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

Spitzer, Peggy Ann, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice. (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society) 260 pp. 2023:7 (Emerald, UK) <697-813>
ISBN 978-1-80382-922-7 paper ¥6,899.- (税込) US$ 32.00 *

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. The COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt made it clear that fighting global warming will require continuing commitment, cooperation, and collaborative action from multiple constituencies around the world. Urging readers from the Global North to rethink their approaches and potential contributions to long-term change, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South explains how woman climate change leaders are confronting patriarchal structures to achieve social justice. Examining the lived experiences of woman climate change activists based in rural areas, Peg Spitzer presents eighty-five original interviews that feature women whose careers in business, education, politics, and the arts have championed women's rights in Asia, environmental defenders who have established projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and woman farmers in three Indian villages who have faced climate-related droughts and floods. Suggesting ways in which successful climate change amelioration and adaptation led by women in the Global South may be replicated elsewhere, Spitzer also considers how NGOs and other organizations from the Global North can best contribute to facilitating positive changes in the communities where they work by focusing on empathetic cooperation. Addressing the urgent need to develop gender-just solutions that uplift and empower those who are experiencing environmental degradation in their communities, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South uncovers the flaws in current combative structures and strategies and re-examines scholarly research at the nexus of feminism, transnational advocacy, and hierarchies of need.

Li, Lina / Hall, Maia Haru, Climate Governance in China: Policy Diffusion of Emissions Trading in Shanghai and Hubei. (Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability) 160 pp. 2023:5 (Routledge, UK) <697-830>
ISBN 978-1-03-235102-5 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across subnational regions and between governance levels in China. Despite the significance of emerging economies in a pathway to a zero-carbon future, research to date on China's transformation governance remains limited. Drawing on a theoretical framework for policy diffusion and based on extensive data from expert interviews with Chinese decisionmakers and policy practitioners, Lina Li and Maia Haru Hall focus on the policy of emissions trading systems (ETS) and two key case studies: Shanghai and Hubei. The authors examine the role of the national government and how much freedom the subnational regions have in developing ETS policy, as well as pinpointing key actors and the role of policy and knowledge diffusion mechanisms. Overall, this book sheds light on the competition between China and the West in the transition to climate-friendly societies and economies, highlighting opportunities for cooperation between them. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental politics and policy, climate change, urban studies, and Chinese studies more broadly.

Stephen, S. Jeyaseela, History of the Climate Change on the Coromandel Coast: Ninth-Nineteenth Centuries. 218 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-891>
ISBN 978-1-03-252071-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book offers a deeper historical context to the interplay between the physical fortunes of climate and weather and the ways in which the Tamil society experienced it in the medieval age. It touches upon the rainfall, famines and droughts, storms and cyclones, earthquakes, floods and tsunamis, temperature and atmospheric pressure of the modern age, noticed by the Catholic and Protestant missionaries, European traders, travellers, the East India Company officials and servants using scientific instruments. Based on a greater variety of Tamil sources, missionary letters and reports, British and French colonial records, the monograph presents the reading of history through the lens of climate and provides a more complete picture of Tamil landscape and environment in South India from the ninth to the nineteenth century.

Ahrens, Joern / Halbmayer, Ernst (eds.), Climate Change Epistemologies in Southern Africa: Social and Cultural Dimensions. (Routledge Studies in African Geography) 224 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-910>
ISBN 978-1-03-201852-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book investigates the social and cultural dimensions of climate change in Southern Africa, focusing on how knowledge about climate change is conceived and conveyed. Despite contributing very little to the global production of emissions, the African continent looks set to be the hardest hit by climate change. Adopting a decolonial perspective, this book argues that knowledge and discourse about climate change has largely disregarded African epistemologies, leading to inequalities in knowledge systems. Only by considering regionally specific forms of conceptualizing, perceiving, and responding to climate change can these global problems be tackled. First exploring African epistemologies of climate change, the book then goes on to the social impacts of climate change, matters of climate justice, and finally institutional change and adaptation. Providing important insights into the social and cultural perception and communication of climate change in Africa, this book will be of interest to researchers from across the fields of African studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, climate change, and geography.

