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

Guzman, Gerardo Castillo / Himley, M. / Brereton, D. (eds.), Mining, Mobility, and Social Change in the Global South: Regional Perspectives. (Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development) 248 pp. 2024:1 (Routledge, UK) <711-931>
ISBN 978-1-03-232179-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This volume focuses on how, why, under what conditions, and with what effects people move across space in relation to mining, asking how a focus on spatial mobility can aid scholars and policymakers in understanding the complex relation between mining and social change.This collection centers the concept of mobility to address the diversity of mining-related population movements as well as the agency of people engaged in these movements. This volume opens by introducing both the historical context and conceptual tools for analyzing the mining-mobility nexus, followed by case study chapters focusing on three regions with significant histories of mineral extraction and where mining currently plays an important role in socio-economic life: the Andes, Central and West Africa, and Melanesia. Written by authors with expertise in diverse fields, including anthropology, development studies, geography, and history, case study chapters address areas of both large- and smallscale mining. They explore the historical-geographical factors shaping mining-related mobilities, the meanings people attach to these movements, and the relations between people's mobility practices and the flows of other things put in motion by mining, including capital, ideas, technologies, and toxic contamination. The result is an important volume that provides fresh insights into the social geographies and spatial politics of extraction.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of mining and the extractive industries, spatial politics and geography, mobility and migration, development, and the social and environmental dimensions of natural resources more generally.Chapter 6 of this book is 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

Tshikovhi, Ndivhuho / Santos, Andrea et al. (eds.), COVID-19 and Climate Change in BRICS Nations: Beyond the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 248 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <711-935>
ISBN 978-1-03-259743-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the overall impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the capacity of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS countries) to reshape global climate governance and explore areas for mutual cooperation.BRICS countries account for nearly 40% of the total world population and are thus intrinsic to the global efforts and results for Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and beyond. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic does not at first appear to be directly related to BRICS' policies to address climate change, but it has influenced the pace and nature of climate action due to the loss of human and financial capital. This book examines this correlation and raises awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts and potential solutions on BRICS' climate strategies. Drawing on case studies from each country, the authors use examples from urban governance, energy transition strategy, foreign investment, and more to illustrate how COVID-19 has negatively or positively impacted climate data and draw wider conclusions about the long-term climate policies that may be implemented.This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental politics and governance, and global development studies.

Balay, Joe, The Environmental Gaze: Reading Sartre Through Guido Van Helten's No Exit Murals. 2023:12 (Lexington Books, US) <711-57>
ISBN 978-1-66693-980-4 hard ¥19,404.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *

Edum, Chukwuebuka, The Role of Law in Transboundary River Basin Disputes: Cooperation and Peaceful Settlement. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management) 176 pp. 2024:1 (Routledge, UK) <711-644>
ISBN 978-1-03-255080-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book examines the role legal rules play in the resolution of disputes in transboundary river basins. When states fail to resolve disputes over shared water resources, many cast such failures on inadequate or ineffective legal rules. With this view in mind, this book examines the role that legal rules do, and can, play in aiding the peaceful settlement of disputes and furthering cooperation between different parties. Building on the interactional theory of law, this book formulates three analytical frameworks: the effect of norm-generating processes, the effects of water-related agreements and/ or arrangements in the basins, and the effect of international water. It uses these frameworks to assess the role of law in the processes of cooperation and peaceful settlement of disputes on transboundary river basin by drawing on four illustrative case studies: the Jordan River Basin, the Nile River Basin, the Mekong River Basin, and the Indus River Basin. In doing so, this book presents a unique perspective on the multi-functional role of legal rules in those processes. Tapping into the global discussion on water security and water-related conflicts, this book stimulates readers to explore broader or interdisciplinary perspectives for understanding water-related issues. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in water resource management, water law, environmental politics, conflict resolution, and sustainable development more generally.

