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

Ramsey, Jeffry L., Sustainability and the Philosophy of Science. (Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability) 152 pp. 2023:9 (Routledge, UK) <707-72>
ISBN 978-1-03-221503-7 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

This book demonstrates how the philosophy of science can enhance our understanding of sustainability and the practices we use to enact it. Examining assumptions about concepts, theories, evidence, and the moral ideals of sustainability can better orient us as we pursue this urgent and important goal.The book applies perspectives and tools from the philosophy of science - construed broadly to include portions of science and technology studies, history of science, and philosophy more generally - to sustainability discourse. It argues that widely held assumptions regarding the meaning of concepts, methods of theorizing and inferential practice, evidential structure, and ethics limit our understanding and practice of sustainability. It offers philosophical alternatives that capture more fully the confusing, wicked nature of sustainability challenges. The alternatives draw attention to existing but often undervalued frameworks in sustainability discourse.This book is aimed towards academics, researchers, and post-graduates working in sustainability, as well as philosophers of science and environmental philosophers interested in the philosophical issues raised by the pursuit of sustainability.

Hecht, Gabrielle, Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures. 288 pp. 2023:11 (Duke U. Pr., US) <707-741>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2028-8 hard ¥22,627.- (税込) US$ 104.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-2494-1 paper ¥6,025.- (税込) US$ 27.95 *

In Residual Governance, Gabrielle Hecht dives into the wastes of gold and uranium mining in South Africa to explore how communities, experts, and artists fight for infrastructural and environmental justice. Hecht outlines how mining in South Africa is a prime example of what she theorizes as residual governance-the governance of waste and discard, governance that is purposefully inefficient, and governance that treats people and places as waste and wastelands. She centers the voices of people who resist residual governance and the harms of toxic mining waste to highlight how mining's centrality to South African history reveals the links between race, capitalism, the state, and the environment. In this way, Hecht shows how the history of mining in South Africa and the resistance to residual governance and environmental degradation is a planetary story: the underlying logic of residual governance lies at the heart of contemporary global racial capitalism and is a major accelerant of the Anthropocene.

Neimark, Benjamin, Hottest of the Hotspots: The Rise of Eco-precarious Conservation Labor in Madagascar. (Critical Green Engagements: Investigating the Green Economy and its Alternatives) 248 pp. 2023:11 (U. Arizona Pr., US) <707-749>
ISBN 978-0-8165-4238-3 hard ¥14,014.- (税込) US$ 65.00

持続可能性入門
Ali, Saleem, Sustainability: A Very Short Introduction. (Very Short Introductions) 160 pp. 2024:5 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <707-786>
ISBN 978-0-19-286962-3 paper ¥1,969.- (税込)

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The growing concern about global environmental change and human impacts on the planet has led to the emergence of a broad field of study on the 'sustainability' of human societies. The term's common usage can be traced back to the advent of the Earth Summit in 1992 when 'sustainable development' was broadly embraced by the international community as an ostensibly win-win proposition for economic development, social inclusion, and ecological conservation. Yet both the natural science underpinnings and the social implications of a quest for sustainability have been diffuse. There is a need for a coherent synthesis which draws out key themes from both natural and social analysis of the concept. This Very Short Introduction begins by introducing the concept of sustainability and how it has developed. The central chapters consider four key concepts crucial to sustainability: a) material and energy flows in consumption and production; b) technological interventions for a sustainable society; c) tipping points, and resilience in natural and social systems; and d) renewability and circularity in the economy. In the concluding chapter, Saleem Ali explores political means of managing anthropogenic change for a more sustainable society. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Birdi, K. S., Climate Change and Carbon Recycling: Surface Chemistry Applications. (Sustainability: Contributions through Science and Technology) 216 pp. 2023:12 (CRC Pr., US) <707-787>
ISBN 978-1-03-229154-3 hard ¥26,207.- (税込) GB￡ 91.99 *

Climate Change and Carbon Recycling: Surface Chemistry Applications describes the application of surface chemistry methods for carbon capture and recycling in relation to climate change and atmospheric CO2 levels. The text is suitable for online education, with both basic and educational descriptions of the climate change process and carbon recycling methods like the adsorption and absorption of CO2 on solids. This book leads to a better understanding of a complex phenomenon and highlight the importance of CO2 capture and sequestration for the future to enable the utilization of fossil fuels without contributing to atmospheric greenhouse gases.FeaturesThis unique volume specifically highlights the surface chemistry aspects of carbon capture and recycling (CCR)Fills the need for an online textbook edition, which provides a basic and educational description of the climate change process and carbon capture/recyclingDescribes the application of surface chemistry methods for carbon capture and recycling, such as adsorption/absorption of CO2Discusses the importance of recycling in reducing and controlling the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air (420 ppm: 0.042%)Describes the importance of the technology related to carbon capture/recycling and sequestration (CCS) from fossil fuel energy plants as a means of CO2 control

Draper, Jamie, Climate Displacement. 272 pp. 2023:10 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <707-792>
ISBN 978-0-19-287016-2 hard ¥25,641.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00 *

Climate change is reshaping patterns of displacement around the world. Extreme weather events destroy homes, environmental degradation threatens the viability of livelihoods, sea level rise and coastal erosion force communities to relocate, and risks to food and resource security magnify the sources of political instability. Climate displacement-the displacement of people driven at least in part by the impacts of climate change-is a pressing moral challenge that is incumbent upon us to address. This book develops a political theory of climate displacement. Most work on climate displacement has tended to take an idealized 'climate refugee' as its focus. But focusing on the figure of the climate refugee obscures the complexity and heterogeneity of climate displacement. Instead, this book takes the empirical dynamics of climate displacement as its starting point. It examines the moral and political problems raised by the interaction of climate change and displacement in five domains: community relocation, territorial sovereignty, labour migration, refugee movement, and internal displacement. In each context, climate displacement raises distinct questions, which this book explores on their own terms. At the same time, this book treats climate displacement as a unified phenomenon by examining the overarching questions of responsibility and fairness that it raises. The result is an empirically grounded political theory that both maps the conceptual terrain of climate displacement and charts a course for meeting the moral challenge that it raises.

Dresner, Marion, That Which Roots Us: Environmental Issues in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond. 192 pp. 2023:12 (U. Nevada Pr., US) <707-793>
ISBN 978-1-64779-112-4 paper ¥8,624.- (税込) US$ 40.00 *

That Which Roots Us is a work of natural and environmental history that explores the origins of and resolutions to some of our environmental problems. Marion Dresner discusses the roots of Euro-American environmental exploitative action, starting with the environmental consequences of having treated Pacific Northwest forests as commodities, then visiting sites where animal-centered ice age culture changed to a human-centered one with early farming. She also discusses the impact of the romantic philosophical movement, which inspired a preservation movement in the U.S., and America's progressively modern conservation attitudes. The balance of the book is centered on environmental issues in the Pacific Northwest, contrasting utilitarian views of nature with Native American practices of respect and reciprocity. Her overall discussion discusses aspects of regional natural and environmental history combined with ecological and anthropologically based insights.

