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

気候変動の哲学ハンドブック　全2巻
Pellegrino, Gianfranco / Di Paola, Marcello (eds.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Climate Change. 2 vols. (Handbook of the Philosophy of Climate Change) 1305 pp. 2024:1 (Springer, GW) <712-59>
ISBN 978-3-031-07001-3 hard ¥109,391.- (税込) EUR 449.99

This Handbook offers a broad yet unified treatment of many philosophical issues connected with climate change, ranging from foundational puzzles to detailed applications. It extends to many branches of philosophy that are relevant to the understanding of the premises and implications of the impacts of climate change on human and nonhuman life on Earth. More specifically, the handbook examines the scientific accounts of climate change as well as its causes. It explores the tools offered by social sciences and humanities to study the societal premises and impacts of climate change as well as delving deeper into the ethical and political issues connected with and resulting from climate change. By doing so, it puts it all in an ecological and historical context. In addition, the book offers solutions to some important philosophical puzzles and problems, and indicates paths of interaction between philosophy and other disciplines. The discussion about climate change and the mitigation/adaptation policies spans many areas and levels - from abstract science and philosophy to current on-the-ground politics. However, climate change is also a great a philosophical puzzle. Indeed, its existential and practical relevance can be thought to largely derive from the philosophical complications it engenders. Climate change is applied philosophy par excellence. Preventing dangerous anthropogenic climate change needs very good philosophy applied to concrete and specific practical issues. Climate change is an area where scholars from very different provenances should cooperate on equal terms, having in view a common, and really important, purpose - contribute to preventing great burdens and even the extinction of humankind and the destruction of hospitable and valuable non-human nature.

気候政策百科事典
Fiorino, Daniel J. / Eisenstadt, Todd A. et al. (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy. (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences) 560 pp. 2024:3 (E. Elgar, UK) <712-6>
ISBN 978-1-80220-919-8 hard ¥61,963.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy provides a comprehensive and compelling account of the causes and potential solutions to one of the most pressing global challenges of the 21st century: climate change. With deep intellectual rigour, this Encyclopedia adeptly surveys the nature and application of various international climate change policies.Expertly analysing central topics such as carbon budgets and pricing, net-zero carbon, loss and damage, international trade policy, and digital climate solutions, contributors explore diverse policy approaches, policies, and technologies using case studies at both national and sub-national levels. Key concepts featured in climate debates, the roles of actors and institutions in problem-solving, the technology and policy solutions that are being used or should be considered, and the applications of proposed policies are all examined in an authoritative and pragmatic manner.This innovative Encyclopedia is an essential read for academics and students interested in politics and public policy, environmental studies, the sustainable development goals, law, and regulation and governance.Key Features:Accessible explanations of key concepts and debatesIn-depth coverage of case studies from across the globeOver 90 entries from international and interdisciplinary contributorsClearly organised into six thematic sections addressing theories and methods, evidence and impacts, concepts, actors, institutions and agreements, solutions, and case studies

福島の大災害
Kin Chi, Lau / Xiaomei, Huang / Zhixiong, He, The Fukushima Catastrophe: To What End? (Global University for Sustainability Book Series) 112 pp. 2024:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <712-675>
ISBN 978-981-9919-55-0 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

Based on a variety of interviews with residents, farmers, scientists, journalists, and activists who have been affected by the Fukushima catastrophe, the authors underscore the personal, political, and humanitarian impacts in testimonies, science, and photos. The book engagingly addresses diverse issues that continue to haunt and persist and calls for collective responsibility to deal with the devastating environmental, economic, and social consequences of nuclear energy. The book offers a critique of the violent history of modernism and the supremacy of science that has been articulated into all forms of social injustice and ecological injustice.