Anastasi, Chris, Desalination and Water Security. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management) 160 pp. 2024:1 (Routledge, UK) <711-384>
ISBN 978-1-03-236869-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-236867-2 paper ¥9,398.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

Desalination is to the water industry what renewables are to the electricity sector. However, unlike renewables, the former is being deployed in a quiet revolution away from public glare.This book provides a holistic view of desalination, highlighting the important role this technology can play in providing safe access to water across the globe. It describes the context for this technology to flourish in the coming decades. It discusses the pressures on freshwater resources and the key role the desalination industry plays as it moves from a good-to-have provider today to a must-have mainstream water solution in the future. The book explores the vital elements of the desalination industry, including the winning technologies and how further technological developments will reduce costs and increase deployment into new areas. It also addresses the energy used and the key environmental issues of carbon dioxide emissions and brine waste production. Using a series of country case studies, the book illustrates how desalination can supplement natural water resources in different environments and for different purposes, and how it is supporting domestic and economic activity. Providing a forward-thinking assessment, the book considers developments over the next 30 years as climate change impacts become even more apparent.This book will be of great interest to those working to alleviate water scarcity and improve water security. It will also be of interest to those in water resource management, water policy and regulation, water science, and environmental engineering.

アフリカにおける天然資源管理ハンドブック
Besada, Hany / D'Alessandro, Cristina / Golla, Tefsi (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Natural Resource Governance in Africa. 520 pp. 2024:3 (Routledge, UK) <711-385>
ISBN 978-0-367-43092-4 hard ¥61,253.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

The Routledge Handbook of Natural Resource Governance in Africa provides a comprehensive analysis of African natural resource governance, stretching across the continent, and encompassing water, land, extractive resources, and mining.Africa's natural resources are not only crucial for the continent from an economic, environmental, and political perspective, but they are also of significant geopolitical importance, with direct implication for meeting the global challenges outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. Whether an abundance of natural resources proves to be a curse or a blessing depends on the nature, extent, and outcome of the effort and experience of an individual country in governing and managing such assets. It is with this in mind that this ground-breaking handbook brings together experts from across the field of natural resource development to reflect on the varied regime types and paradigms within the continent's natural resource sectors, the specific challenges they face, and their role within global value chains. The book first considers governance for sustainable development and discourses of land and development financing, before going on to investigate the regulatory and policy impacts, and socioeconomic implications of natural resource management. Finally, the Handbook situates the African continent within the emerging global energy transition; examining trends in South-South cooperation, and new frontiers for the harnessing of critical tools in a sustainable future for natural resource governance and management.Overall, the Handbook's in-depth analysis provides a unique blend of realism and optimism, highlighting the importance of building a new sustainable African resource narrative for shared prosperity. The handbook will be an essential read for researchers and policy makers with an interest in sustainable development and natural resource governance in Africa.

Isaac, Shabtai / Meir, Isaac / Pignatta, Gloria (eds.), Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities: Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience. 214 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <711-388>
ISBN 978-1-032-21185-5 hard ¥41,310.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-20846-6 paper ¥14,811.- (税込) GB￡ 51.99 *

This book presents a methodology for the design, construction, monitoring, optimization, and post-occupancy evaluation of net-zero and positive-energy communities based on the experiences gained in the EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project. It describes the steps, tools, and methods developed during the project, providing practical information for the energy and construction sector that will be of interest to students, engineers, architects, developers, and professionals working around high performance architecture and sustainable communities.Through the ZERO-PLUS project, a consortium of 32 partners from eight countries, including academic institutions, technology providers, architects, and construction companies, designed four communities covering completely different geo-climatic regions, construction practices, and cultural backgrounds in Cyprus, Italy, France, and the UK. The communities were designed, optimized, constructed, monitored, handed over to tenants, post-occupancy evaluated, and troubleshooted through a system of continuous collaboration and data acquisition. This book presents these case studies and shows how the project targets of reducing electricity consumption below 20 kWh/m2/y, increasing electricity production from Renewable Energy Systems to over 50 kWh/m2/y, and at cheaper costs when compared to current zero-energy buildings were reached and surpassed. These cases demonstrate that a holistic and interactive approach to design and construction can bring communities a high standard of sustainability.The key features of the book include:Practical guidance drawn from the interdisciplinary, international, and remote cooperation between experts from academia and industry across the construction sectorA survey of the state-of-the-art on net-zero and positive-energy communities, including the experience and the lessons learned from previous projects and from the ZERO-PLUS projectDescriptions of novel emerging renewable energy technologies, integrated into real case study communities to achieve the energy generation target of the communitiesA comprehensive set of approaches, tools, guidelines, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from the five-year ZERO-PLUS project and the completion of four residential case studies to inform the reader of how to achieve affordable net-zero energy communitiesFour typologies of residential communities located in different climatic conditions are presented, touching on the critical aspects of the design, construction, monitoring, and occupancy phaseA discussion of future trends for developing communities that are more liveable, accessible, and sustainable and which can comply with new energy policies in a way that is affordable for the owners and residents.