Bresnihan, Patrick / Millner, Naomi, All We Want is the Earth: Land, Labour and Movements Beyond Environmentalism. 168 pp. 2023:7 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <697-953>
ISBN 978-1-5292-1832-9 hard ¥22,788.- (税込) GB￡ 79.99 *
ISBN 978-1-5292-1833-6 paper ¥5,694.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99 *

Sixty years ago, an upsurge of social movements protested the ecological harms of industrial capitalism. In subsequent decades, environmentalism consolidated into forms of management and business strategy that aimed to tackle ecological degradation while enabling new forms of green economic growth. However, the focus on spaces and species to be protected saw questions of human work and histories of colonialism pushed out of view. This book traces a counter-history of modern environmentalism from the 1960s to the present day. It focuses on claims concerning land, labour and social reproduction arising at important moments in the history of environmentalism made by feminist, anti-colonial, Indigenous, workers' and agrarian movements. Many of these movements did not consider themselves 'environmental,' and yet they offer vital ways forward in the face of escalating ecological damage and social injustice.

環境研究の研究方法　第2版
Kanazawa, Mark, Research Methods for Environmental Studies: A Social Science Approach. 2nd ed. 464 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-960>
ISBN 978-1-03-219841-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-219840-8 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

The methodological needs of environmental studies are unique in the breadth of research questions that can be posed, calling for a textbook that covers a broad swath of approaches to conducting research with potentially many different kinds of evidence.Fully updated to address new developments such as the effects of the internet, recent trends in the use of computers, remote sensing, and large data sets, this new edition of Research Methods for Environmental Studies is written specifically for social science-based research into the environment. This revised edition contains new chapters on coding, focus groups, and an extended treatment of hypothesis testing. The textbook covers the best-practice research methods most used to study the environment and its connections to societal and economic activities and objectives. Over five key parts, Kanazawa introduces quantitative and qualitative approaches, mixed methods, and the special requirements of interdisciplinary research, emphasizing that methodological practice should be tailored to the specific needs of the project. Within these parts, detailed coverage is provided on key topics including the identification of a research project, hypothesis testing, spatial analysis, the case study method, ethnographic approaches, discourse analysis, mixed methods, survey and interview techniques, focus groups, and ethical issues in environmental research. Drawing on a variety of extended and updated examples to encourage problem-based learning and fully addressing the challenges associated with interdisciplinary investigation, this book will be an essential resource for students embarking on courses exploring research methods in environmental studies.

Kryder-Reid, Elizabeth / May, Sarah (eds.), Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice. (Key Issues in Cultural Heritage) 430 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-961>
ISBN 978-1-03-242999-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-242997-7 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Toxic Heritage addresses the heritage value of contamination and toxic sites and provides the first in-depth examination of toxic heritage as a global issue.Bringing together case studies, visual essays, and substantive chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume provides a critical framing of the globally expanding field of toxic heritage. Authors from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies examine toxic heritage as both a material phenomenon and a concept. Organized into five thematic sections, the book explores the meaning and significance of toxic heritage, politics, narratives, affected communities, and activist approaches and interventions. It identifies critical issues and highlights areas of emerging research on the intersections of environmental harm with formal and informal memory practices, while also highlighting the resilience, advocacy, and creativity of communities, scholars, and heritage professionals in responding to the current environmental crises.Toxic Heritage is useful and relevant to scholars and students working across a range of disciplines, including heritage studies, environmental science, archaeology, anthropology, and geography.

Maser, Chris / Campbell, Holly V., Community Vision and Leadership in Practice: A Sustainable Approach. (Social Environmental Sustainability) 192 pp. 2023:7 (CRC Pr., US) <697-963>
ISBN 978-1-03-240287-1 hard ¥26,207.- (税込) GB￡ 91.99 *
ISBN 978-1-03-240580-3 paper ¥12,532.- (税込) GB￡ 43.99 *