Dudley, Nigel, Why Biodiversity Matters. (Changing Planet) 152 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-794>
ISBN 978-0-367-35591-3 hard ¥24,783.- (税込) GB￡ 86.99 *
ISBN 978-0-367-36520-2 paper ¥5,694.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99 *

All life on Earth has the right to exist, but as we teeter on the verge of a sixth extinction this book discusses why biodiversity matters and why we should care if species go extinct.We are witnessing the largest and fastest rate of extinction in the history of the planet. While the concept of rights is a human one, all plants and animals strive to survive, and this book argues for their rights to continue doing so without being driven into premature extinction by human actions. Acknowledging and describing the practical reasons for conserving biodiversity, this book argues that these should not overshadow the compelling ethical reasons to care about the future of species other than our own. However, the issues are complex. What do we do when faced with an immediate ethical choice where biodiversity rights, animal rights, human rights, economic development and ecosystem survival all get mixed up together? There are seldom hard and fast answers, but thinking about and understanding a variety of points of view will help us make informed trade-offs. Drawing on his vast practical experience, the author presents insightful perspectives and real-world examples with the hope that this book will instigate a much-needed rethink about why and how we practise conservation.This book is essential reading for all those concerned with sustaining our planet, and all who inhabit it, in the face of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and ecological collapse.

Grossman, Sara J., Immeasurable Weather: Meteorological Data and Settler Colonialism from 1820 to Hurricane Sandy. (Elements) 264 pp. 2023:8 (Duke U. Pr., US) <707-796>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2005-9 hard ¥22,627.- (税込) US$ 104.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-2502-3 paper ¥6,025.- (税込) US$ 27.95 *

In Immeasurable Weather Sara J. Grossman explores how environmental data collection has been central to the larger project of settler colonialism in the United States. She draws on an extensive archive of historical and meteorological data spanning two centuries to show how American scientific institutions used information about the weather to establish and reinforce the foundations of a white patriarchal settler society. Grossman outlines the relationship between climate data and state power in key moments in the history of American weather science, from the nineteenth-century public data-gathering practices of settler farmers and teachers and the automation of weather data during the Dust Bowl to the role of meteorological satellites in data science's integration into the militarized state. Throughout, Grossman shows that weather science reproduced the natural world as something to be measured, owned, and exploited. This data gathering, she contends, gave coherence to a national weather project and to a notion of the nation itself, demonstrating that weather science's impact cannot be reduced to a set of quantifiable phenomena.

Guenther, Genevieve, The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It. 272 pp. 2024:4 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <707-797>
ISBN 978-0-19-764223-8 hard ¥6,465.- (税込) US$ 29.99 *

A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers readers powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change. In an illuminating analysis, Dr. Genevieve Guenther shows that the climate debate is not, in fact, neatly polarized, with Republicans obstructing climate action and Democrats advancing climate solutions. Partisans on the right and the left often repeat the same fossil-fuel talking points, and this repetition produces a centrist consensus upholding the status quo, even as global heating accelerates. Weaving this analysis through fascinating critical histories of the terms that dominate the language of climate politics-the words we, alarmist, cost, growth, "India and China," innovation, and resilience-Dr. Guenther shows how this consensus is established. Fossil-fuel interests weaponize the discourses of science, economics, and activism, co-opting and twisting climate language to help greenwash their plans for ongoing extraction. But all too often climate scientists, economists, and even advocates will unwittingly echo the false and dangerous assumptions of their supposed political opponents. This apparent agreement between foes, filtered through the news media, not only influences our common-sense yet mistaken views about the climate crisis but also enables powerful decisionmakers to justify the corporate and policy actions that threaten us all. Revealing this dynamic, Guenther shows how to transform it. Ultimately, The Language of Climate Politics is an inspiring call to arms, a book that equips readers with powerful new terms that will enable them to fight more effectively for a livable future.

Gupta, Abhik / Gupta, Susmita, Environmental Issues and Challenges. 256 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-799>
ISBN 978-1-03-251741-4 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explores the field of environmental studies emphasizing its multidisciplinary nature. It looks at the fundamentals of environmental conservation and the management of sensitive ecosystems.The book provides an overview of the basic concepts used to understand and study diverse ecosystems and their functions as well as the progressively larger yet mutually inclusive units, such as the landscape and the biome. It examines the challenges towards preserving biodiversity which is under severe threat due to climate change, exploitation of natural resources, pollution, and man-made disasters. Besides outlining the causes and effects, the authors outline control mechanisms to keep pollution within safe limits and offer suggestions for resolving issues such as wildlife poaching and trade, water and air pollution, deforestation, and biodiversity loss through policy changes.This book will be of interest to the students, researchers, teachers of environmental studies, environmental science, sociology, political science, and public administration. This book will also be useful to environmentalists, wildlife conservationists, and policy makers.

Haltinner, Kristin / Sarathchandra, Dilshani, Inside the World of Climate Change Skeptics. (A McLellan Book) 270 pp. 2023:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-801>
ISBN 978-0-295-75129-0 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75130-6 paper ¥6,468.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

An extraordinary look into doubt, denial, and distrustAs wildfires rip across the western United States and sea levels rise along coastal cities from Louisiana to Alaska, some people nevertheless reject the mainstream scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. What leads people to doubt or outright denial? What leads skeptics to change their minds? Drawing from a rich collection of interviews and surveys with self-identified climate change skeptics (and some former ones), sociologists Kristin Haltinner and Dilshani Sarathchandra delve into the underlying dynamics of climate skepticism in the United States. In probing how ideas about science, religion, politics, and media affect perceptions of climate change, they find a far greater diversity of attitudes and beliefs than one might expect-including some pro-environmental views. With this nuanced understanding of climate change skepticism, Inside the World of Climate Change Skeptics offers much-needed insights on improving communication in ways that can move us toward a better future while advancing environmental policies with widespread political support.