Postar, Stephanie / Behzadi, Negar Elodie et al. (eds.), Extraction/Exclusion: Beyond Binaries of Exclusion and Inclusion in Natural Resource Extraction. (Geopolitical Bodies, Material Worlds) 358 pp. 2023:12 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <711-391>
ISBN 978-1-78661-536-7 hard ¥28,028.- (税込) US$ 130.00 *

Extraction/Exclusion critiques the idea of inclusion as the solution to exclusion in contemporary resource extraction. Drawing on scholarship from across the social sciences, empirical chapters in this collection show that extraction is predicated on exclusions. Extraction/Exclusion portrays how inclusionary language and practices often result in further exclusions, concealing unchanged systems of domination and dispossession, and reproducing violent exploitative processes on the ground.

Powers, Madison, A Livable Planet: Human Rights in the Global Economy. 288 pp. 2024:3 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <711-136>
ISBN 978-0-19-775600-3 hard ¥7,546.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Humanity faces an ecological predicament, consisting of a cluster of concurrent, mutually reinforcing crises. They are causally intertwined and resistant to resolution in isolation. In addition to climate disruption, the cluster includes land-system change, loss of biodiversity and biosphere integrity, alteration of biogeochemical cycles, and decreased freshwater availability. Madison Powers argues for a targeted human rights approach to the resolution of our predicament. He assigns priority to a bundle of rights strategically important for counteracting ecologically unsustainable, economically predatory market practices. These practices exhaust natural resources or degrade the environmental conditions essential for a livable planet. Their harmful ecological effects result from or are exacerbated by the structure of the global political economy, especially institutions that influence the acquisition, control, and use of land, energy, and water resources. These institutions shape the economic decisions that have transformed every region of the globe and altered the planetary conditions that support life on Earth. A livable planet thus requires changes in humanity's relation to the rest of nature, which in turn, requires transformation of our economic relationships and the political and economic ideals underpinning them. Specifically, the balance of power between states and markets should be reversed by implementing an enforceable institutional bulwark against market practices that subvert the ecological conditions essential for the secure realization of human rights. These practices enable the powerful to hoard economic opportunities, crowd out sustainable alternatives, extract resources from vulnerable communities, shift environmental and economic burdens, dodge political and market accountability, and hijack public institutions for private purposes.

Richie, Cristina, Environmental Ethics and Medical Reproduction. 312 pp. 2024:2 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <711-137>
ISBN 978-0-19-774518-2 hard ¥19,404.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *

Carbon emissions of global health care activities comprise 4-5% of total world emissions, placing the health care industry on par with the food sector. The United States health care industry in particular expends an estimated 479 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year -- nearly 8% of the country's total emissions. Health care impacts the environment through the use of resources needed to cure, treat, and prevent diseases; by extending lifespans; and by facilitating new births. In this book, Dr. Cristina Richie evaluates "medicalized reproduction" (MR) from an environmental perspective. From pre-conception gamete retrieval to in-vitro fertilization (IVF), to birthing suites, MR has an enormous carbon footprint. But, unlike other areas of high-carbon health care, such as organ transplantation or chemotherapy, medicalized reproduction does not treat, cure, or prevent disease. It is supported by an economized medical industry, and as such, is open for ethical scrutiny. Richie first situates MR within environmental ethics. Part I analyzes the numerous resources used for medical reproduction, emphasizing that MR is a voluntary lifestyle choice. Part II offers policy suggestions for sustainable MR, remaining sensitive to some individuals' desires to be parents coupled with the global push for medical and climate justice. The conclusion recognizes the obligation for environmental sustainability in all areas of life, including health care and family life.

Sharma, Mukul, Dalit Ecologies: Caste and Environmental Justice. 270 pp. 2024:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <711-1003>
ISBN 978-1-00-945345-5 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Dalit Ecologies explores the ecological experiences, histories, and perspectives integrated within Dalit writing, art, and culture. Aligning with theories of environment justice and ecological struggles experienced by Black populations, the book delves into six major themes: caste, earth and earthly environment, labour, and mobility, casteization of technology and industry, climate justice, Dalit Bahujan Anthropocene, and eco-literary tradition. It looks at the relationship between caste and environment, Dalit autobiographies, folktales and novels, city, waste and discard, caste-based industry and occupation, technological injustice, weather, caste and climate change, and Black-Dalit ecologies. Expanding the boundaries of environmental studies, the book brings attention to individuals like Adwaita Mallabarman, Bama, Nek Chand and Deena-Bhadri on the one hand, and specific places and arenas like the rock garden, tannery, brick kiln, steel industry, and sanitation on the other.

Ongolo, Symphorien / Krott, Max (eds.), Power Dynamics in African Forests: The Politics of Global Sustainability. (Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations) 312 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <711-1062>
ISBN 978-1-03-242510-8 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book addresses historical perspectives and contemporary challenges of the politics of forestland governance and the related sustainability crisis in Africa.It focusses on the power dynamics between key actors involved in the governance of forest-related resources either for their exploitation or with regards to biodiversity conservation policies promoted at international arenas. The book provides conceptual and empirical contributions on what happens when global sustainability agendas and the related policy instruments meet the realities of domestic politics in Africa.It reveals that several actors in forest-rich countries, especially those with limited sovereignty, have often employed complex informal strategies as the 'weapon of the weak' to resist the domination of the most powerful actors of global environmental politics.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.

Espino, Nilson Ariel, Conversations with the Turtles: On The Ideological Conundrums of Our Times. 200 pp. 2024:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <711-1103>
ISBN 978-1-00-944116-2 hard ¥8,547.- (税込) GB￡ 30.00 *

Polarization often results from deficient forms of social belonging, caused primarily by stark social inequalities. These inequalities then generate psychological responses that both create and worsen polarization. Yet social stability is possible. In this provocative and original book, Nilson Ariel Espino argues that our current ideological polarizations can be best analysed as springing from the contradictions of modernity and its obsessions. Using culture as a founding and organizing dimension, the author disassembles the typical dichotomies of left versus right, or conservatism versus progressivism, and reveals the opposing sides as mutually interdependent positions that struggle with cultural paradoxes they are ill-suited to address. Written with clarity and verve for the general reader, this book brings classic concepts of cultural anthropology to bear on the key preoccupations of today's world, from poverty and inequality, to political instability and the environmental crisis.