This book is about building and maintaining involved, sustainable, and inclusive communities from the ground up during a period of unprecedented growth and global change. It explains the concepts and principles of community and sustainability and provides students with a framework of sustainable community planning to put into practice. It is also designed to help communities everywhere identify and reconnect the true essence of their ecological setting with the objective of raising their quality of life by increasing social, environmental, and economic sustainability.Features:Provides up-to-date frameworks for sustainable community planning processes and case studies on community planningExplains tools for sustainable planning in accessible (non-specialist) languageIllustrates a roadmap to an inclusive, collaborative futureExplains aspects of sustainable community planning to maximize ecological ecosystem services and climate co-benefits simultaneouslyIncludes discussion questions and suggestions following each chapterIntended for undergraduate and graduate students taking leadership and community courses with an emphasis on sustainable practices and ethics, as well as for citizens and professionals involved in community projects related to sustainability, the authors provide a forward-thinking approach, showing readers that they are capable of making a positive impact on the future of community development through sustainable approaches and ethical leadership practices.

Mentz, Steve, An Introduction to the Blue Humanities. 184 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-964>
ISBN 978-0-367-76369-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-76366-4 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

An Introduction to the Blue Humanities is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage with water, utilizing literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical connections and ecologies to introduce students to the history and theory of water-centric thinking. Comprised of multinational texts and materials, each chapter will provide readers with a range of primary and secondary sources, offering a fresh look at the major oceanic regions, saltwater and freshwater geographies, and the physical properties of water that characterize the Blue Humanities. Each chapter engages with carefully chosen primary texts, including frequently taught works such as Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Homer's Odyssey, and Luis Vaz de Camoes's Lusiads, to provide the perfect pedagogy for students to develop an understanding of the Blue Humanities chapter by chapter. Readers will gain insight into new trends in intellectual culture and the enduring history of humans thinking with and about water, ranging across the many coastlines of the World Ocean to Pacific clouds, Mediterranean lakes, Caribbean swamps, Arctic glaciers, Southern Ocean rainstorms, Atlantic groundwater, and Indian Ocean rivers. Providing new avenues for future thinking and investigation of the Blue Humanities, this volume will be ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses engaging with the environmental humanities and oceanic literature.

Mitsch, William, The Academic Journey of an Environmental Science Professor: A Memoir. (Applied Ecology and Environmental Management) 152 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-965>
ISBN 978-1-03-244929-6 hard ¥22,218.- (税込) GB￡ 77.99 *

This book shows, through real and current examples from the field of environmental and wetland science, that personal and professional success depends on persistence and a refusal to compromise on "doing the right thing" which for Professor Mitsch meant saving some of the world's most important ecosystems, as well as educating future researchers and the general public along the way. Case studies described in this book illustrate that persistence pays off especially when the cause is motivated by something as important as improving our natural environment. They explain clearly that success is not easy, disasters and failures are part of the process, but having goals result in meaningful steps toward it.Features Emphasizes how it is possible to develop long-term goals and persistence for success both in the academic and environmental world. Offers examples set in universities across America and highlights important national wetlands such as the Florida Everglades, the Kankakee River Marshlands in the Great Lakes region, and Ohio's Olentangy River Wetland Park, a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. Speaks to scientists from across the country and the world. Discusses chronologically the developments and the achievements of environmental /wetland fields on a global scale. Explains how his personal achievements contributed to the growth of wetland and environmental sciences. Students and professionals in the physical and biological sciences, including chemistry, environmental science, ecological fields, and environmental policy, and especially environmental consultants such as scientists, managers, and engineers, will feel a sense of camaraderie with Professor Mitsch. His longstanding career and devotion to environmental and wetland sciences are an inspiration to all who currently work in the field, aspire to, or simply harbor a sense of appreciation about the natural world and want to learn more about steps that can be taken to manage and protect our planet and the environment.

Olwig, Kenneth R. (ed.), David Lowenthal's Archipelagic and Transatlantic Landscapes: His Public and Scholarly Heritage. 100 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-968>
ISBN 978-1-03-250824-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

David Lowenthal was well known for his historical and geographical contribution to conservation and environmental thinking, his understanding and appreciation of landscape, and his critical public and scholarly contribution to heritage debates as a founder of heritage studies. He was a public intellectual and academic scholar, who worked with scholars and practitioners as well as within public fora. His contribution can only be fully grasped in the light of his research and his practical and political engagement with islands, particularly Caribbean islands as a geographer, historian, and scholarly activist. This engagement with material islands was also linked to his more abstract concern with the archipelagic quality of knowledge as it straddles the humanities and natural sciences. Of importance was furthermore his felt need to engage actively in both public and scholarly debates deriving from his family's background in law, public service, and social activism.The integrated chapters in this book, authored by prominent scholars, together illuminate the many facets of Lowenthal's biography and written works. With an updated Editor's introduction and a new afterword by Charles Saumarez Smith, this book will interest students, scholars, and academics in Landscape and Planning, Heritage Studies, Conservation History, and Caribbean Studies.The book was originally published as a special issue in Landscape Research.