都市の生態学入門　第2版
James, Philip / Douglas, Ian, Urban Ecology: An Introduction. 2nd ed. 424 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-804>
ISBN 978-1-03-221395-8 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-228100-1 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

This fully revised second edition reflects the great expansion in urban ecology research, action, and teaching since 2015. Urban ecology provides an understanding of urban ecosystems and uses nature-based techniques to enhance habitats and alleviate poor environmental conditions.Already the home to the majority of the world's people, urban areas continue to grow, causing ecological changes throughout the world. To help students of all professions caring for urban areas and the people, animals, and plants that live in them, the authors set out the environmental and ecological science of cities, linkages between urban nature and human health, urban food production in cities, and how we can value urban nature. The authors explore our responsibilities for urban nature and greening, ecological management techniques, and the use of nature-based solutions to achieve a better, more sustainable urban future and ensure that cities can climate change and become more beautiful and more sustainable places in which to live.This text provides the student and the practitioner with a critical scientific overview of urban ecology that will be a key source of data and ideas for studies and for sound urban management.

Khare, Neloy (ed.), Polar Ice and Global Warming in Cryosphere Regions. (Maritime Climate Change) 368 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-806>
ISBN 978-1-03-242643-3 hard ¥32,763.- (税込) GB￡ 115.00 *

Polar Ice and Global Warming in Cryosphere Regions is based on recent and past climate variabilities data gathered through satellites and spatial-temporal analysis to explain the role of global warming on cryosphere regions such as high-latitude Himalaya, Arctic and Antarctic regions, and the surrounding Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Through several case studies the book describes the atmospheric processes and their interactions with high-latitude regions toward a better understanding of climate variability. Understanding cryosphere regions helps readers develop plausible models for disaster risk management and policy on different polar events.FeaturesPresents a thorough review on climate variability over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, and the impact of climate variability and global warming on cryosphere regionsExplains how the inferred climatological environmental conditions using natural archives may shed light on climate scenarios in cryosphere regionsIncludes case studies on globally connected geoscientific phenomena in the Himalayan, Arctic, and Antarctic regionsDiscusses the use of natural archives to explain the current climate scenario in the cryosphere regionsIntended for researchers, academics, and graduate students following oceanography, meteorology, or environmental studies, and those working on projects related to climate change in governmental organizations, institutions, and global NGOs, this book outlines ways in which readers can initiate plans and policies to help mitigate the effects of global warming in these regions.

Lysaker, Odin, Ecological Democracy: Caring for the Earth in the Anthropocene. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 216 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-808>
ISBN 978-1-03-230597-4 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Ecological Democracy offers an original, thought-provoking, and engaging treatment of why and how democracy should be re-imagined in reaction to today's ecological crisis. The book explains that one need to re-imagine both the view on nature and democratic ideals within the same framework in the Anthropocene, the present geological epoch of human-made instability in the Earth system and its planetary boundaries. This book proposes unique and challenging readings of green political theory and its development of ecological democracy in the last four decades. The book is the first to offer a systematic and detailed interpretation of the role of critical theory vis-a-vis green political theory through an update regarding current non-anthropocentric critical theorists and how they may contribute to the further development of ecological democracy. Ecological Democracy builds further on deep ecology, ecophenomenology, and animism by articulating an ecocentric view on nature which defends an intrinsic moral value of all existence as well as formulating the democratic principle of all ecologically affected parties.This book provides a sophisticated, convincing, and accessible argument for how to re-imagine ecological democracy as ecocentrism in practice: ecological love. To love ecologically means caring for and encountering all existence on the Earth and in the cosmos. This book is multi-disciplinary and will be of great value to researchers as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students from many disciplines.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Merriman, Nick (ed.), Museums and the Climate Crisis. 280 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-810>
ISBN 978-1-03-238943-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-238941-7 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Museums and the Climate Crisis shows how museums can respond to the interrelated global climate, biodiversity and pollution crises. They have a unique role because they take a long-term perspective, and their scholarship and independence mean that they remain trusted by the public.Providing insights and international case studies from a range of museum and gallery professionals, academics and consultants, this book explores how museums can use this unique perspective to engage the public as active citizens, and how they are exemplars of good practice in areas such as emissions reduction and encouraging biodiversity. It shows how museums can combat climate exhaustion by drawing on understandings about positive motivation, and how to develop exhibitions, events and activities that motivate visitors to take action. Taking a broad approach beyond purely climate issues, the contributions touch on the use of renewables, environmental controls and standards, travel (including virtual couriering), waste management (including recycling, plastic reduction and composting), reducing pollution and increasing biodiversity within museums.Museums and the Climate Crisis will be important reading to those studying in the fields of Museum Studies, Heritage Studies and Conservation. Taking a practical approach, it will also be beneficial to museum, gallery and heritage professionals who are grappling with the challenges of the climate crisis.

Muthukrishnan, Rani / Datta, Ranjan, Indigenous Practice and Community-Led Climate Change Solutions: The Relevance of Traditional Cosmic Knowledge Systems. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 200 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-812>
ISBN 978-1-03-248436-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book centers Indigenous knowledge and practice in community-led climate change solutions.This book will be one of the first academic books to use the consciousness framework to examine and explain humans' situatedness and role in maintaining ecosystems' health. Drawing on teachings from the Indigenous Adi-Shaiva community, the authors present up-to-date research on meanings and implications of South Asian traditional cosmic knowledge, which focuses on relationality and spirituality connected to climate change. This knowledge can create innovative climate change solutions in areas including land, water, traditional management, sustainability goals and expectations, and state development projects. Overall, this book provides an innovative framework for nonviolent climate solutions, which has its foundations in a traditional cosmic and consciousness-based context.This book, which aims to bridge the gap between Indigenous and Western perspectives by re-educating researchers and decolonizing popular climate change solutions, will be of great interest to students and scholars studying climate change, conservation, environmental anthropology, and Indigenous studies on a broader scale.

Nance, Susan / Marks, Jennifer (eds.), Bellwether Histories: Animals, Humans, and US Environments in Crisis. (A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) 256 pp. 2023:6 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-813>
ISBN 978-0-295-75141-2 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75142-9 paper ¥6,468.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

Explores ecological crises and extinctions that have shaped US historyA multispecies history of the globalized United States, Bellwether Histories reveals how animals have been ensnared in colonialism, capitalism, and environmental destruction as human decisions created and perpetuated untenable and unequal interspecies relationships. The collection's authors explore how people misunderstood or ignored animal crises precipitated by habitat destruction and population declines, sudden dependence on human aid, shifts from freedom to captivity, or subjection to overextended management systems.Chapters address a range of themes, including the links between antislavery and anti-animal-cruelty advocacy; how cattle, horse, and pig behavior shaped human life and technology; and the politics of caring for and trafficking wild animals. This volume interrogates the history of animal disposability and its ideological twin in US history, human exceptionalism-the anthropocentric myth that people could harm animals without harming themselves.Today's mass extinctions and ecological breakdowns ensure deadly zoonotic pandemics and global warming will harass us far into the future. Bellwether Histories looks back at how animals have been warning us of our collective fate and asks why they were so seldom heard.