環境ガバナンス　第2版
Evans, James / Thomas, Craig, Environmental Governance. 2nd ed. (Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts) 288 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <711-1104>
ISBN 978-1-03-236965-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-236967-9 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Climate change is prompting an unprecedented questioning of the fundamental bases upon which society is founded. Businesses claim that technology can save the environment, while politicians champion the role of international environmental agreements to secure global action. Economists suggest that we should pay developing countries not to destroy their forests, while environmentalists question whether we can solve ecological problems with the same thinking that created them. As the process of steering society, governance has a critical role to play in coordinating these disparate voices and securing collective action to achieve a more sustainable future. Environmental Governance is the only book to discuss the first principles of governance, while also providing a critical overview of the wide-ranging theories and approaches that underpin policy and practice today. It places governance within its wider political context to explore how the environment is controlled, manipulated, regulated and contested by a range of actors and institutions. This book shows how network and market governance have shaped current approaches to environmental issues, while also introducing approaches such as transition management and adaptive governance. In so doing, it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches currently in play, and considers their political implications. This second edition has been comprehensively updated to build upon the success of the acclaimed first edition, with a new chapter on the environmental governance of outer space and updated analysis of international climate change summits. It provides a ground-breaking overview of dominant and emerging approaches of environmental governance, forging critical links between them. Each chapter has been updated with new case studies, key debates and figures, and includes questions for discussion and further reading. It is essential reading for students of the environment, politics and sociology, and, indeed, anyone concerned with changing society to secure a more sustainable future.

Grimm, Oliver (ed.), Bear and Human: Facets of a Multi-Layered Relationship from Past to Recent Times, with Emphasis on Northern Europe. 3 vols. (The Archaeology of Northern Europe 3) 1200 pp. 2023:9 (Brepols, BE) <711-1105>
ISBN 978-2-503-60611-8 hard ¥30,602.- (税込) EUR 130.00

気候変動のための社会変容
Low, Nicholas, Social Transformation for Climate Change: A New Framework for Democracy. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 216 pp. 2024:1 (Routledge, UK) <711-1108>
ISBN 978-1-03-246530-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-246531-9 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This book argues that social transformation is both necessary and possible if democracies are to respond effectively to the climate crisis without social collapse.Climate transformation and social transformation are intimately connected. Understanding how to address climate change requires a historical approach both to the climate and to our collective institutions of humanity. Drawing on the works of Karl Polanyi and Thomas Piketty, Nicholas Low traces the course of historic social transformations from Britain, Russia, and Australia to highlight key commonalities: social crisis, the widespread sense by those in power that 'something has to change', the shift in ideology, and the political champions that drove the change. Within its international scope, the book delves deeper into specific instances of inequality and poverty from Britain, the USA, Australia, and the Global South. It shows how these examples are connected with the current climate emergency. Finally, the author draws together all the evidence from past transformations to outline how a new social democratic transformation could generate a better future, creating the social solidarity necessary to cope with the climate crisis.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental politics and policy, political ecology, environmental sociology, and environmental studies more broadly. Its argument is also highly relevant for political actors working towards social and economic transformation.

Martin-Nielsen, Janet, A Few Acres of Ice: Environment, Sovereignty, and "Grandeur" in the French Antarctic. 276 pp. 2023:10 (Cornell U. Pr., US) <711-1109>
ISBN 978-1-5017-7209-2 hard ¥28,028.- (税込) US$ 130.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5017-7210-8 paper ¥6,888.- (税込) US$ 31.95 *

A Few Acres of Ice is an in-depth study of France's complex relationship with the Antarctic, from the search for Terra Australis by French navigators in the sixteenth century to France's role today as one of seven states laying claim to part of the white continent. Janet Martin-Nielsen focuses on environment, sovereignty, and science to reveal not only the political, commercial, and religious challenges of exploration but also the interaction between environmental concerns in polar regions and the geopolitical realities of the twenty-first century. Martin-Nielsen details how France has worked (and at times not worked) to perform sovereignty in Terre Adelie, from the territory's integration into France's colonial empire to France's integral role in making the environment matter in Antarctic politics. As a result, A Few Acres of Ice sheds light on how Terre Adeilie has altered human perceptions and been constructed by human agency since (and even before) its discovery.

