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

Chakravarty, Sumit / Vineeta / Bhat, J. A. et al. (eds.), Sustainable Management and Conservation of Environmental Resources in India. 496 pp. 2024:11 (Apple Academic Pr., US) <731-852>
ISBN 978-1-77491-592-9 hard ¥51,282.- (税込) GB￡ 180.00 *

The concept of natural resource sustainability has taken on new importance in today's world, and community participation in the conservation of forest resources is essential for generating innovative sustainability solutions. This new book looks at some of the important issues in sustainability and natural resource conservation, including pollution, agroforestry, forest fire detection and monitoring, sericulture-based agroforestry, soil quality preservation and restoration, and remote sensing and machine learning for improved agriculture.

London, Jonathan K / Adhikari, J. / Robertson, T. (eds.), Environmental Justice in Nepal: Origins, Struggles, and Prospects. (Routledge Studies in Environmental Justice) 290 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-868>
ISBN 978-1-03-244244-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This edited volume provides a holistic compilation of the diverse range of emerging scholarship in critical environmental justice studies in Nepal.This book brings together environmental justice scholarship set within a robust conceptual framework, focusing on a diversity of case studies from Nepal. Its locale-specific contextualization provides a unique analysis of the natural resource-based livelihoods common in the region, together with the health and well-being impacts of urban and industrial developments in its rapidly changing political, economic, social, and ecological environment. Centering contributions from Nepalese scholars and practitioners, this volume spans a wide range of topics, including the origins of environmental justice in Nepal, land and agriculture, conservation, infrastructure and development, Indigenous peoples, climate justice, and health equity. It reflects on the rise and development of social movements and public policy, discusses the further evolution of environmental justice, and highlights how the work of scholars, activists, and practitioners in the Nepalese context can enrich global conversations about social and environmental issues.This book will appeal to scholars, researchers, students, and activists in environmental justice, sustainable development, South Asian, and Himalayan studies.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

Johnson, Matthew P., Hydropower in Authoritarian Brazil: An Environmental History of Low-Carbon Energy, 1960s-90s. (Studies in Environment and History) 334 pp. 2024:6 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-911>
ISBN 978-1-00-942869-9 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

During the later twentieth century, Brazil's right-wing military dictatorship built a vast network of hydropower dams that became one of the world's biggest low-carbon electricity grids. Weighed against these carbon savings, what were the costs? Johnson unpacks the social and environmental implications of this project, from the displacement of Indigenous and farming communities to the destruction of Amazonian biodiversity. Drawing on rich archival material from forty sites across Brazil, Paraguay, and the United States, including rarely accessed personal collections, Johnson explores the story of the military of?cers and engineers who created the dams and the protestors who fought them. Brazilian examples are analyzed within their global context, highlighting national issues with broad consequences for both social and environmental justice. In our race to halt global warming, it is vital that we learn from past experiences and draw clear distinctions between true environmentalism and greenwashed political expedience.

Lucero, Lisa J., Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet. 240 pp. 2025:1 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <731-914>
ISBN 978-0-19-776570-8 hard ¥5,379.- (税込) US$ 24.95

Acikalin, Suay Nilhan / Ercetin, Sefika Sule (eds.), The Social Consequences of Climate Change: Debates in Research and Policy. 252 pp. 2024:11 (Emerald, UK) <731-921>
ISBN 978-1-83797-678-2 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

Tackling a global and seismic problem such as climate change requires an equally extensive approach. Investigating current scientific knowledge about climate change in public and policy discussions, as well as the connections between social, economic, and political discourse, The Social Consequences of Climate Change takes a take a multifaceted approach to one of the biggest challenges of our time. Understanding the role of climate conditions in all aspects of human society - where we live, how we build, how we move - chapters wield relevant approaches and techniques from across disciplines to reframe issues that are essential to improving sustainability and capturing innovative solutions to the climate problem. Covering the role of businesses in combatting climate change, environmental health, the vulnerability of urban communities, the nexus between climate, economy and society, climate and national and international agendas, and more, the authors clarify both scientific and policy arguments about the social repercussions of climate change to offer a working basis for seeking solutions. A rich collection of reflections from across the social sciences, this is vital reading for researchers and policymakers invested in how best to respond to a world of increasing climate extremes.

Alkis Kuecuekaydin, Mensure / Ulum, Hakan et al. (eds.), Climate Change, Education, and Technology. 145 pp. 2024:11 (CRC Pr., US) <731-922>
ISBN 978-1-032-69862-5 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

The climate change crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever confronted. As human activities are the most significant cause for this crisis, the solution must come from within humanity. While global movements-NGOs, universities, municipal governments, etc.-are doing their part to combat the crisis, the role of education and technology cannot be emphasized enough. Education is necessary to enhance awareness, especially among the youth, generate solutions, and implement them. Technology contributes to this process by creating climate change-fighting solutions, accumulating and analysing data, and providing energy efficiency. Technology also enables the monitoring of the climate, the mitigation of its effects, and the enhancement of the environment. Therefore, climate change, education, and the use of technology should be addressed as a unit. In this volume, the authors integrate climate change, education, and technological applications.This book is comprehensive and offers readers a variety of perspectives, encouraging the generation of novel and inventive ideas. The collaboration of authors from various disciplines to address the issue brings about novel and intriguing perspectives.