環境史ハンドブック
O'Gorman, Emily / San Martin, W. / Carey, M. et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Environmental History. (Routledge International Handbooks) 370 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-815>
ISBN 978-1-03-200359-7 hard ¥62,678.- (税込) GB￡ 220.00 *

The Routledge Handbook of Environmental History presents a cutting-edge overview of the dynamic and ever-expanding field of environmental history. It addresses recent transformations in the field and responses to shifting scholarly, political, and environmental landscapes.The handbook fully and critically engages with recent exciting changes, contextualizes them within longer-term shifts in the field, and charts potential new directions for study. It focuses on five key areas:Theories and concepts related to changing considerations of social justice, including postcolonial, antiracist, and feminist approaches, and the field's growing emphasis on multiple human voices and agencies.The roles of non-humans and the more-than-human in the telling of environmental histories, from animals and plants to insects as vectors of disease and the influences of water and ice, the changing theoretical approaches and the influence of concepts in related areas such as animal and discard studies.How changes in theories and concepts are shaping methods in environmental history and shifting approaches to traditional sources like archives and oral histories as well as experiments by practitioners with new methods and sources.Responses to a range of current complex problems, such as climate change, and how environmental historians can best help mitigate and resolve these problems.Diverse ways in which environmental historians disseminate their research within and beyond academia, including new modes of research dissemination, teaching, and engagements with stakeholders and the policy arena.This is an important resource for environmental historians, researchers and students in the related fields of political ecology, environmental studies, natural resources management and environmental planning.Chapters 9, 10 and 26 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

自然を維持する－環境人類学リーダー
Osterhoudt, Sarah R. / Sivaramakrishnan, K. (eds.), Sustaining Natures: An Environmental Anthropology Reader. (Culture, Place, and Nature) 400 pp. 2023:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-816>
ISBN 978-0-295-75144-3 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75145-0 paper ¥7,546.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Highlights new directions in the field and topics of interest to undergraduate studentsEnvironmental anthropology is at its best when firmly grounded in respectful and systematic ethnographic research and writing that spotlights uncommon perspectives on widely recognized issues confronting the world. Intentionally crafted for undergraduate course use in anthropology, geography, and environmental studies, Sustaining Natures showcases the best contemporary writing on nature and sustainability. With concise introductions and sample discussion questions, the editors guide readers through some of the field's most pressing themes and debates, including farming, alternative energy, extractive industries, environmental justice, multispecies relationships, and urban ecology. This timely reader foregrounds diverse voices, views, and experiences of nature, from US corporate boardrooms to urban waste disposal sites in China, and moves environmental anthropology in new theoretical, methodological, and applied terrains.

先住民と地方コミュニティへの気候変動の影響ハンドブック
Reyes-Garcia, Victoria (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks) 408 pp. 2023:10 (Routledge, UK) <707-820>
ISBN 978-1-03-241213-9 hard ¥61,253.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

This Handbook examines the diverse ways in which climate change impacts Indigenous Peoples and local communities and considers their response to these changes.While there is well-established evidence that the climate of the Earth is changing, the scarcity of instrumental data oftentimes challenges scientists' ability to detect such impacts in remote and marginalized areas of the world or in areas with scarce data. Bridging this gap, this Handbook draws on field research among Indigenous Peoples and local communities distributed across different climatic zones and relying on different livelihood activities, to analyse their reports of and responses to climate change impacts. It includes contributions from a range of authors from different nationalities, disciplinary backgrounds, and positionalities, thus reflecting the diversity of approaches in the field. The Handbook is organised in two parts: Part I examines the diverse ways in which climate change - alone or in interaction with other drivers of environmental change - affects Indigenous Peoples and local communities; Part II examines how Indigenous Peoples and local communities are locally adapting their responses to these impacts. Overall, this book highlights Indigenous and local knowledge systems as an untapped resource which will be vital in deepening our understanding of the effects of climate change.The Routledge Handbook of Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities will be an essential reference text for students and scholars of climate change, anthropology, environmental studies, ethnobiology, and Indigenous studies.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 (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Robbie, R. Iqbal / Roziqin, Ali et al. (eds.), Environmental Issues and Social Inclusion in a Sustainable Era: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSOS 2022), Malang, Indonesia, 1-2 July 2022. 480 pp. 2023:10 (Routledge, UK) <707-822>
ISBN 978-1-03-241938-1 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the Paris Climate Agreement are examples of initiatives where countries show recognition of their interconnected interests and goals. This is particularly evident in the case of global environmental issues because they require global decision-making. The emergence of global environmental issues such as climate change, marine pollution and biodiversity loss has brought new challenges to governance and requires political support and innovation of global public policies. In addition, many social problems arise because of the environmental crisis. Environmental Issues and Social Inclusion in a Sustainable Era discusses environmental and social inclusion in a socio-economic perspective. The contributions analyse the management of global environmental problems at local, national and international levels, with a special focus on multilevel governance, innovative public policies, and economic development finance and business.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Funded by Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang.

Vandersommers, Daniel, Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo: Stories from the Animal Archive. 376 pp. 2023:9 (U. Pr. Kansas, US) <707-826>
ISBN 978-0-7006-3568-9 hard ¥17,245.- (税込) US$ 79.99 *
ISBN 978-0-7006-3569-6 paper ¥8,621.- (税込) US$ 39.99 *

Founded amid the urban commotion of Washington, DC, before the dawn of the twentieth century, the National Zoological Park opened to "preserve, teach, and conduct research about the animal world." Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo is a study of this important cultural landmark from 1887 to 1920. Centered on the animals themselves, each chapter looks from a different angle at the influential science of popular zoology in order to shed new light on the complex, entangled relationships between humans and animals.Daniel Vandersommers's goal is twofold. First, through narrative, he shows how zoo animals always ran away from the zoo. This is meant literally-animals escaped frequently-but even more so, figuratively. Living, breathing, historical zoo animals ran away from their cultural constructions, and these constructions ran away from the living bodies they were made to represent. The author shows that the resulting gaps produced by runaway animals contain concealed, distorted, and erased histories worthy of uncovering.Second, Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo demonstrates how the popular zoology fostered by the National Zoo shaped every aspect of American science, culture, and conservation during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Between the 1880s and World War I, as intellectuals debated Darwinism and scientists institutionalized the laboratory, zoological parks suddenly appeared at the heart of nearly every major American city, captivating tens of millions of visitors. Vandersommers follows stories previously hidden within the National Zoo in order to help us reconsider the place of zoos and their inhabitants in the twenty-first century.