Mates-Barco, Juan Manuel / Vazquez-Farinas, Maria (eds.), Ecological Crisis and Water Supply: The Case of Andalusia in the Spanish Hydrological Context. (Brill's Series in the History of the Environment 6) 280 pp. 2023:12 (Brill, NE) <711-1110>
ISBN 978-90-04-54131-3 hard ¥35,074.- (税込) EUR 149.00

This book analyses the origin and evolution of the water supply service in Andalusia (southern Spain) between 1800 and 2020 from several perspectives. It does so from a historical perspective, to understand the evolution of the service over the years; from an economic perspective, as it is very useful to obtain an overview of the level of efficiency of the service; from a legislative perspective, as the regulatory framework of each era determines the models of management and provision of the service; and, finally, from an ecological and environmental perspective, of great importance in the New Water Culture and the protection of this resource. The volume's main objective is to contribute to the extension of knowledge and analysis of the processes of municipalisation and/or privatisation of this service in Andalusia, with the aim of providing those responsible for local governments and administrations, both political and technical, with useful reflection and illustrative information on the use of municipalisation and/or privatisation as instruments for the reform of the local public sector. Contributors are: Maria Ana Bernardo, Ana Cardoso de Matos, Jose Escalante Jimenez, Antonio Rafael Fernandez-Paradas, Mercedes Fernandez-Paradas, Leticia Gallego Valero, Victor Manuel Heredia-Flores, Carlos Larrinaga, Nuria Magaldi, Alberte Martinez-Lopez, Juan Manuel Mates-Barco, Jesus Miras Araujo, Encarnacion Moral Pajares, Jesus Raul Navarro Garcia, Nuria Rodriguez Martin, and Maria Vazquez-Farinas.

McPhee, Andy, Donora Death Fog: Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town. 324 pp. 2023:3 (U. Pittsburgh Pr., US) <711-1111>
ISBN 978-0-8229-6671-5 paper ¥5,379.- (税込) US$ 24.95 *

In October 1948, a seemingly average fog descended on the tiny mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania. With a population of fewer than fifteen thousand, the town's main industry was steel and zinc mills-mills that continually emitted pollutants into the air. The six-day smog event left twenty-one people dead and thousands sick. Even after the fog lifted, hundreds more died or were left with lingering health problems. Donora Death Fog details how six fateful days in Donora led to the nation's first clean air act in 1955, and how such catastrophes can lead to successful policy change. Andy McPhee tells the very human story behind this ecological disaster: how wealthy industrialists built the mills to supply an ever-growing America; how the town's residents-millworkers and their families-wilfully ignored the danger of the mills' emissions; and how the gradual closing of the mills over the years following the tragedy took its toll on the town.

Oram, Richard (ed.), 'With Our Backs to the Ocean': Land, Lordship, Climate Change, and Environment in the North-West European Past: Essays in Memory of Alasdair Ross. (Environmental Histories of the North Atlantic World 5) 338 pp. 2023:6 (Brepols, BE) <711-1113>
ISBN 978-2-503-59699-0 hard ¥18,832.- (税込) EUR 80.00 *

Purdey, Stephen James, Metanarrative and the Environment: A Story of Morality, Agency, and Governance. (Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics) 144 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <711-1116>
ISBN 978-1-03-264704-3 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

To meet the challenge of global environmental degradation activists have tackled clear and concrete problems such as carbon emissions and climate change, the ruination of ecosystems and habitat, the precipitous loss of biodiversity, and many other unhappy consequences of irresponsible human behaviour. However, all such efforts to manually correct the course of history have been dwarfed by the magnitude and heavy forward momentum of modern industrial society. In Metanarrative and the Environment, Stephen James Purdey argues that material approaches to the environmental crisis cannot succeed without the power of a legitimating discourse - a new metanarrative - which fundamentally changes the ideational landscape of human development. Dr. Purdey begins in Part I by establishing the pragmatics of our environmental predicament - its roots and responses to it. He focuses on the concept, definition, and key features of metanarrative, introducing the hegemonic story that now rules the contemporary global mindscape. Part II takes on the moral problematic more directly, encouraging the evolution of a new metanarrative by bringing our potential for agency in the face of danger into sharper relief. Metanarrative and the Environment is multidisciplinary, with a particular emphasis on the creative humanities. It will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students alike, as well as environmental activists and academics looking for a new way forward.