いかに裕福な国が気候の破壊を輸出しているか
Parsons, Laurie, Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown. 240 pp. 2023:5 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <697-970>
ISBN 978-1-5261-6918-1 hard ¥5,409.- (税込) GB￡ 18.99 *

Around the world, leading economies are announcing significant progress on climate change. World leaders are queuing up to proclaim their commitment to tackling the climate crisis, pointing to data that shows the progress they have made. Yet the atmosphere is still warming at a record rate, with devastating effects on poverty and precarity in the world's most vulnerable communities. Are we being deceived?Climate change is devastating the planet, and globalisation is hiding it. This book opens our eyes. Carbon colonialism explores the murky practices of outsourcing a country's environmental impact, where emissions and waste are exported from rich countries to poorer ones; a world in which corporations and countries are allowed to maintain a clean, green image while landfills in the world's poorest countries continue to expand, and droughts and floods intensify under the auspices of globalisation, deregulation and economic growth. Taking a wide-ranging, culturally engaged approach to the topic, the book shows how this is not only a technical problem, but a problem of cultural and political systems and structures - from nationalism to economic logic - deeply embedded in our society.

Porselvi, P. Mary Vidya, Environmental Humanities in Folktales: Theory and Practice. 112 pp. 2023:5 (Routledge, UK) <697-971>
ISBN 978-1-03-230987-3 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

This work throws light on the areas of space and time, nature and culture, spirit and matter in the folktales that nurture systemic thinking. It identifies and explores motifs and patterns in select folktales that promote interconnectedness, interdependence, holism, synthesis, and circular pattern of life and examines the ecological relevance of folktales in fostering a systematic view of life.The volume discusses why it is important to critically analyze alternative worldviews in order to find holistic solutions to contemporary global ecological issues. It sheds light upon Ecofemiotics as a discipline, a portmanteau of Ecofeminist Semiotics, and through a re-reading of folktales, it puts forward an innovative folktale typology which connects women with environment. The book discusses an ecofemiotics cyclical praxis at three levels,* Promoting theory to practice through the analysis of folktales as Gaia Care Narratives using the Ecofemiotic framework.* Enabling practice to theory, through a classroom experiment, observation, and inference.* Envisioning theory to practice, through the identification of Gaia Care Principles and its multidisciplinary hands-on scope and function to create avenues towards ecological balance and sustainable living.Inspired by the hearts that tell stories of love, care, nurture, and the Earth, this nuanced work will be of interest to students and researchers of literature and literary theory, sociology, social anthropology, gender studies and women's studies, feminism, development studies, environment, and folklore studies.

Shepherd, Nick (ed.), Rethinking Heritage in Precarious Times: Coloniality, Climate Change, and Covid-19. 408 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-972>
ISBN 978-1-03-203664-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-203659-5 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Rethinking Heritage in Precarious Times sets a fresh agenda for Heritage Studies by reflecting upon the unprecedented nature of the contemporary moment. In doing so, the volume also calls into question established ideas, ways of working, and understandings of the future.Presenting contributions by leading figures in the field of Heritage Studies, Indigenous scholars, and scholars from across the global north and global south, the volume engages with the most pressing issues of today: coloniality, the climate emergency, the Covid-19 pandemic, structural racism, growing social and economic inequality, and the ongoing struggle for dignity and restitution.Considering the impact of climate change, chapters re-imagine museums for climate action, explore the notion of a world heritage for the Anthropocene, and reflect on heritage and posthumanism. Drawing inspiration from the global demonstrations against racism, police violence and authoritarianism, chapters explore the notion of a people's heritage, draw on local and Indigenous conceptualizations to lay out a notion of heritage in the service of social justice and restitution, and detail the precariousness of universities and heritage institutions in the global south. Analysing the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, chapters also explore the changing nature of life under lockdown, describe its effects on theories of urbanity, and reflect on emergent Covidsocialities and heritage-in-the-making.Rethinking Heritage in Precarious Times argues that we need the deep-time perspective that Heritage Studies offers, as well as its sense of transgenerational conversations andaccountabilities, in order to respond to these many challenges-and to craft open,creative, and inclusive futures. It will be essential reading for academics and studentsengaged in the study of heritage, anthropology, memory, history, and geography.

