one of the important issues of world politics and economies. The necessity of all states to act together on these problems, which threaten the present and future of humanity, and find the solution has revealed the “global” character of the process. The interdependence created by economic development and environmental problems brought a new meaning and dimension to both national and international politics. Especially the recent pandemic has made the global nature of environmental issues more understandable. In this context, it seems necessary to create a work that deals with current debates in the field, which will help identify the problems in the field and find solutions to them.

Zechner, Andreas, Steinbock, Mensch und Klima: Das Ende der letzten autochthonen Steinwildpopulation der Ostalpen im Zillertal, 1687-1711. (Umwelthistorische Forschungen 10) 280 S. 2022:2 (Boehlau, GW) <673-1232>
ISBN 978-3-412-52396-1 hard ¥12,155.- (税込) EUR 50.00 *

Der Steinbock zaehlt zu den bekanntesten Vertretern der alpinen Fauna. Mehr als 40.000 dieser mit spielerischer Leichtigkeit selbst die steilsten Felswaende erklimmenden Ziegen leben heute wieder entlang des Alpenbogens. Ein Blick in die Vergangenheit zeigt aber, dass die Art in der Fruehen Neuzeit beinahe fuer immer verschwunden waere. Bislang wurden dafuer in erster Linie menschliche Aktivitaeten wie die Ausweitung der Almwirtschaft und die uebermaessige Jagd verantwortlich gemacht. Empirische Belege dafuer liegen allerdings nicht vor. Am Beispiel des letzten autochthonen Steinwildvorkommens der Ostalpen im Zillertal in Tirol (1687?1711) analysiert Andreas Zechner den Prozess des Zusammenbruchs dieser Wildtierpopulation in der Vormoderne. Aus einer interdisziplinaeren Perspektive heraus beschreibt der Autor dabei sowohl anthropogene Einfluesse wie herrschaftliche Jagd und Wilderei, als auch die Auswirkungen der klimatischen Extreme waehrend der Kleinen Eiszeit.

Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive. 300 pp. 2022:4 (World Bank, US) <673-1197>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1832-5 paper ¥11,484.- (税込) US$ 54.95 *

中東・北アフリカにおける大気汚染、海洋プラスチック、海岸浸食
Heger, Martin Philipp / Vashold, Lukas et al., Blue Skies, Blue Seas: Air Pollution, Marine Plastics, and Coastal Erosion in the Middle East and North Africa. (MENA Development Report) 290 pp. 2022:3 (World Bank, US) <673-1134>
ISBN 978-1-4648-1812-7 paper ¥11,275.- (税込) US$ 53.95 *