Warburg, Gerald Felix, Saving Point Reyes: How an Epic Conservation Victory Became a Tipping Point for Environmental Policy Action. (Environment and Society) 256 pp. 2023:8 (U. Pr. Kansas, US) <707-827>
ISBN 978-0-7006-3543-6 hard ¥15,089.- (税込) US$ 69.99 *
ISBN 978-0-7006-3544-3 paper ¥7,543.- (税込) US$ 34.99 *

The Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) is not only a stunning piece of land-the first large national park created from all private lands and the first large park adjacent a large metropolitan center-but the fight to save this fragile ecosystem in the 1960s was a key turning point in the environmental movement and helped transform the political landscape of California and the nation.Saving Point Reyes is an environmental policy history that draws on archival materials, oral histories, and new interviews with veteran federal policymakers to understand how legislative bargaining and grassroots politics succeeded in achieving this victory for environmental protection. Gerald Warburgoffers the first political history focused on the battles to preserve the unique series of fragile ecosystems that surround San Francisco and the definitive study of exactly how Point Reyes was saved.Most accounts of this story only focus on the 1962 bill that created the PRNS on 53,000 acres of private lands just north of San Francisco. But that was just the first act in the saga. The passing of the bill only established the park in theory, and the government only controlled 123 acres at Point Reyes. In the months following the signing ceremony, all three of the House, Senate, and White House champions of the Point Reyes legislation died, leaving the PRNS without the leadership necessary to secure the funding to purchase the rest of the land. What followed was an epic public policy battle to save Point Reyes. Local grassroots lobbying organizations arose to advance the cause of PRNS and other environmental campaigns, and their victory in 1970 laid the foundation for future environmental activism. With this new funding, the PRNS expanded to over 71,000 acres, which then grew to 87,000 acres in 1972 with the creation of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.The legislative bargaining and grassroots politics in the fight to preserve Point Reyes helped create a tipping point, profoundly altering the national environmental movement. Warburg's deeply researched case study of NGO activism and congressional action is developed through a compelling narrative that offers specific lessons learned and hope for future environmental challenges, from climate policy to public lands preservation.

Whitridge, Peter / Hill, Erica (eds.), Reimagining Human-Animal Relations in the Circumpolar North. (Arctic Worlds) 176 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-828>
ISBN 978-1-138-48278-4 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This volume provides fresh insight into northern human-animal relations and illustrates the breadth and practical utility of archaeological human-animal studies. It surveys recent archaeological research in northern North America and Eurasia that frames human-animal relations as not merely economically exploitative but often socially complex and deeply meaningful, and attuned to the intelligence and agency of nonhuman prey and domesticates. The case studies sample a wide swath of the circumpolar region, from Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland to northern Fennoscandia and western Siberia, and span sites, finds, and scenarios ranging in age from the Mesolithic to the twenty-first century. Many taxa on which northern lives hinged figure in these analyses, including large marine mammals, polar bear, reindeer, marine fish, and birds, and are variously approached from relational, multispecies, semiotic, osteobiographical, and political economic perspectives. Animals themselves are represented by osteological remains, harvesting gear, and depictions of animal bodies that include zoomorphic figurines, petroglyphs, ornamentation, and intricate portrayals of human-animal harvesting encounters. Far from settling the problem of how archaeologists should approach northern human-animal relations, these chapters reveal the irreducible complexity of northern worlds and highlight the diversity of human and nonhuman animal lives. This book will be of particular interest to northern archaeologists and zooarchaeologists, and all those interested in the possibilities of a multispecies approach to the archaeological record.

Oezden-Schilling, Tom, The Ends of Research: Indigenous and Settler Science after the War in the Woods. (Experimental Futures: Technological Lives, Scientific Arts, Anthropological Voices) 328 pp. 2023:12 (Duke U. Pr., US) <707-829>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2079-0 hard ¥23,273.- (税込) US$ 107.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-2553-5 paper ¥6,241.- (税込) US$ 28.95 *

In The Ends of Research Tom OEzden-Schilling explores the afterlives of several research initiatives that emerged in the wake of the "War in the Woods," a period of anti-logging blockades in Canada in the late twentieth century. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among neighboring communities of White environmental scientists and First Nations mapmakers in northwest British Columbia, OEzden-Schilling examines these researchers' lasting investments and the ways they struggle to continue their work long after the loss of government funding. He charts their use of planning documents, Indigenous territory maps, land use plots, reports, and other documents that help them not only to survive institutional restructuring but to hold on to the practices that they hope will enable future researchers to continue their work. He also shows how their lives and aspirations shape and are shaped by decades-long battles over resource extraction and Indigenous land claims. By focusing on researchers' experiences and personal attachments, OEzden-Schilling illustrates the complex relationships between researchers and rural histories of conservation, environmental conflict, resource extraction, and the long-term legacies of scientific research.

環境倫理　第4版
Schmidtz, David / Shahar, Dan C., Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works. 4th ed. 688 pp. 2024:3 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <707-96>
ISBN 978-0-19-776682-8 hard ¥15,089.- (税込) US$ 69.99 *

Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works examines morality from an environmental perspective. Featuring accessible selections-from classic articles to examples of cutting-edge original research-it addresses both theory and practice. Asking what really matters, the first section of the book explores the abstract ideas of human value and value in nature. The second section turns to the question of what really works-what it would take to solve our real-world environmental problems. Moving beyond the "hype," it presents the authoritative essays on applying environmental ethics to the issues that matter right now. The selections present philosophical, biological, and socially scientific approaches to the major issues. Environmental Ethics also features first-hand descriptions from people who have actually been involved in wildlife and conservation initiatives. The book is enhanced by chapter introductions ("Questions for Reflection and Discussion") that offer brief summaries and questions for further analysis and class discussion. This unique text is ideal for undergraduate courses in environmental ethics and environmental issues.