Box, Michael A. / Box, Gail P., The Science of Our Changing Climate. 350 pp. 2024:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-925>
ISBN 978-1-00-937234-3 hard ¥28,486.- (税込) GB￡ 99.99 *
ISBN 978-1-00-937233-6 paper ¥11,392.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This compelling textbook provides a broad overview of the science underpinning our understanding of our climate, and how it is changing. Presented in clear and accessible language, and requiring only minimal algebra, it enables students to understand how our planet "behaves" under "normal conditions" and how human activity has moved us away from that normal. It walks the student comprehensively through the basic science, including how greenhouse gases absorb radiation and, crucially, a chapter on aerosols, major players in climate change. Diverse case studies and examples illuminate the impact and connections to real world events while review questions and exercises consolidate knowledge. Including the latest results from the IPCC 6th Assessment Report, it concludes by exploring climate modelling, equipping students with an understanding of how to simulate both past climate changes and projections of future climate change. Online resources include lecture slides, solutions and Excel code.

Ghai, Deepika / Rawal, Kirti / Dhir, Kanav et al. (eds.), Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Sustainable Development. (Smart Engineering Systems: Design and Applications) 464 pp. 2024:12 (CRC Pr., US) <731-928>
ISBN 978-1-03-277495-4 hard ¥42,735.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00

The book aims to increase the efficiency of the algorithms with a lesser number of computations as well as optimize the resources with cost-effective solutions. It further discusses important concepts such as green communication network design and implementation for the Internet of Things ecosystem, green computing in network security, and artificial intelligence models for remote sensing applications.Some key features of the book are-1 Presents the latest tools and techniques in developing solutions intended for resource utilization, energy efficiency, and human and environmental health. 2 Highlights the advancement in electronics and communication technology for green applications. 3 Covers smart energy harvesting/charging and power management techniques using machine learning. 4 Explains green communication network design and implementation for the Internet of Things ecosystem, and green computing in network security. 5 Illustrates prediction models for carbon emission and sequestration, environmental health, and climate change. It is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics, and communications engineering, computer science and engineering, environmental engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Gill, Bikrum, The Political Ecology of Colonial Capitalism: Race, Nature, and Accumulation. (Postcolonial International Studies) 256 pp. 2024:11 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <731-929>
ISBN 978-1-5261-8135-0 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

This book situates the post financial crisis phenomenon of the "global land grab" within the longue duree of the capitalist world system. It does so by advancing a theoretical and historical framework, called the political ecology of colonial capitalism, that clarifies the key role played by the co-production of race and nature in provisioning the "ecological surplus" that has historically secured the emergence and reproduction of capitalist development. The key premise of this book is that the global land grab constitutes another such attempted moment of re-securing the cheap food premise through racialized frontier appropriation. The argument advanced here is that, within the neoliberal crisis conjuncture, the hegemonic resolution of capital's escalating social-ecological contradictions necessitates, through the practice of "global primitive accumulation," the racialized construction of frontiers of unused nature in emergent zones of appropriation.

Hughes, Hannah, The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change. 220 pp. 2024:6 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-930>
ISBN 978-1-00-934153-0 hard ¥29,914.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00 *

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is one of the most significant global assessment bodies established, and it provides the most authoritative and influential assessments of climate change knowledge. This book examines the history and politics of the organisation, and how this shapes its assessment practice and the climate knowledge it produces. Developing a new methodology, this book focuses on the actors, activities, and forms of authority affecting the IPCC's constructions of climate change. It describes how social, economic, and political dynamics influence all aspects of the organisation and its work. The book contributes to understanding the place of science in politics and politics in science, and offers important insights for designing new knowledge bodies for global environmental agreement-making. It is indispensable for students and researchers in environmental studies, international relations, and political science, as well as policymakers and anyone interested in the IPCC.

Joergens, Helge / Kolleck, Nina / Well, Mareike (eds.), International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency, and the Quest for Attention. 262 pp. 2024:2 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-933>
ISBN 978-1-009-38346-2 paper ¥17,090.- (税込) GB￡ 59.99 *

Combining theoretical and empirical approaches, this book examines the role that international public administrations play in global environmental politics in the Anthropocene. With chapters written by leading experts in the field, this text offers fresh insight into how international bureaucracies shape global policies in the complex areas of climate change, biodiversity, and development policy. International public administrations are thus recognized as partially autonomous actors with their own interests and motivations, assuming the roles of managers, orchestrators, brokers, or attention-seekers. This comprehensive resource provides scholars and practitioners with valuable insight into environmental policymaking and how international public administrations might be transformed to better address the multiple, fundamental challenges of our century. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

グローバルな環境危機
Lie, John, The Global Environmental Crisis: The Limitations of Scientific Knowledge and the Necessity of Utopian Imagination. 152 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-934>
ISBN 978-1-032-88724-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-87396-1 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

The Global Environmental Crisis presents a new perspective on our inattention and inaction in the face of a major crisis. We cannot proceed without scientific knowledge, but we cannot exclusively rely on it. What we need, in addition to scientific knowledge, is utopian imagination to make us understand the nature of the crisis and to suggest an alternative vision of a viable future. This book is an essential resource for students and instructors across the social sciences, especially sociology and environmental studies. It will also be a crucial and accessible text for general readers interested in climate change and how to imagine a better world for themselves and future generations.