藤川清史編　中国の環境政策への実証研究
Fujikawa, Kiyoshi (ed.), Empirical Research on Environmental Policies in China: China Towards Decarbonization and Recycle Economy. 190 pp. 2023:12 (Springer, GW) <712-686>
ISBN 978-981-9959-56-3 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book presents an empirical study of the effects of environmental policies on China and its neighboring countries, with a focus on waste and climate policies in China. The two major carbon policies have to do with carbon markets and renewable energy. The authors first examine the effectiveness of the Asian carbon market. Because of the consumption of goods beyond provincial borders, nationwide carbon markets are rather difficult to operate; therefore, a desirable initial allocation in the carbon market is proposed in this book. As for renewable power, its sources have not been fully utilized owing to a regional mismatch of supply and demand, so optimal locations of renewable energy are shown. The book also contains an analysis of the environmental and economic impacts of changes in resource circulation in East Asia. Although motorization is advancing rapidly, the vein industry for recycling used cars has not progressed. The authors estimate the amount of materials from used cars including new energy vehicles (electric and fuel cell vehicles) and propose desirable policies for used vehicles. East Asia is interdependent with respect to carbon and waste as well as the economy. China has regulated the import of waste recently and has started recycling its own wastes, putting pressure on neigboring countries to recycle their waste domestically. The authors estimate the environmental and economic impacts of such policy changes.

Zhang, Amy, Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China. 224 pp. 2024:7 (Stanford U. Pr., US) <712-697>
ISBN 978-1-5036-3796-2 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5036-3929-4 paper ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00 *

After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see waste management as an object of environmental governance central to the creation of "modern" cities, and experimented with the circular economy, in which technology and policy could convert all forms of waste back into resources. Based on long-term research in Guangzhou, Circular Ecologies critically analyzes the implementation of technologies and infrastructures to modernize a mega-city's waste management system, and the grassroots ecological politics that emerged in response. In Guangzhou, waste's transformation revealed uncomfortable truths about China's environmental governance: a preference for technology over labor, the aestheticization of order, and the expropriation of value in service of an ecological vision. Amy Zhang argues that in post-reform China, waste-the material vestige of decades of growth and increasing consumption-is a systemic irritant that troubles China's technocratic governance. Waste provoked an unlikely coalition of urban communities, from the middle class to precarious migrant workers, that came to constitute a nascent, bottom-up environmental politics, and offers a model for conceptualizing ecological action under authoritarian conditions.

Gutkowski, Natalia, Struggling for Time: Environmental Governance and Agrarian Resistance in Israel/Palestine. 336 pp. 2024:3 (Stanford U. Pr., US) <712-733>
ISBN 978-1-5036-3682-8 hard ¥26,928.- (税込) US$ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5036-3772-6 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

Struggling for Time examines how time is used as a mechanism of control by the Israeli state and a site of mundane resistance among Palestinian agriculture professionals. Natalia Gutkowski unpacks power structures to show how a settler society lays moral claim on indigenous time through agrarian environmental policies, science, technologies, landscapes, and bureaucracy. Shifting the analysis of Israel/Palestine from land and space to time, she offers new insight into the operation of power in agrarian environments and develops a contemporary framework to understand land and resource grabs under temporal justifications. Traveling across both policymaking arenas and Palestinian citizens' agrarian fields, Gutkowski follows the multiple ways that state officials, agronomists, planners, environmentalists, and agriculturalists use time as a tool of collective agency. Through investigations of wetland drainage in Galilee, transformations in olive agriculture, sustainable agrarian development, and regulation of the shmita biblical commandment, the "year of release" for agricultural fields, this work highlights how Palestinian citizens' agriculture has become a site for the state to settle and mediate time conflicts to justify its existence. As Struggling for Time demonstrates, time politics will take on ever greater urgency as societies and governments plan for an uncertain future in our era of climate change.

いかに森林が気候変動を止めるグローバルな努力を刺激したか
Bennett, Brett M. / Barton, Gregory A., Saving the World: How Forests Inspired Global Efforts to Stop Climate Change from 1770 to the Present. 256 pp. 2024 (Reaktion Books, UK) <712-780>
ISBN 978-1-78914-874-9 hard ¥5,187.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

Saving the World tells the forgotten history of climatic botany, the idea that forests are essential for creating and recycling rain. Long before the spectre of global warming, societies recognized that deforestation caused drastic climate shifts - as early as 1770, concerns over deforestation spurred legislation to combat human-induced climate change. Across the twentieth century, climatic botany experienced fluctuating fortunes, influenced by technological advancements and evolving meteorological theories. Remarkably, contemporary scientists are rediscovering the crucial role of forests in rainfall recycling, unaware of the long history of climatic botany. This enlightening exploration is essential reading for anyone passionate about conserving the world's forests and preserving our climate for future generations.