Rendueles, Cesar, The Commons: A Force in the Socio-Ecological Transition to a Postcapitalism. (Critiques and Alternatives to Capitalism) 152 pp. 2024 (Routledge, UK) <707-486>
ISBN 978-1-03-238599-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-238600-3 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This book provides a lucid, rigorous and critical account of the commons, its history and its political potentialities as well as its limitations and ambiguities. In particular, The Commons analyses the relations of solidarity and conflict between the commons and public welfare policies, as well as the role the commons can play in the struggle against the global socioecological crisis that is threatening the very future of humanity.Over the past decade, various theories, concepts and political projects connected to the commons have become fundamentally important for social science and numerous social movements around the world. In sociology, economics, political science, history, geography, the law and anthropology, the study of the commons has inspired many important academic innovations. In parallel, community activists, labour unions, ecologists, feminists and cooperativists have discovered in the commons a powerful and thought-provoking toolkit with which to defend public services, guarantee access to cultural goods, organise reproductive and care work and more generally fight against commodification and ecological destruction. The first two chapters analyse the dual origin of the academic rediscovery of the commons. On one side, from the realm of political science and economics, the concept of the commons has been used to challenge the dominant paradigms founded on rational choice theory. On the other, from the fields of history, law and anthropology, analysis of the violent destruction of the commons has served to deepen our understanding of the coercive and antidemocratic processes that form the bedrock of capitalism and our current plight. The third and fourth chapters examine the role that the commons can play in emancipatory political projects aiming to deepen democracy in mass industrial societies. The Commons will appeal to scholars across the social sciences and academics with interests in social and political theory, the environment and sustainability, and political sociology.

文化遺産と災害リスクの管理ハンドブック
Jigyasu, Rohit / Chmutina, Ksenia (eds.), Routledge Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Management. 368 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-507>
ISBN 978-1-03-227480-5 hard ¥62,678.- (税込) GB￡ 220.00 *

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the intersections between cultural heritage and disaster risks. It serves as a defining reference, presenting the key concepts and policy arena that disaster risk management and cultural heritage currently operate.With 22 contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in the field, chapters explore the various contexts for cultural heritage and disaster risk management, illustrated through case studies from around the world. The Handbook is organised into 4 parts: Part 1 includes Disaster Risk Management and Cultural Heritage, Part 2 helps to Understanding the context, Part 3 focuses on the challenges and Part 4 delves deep into the future prospects. This Handbook provides insights a wide range of topics and themes, such as climate change, conflict, urbanisation, the role of community, and examines the relationships with a range of sectors such as governance and policy, finance, infrastructure, shelter, and urban planning. It also presents critiques on issues that are often taken for granted, including technocratic approaches, nature/culture binary, the romanticisation of traditional knowledges and the role of recovery and reconstruction. Insights into the future are also presented, and the Handbook concludes with a detailed agenda of proposed action to be taken in the field. Offering critical reflections on the topic, this book caters to students, researchers, professionals, and policy makers in the fields of disaster studies, cultural studies, heritage studies, conservation and geography.

Kutney, Gerald, Climate Denial in American Politics: #ClimateBrawl. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 288 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-536>
ISBN 978-1-03-259607-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-259279-4 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Climate Denial in American Politics is a detailed examination of the rise within American politics of climate denialism, the counter movement which challenges the accepted science of climate change.Organized around the administrations of American presidents from Roosevelt to Biden, this book provides an unprecedented account of climate denial within both the White House and Congress, and the 'climate brawls' that followed. This volume is a rebuke to discredit the climate denier, their propaganda, and their sources. Gerald Kutney examines the evolution of American political thought on climate change and provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of the sordid history of the propaganda which has promoted climate denial and corrupted politicians in America. He uses direct quotes from primary sources, such as government records, to show the extreme and pervasive nature of anti-science opinions made by political climate deniers and limit any misinterpretation that might result from paraphrasing. Weaving the account of climate denialism in American politics with anecdotes from Kutney's own decade-long experience of challenging climate deniers on Twitter using #ClimateBrawl, this book provides a valuable insight into the world of climate obstruction.Climate Denial in American Politics will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental politics and American politics more broadly.

気候変動、紛争、（非）安全保障
Clack, Timothy / Meral, Ziya / Selisny, Louise (eds.), Climate Change, Conflict and (In)Security: Hot War. (Routledge Advances in Defence Studies) 400 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-593>
ISBN 978-1-03-245580-8 hard ¥39,886.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-245579-2 paper ¥10,822.- (税込) GB￡ 37.99 *

This book offers a multidisciplinary exploration of how climate change is impacting conflicts, contention, and competition in the world.The volume examines how climate change is creating and exacerbating insecurities for millions of people globally, and how states, inter-governmental bodies, and others are attempting to meet challenges today and in the near and medium term. It shows that climate change insecurity is relevant to a battery of security areas, including warfighting, stabilisation, human security, influence, and resilience and capacity building. The volume provides insights into how climate change has and will impact security at different scales and in different localities, including national and ethnic tensions, food and water security, resource competition, mass displacement, and even the recruitment profiles and operations of violent and extremist organisations. With contributions from pioneering researchers and practitioners, the book discusses shifting operational requirements and responsibilities, and the need for clarity around the size and shape of capacity gaps.In addition to practitioners and policy-makers working in these areas, the book will be of significant interest to researchers and students of defence studies, peace and conflict studies, climate change and environmental security, and International Relations.

気候安全保障
Goldberg, Matti, Climate Security: The Role of Knowledge and Scientific Information in the Making of a Nexus. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 208 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-599>
ISBN 978-1-03-258793-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-258794-3 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This book presents an empirical study of the role of knowledge in the making of the climate-security nexus.Climate change might give the Soviet Union a competitive advantage in the Cold War. Extreme droughts contributed to wars in Darfur, Syria or Yemen. Melting sea ice creates geopolitical risks. Russia's climate-destroying hydrocarbons enabled its invasion of Ukraine. These are just some of the many ways in which climate change and conflicts have been linked into a climate-security nexus. In this innovative book, Matti Goldberg considers how such connections are constructed and asks to what extent they are driven by evidence and science. Goldberg describes the tools used to present the wars of Darfur and Syria as "climate wars" and considers the fragmented role of the sciences in those presentations as well as the resulting patterns of influence and marginalization of impacted populations. The author also highlights how the international community can better integrate the situations of people at the frontlines of climate change into policymaking and, based on an analysis of the dynamic nature of power, identifies potential entry points for positive change.This book is a must-read for researchers interested in climate-security links, in science-policy interfaces, and in the formation of nexuses of issues in international politics. It is also of interest to practitioners working on the climate-security nexus and science-policy interfaces.

高橋五月著　福島の将来
Takahashi, Satsuki, Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape. (Culture, Place, and Nature) 194 pp. 2023 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-630>
ISBN 978-0-295-75133-7 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75134-4 paper ¥7,546.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

A probe of the environmental and sociocultural effects of industrialization and nuclear disaster on coastal livelihoodsBoth before and after the 2011 "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tidal wave, and consequent meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, anthropologist Satsuki Takahashi visited nearby communities, collecting accounts of life and livelihoods along the industrialized seascape. The resulting environmental ethnography examines the complex relationship between commercial fishing families and the Joban Sea-once known for premium-quality fish and now notorious as the location of the world's worst nuclear catastrophe. Fukushima Futures follows postwar Japan's maritime modernization from the perspectives of those most entangled with its successes and failures. In response to unrelenting setbacks, including an earlier nuclear accident at neighboring Tokaimura and the oil spills of stranded tankers during typhoons, these communities have developed survival strategies shaped by the precarity they share with their marine ecosystem. The collaborative resilience that emerges against this backdrop of vulnerability and uncertainty challenges the progress-bound logic of futurism, bringing more hopeful possibilities for the future into sharper focus.