Marcantonio, Richard A. / Lederach, John Paul et al. (eds.), Exploring Environmental Violence: Perspectives, Experience, Expression, and Engagement. 402 pp. 2024:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-938>
ISBN 978-1-00-941714-3 hard ¥34,188.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *

The contributors to this book represent a wide breadth of scholarly approaches, including law, social and environmental science, engineering, as well as from the arts and humanities. The chapters explore what environmental violence is and does, and the variety of ways in which it affects different communities. The authors draw on empirical data from around the globe, including Ukraine, French Polynesia, Latin America, and the Arctic. The variety of responses to environmental violence by different communities, whether through active resistance or the creative arts, are also discussed, providing the foundation on which to build alternatives to the potentially damaging trajectory on which humans currently find themselves. This book is indispensable for researchers and policymakers in environmental policy and peacebuilding. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

McCormick, Kes / Kiss, B. / Voytenko Palgan, Y. et al., Urban Nature: New Directions for City Futures. 216 pp. 2024:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-939>
ISBN 978-1-108-83173-4 hard ¥28,486.- (税込) GB￡ 99.99 *
ISBN 978-1-108-92701-7 paper ¥11,392.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This introductory textbook with a global scope aims to train students of geography, sustainability, and urban and environmental studies to re-imagine and transform cities to meet climate, biodiversity, and sustainability challenges. A dedicated team of authors critically examine the relationships between nature and urban areas, sharing an inspiring account of how nature helps us re-think our cities and their futures. Prior to this textbook, literature for courses covering urban nature was written by and for practitioners, whereas this textbook is written by experienced course instructors specifically to be accessible to diverse students. The textbook is illustrated with numerous photos and figures which bring key topics, challenges, and opportunities to life. It contains focus boxes and case studies from every continent, offering students an international scope and multiple entry points into the field. Chapters conclude with thought-provoking follow-up questions and recommended reading. The authors provide an array of supplementary online resources.

Medeiros, Eduardo (ed.), Self-Sufficiency and Sustainable Cities and Regions: Planning for Sustainable, Circular and Carbon-Neutral Development. (Regions and Cities) 196 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-940>
ISBN 978-1-032-80710-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

The concept of self-sufficiency involves the notion of sustainable, circular, and carbon-neutral cities. This book examines how urban planning can lead to greater self-sufficiency.It sheds light on how urban and regional circular and self-sufficiency development can effectively contribute towards the ultimate goals of the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 and the European Union (EU) Green Deal. It not only embraces the scientific fields of regional and urban studies but also addresses environmental sustainability-related and regional resilience aspects, such as renewable energy production, sustainable mobility, and the circular economy. This book offers a full toolkit of knowledge on how to effectively implement planning approaches for circular and self-sufficiency development at both urban and regional levels. It begins by presenting a theoretical framework and debate on urban and regional planning approaches that can effectively make cities and regions circular and self-sufficient in certain development domains, such as producing intra-city electric energy, sustainable mobility, and promoting a circular economy. Further, it advances a range of policy development proposals aiming at providing a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thinking about how cities and regions can design innovative planning and governance processes and, where appropriate, build capacity to implement systemic and integrated climate-neutral policies, building on existing place-based territorial capital and experiences developed by local and regional networks. The chapters are written by established authors in their respective domains.This book will thoroughly prepare students and provide knowledge to academics, researchers, and policymakers in the fields of urban and regional planning/development and studies, environmental sustainability, regional resilience, human geography, economic development, and public/EU/UN policies.

Quirico, Ottavio / Baber, Walter (eds.), Implementing Climate Change Policy: Designing and Deploying Net Zero Carbon Governance. 428 pp. 2024:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-944>
ISBN 978-1-009-34151-6 hard ¥34,188.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *

The chapters in this volume provide an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of the implementation of climate change policies worldwide to assess whether they are meeting the aims set out in the 'Paris Agreement'. The first part compares climate policies employed by the EU, the US, Latin America, Russia, China, the Middle East, and Africa. The second explores ways of improving key regulatory mechanisms to increase the effectiveness of greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation measures. This book argues that the international community should improve the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms from the standpoint of secondary norms through an integrated approach. It is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students of environmental policy and governance, public policy, law and political science, as well as policy makers. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available as Open Access. Check our website - Cambridge Core - for details. (150, 992)