Cardarelli, Rose / Pomper, Harley, Children and the Climate Migration Crisis: A Casebook for Global Climate Action in Practice and Policy. 264 pp. 2024:3 (Emerald, UK) <712-781>
ISBN 978-1-80455-913-0 paper ¥11,220.- (税込) US$ 50.00 *

With climate disasters expected to displace millions as the planet continues to warm, we are fast approaching a serious humanitarian crisis. Foregrounding how our children are increasingly shouldering the era-defining effects of climate change, Children and the Climate Migration Crisis chronicles our collective responsibility to address resulting consequences for the wellbeing and future of children everywhere. Using illustrative case studies to dive deeper into the current situation, Rose Cardarelli and Harley Pomper outline an educational response for mitigating climate migration and stress-related trauma, including how to foster the development of the social and emotional strengths and responses that children need to grapple with a world in jeopardy. Subverting eco-anxiety and establishing ways we can empower children around the globe, Children and the Climate Migration Crisis takes a holistic approach to bring together the relevancy and impact of forced migration and climate resilience, underpinned by a social emotional approach to overall wellbeing, adjustment, and adaptability.

Hennig, Reinhard / Lethbridge, Emily / Schulte, M. (eds.), Ecocriticism and Old Norse Studies: Nature and the Environment in Old Norse Literature and Culture. (The North Atlantic World 7) 315 pp. 2024:1 (Brepols, BE) <712-786>
ISBN 978-2-503-60484-8 hard ¥21,879.- (税込) EUR 90.00

Jones, Lynne, Sorry for the Inconvenience But This Is an Emergency: The Nonviolent Struggle for Our Planet's Future. 448 pp. 2024:3 (Hurst, UK) <712-789>
ISBN 978-1-911723-03-5 hard ¥5,764.- (税込) GB￡ 20.00 *

As floods and fires rage across the planet, ever more people are embracing nonviolent action to achieve political change. Can it work? Doctor and aid worker Lynne Jones offers a compelling, ground-level account of the last five years of UK protests, exploring how and why ordinary citizens have adopted extraordinary methods to confront the climate and nature crises. Sharing her 1980s experiences opposing nuclear weapons at Greenham Common, and her journey in movements like Extinction Rebellion today, Jones reflects on public history and her personal story to unpack nonviolent protest in a world on the brink. Can we learn from past movements? How to communicate with those who disagree? What kind of disruption is most effective in Western democracies? Is property damage nonviolent? Is the law just? How important are direct interventions, boycotts and non-cooperation? What can indigenous campaigners of the Global South teach us? A lifetime of activism has taught Jones that we all have more power than we realise. It's time to use that power-before it's too late.

Konijnendijk, Cecil, Rethinking Urban Green Spaces. (Rethinking Urban and Regional Studies) 174 pp. 2024:2 (E. Elgar, UK) <712-791>
ISBN 978-1-80392-548-6 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *

Proposing and demonstrating the ways in which we need to rethink urban green spaces as cities, societies and environments evolve, renowned scholar Cecil C. Konijnendijk explores urban green spaces as essential parts of cities. Chapters offer a comprehensive look at how their roles have changed over time and will continue to do so, moving from their conventional purpose as areas for recreation to become spaces contributing to climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation and economic development.This timely and innovative book argues that we need to rethink the ways in which we govern, design, plan and manage green spaces, as well as the funding of different kinds of green spaces and the narratives around what green spaces can and cannot do. Using a diverse range of case studies from across the globe, Konijnendijk offers practical suggestions for change in the future to make cities greener and healthier, and introduces new green space concepts such as urban groves and streetwoods.This is an invigorating read for students and scholars of urban planning, landscape architecture, urban ecology and urban studies. Urban green space planners, designers and managers will also find the wealth of cases and practical suggestions make this an insightful read.