Harrell, Stevan, An Ecological History of Modern China. (A China Program Book) 582 pp. 2023:8 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-637>
ISBN 978-0-295-75169-6 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75171-9 paper ¥7,546.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

How mega-dams, industrial agriculture, and other developments challenge ecosystem resilienceIs environmental degradation an inevitable result of economic development? Can ecosystems be restored once government officials and the public are committed to doing so? These questions are at the heart of An Ecological History of Modern China, a comprehensive account of China's transformation since the founding of the People's Republic from the perspective not of the economy but of the biophysical world. Examples throughout illustrate how agricultural, industrial, and urban development have affected the resilience of China's ecosystems-their ability to withstand disturbances and additional growth-and what this means for the country's future. Drawing on decades of research, Stevan Harrell demonstrates the local and global impacts of China's miraculous rise. In clear and accessible prose, An Ecological History of Modern China untangles the paradoxes of development and questions the possibility of a future that is both prosperous and sustainable. It is a critical resource for students, scholars, and general readers interested in environmental change, Chinese history, and sustainable development.

Bobbette, Adam, The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java. 248 pp. 2023 (Duke U. Pr., US) <707-660>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2007-3 hard ¥22,195.- (税込) US$ 102.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-2505-4 paper ¥5,810.- (税込) US$ 26.95 *

In The Pulse of the Earth Adam Bobbette tells the story of how modern theories of the earth emerged from the slopes of Indonesia's volcanoes. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, scientists became concerned with protecting the colonial plantation economy from the unpredictable bursts and shudders of volcanoes. Bobbette follows Javanese knowledge traditions, colonial geologists, volcanologists, mystics, Theosophists, orientalists, and revolutionaries to show how the earth sciences originate from a fusion of Western and non-Western cosmology, theology, anthropology, and geology. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and fieldwork at Javanese volcanoes and in scientific observatories, he explores how Indonesian Islam shaped the theory of plate tectonics, how Dutch colonial volcanologists learned to see the earth in new ways from Javanese spiritual traditions, and how new scientific technologies radically recast notions of the human body, distance, and the earth. In this way, Bobbette decenters the significance of Western scientists to expand our understanding of the evolution of planetary thought and rethinks the politics of geological knowledge.

Richards, Imogen / Brinn, Gearoid / Jones, Callum, Global Heating and the Australian Far Right. (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right) 272 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-677>
ISBN 978-1-03-234980-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Global Heating and the Australian Far Right examines the environmental politics of far-right actors and movements in Australia, exploring their broader political context and responses to climate change.The book traces the development of far-right pseudo-environmentalism and territorial politics, from colonial genocide and Australian nationalism to extreme-right political violence. Through a critical analysis of news and social media, it reveals how denialist and resignatory attitudes towards climate change operate alongside extreme right accelerationism, in a wider Australian political context characterised by reactionary fossil fuel politics and neoliberal New Right climate change agendas. The authors scrutinise the manipulation of environmental politics by contemporary Australian far- and extreme-right actors in cross-national online media. They also assess the political-ideological context of the contemporary far right, addressing intergovernmental approaches to security threats connected to the far right and climate change, and the emergence of radical environmentalist traditions in 'New Catastrophism' literature. The conclusion synthesises key insights, analysing the mainstreaming of ethnonationalist and authoritarian responses to global heating, and potential future trajectories of far-right movements exploiting the climate crisis. It also emphasises the necessity for radical political alternatives to counter the far right's exploitation of climate change.This book will be of interest to researchers of climate change, the far right, neoliberal capitalism, extremism and Australian politics.

南アジアにおける帝国のエコロジー　1400～1900年
Guha, Sumit, Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400-1900. (Culture, Place, and Nature) 268 pp. 2023:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-692>
ISBN 978-0-295-75148-1 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75149-8 paper ¥7,546.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Reveals how imperial power and local resistance have shaped landscapesThe perception, valuation, and manipulation of human environments all have their own layered histories. So Sumit Guha argues in this sweeping examination of a pivotal five hundred years when successive empires struggled to harness lands and peoples to their agendas across Asia. Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400-1900 compares the practices of the Mughal and British Empires to demonstrate how their fluctuating capacity for domination was imbricated in the formation of environmental knowledge itself. The establishment of imperial control transforms local knowledge of the world into the aggregated information that reproduces centralized power over it. That is the political ecology that reshapes entire biomes. Animals and plants are translocated; human communities are displaced or destroyed. Some species proliferate; others disappear. But these state projects are overlaid upon the many local and regional geographies made by sacred cosmologies and local sites, pilgrimage routes and river fords, hot springs and fluctuating aquifers, hunting ranges and nesting grounds, notable trees and striking rocks.Guha uncovers these ecological histories by scrutinizing little-used archival sources. His historically based political ecology demonstrates how the biomes of a vast subcontinent were changed by struggles to make and to resist empire.

Prasad, Shweta (ed.), Gender, Environment and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Responses from India. 250 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-704>
ISBN 978-1-03-262841-7 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book studies environment and sustainable development from the perspective of gender. It focuses on three major themes, including sustainability of development practices, policy perspectives on environmental management and climate change and its gendered impact. It includes contributions from academicians working across disciplines and practitioners working at the grassroots levels. The book addresses issues facing India amid a growing global environmental crisis and suggests policy measures for environmental protection and to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.Lucid and topical, the volume will be an indispensable resource for students, researchers of gender, environment and sustainable development, sociology and public policy. It will also be a great resource for advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and policymakers working in the area.

Dozsa, Kata, Children as Climate Citizens: A Sociolegal Approach to Public Participation. (Law, Justice and Ecology) 264 pp. 2023:9 (Routledge, UK) <707-359>
ISBN 978-1-03-245390-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book provides a socio-legal analysis of the public participation of children in climate change matters, whilst developing a range of tools through which their participation can be increased. Climate change affects young people in many ways: causing severe threats to child survival, health and wellbeing, food security and nutrition, and access to education. But this book maintains that children and youth are not to be identified solely with their vulnerability to climate change. They are also key stakeholders in the sustainable implementation of long-term climate change policies, and their inclusion in decision-making processes is a measure of intergenerational equity. Children's rights law is vague about the right to public participation or the environmental rights of children as such. In response, this book examines the often-informal network of pathways through which the public participation of children takes place: from high level conferences and governance structures to grassroots youth movements and climate change litigation. Exploring the difficulties, but also the opportunities and aspirations of children as citizens challenging the current climate change regime, the book proposes legal and policy tools for children's participation in global climate change governance, as it outlines a concept of children's climate citizenship. This book will appeal to scholars in the areas of sociolegal studies, environmental and climate change law, children's rights and social movements, as well as policy makers and young people with interests in climate activism.