Ricci, Gabriel R. (ed.), Environmental Reflections on the Anthropocene: Nature Transformed. (Routledge Environmental Anthropology) 280 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-945>
ISBN 978-1-032-47230-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Incorporating the intellectual history of disciplines from across the humanities, including environmental anthropology, philosophy, ethics, literature, history, science and technology studies, this volume provides a select orientation to the experience of nature from the ancient world to the Anthropocene.Taking its momentum from the emerging environmental humanities, this collection integrates Western, Indigenous, postcolonial, feminist and eco-spiritual perspectives that address pressing environmental concerns and reimagine the place of humans within the natural world. Across thirteen chapters, the contributors discuss the blending of environmental concerns with political and moral questions and encourage collaborative methods across disciplines to address dialectical tensions between culture and nature. They draw on a wide range of critical perspectives, provide a historical framework and speak to global environmental pressures from multiple standpoints. The global approach adopted throughout highlights the various realities of the growing ecological crisis experienced across the world. Written to appeal to a broad range of readers across the environmental humanities, this edited book will be particularly useful to academics, scholars and researchers in philosophy, anthropology, literature, history and critical theory.

Stone, Brian, Jr., Radical Adaptation: Transforming Cities for a Climate Changed World. 166 pp. 2024:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-947>
ISBN 978-1-009-21117-8 hard ¥19,943.- (税込) GB￡ 70.00 *
ISBN 978-1-009-21115-4 paper ¥8,543.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

This book considers the everyday conduits through which climate instability is revealing itself: the storm sewer drain on your street, the powerlines transporting your electricity, the mix of vegetation in your backyard or neighborhood park - these are the pathways through which climate change is most likely to impact your life. For many, these are the last places we expect it to. The first book to establish a framework for climate change adaptation, Stone's aim is to understand how climate change is altering our lives in the present period - this period of transition between the ancient, stable climate of our ancestors and the unfolding, no longer stable climate of our children - and how our cities might adapt to these changes. Stone's concern is with the risks posed by a new environmental regime for which our modes of living are ill-adapted, and with how these modes of living must be altered - radically altered - to persist in a climate changed world.

Sultana, Farhana (ed.), Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 240 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <731-948>
ISBN 978-1-03-273791-1 hard ¥34,188.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-273785-0 paper ¥7,689.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99 *

This timely and urgent collection brings together cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship and ideas from around the world to present critical examinations of climate coloniality.Confronting Climate Coloniality exposes how legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism co-produce and exacerbate the climate crisis, create disproportionate impacts on those who contributed the least to climate change, and influence global and local responses. Climate coloniality is perpetuated through processes of neoliberalism, racial capitalism, development interventions, economic growth models, media, and education. Confronting climate coloniality entails decolonizing climate discourses and governance, challenging the dominant framings and policies, interrogating material, geopolitical, and institutional arrangements for tackling the climate crisis, and centering Global South and Indigenous knowledge, experiences, strategies, and solutions. Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice provides critical insights and strategies for transformative action and fosters deeper understandings of the structural injustices entangled with climate change in governance, framings, policies, responses, and praxis. This collection offers pioneering interdisciplinary research on alternative frameworks for decolonized approaches for more meaningful climate justice.With originality, scholarly rigor, and emphasis on amplifying marginalized voices, this collection is an indispensable resource for interdisciplinary scholars, policymakers, and activists committed to advancing climate justice.

Sutton, Mark Q. / Anderson, E. N., Our Traumatized Planet: What We Can Learn from Ancient Societies and Contemporary Traditional Peoples. 240 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-949>
ISBN 978-1-032-90892-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-89899-5 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Our Traumatized Planet explores the state of the environment and some of the major issues faced today and asks what we can learn and apply from contemporary traditional peoples, ancient societies, and our own successes and failures.Providing straightforward information on some of the serious environmental issues we face so that non-scientists can understand them, this book explores what is at stake so that we can choose to make a difference. Combining the latest data from environmental, anthropological, and archaeological science allows for fresh perspectives and an empirical approach to describing these problems that eliminates hopeful denial, speculation, wishful thinking, and downright lies. Using archaeological data, the authors provide examples of success and failures in the past that could be used to make decisions about the future. They also highlight examples of how traditional peoples, past and present, have dealt with these same issues. Seeing the current crisis through the eyes of two experienced anthropologists broadens our understanding and allows us to set contemporary issues in the context of the past and traditional knowledge. However, this is not a book of easy solutions from the past to solve our future; rather, it is an impassioned plea to people today to read and understand what state the planet is in and encourage them to find the will to change.This book is for students of archaeology, anthropology, and environmental science and all those wanting to, in a clear and readable way, understand the fate of our planet.

Turnbull, Jonathon / Searle, Adam et al. (eds.), Digital Ecologies: Mediating More-Than-Human Worlds. 288 pp. 2024:12 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <731-952>
ISBN 978-1-5261-7034-7 hard ¥25,641.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

Digital ecologies draws together leading social science and humanities scholars to examine how digital media are reshaping the futures of conservation, environmentalism, and ecological politics. The book offers an overview of the emerging field of interdisciplinary digital ecologies research by mapping key debates and issues in the field, with original empirical chapters exploring how livestreams, sensors, mobile technologies, social media platforms, and software are reconfiguring life in profound ways. The collection traverses contexts ranging from animal exercise apps, to surveillance systems on the high seas, and is organised around the themes of encounters, governance, and assemblages. Digital ecologies also includes an agenda-setting intervention by the book's editors, and three closing chapter-length provocations by leading scholars in digital geographies, the environmental humanities, and media theory that set out trajectories for future research.