Kopelent Rehak, Jana, We Live in the Water: Climate, Aging, and Socioecology on Smith Island. 240 pp. 2024:2 (Johns Hopkins U. Pr., US) <712-792>
ISBN 978-1-4214-4842-8 paper ¥7,841.- (税込) US$ 34.95

MacDuffie, Allen, Climate of Denial: Darwin, Climate Change, and the Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century. 272 pp. 2024:8 (Stanford U. Pr., US) <712-794>
ISBN 978-1-5036-3893-8 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) US$ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-5036-3954-6 paper ¥7,180.- (税込) US$ 32.00

Many people today experience the climate crisis with a divided state of mind: aware of the extreme effects, but living everyday life as if the crisis is not actually happening. This book argues that this structure of feeling has roots that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, when Western culture encountered the profound shock of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Darwin's theory made it increasingly difficult for secular humanists to flatly deny that humans are animals, fully enmeshed in natural systems and processes. But like those of us confronting climate change today, many writers and scientists struggled to integrate its depersonalizing vision into their understanding of the place of humans in the natural order. The result was that the radical environmental implications of The Origin of Species were evaded as soon as they were articulated, abetted by a culture of denial structured by the illusions of capital and empire. In light of the climate emergency, Climate of Denial recontextualizes nineteenth-century texts to offer rich insight into the defensive strategies used-then and now-to avoid confronting the unsettling realities of our situation on this planet.

McNeill, Zane / Scott, R. (eds.), Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future. (Appalachian Futures: Black, Native, and Queer Voices) 224 pp. 2024:4 (U. Pr. Kentucky, US) <712-795>
ISBN 978-0-8131-9930-6 hard ¥13,464.- (税込) US$ 60.00 *
ISBN 978-0-8131-9933-7 paper ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future uses the lens of queer ecologies to explore environmental destruction in Appalachia while mapping out alternative futures that follow from critical queer perspectives on the United States' exploitation of the land. With essays by Lis Regula, Jessica Cory, Chet Pancake, Tijah Bumgarner, MJ Eckhouse, and other essential thinkers, this collection brings to light both emergent and long-standing marginalized perspectives that give renewed energy to the struggle for a sustainable future. A new and valuable contribution to the field of Appalachian studies, rural queer studies, Indigenous studies, and ethnographic studies of the United States, Deviant Hollers presents a much-needed objection to the status quo of academic work, as well as to the American exceptionalism and white supremacy pervading US politics and the broader geopolitical climate. By focusing on queer critiques and acknowledging the status of Appalachia as a settler colony, Deviant Hollers offers new possibilities for a reimagined way of life.

Zipse, Oliver / Hornegger, J. / Becker, T. et al. (eds.), Road to Net Zero: Strategic Pathways for Sustainability-Driven Business Transformation. 289 pp. 2023:12 (Springer, GW) <712-354>
ISBN 978-3-031-42223-2 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99 *

With this open access book, delve into the insights of respected leaders from academia and industry as they unravel the intricacies of sustainability-driven business transformation. This meticulously curated edited volume reflects on The Road To Net Zero, underscoring the need for pioneering pathways. Embark on a collaborative learning journey and explore key issues along the road to transformation, such as crafting corporate sustainability strategies, new forms of corporate disclosure, transforming value chains, and harnessing the power of technological innovation. Packed with guiding questions and distilled findings from research, this book is a must-read for all decision-makers, strategists, engaged citizens, educators, and learners committed to driving change and shaping a more sustainable future.

Jerolleman, Alessandra / Marino, E. / Jessee, N. et al., People or Property: Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground. 238 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <712-470>
ISBN 978-3-031-36871-4 hard ¥12,151.- (税込) EUR 49.99
ISBN 978-3-031-36874-5 paper ¥9,720.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book explores the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place certain communities further in harm's way. This book will unearth these contradictions in order to understand why successful community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to communities that are experiencing increasing land deterioration as a result of climate change.