Robertson, Tomas B. / Smith, Jenny Leigh (eds.), Transplanting Modernity?: New Histories of Poverty, Development, and Environment. (Intersections: Histories of Environment) 320 pp. 2023:10 (U. Pittsburgh Pr., US) <711-1118>
ISBN 978-0-8229-4639-7 hard ¥11,858.- (税込) US$ 55.00 *

In general, "development" denotes movement or growth toward something better in the future. International development-widespread in the decades following World War II-was an effort at purposeful change in landscapes around the world. Contributors to this volume argue that these projects constituted an effort to transplant modernity, such as knowledge or technology, from places seen as more developed to places perceived as un- or underdeveloped. During its heyday, international development included not just dams, roads, health programs, and agricultural projects but also animal husbandry schemes, urban development, and wildlife protection plans. Projects often succeeded or failed because of existing environmental conditions, and in turn, these programs remade-or tried to remake-the land, water, wildlife, and people around them. From American-directed failures in water engineering in Afghanistan to the impact of livestock epidemics on economic growth in East Africa, the chapters in Transplanting Modernity question how science, technology, and faith in Western notions of progress have influenced the pace, scope, and scale of development.

Singh, Vandana, Teaching Climate Change: Science, Stories, Justice. (Research and Teaching in Environmental Studies) 248 pp. 2024:1 (Routledge, UK) <711-1120>
ISBN 978-1-03-227858-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-227859-9 paper ¥9,398.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

Teaching Climate Change: Science, Stories, Justice shows educators how climate change can be taught from any disciplinary perspective and in a transdisciplinary way, drawing on examples from the author's own classroom.The book sets out a radical vision for climate pedagogy, introducing an innovative framework in which the scientific essentials of climate change are scaffolded via three transdisciplinary meta-concepts: Balance/Imbalance, Critical Thresholds and Complex Interconnections. Author Vandana Singh grounds this theory in practice, drawing on examples from her own classroom to provide implementable ideas for educators, and to demonstrate how climate change can be taught from any disciplinary perspective in a transdisciplinary way. The book also explores the barriers to effective climate education at a macro level, focusing on issues such as climate misinformation/misconception, the exclusion of social and ethical concerns and a focus on technofixes. Singh uses this information to identify four key dimensions for an effective climate pedagogy, in which issues of justice are central: scientific-technological, the transdisciplinary, the epistemological and the psychosocial. This approach is broad and flexible enough to be adapted to different classrooms and contexts.Bridging the social and natural sciences, this book will be an essential resource for all climate change educators practicing in both formal and informal settings, as well as for community climate activists.

Uekoetter, Frank, The Vortex: An Environmental History of the Modern World. 848 pp. 2023:4 (U. Pittsburgh Pr., US) <711-1122>
ISBN 978-0-8229-4756-1 hard ¥17,248.- (税込) US$ 80.00 *

Environmental challenges are defining the twenty-first century. To fully understand ongoing debates about our current crises - climate change, loss of biological diversity, pollution, extinction, resource woes - means revisiting their origins, in all their complexity. With this ambitious, highly original contribution to the environmental history of global modernity, Frank Uekoetter considers the many ways humans have had an impact on their physical environment throughout history. Ours is not a one-way trajectory to sudden collapse, he argues, but rather death by a thousand cuts. The many paths we've forged to arrive in our current predicament, from agriculture to industry to infrastructure, must be considered collectively if we are to stay afloat in what Uekoetter describes as a vortex: a powerful metaphor for the flow of history, capturing the momentum and the many crosscurrents that swept people and environments along. His book invites us to look at environmental challenges from multiple perspectives, including all the twists and turns that have helped to create the mess we find ourselves in. Uekoetter has written a world history for an age where things are falling apart: where we know what lies ahead and are equipped with the right tools - technological and otherwise - and plenty of experience to deal with environmental challenges, but somehow fail to get our affairs in order.