Vitz, Matthew, Globalizing Urban Environmental History. (Elements in Global Urban History) 75 pp. 2024:7 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-955>
ISBN 978-1-009-47577-8 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *
ISBN 978-1-009-40035-0 paper ¥4,843.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00 *

Globalizing Urban Environmental History' melds the methodological prescriptions of global urban history, the innovative methods of environmental history, and the interdisciplinary field of urban political ecology to trace the contours of a global urban environmental history. I argue that a global lens fixed on material, political, and cultural flows, movements, and connections-all of which were founded upon the structural integration of urban spaces through capitalist expansion and empire-sheds new light on the histories of specific urban political ecologies, on the one hand, and large-scale urban patterns on the other. These patterns comprise shared urban environmental imaginaries, strategies of environmental governance, and a global urban physical and cultural landscape stitched together by the adoption of fossil-fuel energies.

草の根の気候アクティヴィズム・ハンドブック
von Mering, Sabine / Bell, Thomas E. et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Grassroots Climate Activism. (Routledge International Handbooks) 614 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <731-956>
ISBN 978-1-03-250023-2 hard ¥61,253.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00

The Routledge Handbook of Grassroots Climate Activism introduces contemporary forms of grassroots climate activism from around the world through the lenses of a variety of academic disciplines, methodologies, and perspectives. Focusing on bottom-up case studies, it showcases innovative and creative approaches, as well as the knowledge of those working towards swift decarbonisation, just transitions, and climate justice.Grassroots climate activism presents a rich body of material to be studied not only by anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, and political scientists, but also by scholars in the humanities and the creative arts. This timely handbook explores climate activism across six continents, and it provides perspectives from climate activists themselves. The authors interrogate a range of key questions: what forms of mobilisation, organisation, and practice constitute grassroots climate activism, and how have these changed over the last decade? What are the boundaries of the climate movement and how does it interact with, or differ from, other social movements? How do activists engage with the moral dimensions of the climate crisis? How do grassroots engagements with climate struggles give shape to plural, site-specific, but nonetheless interconnected, forms of climate activism? What tools do climate activists use to create functioning and effective local, national, and transnational networks? How has climate activism been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic? What is the relationship between critical scholarship and climate activism? What methodologies are particularly effective for studying climate activism, and why?This handbook aims to inspire others to devote more attention to grassroots climate activism. It brings together established and up-and-coming scholars, scholar-activists, and practitioners who present novel, cutting-edge research and new findings exploring current developments in different parts of the world. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of climate activism, climate solutions, climate and society, human-environmental crises, grassroots activism, and social movements. It will also be of interest to practitioners involved in climate action and to all those who are ready to launch their own grassroots initiatives, or support one of the many already underway.

Whig, Pawan / Sharma, Pavika / Aneja, N. et al. (eds.), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Sustainable Development: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications. 280 pp. 2024:12 (CRC Pr., US) <731-957>
ISBN 978-1-03-277835-8 hard ¥34,188.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Sustainable Development is a comprehensive exploration of how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies are revolutionizing the field of sustainable development.The book examines cutting edge innovations, practical applications, and potential challenges in harnessing AI and ML to address global sustainability issues. It offers insights into how these technologies can optimize resource management, improve environmental monitoring, enhance decision-making processes, and promote equitable, eco-friendly solutions. It would be of special ot researchers, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to leverage cutting-edge technology for a more sustainable future.

Wilson, Janet M. / Schmidt-Haberkamp, Barbara et al. (eds.), Ecocritical Explorations of the Climate Crisis: Planetary Precarity and Future Habitability. (Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment) 256 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-958>
ISBN 978-1-032-46879-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Ecocritical Explorations of the Climate Crisis expands postcolonial precarity studies by addressing the current climate crisis and threats to the habitability of the planet from a range of ecocritical and environmental perspectives. The collection uses planetary thought-action praxis that acknowledges the interconnectedness of all forms of life in addressing the socioecological issues facing humanity: accelerating climate change, over-exploitation of natural resources, and the Global North-South divide. With reference to contemporary cultural productions, such praxis seeks to examine the ideas, images, and narratives that either represent or impede potential disasters like the so-called sixth extinction of the planet, that inspire the dismantling of carbon democracies arising in the wake of neoliberalism, and that address rising inequality with precarious conditions in the transition to renewable energy. The different chapters explore literary and visual representations of planetary precarity, identifying crisis-responsive genres and cultural formats, and assessing approaches to environment-re/making that call for repair, recovery and sustainability. In imagining future habitability, they deploy diverse critical frameworks such as queer utopias, zero-waste lifestyles, alternative ecologies, and adaptations to the uninhabitable. The collection tackles problems of global vulnerability and examines precarity as a condition of resilience and resistance through collective actions and solidarities and innovative constructions of the planet's survival as a shared home. It engages with current postcolonial debates, uses intersectional methodologies, and introduces contemporary literary, visual concepts, and narrative types.