Sanchez-Pardo, Esther / Sanchez, Maria Porras (eds.), Myth and Environmentalism: Arts of Resilience for a Damaged Planet. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 280 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-976>
ISBN 978-1-03-239135-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-239134-2 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This volume traces the interconnections between myth, environmentalism, narrative, poetry, comics, and innovative artistic practice, using this as a framework through which to examine strategies for repairing our unhealthy relationship with the planet. Challenging late capitalist modes encouraging mindless consumption and the degradation of human-nature relations, this collection advocates a re-evaluation of the ethical relation to "living with" and sharing the Earth.Myth and the environment have shared a rich common cultural history travelling as far back as the times of storytelling and legend, with the environment often the central theme. Following a robust introduction, the book is organized into three main sections-Myth, Disaster, and Present-Day Views on Ecological Damage; Indigenous and Afro-diasporic Myths and Ecological Knowledge; Art Practices, Myth, and Environmental Resilience-and concludes with a Coda from Jeanette Hart-Mann. The methodology draws from diverse perspectives, such as ecocriticism, new materialism, and Anthropocene studies, offering a truly interdisciplinary discussion that reflects on the dialogue among environment and myth, and a broad range of contributions are included from Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Ukraine, Japan, Morocco, and Brazil. The book joins a long line of approaches on the interrelations between ecological and mythical thinking and criticism that goes back to the early 20th century.This volume will be of interest to students, scholars, activists, and experts in environmental humanities, myth and myth criticism, literature and art on more-than human and nature interaction, ecocriticism, environmental activism, and climate change.

Thornton, Simone, Eco-Rational Education: An Educational Response to Environmental Crisis. 200 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-978>
ISBN 978-0-367-70078-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Eco-Rational Education proposes an educational response to climate change, environmental degradation, and desctructive human relations to ecology through the delivery of critical land-responsive environmental education. The book argues that education is a powerful vehicle for both social change and cultural reproduction. It proposes that the prioritisation and integration of environmental education across the curriculum is essential to the development of ecologically rational citizens capable of responding to the environmental crisis and an increasingly changing world. Using philosophical analysis, particularly environmental philosophy, pragmatism, and ecofeminism, the book develops an understanding of contemporary issues in education, especially inquiry-based learning as pedagogy, diversifying knowledge, environmental and epistemic justice, climate change education, and citizenship education. Eco-Rational Education will be of interest to researchers and post-graduate students of social and political philosophy, educational philosophy, as well as environmental philosophy, ethics, and teacher education.

Wood-Donnelly, Corine / Ohlsson, Johanna (eds.), Arctic Justice: Environment, Society and Governance. (Spaces and Practices of Justice) 208 pp. 2023:5 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <697-979>
ISBN 978-1-5292-2480-1 hard ¥24,498.- (税込) GB￡ 85.99

Offering a unique introduction to the study of justice in the European, North American and Russian Arctic, this collection considers the responsibilities and failures of justice for environment and society in the region. Inspired by key thinkers in justice, this book highlights the real and practical consequences of postcolonial legacies, climate change and the regions' incorporation into the international political economy. The chapters feature liberal, cosmopolitan, feminist, as well as critical justice perspectives from experts with decades of research experience in the Arctic. Moving from a critique of current failures, the collection champions a just and sustainable future for Arctic development and governance.