Cambou, Dorothee / Ravna, Oyvind (eds.), The Significance of Sami Rights: Law, Justice, and Sustainability for the Indigenous Sami in the Nordic Countries. (Routledge Research in Polar Regions) 240 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <707-385>
ISBN 978-1-03-211598-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book examines the significance of the rights of the Sami people and analyses the issues raised by the recognition and implementation of these rights in the Nordic countries.Written together by Sami and non-Sami experts, the book adopts a human rights approach to examine the adequacy of law and policies that seek to protect the culture and livelihood of Sami communities in their traditional lands and territories. The book discusses contemporary legal and jurisprudential developments in the field of Sami rights. It examines the processes and challenges in the recognition and implementation of these rights, particularly in relation to the governance of their traditional land and resources.The book will be of particular interest to legal scholars, political scientists, experts in the field of Indigenous peoples' rights, governmental authorities, and members of Indigenous communities.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Rogers, Nicole / Maloney, Michelle (eds.), The Anthropocene Judgments Project: Futureproofing the Common Law. 280 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-393>
ISBN 978-1-03-248540-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book is a collection of speculative judgments that, along with accompanying commentaries, pursue a novel enquiry into how judges might respond to the formidable and planetary-scaled challenges of the Anthropocene.The book's contributors -from Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United Kingdom -take up a range of issues: including multispecies justice, the challenges of intergenerational justice, dimensions of postcolonial justice, the potential contribution of AI platforms to the judgment process, and the future of judging and law in and beyond the Anthropocene. The project takes its inspiration from existing critical judgment projects. It is, however, thoroughly interdisciplinary. In anticipating future scenarios, and designing or adapting legal principles to respond to them, the book's contributors have been assisted by climate scientists with expertise in future modelling; they have benefitted from the experience of fiction writers in future worldbuilding; and they have incorporated elements of the future worlds depicted in various texts of speculative fiction and artworks. The judgments are, of necessity, speculative and hypothetical in their subject matter. Thus, taken together, they constitute a collaborative experiment in creating the inclusive and radical imaginaries of the future common law.The Anthropocene Judgments Project will appeal to critical and sociolegal academics, scholars in the environmental humanities, environmental lawyers, students, and others with interests in the pressing issues of ecology, multispecies justice, climate change, the intersection of AI platforms and the law, and the future of law in the Anthropocene.

Mah, Alice, Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation. 240 pp. 2023:9 (Duke U. Pr., US) <707-212>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2014-1 hard ¥22,195.- (税込) US$ 102.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-2512-2 paper ¥5,810.- (税込) US$ 26.95 *

In Petrochemical Planet Alice Mah examines the changing nature of the petrochemical industry as it faces the existential threats of climate change and environmental activism. Drawing on research from high-level industry meetings, petrochemical plant tours, and polluted communities, Mah juxtaposes the petrochemical industry's destructive corporate worldviews with environmental justice struggles in the United States, China, and Europe. She argues that amid intensifying public pressures, a profound planetary industrial transformation is underway that is challenging the reigning age of plastics and fossil fuels. This challenge comes from what Mah calls multiscalar activism-a form of collective resistance that spans local, regional, national, and planetary sites and scales and addresses the interconnected issues of environmental justice, climate, pollution, health, extraction, land rights, workers' rights, systemic racism, and toxic colonialism. Reflecting on the obstacles and openings for critical interventions in the petrochemical industry, Mah offers important insights into the possibilities for resistance and for developing alternatives to the reliance on fossil fuels.

森晶寿他編　インドネシアにおける気候・エネルギー・土地のつながり
Mori, Akihisa / Halimatussadiah, Alin (eds.), The Climate-Energy-Land Nexus in Indonesia: Biofuel, REDD+ and biochar. (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series) 232 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-213>
ISBN 978-1-03-235072-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book extends the framework of the climate-energy-land nexus to elucidate political, economic, social, and institutional factors and causal mechanisms that stringent climate targets bring about, rather than mitigate a disproportional heavy burden on the forest sector in Indonesia.Assessing climate, energy, agricultural, forest, and transmigration policies, and REDD+ and biochar solutions through a multidisciplinary approach, ranging from biological, agricultural, technological, economic, and institutional lenses, the book identifies the political-economic and socio-technical regimes that cause the crosssectoral transfer of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions to palm-oil-based biofuel, imposing an excess burden on the forest sector and accelerating indirect land-use change. It also proposes possible countermeasures for agricultural and forest sectors, reconfirming that technical applications and integrated policymaking should trigger the socioeconomic changes that will make transformative change happen in Indonesia.As an analysis of the success, or otherwise, of stringent climate targets, policies, and technological and non-technological measures on the reduction of greenhouse gases, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the fields of environment & sustainability, Asian studies, energy, environment and agriculture, forestry, and agriculture & environmental sciences. It will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers tackling net-zero emissions and land and forest governance.

Haj-Amor, Zied / Kim, Dong-Gill / Bouri, Salem, Sustainable Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate Change by 2050. 296 pp. 2023:12 (CRC Pr., US) <707-217>
ISBN 978-1-03-251845-9 hard ¥26,207.- (税込) GB￡ 91.99 *

Ever-increasing population growth, combined with ongoing climate change signals that agriculture will face great challenges in ensuring global food security by 2050. Additionally, climate change-driven variations in mean sea level, wave conditions, storm surge, droughts, and river flows could have serious effects on agriculture and other sectors. Considering these factors and the extremely high value and necessity of agriculture worldwide, effective adaptation measures underpinned by reliable climate change impact assessments are essential to conserve soil and water resources and ensure food security. Sustainable Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate Change by 2050 provides a thorough examination of these issues, and presents in-depth analysis, practical case studies, and numerous examples of adaptation options throughout for various regions of the world.Features:Presents up-to-date, scientifically robust information on climate change projections in Europe, Asia, America, Africa, and AustraliaProvides pathways to sustainable agricultural options rather than just defining the climate change issueIncludes case studies and practical examples throughout the worldPresents a framework by which policymakers can begin implementing strategies for improving agricultural productivity