Johannsen, Kyle (ed.), Positive Duties to Wild Animals. (Routledge Environmental Ethics) 112 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <731-66>
ISBN 978-1-03-289818-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

This book further develops the interventionist literature on wild animal suffering using different theoretical frameworks, including some that have never previously been used to ground our positive duties to wild animals. Though we've always known that the wild is a nasty place where predators lethally attack prey, only recently have most animal ethicists come to realize that most wild animals fail to flourish. In fact, what we know about wild animal reproduction suggests that the majority of sentient beings born into the world may not even live lives worth living. It's not unreasonable for one to initially respond to the above with a sense of depressed resignation, but a growing number of ethicists believe that we both can and should intervene. The purpose of this book is to further develop the interventionist literature by bringing together philosophers who agree that we have significant duties to help wild animals, but who use different theoretical frameworks, or who disagree about the details, e.g., about the reasons that ground our obligations to help wild animals, about how those obligations should be classified, about the content of our obligations, about the means we should use to fulfill our obligations, etc. This book will be an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers and students of animal ethics, animal welfare, environmental ethics, philosophy, and sustainability. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Ethics, Policy & Environment.

EU加盟国における大気保全
Tomala, Magdalena / Dospial-Borysiak, Katarzyna, Air Protection in the European Union Member States: From Laggards to Pushers. (Routledge Insights in Tourism Series) 116 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <731-780>
ISBN 978-1-03-270698-6 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

Member states of the European Union often label themselves as the world's top Green Leaders. Air Protection in the European Union Member States examines the EU members' air protection policies by taking into consideration wider political, social, and economic perspectives.The book is divided into four chapters, each focusing on different aspects of the European Union's environmental policies and the member states' air protection efforts: "Green and Smart - The Development of the European Union's Environmental Policies", "Ever Cleaner Union and the Air Protection Concept", "Trends of Air Pollution in the European Union - Comparative Perspective", and "In-Depth Case Studies". These chapters provide a comparative approach to emerging emission trends within the European Union, paying particular attention to key events spanning 2020-2023, such as the implementation of the Green Deal, the reinterpretation of the meaning of public health caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the strategic withdrawal from hydrocarbons accelerated by the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Throughout the book, three main categories of states are characterized: leaders, second-raters, and laggards.Air Protection in the European Union Member States presents a combination of general discussions, legislative analyses, comparative studies, and detailed case studies, demonstrating the origin, development, and trends in air protection policies within the European Union. This uniquely interdisciplinary book will be a vital guide for students, researchers, and teachers in the fields of global studies, international relations, and political and economic science.

Zhuang, Yijie, Environmental Foundations to the Rise of Early Civilisations in China. (Elements in Ancient East Asia) 75 pp. 2024:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-827>
ISBN 978-1-00-950742-4 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99
ISBN 978-1-00-915896-1 paper ¥4,843.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00

The transition from the middle to late Holocene (5000-4000 BP) coincided with profound socioeconomic transformations and intensified regional and trans-regional interactions in late prehistoric China. These environmental and socioeconomic changes gave rise to diverse lifeways and settlement modes that constituted the foundation for the emergence of regional civilisations. In this Element, prehistoric China is divided roughly into the Highlands, Lowlands, and Coastal areas, each with unique environmental and ecological conditions and distinctive technological and economic traditions between 5000-4000 BP. The author gathers and reviews large amounts of environmental and archaeological data, and reconstructs brief environmental and settlement changes and lifeways. The author argues that environmental conditions and subsistence adaptations are two of the engines driving the increased socioeconomic complexity and rise of civilisations in the late prehistoric China. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Borooah, Indranee Phookan / Das, Bidita et al. (eds.), Environmental Intimacies from India's Northeast: Psycho-Social Implications for Pro-Environment Behaviour. 298 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <731-848>
ISBN 978-1-03-282506-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

This book explores the intimate relationship of the people of North East India with the environment as evinced from their traditional beliefs, cultural practices, and livelihood. It offers insights into the challenges and adaptability of communities through actions ensuring conservation of the environment yet sustaining their livelihood. The book encompasses movement toward responsible actions and the engagement of communities in pro-environmental behavior. It showcases the various practices, knowledge and debates on the environment-behavior relationship of the people of North East India. It brings into focus some of the daunting environmental issues, and the endeavors for sustenance that is true to a region which is rich in ecological diversity and touches the spirit and psyche of its people. This volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of psychology, anthropology, sociology, environmental sciences, development studies, law and governance, environmental administration, and South Asia studies.