Burdon, Peter D., The Anthropocene: New Trajectories in Law. (New Trajectories in Law) 136 pp. 2023:5 (Routledge, UK) <697-529>
ISBN 978-0-367-48665-5 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

This book introduces the concept of the Anthropocene and examines its importance for environmental legal thinking, research and practice. Two main arguments are explored. The first is that much of the scholarship in environmental law that addresses the Anthropocene does not respond to Earth systems science or the difference in scale as we move from local to global systems. Key examples include a focus on anthropocentrism, attempts to constitutionalise environmental protections, the prevalence of legal rights and the idea of ecological integrity. The second argument is that these points of focus derive from the prevalence of idealism in environmental legal scholarship. Idealism in this context does not refer to naivety or the presentation of unrealistic goals. Rather, this book is concerned with idealism as a philosophical commitment to the power of ideas to determine reality and drive future change. As expressed in legal scholarship, this book also argues that idealism involves an abstraction from material reality and a refusal to directly engage those forces that have given rise to the Anthropocene. In response, this book uses a method of critique to uncover the presumptions and presuppositions that underlie environmental scholarship. As a counter to idealism, it also sketches out a framework for materialism in the Anthropocene.This book's engagement with these questions will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students in law, politics, philosophy or the ecological humanities. It will also be of interest to academics in these disciplines and libraries around the world.

グローバル・コモンズへの環境被害の責任
Craik, Neil / Davenport, Tara / Mackenzie, Ruth, Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons. (Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance) 298 pp. 2023:7 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <697-530>
ISBN 978-1-108-49622-3 hard ¥27,065.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00 *

This book examines liability for environmental harm in Antarctic, deep seabed, and high seas commons areas, highlighting a unique set of legal questions: Who has standing to claim environmental harms in global commons ecosystems? How should questions of causation and liability be addressed where harm arises from a variety of activities by state and non-state actors? What kinds of harm should be compensable in global commons ecosystems, which are remote and characterized by high levels of scientific uncertainty? How can practical concerns such as ensuring adequate funds for compensation be resolved? This book provides the first in-depth examination and evaluation of current rules and possible avenues for future legal developments in this area of increasing importance for states, international organizations, commercial actors, and legal and governance scholars. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Di Ronco, Anna, Policing environmental protest: Power and resistance in pandemic times. 176 pp. 2023:6 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <697-561>
ISBN 978-1-5292-2875-5 hard ¥12,820.- (税込) GB￡ 45.00 *

This book addresses the policing and social control of eco-justice movements during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as activist practices of resistance during the same period. It is based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Trento, Italy, focusing on two eco-justice groups opposing a high-speed railway and the containment of wild bears. Rooted in critical, green, cultural and sensory approaches within criminology, the book discusses the intensification of policing strategies against eco-justice protesters during the pandemic and their increased exclusion from urban centres. Highlighting activists' radical and transformative practices of resistance, the book identifies directions for future critical and green criminological research in the area.

Park, Susan (ed.), The Politics of 21st Century Environmental Disasters. 110 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-710>
ISBN 978-1-03-249674-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explores the main concerns for grappling with increasing environmental disasters and examines how environmental disasters are understood by states, corporations, and non-government organizations nationally and internationally.The focus of this book is threefold: first, to investigate what constitutes an environmental disaster and to identify the parameters for political responses nationally and internationally. Second, the chapters analyse contemporary state practices that exacerbate the impact of, and responses to, environmental disasters. They show how states promote extractivism based on limited understandings of nature drawn from Western philosophy. Finally, the book highlights the strengths and weaknesses in political and institutional responses at the local level to such disasters by state and non-state actors. This shows how both slow and fast violence of environmental disasters affects communities, but also how vulnerable subjects are based on people's capabilities.The Politics of 21st Century Environmental Disasters is an indispensable resource for students and scholars in political science and environmental studies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.

Atkins, Ed, A Just Energy Transition: Getting Decarbonisation Right in a Time of Crisis. 160 pp. 2023:7 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <697-235>
ISBN 978-1-5292-2095-7 hard ¥24,498.- (税込) GB￡ 85.99 *
ISBN 978-1-5292-2096-4 paper ¥7,689.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99 *

To reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if this is leading to unfair transitions, in which some people bear the costs of change while others benefit? In this timely and expansive book, Ed Atkins asks: are we getting decarbonisation right? And how could it be made better for people and communities? In doing so, this book proposes a different type of energy transition. One that prioritises and takes opportunities to do better - to provide better jobs, community ownership and improve people's homes and lives.