オーフス条約
Weaver, Duncan, The Aarhus Convention: Towards Environmental Solidarisation. (Environmental Politics and Theory) 200 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <712-474>
ISBN 978-3-031-43535-5 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

The Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters has been celebrated as a pioneering international environmental agreement. Given that a quarter-century has passed since Aarhus was opened for signature, now is an opportune moment to revisit it from a fresh perspective. Marking this anniversary, this book explores Aarhus from the vista of the English School of International Relations, an ethically-minded perspective used to gauge the prevalence of state-oriented and human-oriented progress from the Convention's rationales and realities. It firstly considers Aarhus' propagation, investigating the legal, diplomatic and geopolitical contexts enabling its emergence. It secondly investigates Aarhus' germination, with reference to its trinity of procedural rights. Thirdly, the book examines the Convention's growth, in terms of the development of its organisational infrastructure. The chief finding is that Aarhus demonstrates, in environmental contexts, the feasibility and benefit of fostering 'humankind' solidarist progress, rooted in moral cosmopolitanism, within the existing power arrangements of a sovereignty-based pluralism. Pluralist concerns for diversity and international order are found to be a precondition for more ethically ambitious solidarist endeavours. These observations reinforce the logic of solidarisation, an English School innovation that presents sovereignty as (a) being ethically matured by solidarism whilst (b) delimiting solidarism within the threshold of states' tolerance.

Hastings, Thomas John / Saether, Knut-Willy (eds.), Views of Nature and Dualism: Rethinking Philosophical, Theological, and Religious Assumptions in the Anthropocene. 290 pp. 2024:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <712-53>
ISBN 978-3-031-42901-9 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99

In the face of the anthropogenic threats to the singular planetary habitat we share with other human beings and non-human species, humanities scholars feel a renewed sense of urgency 1) to acknowledge the ways our species has funded particular histories of environmental exploitation, alienation, and collapse, 2) to unpack inherited assumptions that impact our views of nature and interspecies relations, and 3) to suggest ways of thinking and acting that seek to repair the damage and promote mutual flourishing for all of earth inhabitants. This volume brings together scholars in philosophy, theology, and religion who take up this urgent ethical task from a broad range of perspectives and locations.

Shen, Samuel S. P. / North, Gerald R., Statistics and Data Visualization in Climate Science with R and Python. 458 pp. 2023:11 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <712-159>
ISBN 978-1-108-84257-0 hard ¥15,847.- (税込) GB￡ 54.99

A comprehensive overview of essential statistical concepts, useful statistical methods, data visualization, and modern computing tools for the climate sciences and many others such as geography and environmental engineering. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in climatology and its connected fields who wish to learn data science, statistics, R and Python programming. The examples and exercises in the book empower readers to work on real climate data from station observations, remote sensing and simulated results. For example, students can use R or Python code to read and plot the global warming data and the global precipitation data in netCDF, csv, txt, or JSON; and compute and interpret empirical orthogonal functions. The book's computer code and real-world data allow readers to fully utilize the modern computing technology and updated datasets. Online supplementary resources include R code and Python code, data files, figure files, tutorials, slides and sample syllabi.

気候変動の時代におけるロシアの石炭
Lomagin, Nikita / Mironova, Irina / Titov, Maxim et al., Russian Coal in the Era of Climate Change: Why it Will Survive and Will Not Become a Bargaining Chip in Relations with the West? 308 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <712-168>
ISBN 978-981-9953-69-1 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99 *

The Russian coal sector today faces challenges in the form of global decarbonization, sanctions, and difficulties in retaining market access and competitiveness. This new market environment warrants an examination of what lessons can be drawn from the past tribulations of one of Russia's most iconic and strategically important industries. This book analyzes the Russian coal industry developments in historical and political contexts, including those of energy transition. The key tenets of contemporary dialogue between Russia and those who advocate for a speedy energy transition to phase out coal are presented. The book addresses the question of the coal industry as a sacrifice for the sake of Russia's rapprochement with the West. The contribution of this book, therefore, is filling the gap between two large research inquiries - climate change mitigation and energy transition on the one hand, and the existing large coal industry of a given country on the other.