人権と環境保護－EU、インド、中国における環境の手続上の権利
Prityi, Marek, Human Rights and Environmental Protection: Environmental Procedural Rights in the EU, India and China. (Transnational Law and Governance) 324 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-485>
ISBN 978-1-032-07820-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explores the complex relationship between human rights and environmental protection. It analyzes the concept of environmental procedural rights from a comparative perspective in the European Union, India, and China. Arguing the need to apply a holistic approach which acknowledges the interlinkages between democracy, environmental protection, and climate change, it examines both theoretical and practical dimensions of the topic, with case studies drawn from empirical research. The work highlights the important role of environmental procedural rights at the intersection of environmental law and human rights, emphasizing the need for effective channels of communication between citizens and public authorities. The study calls for the taking into account of non-binding recommendations, such as the Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Environmental Matters, for developing public participation procedures in a manner that allows authorities to tailor these to the needs and situations of marginalized people. The book will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy makers working in the areas of environmental law, international human rights law and transnational law and governance.

Varvastian, Samvel, Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution. (Law, Justice and Ecology) 218 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-487>
ISBN 978-1-032-56566-8 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book analyses over 20 years of rights-based litigation in the areas of climate change and plastic pollution in order to assess the value of rights in confronting and overcoming planetary crises.We live in an age of planetary crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution, which take a huge toll on communities all around the world, endangering their fundamental interests. But can the lack of government action on these crises - or action that worsens them - amount to violations of human rights? Many courts are grappling with this question, as rights-based litigation becomes increasingly common. By focusing on climate change and plastic pollution as case studies, this book examines the viability of rights claims when confronting planetary crises in courts. From early attempts to pursue rights claims in response to planetary crises in the first decade of the 2000s to high-profile court wins in such cases in the 2010s and the spread of such cases across dozens of jurisdictions by the 2020s, rights claims in climate change and plastic pollution litigation have become a truly global phenomenon. Through a systematic and in-depth analysis of such litigation in more than thirty jurisdictions, this book identifies factors that determine the viability of rights claims when confronting planetary crises. It reveals that, even though not all litigation forums are equally favourable to such claims, human rights can indeed be successfully invoked in different types of legal action.This book will be of considerable interest to policymakers and legal scholars and practitioners, as well as students, who work in or study environmental and climate change law, human rights law, constitutional law, and international and comparative law.

van Duyne, Petrus C. / Banach-Gutierrez, Joanna et al. (eds.), Green and Transnational Crime in Europe and Beyond: Synergies and Challenges. (Routledge Studies in Organised Crime) 228 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-555>
ISBN 978-1-032-87072-4 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book brings together research and studies in the fields of organised crime and of 'green criminality' against the natural environment. By bringing the research traditions of organised crime and 'green criminology' into closer proximity and combining contributions on traditional organised crime and ecological crime in one volume, it questions the need to draw artificial dividing lines between criminological sub-disciplines. Including chapters on the illegal trade in cobalt, in stolen motor vehicles, the illegal dog market, cross- border amber trafficking, deforestation and environmental harm in the Norwegian industrial salmon farming, the book offers an important rapprochement between studies in organised crime and green criminology, and considers the operational differences between underworld and upperworld criminal economies.

安部浩他編　世代間の異文化哲学と環境正義－先住民、アフリカ、アジア、西洋の視点
Abe, Hiroshi / Fritsch, Matthias / Wenning, Mario (eds.), Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice between Generations: Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western Perspectives. 238 pp. 2024:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-59>
ISBN 978-1-009-34374-9 hard ¥27,065.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00 *

This anthology combines an intercultural approach with intergenerational ethics to address critical environmental challenges. Written by scholars from all over the world, including Canada, the US, New Zealand, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Japan, the UK, China, and Spain, this book offers new perspectives on how to foster sustainable societal practises that draw on the past and are fair to future generations. It introduces the Maori idea that views all things and human generations in layered relations; Indigenous accounts of spiralling time and reciprocities among ancestors and descendants; the philosophical dimensions of Chinese conceptions of ancestor spirits and future ghosts; and African accounts of anamnestic solidarity among generations. These ideas influence proposals for how to confront ending worlds and address the environmental future of humanity, making this book a valuable resource for scholars and students of environmental law and policy, environmental humanities, political science, and intercultural and comparative philosophy, as well as policymakers.

Capps, Benjamin, One Health Environmentalism. (Elements in Bioethics and Neuroethics) 94 pp. 2024:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-250>
ISBN 978-1-00-954782-6 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99
ISBN 978-1-00-927110-3 paper ¥4,843.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00

One Health emerges from the contingent scientific, social, and political realities of environmentalism. The concept mixes the land, sea, and sky with geopolitics on the global stages of the United Nations and World Health Organization. It inspires new investment in conservation and public health, motivates interdisciplinary collaboration, and in practice implicates green economies and animal law as well. This Element does not tackle all of this but attempts to situate One Health in the catastrophe of COVID-19; a socio-ecological upheaval prophetic of the inevitable next pandemic evolving from planetary climate crisis of our own making. One Health Environmentalism argues that humanity's future depends upon extending an olive branch to biotic communities, by being less speciesist and less blind to the rights in nature.