Jha, Vyoma, The Making of the International Solar Alliance: India's Moment in the Sun. 224 pp. 2023:9 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <697-236>
ISBN 978-0-19-888470-5 hard ¥19,943.- (税込) GB￡ 70.00 *

This book is the first empirical account on the making of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Announced jointly by India and France on the first day of the Paris climate talks in 2015, the ISA was conceived as a coalition of 'solar-rich' countries located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn for optimal absorption of the sun's rays. Crucially, these 'solar-rich' countries are developing countries that witness almost three hundred sunny days in a year but face major gaps in the deployment of solar energy. In less than two years, the ISA-led by India and backed primarily by developing countries-became a legal entity. With no perceivable competitive advantage in solar manufacturing or technologies, what explains India's relative success in bringing together countries to form a new international organization focused on solar energy? Why did India insist on a treaty structure for the ISA? What are the transaction costs of bringing the 'solar rich' countries vis-a-vis the 'solar poor' countries on board? What was the role of France in the treaty-making process? Responding to these questions, the book draws on the political economy approach to analyse the motivations for India to steer a new treaty-based international organization. It presents the empirical evidence and arguments using three frames: process, politics, and players. Ultimately, the book illustrates a new kind of Indian economic diplomacy, making the ISA the first deliberate instrument of India's foreign policy on climate change and energy.

Moore, Madelaine, Water Struggles as Resistance to Neoliberal Capitalism: A Time of Reproductive Unrest. (Progress in Political Economy) 240 pp. 2023:3 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <697-237>
ISBN 978-1-5261-6598-5 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

This book provides an important intervention into social reproduction theory and the politics of water. Presenting an incorporated comparison, it analyses the conjuncture following the 2007 financial crisis through the lens of water expropriation and resistance. This brings into view the way that transnational capital has made use of and been facilitated by the strategic selectivities of both the Irish and the Australian state, as well as the particular class formations that emerged in resistance to such water grabs. What is revealed is a crisis-ridden system that is marked by increasing reproductive unrest - class understood through the lens of social reproduction theory. As an important analysis of two significant water struggles, the book makes a compelling argument for integrating the study of social movements within critical political economy.

Siksnelyte-Butkiene, Indre / Streimikiene, Dalia, Sustainable Energy Development: A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach. 168 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-238>
ISBN 978-1-03-234649-6 hard ¥24,783.- (税込) GB￡ 86.99 *

Sustainable Energy Development: A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach discusses sustainable energy development, the main path for achieving carbon neutrality, and the use of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) in assessing energy transition in both operational and socio-political forms. It proposes ways to support responsible decision making toward sustainable energy in key areas such as power distribution, household energy, and transportation. The authors have developed frameworks and tools to help choose sustainable energy options like renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency improvements, policies, and how to promote them in different communities. The book includes several case studies focused on electricity, district heating, transport sectors in the European Union (EU), and decision making in the household sector. FeaturesAnalyzes the connection between sustainable energy development and the transition toward a carbon neutral society. Compares and discusses advanced MCDM tools to support sustainable energy options. Develops new frameworks of indicators for the assessment of sustainable regional and national energy system planning, and provides practical illustrative examples in various energy sectors. Provides policy implications when promoting sustainable energy development. Presents case studies on the applications of multi-criteria tools to support sustainable energy options in different energy sectors.Readers interested in gaining insight into leading trends in energy efficiency and sustainability, such as academics, researchers, graduate students, and professionals interested in sustainable energy and energy producers, city planners, policy makers, and more, will benefit from the topics and frameworks discussed in this book.

グローバルな土地と資源の争奪ハンドブック
Neef, Andreas / Ngin, Chanrith / Shegro, T. et al. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing. (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks) 440 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-247>
ISBN 978-0-367-53202-4 hard ¥61,253.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

This handbook provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of global land and resource grabbing.Global land and resource grabbing has become an increasingly prominent topic in academic circles, among development practitioners, human rights advocates, and in policy arenas. The Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing sustains this intellectual momentum by advancing methodological, theoretical and empirical insights. It presents and discusses resource grabbing research in a holistic manner by addressing how the rush for land and other natural resources, including water, forests and minerals, is intertwined with agriculture, mining, tourism, energy, biodiversity conservation, climate change, carbon markets, and conflict. The handbook is truly global and interdisciplinary, with case studies from the Global South and Global North, and chapter contributions from practitioners, activists and academics, with emerging and Indigenous authors featuring strongly across the chapters.The handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in land and resource grabbing, agrarian studies, development studies, critical human geography, global studies and natural resource governance.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