ツーリズムの経済学と持続可能な開発ハンドブック
Hunjra, Ahmed Imran / Sharma, Anukrati (eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Tourism Economics and Sustainable Development. 328 pp. 2024:2 (Emerald, UK) <712-162>
ISBN 978-1-83753-709-9 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00

Nwokolo, Samuel Chukwujindu / Singh, Rubee et al., Africa's Path to Net-Zero: Exploring Scenarios for a Sustainable Energy Transition. (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance) 312 pp. 2023:12 (Springer, GW) <712-194>
ISBN 978-3-031-44513-2 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities for achieving a net-zero energy transition in Africa. With a focus on policy, technology, financing, and socio-political factors, the book presents four potential scenarios for a sustainable energy transition in the continent. The scenarios presented highlight the importance of balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability and social development. While foreign investments in renewable energy could be beneficial, they must be carefully monitored and regulated to prevent exploitation and ensure accountability. The book also emphasizes the need for collaboration and a calculated transition to ensure that all stakeholders are involved in the process. Additionally, the challenges of achieving self-sufficiency and export-free energy are discussed, with the importance of setting limitations and regulations to prevent a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency on foreign aid. With a deep understanding of Africa's environmental, socio-political, and socio-cultural complexities, "Africa's Path to Net-Zero" offers valuable insights for policymakers, investors, and anyone interested in promoting a sustainable energy future for the continent.

環境社会学百科事典
Overdevest, Christine (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Sociology. (Elgar Encyclopedias in Sociology) 736 pp. 2024:4 (E. Elgar, UK) <712-10>
ISBN 978-1-80392-103-7 hard ¥69,168.- (税込) GB￡ 240.00 *

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Sociology serves as a repository of insight on the complex interactions, challenges and potential solutions that characterize our shared ecological reality. Presenting innovative thinking on a comprehensive range of topics, expert scholars, researchers, and practitioners illuminate the nuances, complexities and diverse perspectives that define the continually evolving field of environmental sociology. Entries provide clear and concise explanations of complex concepts and theories on the relationship between material, ecological and social progress and barriers to progress, contributing to a wealth of thought-provoking research designed to encourage critical thinking and reflection. This authoritative Encyclopedia will serve as a comprehensive research tool for students, researchers and scholars of environmental sociology, environmental studies and sustainability studies. Key Features: 99 enlightening entries authored by an impressive collective of contributorsAn accessible and engaging format designed to cater to a wide audience of students, researchers and expertsTimely insights on contemporary issues and developments in the field of environmental sociology, from climate adaptation and degrowth to the carbon intensity of well-being and Rights of Nature

W.-B.チャン著　複雑系理論と不確実性－人間、社会、環境の間の相互依存
Zhang, Wei-Bin, Complexity Theory and Uncertainties: Interdependence Between Man, Society, and the Environment. (Understanding Complex Systems) 125 pp. 2023:10 (Springer, GW) <712-150>
ISBN 978-3-031-42393-2 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

This book provides an overview of recent developments of complexity theory within the realm of social sciences. At a time when global and local social, political, cultural, and economic affairs are engulfed in chaos, this book sheds light on the mechanisms of uncertainties, offering new visions and frameworks for analyzing the nonlinear interactions between individuals, societies, and the environment.From exploring the foundational elements that shape our understanding of humanity, such as worldviews, justice, and trust, to applying complexity theory in the realms of politics, economics, management, strategies, and wars, this monograph provides a comprehensive examination of its far-reaching implications. By examining historical bifurcations and structural changes in American history and China's modern development, it emphasizes how complexity theory can serve as a bridge for intellectual and cultural communication between Western (Newtonian) and East Asian (yin-yang-based) civilizations.Moreover, the book elucidates that nonlinear phenomena, including bifurcations, catastrophes, structural changes, emergence of structures, and chaos, are integral aspects of human evolution. It unveils the positive potential within chaos, demonstrating that a comprehensive understanding of catastrophic mechanisms enables humanity to prevent global disasters by leading systems to chaotic attractors without destructive consequences. Through an exploration of the intricate interdependencies among individuals, societies, and the environment, this book offers a unique and comprehensive introduction to the application of complexity theory to the realm of humanity.