Torre, Leonardo Sepulveda / Abraham, A. R. et al. (eds.), Sustainable Environment and Health: Practical Strategies. 252 pp. 2024:11 (Apple Academic Pr., US) <731-272>
ISBN 978-1-77491-650-6 hard ¥48,433.- (税込) GB￡ 170.00 *

The United Nations describes sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." It encompasses the need to incorporate growing concerns about a range of environmental and public health issues with socio-economic affairs. This new book focuses on the goal of implementing greener environment approaches while considering public health and human well-being and economies. The volume presents and examines advances, developments, and the underlying concepts of a healthy urban environment in the areas of water and wastewater treatment, food supply under sustainable development, and chemical contamination.

Bashynska, Iryna / Lewicka, Dagmara / Filyppova, S. et al., Green Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe. (Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business) 176 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-296>
ISBN 978-1-032-79567-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Green Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe aims to explore the crucial role of green innovation in guiding organisations towards sustainable development amidst contemporary environmental challenges.It comprehensively examines the concept of the green economy, highlighting its essential features and its significance in promoting organisational sustainability. The study delves into the global state of green economy development, analysing trends in renewable energy, circular economy practices, and green technology innovations. Additionally, it investigates the role of international organisations in supporting the green economy and its impact on global trade and business opportunities. The monograph also addresses strategic planning processes that enable enterprises to integrate sustainability goals into their business strategies, with a focus on social and environmental aspects. It evaluates recycling as a central component of the circular economy, considering its economic and environmental impacts, and underscores the importance of green leadership in fostering a sustainable organisational culture through ethical decision-making and environmental considerations.The book will cater to a diverse audience, including professionals, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders committed to steering organisations towards sustainable development. It serves business executives and managers looking to integrate eco-conscious strategies within their organisations, researchers and academics in environmental science and business management, policymakers involved in crafting environmental policies, and environmental advocates seeking practical approaches to advance green initiatives. The content is particularly pertinent to professionals in the European Union and Central and Eastern European countries, with specific insights and case studies from Poland, Estonia, and Ukraine.

Pal, Mihir Kumar / Das, Pinaki (eds.), Informal Manufacturing and Environmental Sustainability: A Global Perspective. 384 pp. 2024:12 (Emerald, UK) <731-319>
ISBN 978-1-83549-999-3 hard ¥24,794.- (税込) US$ 115.00

The informal manufacturing sector, characterized by activities such as handicrafts, cottage industries, micro-enterprises, and small-scale industries, contributes significantly to local economies. It provides livelihoods for millions, representing a substantial portion of the global workforce and GDP. Despite its economic importance, this sector often operates outside the formal regulatory framework and thus faces unique challenges, especially in terms of environmental sustainability. Informal Manufacturing and Environmental Sustainability is a timely and significant contribution to the understanding of the informal manufacturing sector, a crucial yet often overlooked component of the global economy. The chapters emerge against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving global landscape, where the informal sector plays a pivotal role in employment, income generation, and economic development, particularly in developing and emerging countries. This comprehensive, multidisciplinary analysis draws on theories and empirical perspectives from economics, Environmental Studies, management, sociology, and engineering, among others, making it a valuable resource for a broad audience. It is an indispensable resource for policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and students interested in the intersection of informal manufacturing, environmental sustainability, and global economic dynamics.

Maltby, Tomas / Misik, Matus, Energy Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe: The Political Economy of Climate and Energy Policy. (Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance) 264 pp. 2024:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-197>
ISBN 978-1-108-47713-0 hard ¥27,065.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

This book examines the mutual interplay of climate and energy policies in eleven Central and Eastern European countries in the context of the EU's energy transition. Energy security has long been prioritised in the region and has shaped not only national climate and energy policy, but also EU-level policy-making and implementation. Whilst the region shares economic, institutional and historical energy supplier commonalities it is not homogenous, and the book considers the significant differences between the preferences and policies of these member states. Chapters also explore the effect of the EU on member states that have joined since 2004 and their influence on the EU's energy and climate policies and their role in highlighting the importance of the concepts of security and solidarity. The book highlights the challenges to, and drivers of, energy transitions in the region and compares these with those in global energy transitions.

Nielsen, Finn Gunnar, Offshore Wind Energy: Environmental Conditions and Dynamics of Fixed and Floating Turbines. 396 pp. 2024:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <731-199>
ISBN 978-1-009-34143-1 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

Many countries have plans to expand wind energy to meet CO2 emissions targets. Lack of available land area and the need for good and stable wind conditions have stimulated the development of offshore wind turbines, which allows for the development of larger turbines. The offshore environment, however, involves new challenges related to the design, installation, operation and maintenance of the turbines. Based on a graduate-level course taught by the author, this book focuses on the opportunities and challenges related to offshore wind turbines. It introduces the offshore environment, including wind and wave dynamics, before discussing the aerodynamics of wind turbines, hydrodynamic loading, marine operations, and wind farm layout. Featuring examples that demonstrate practical application of the topics covered and exercises to consolidate student understanding, this is an indispensable reference text for advanced students and researchers of environmental science and engineering and for industry professionals working in the wind energy sector.