C.M.ホール他編　別荘と気候変動
Hall, C. Michael / Adie, Bailey Ashton (eds.), Second Homes and Climate Change. (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility) 232 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-398>
ISBN 978-0-367-54946-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book is the first to address the important interrelationship between second homes and climate change, which has become an increasingly relevant issue for many regions around the world. Second homes are often a key source of tourist visitation as well as economic benefit for their host communities. The chapters provide an array of international case studies and climate change impacts, including the changing biocultural landscapes in Italy, hazard risks in the mountains of Poland, and the shifting media discussion on second homes and climate change in Finland. Topics covered focus on issues around planning and governance in second home locations, adaptation and mitigation measures implemented by second home owners, and the influence of second home owners' place attachment in relation to second home impacts. It introduces the overall topic of second homes and climate change while also laying the groundwork for future work in this burgeoning area of research. This book will be of significant interest to upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and academics in the fields of geography, tourism, planning, housing studies, regional development, environmental management, and disaster management. It would also be of use for professionals who engage with second home communities, particularly planners, government officials, and environmental officers.

Tauringana, Venancio / Moses, Olayinka (eds.), Green House Gas Emissions Reporting and Management in Global Top Emitting Countries and Companies. (Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management 11) 212 pp. 2023:7 (Emerald, UK) <697-419>
ISBN 978-1-80262-884-5 hard ¥26,734.- (税込) US$ 124.00 *

Human-induced climate change is one of the imminent threats to humankind in recent times. Climate change, exacerbated by the greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere has consequential effects on the social and environmental outcome of human health, clean air, sufficient food, safe drinking water and secure shelter. In extreme circumstances it has resulted in the loss of human life, damage to property and displacement. As record numbers of hurricanes, wildfires and floods have occurred and millions of people have been forcibly displaced by weather-related events and extreme temperatures since 2008, this volume addresses vital issues pertinent to environmental accounting and management. Green House Gas Emissions Reporting and Management in Global Top Emitting Countries and Companies increases our understanding of GHG emissions and documents evidence for policy formulation aimed at reducing the accumulation of such emissions. The contributors consider a range of issues from across the globe: the nature and quantum of GHG emissions research published in top journals; the extent of GHG disclosures in China; impact of corporate governance mechanisms on GHG disclosures in US; board interlocks effect on GHG performance in India; the Paris Climate Agreement affect on climate disclosures in South Africa; and social factors influence in determining GHG emissions in the top 100 emitting countries. The Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management series aims to advance knowledge of the governance and management of corporate environmental impacts and the accounting involved.

Derber, Charles / Moodliar, Suren, Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It. (Universalizing Resistance) 248 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-197>
ISBN 978-1-03-251279-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-251258-7 paper ¥9,398.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

This is an original, accessible book for scholars, students, activists, and the general public on the greatest crisis the world has faced. The authors challenge the widespread notion that a green and peaceful set of technological reforms in the current economic and political system - perhaps a "green capitalism" - can prevent disaster. Dying for Capitalism analyzes the "triangle of extinction" that links capitalism, environmental destruction, and militarism as a system that cannot sustain life on the planet. The authors analyze how the extinction triangle evolved historically, how it functions globally as integral to the world capitalist order, and how the United States has become the dominant "extinction nation." They also show how recent anti-democratic and anti-scientific cultural and political forces intensify denial of the threat and subordinate health and survival to profit and extreme concentrated power.The book offers a "slender path" of social and political transformation that can prevent catastrophe. The path requires moving beyond current ruling systems. But possibilities of survival arise from action at local, state, regional, and global levels through multiple strategies and movements that already exist. The authors draw on the history of abolitionism and emancipation from slavery in the United States to show how a system that appears unchangeable can be transformed, while describing organizations, movements, and practices that are models of hope and a shift from the triangle of extinction to the "circle of creation."