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

Chou, Kuei Tien, Taiwan in Net-Zero Transition: An East Asian Perspective of Developmental Environmentalism. (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series) 312 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-868>
ISBN 978-1-032-73052-3 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Chou explores the structural dilemmas, mindsets, challenges, and solutions of the net-zero transition in Taiwan. Using Taiwan as a representative example of the structural challenges faced by East Asian countries in achieving the global net-zero carbon emission goal, the book examines the proposition of developmental environmentalism in the context of East Asia.Taiwan faces diverse challenges, such as internal and external net-zero carbon emission pressures, geopolitical socioeconomic competition, an internal carbon-intensive industrial structure, and the path dependence of the brown economy. Within this framework, the developmental net-zeroism perspective from the vantage point of developmental environmentalism and the distinctive characteristics of Taiwan, offers insights into the climate governance particularities of East Asian countries as high-carbon manufacturing systems and as part of the global supply chain.A valuable read for researchers and policymakers concerned about the political, economic, and social situations in Asia and Taiwan affecting the net-zero transition.

Environnement et societes au Moyen Age: LIVe congres de la SHMESP (Poitiers, 11-14 mai 2023). (Publications de la Sorbonne. Histoire ancienne et medievale) 411 p. 2024:10 (Ed. de la Sorbonne, FR) <738-982>
ISBN 979-10-351-0992-9 paper ¥6,963.- (税込) EUR 30.00

Chatterjee, Uday / Bhunia, A. / Gupta, J. et al. (eds.), Sustainability and Urban Quality of Life: Research, Policy and Practice. 520 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <738-984>
ISBN 978-1-032-55475-4 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book conceptualizes and synthesizes worldwide research on the quality of urban life. It looks at quality of life within urban cities analysing amenities, infrastructure and assets while also bringing in the discourse around scarcity, disparity, accessibility, sustainability, equity, and well-being.Organized into four major parts, the book reflects on the interconnections between theories and practice and through a multi-disciplinary approach focuses on the aspects of urban environment and planning that makes cities inclusive, safe, resilient, smart, and sustainable. This book highlights the enormous strain on urban areas due to severe scarcity of civic systems and provides an in-depth look into urban concerns and pressing challenges from a global perspective, as well as many planning approaches to solving these problems.This book will be useful to students, researchers and teachers working in the field of urban studies, remote sensing and GIS, planning and sustainability, sustainable development, urban geography, development geography and population geography. This book would also be an invaluable companion to thought leaders, policy makers and industry and other professionals working in the field of urban planning and human development.

Dalsgaard, Steffen / Lautrup, Andy et al. (eds.), The Cultural Complexity of Carbon: Green Transformations in Contemporary Society. (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research) 240 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-987>
ISBN 978-1-032-76485-6 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This volume discusses the transformational role that carbon - both as a concept and as a distinct set of material forms and effects - has come to play in social and cultural life.As a proxy for greenhouse gas emission data, carbon has grown to become a phenomenon that can no longer be accounted for solely within the technoscientific vocabulary of climate scientists. The Cultural Complexity of Carbon examines the extent to which our knowledge of carbon affects the way that human beings relate to each other and to the climate and/or the environment. It draws on case studies from a diverse range of topics including peatland restoration, religion and energy systems to explore questions that have so far been under-explored in the current literature. These questions include whether the recognition of carbon's role in climate change leads to an incremental adaptation of lifestyles or to cultural or existential transformations, but also more concretely how carbon is made meaningful, and how these meanings are attached to ideals of cultural change or continuity. Spanning multiple perspectives and disciplinary positions, this volume provides a go-to point for the next generation of ethnographic studies of carbon and climate change. It cuts across what has hitherto been largely separate literatures in anthropology, geography and sociology to provide a meta-level orientation to how contemporary narratives of the role of carbon are being told.By addressing the intimate social and cultural changes that stem from humanity's involvement with its natural and climatic resources, this volume is of interest to students and scholars of climate change within the social sciences and environmental humanities.

Economides, Louise, Wild Anthropocene: Literature and Multispecies Justice in Deep Time. (Routledge Environmental Humanities) 214 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <738-989>
ISBN 978-1-032-15390-2 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Wild Anthropocene examines four key areas-the politics of deep time, neoliberalism's socio-ecological impacts, global population growth and inter-species entanglement-to demonstrate how literature illuminates progressive solutions to Anthropocene challenges. The book argues that technological mitigation of contemporary environmental crises must be complimented by a politics committed to multispecies justice. Central to this new politics is the project of reimagining our relationship with time as something other than its status within capitalist praxis.The book brings together poetry and fiction written by a diverse range of writers to demonstrate how contemporary literature addresses important connections between social oppression and environmental issues. It also critiques techno-managerial visions of the future that celebrate humanity's ever-growing "control" over ecosystems by examining multiple sources of wildness (temporal, environmental and technological) that expose the problematic ideology underwriting such aspirations. Readers will be introduced to a way of understanding the Anthropocene that, while being informed by recent discoveries in earth science and evolutionary biology, also makes a strong case for humanities-based understanding of environmental politics.This interdisciplinary text will be a useful addition to theoretical discussions on the Anthropocene for scholars, researchers and students in the environmental humanities, literary studies, ecocriticism and environmental philosophy.

Hayward, Matt W., Saving Biodiversity: Threats, Strategies, and Big Ideas. (Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment) 304 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-990>
ISBN 978-1-032-96028-9 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-96026-5 paper ¥10,213.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Drawing on the author's personal experiences working across the globe, this book explains why we need to conserve biodiversity, the threats it faces, how we can successfully conserve biodiversity, and some success stories of how we have conserved it.This is a personal journey from being an environmental vandal to internationally renowned conservationist. The book follows the author's life and career in conservation, from scarring koala-feed trees to being chased by elephants, sniffed by lions, gored by quokkas, and watched by wolves. It mixes robust facts with fun stories to engage a broad audience spanning the general public to academics and enthuse them into promoting the conservation of the plants and animals humanity relies on. Split into five sections, the first explains why we should conserve Nature and the value it holds. Section 2 discusses the threats to biodiversity, and Section 3 describes the author's personal experiences in conserving biodiversity, from creating protected areas and managing invasive species, reintroduction programmes, and the social policies we need to enact to ensure biodiversity persists. Section 4 provides examples of conservation success stories from across the globe, and the book concludes by looking at the big picture issues society needs to address to ensure that future generations get to experience the same degree of beauty of the natural world that we have.This book is a must read for all concerned with conserving Nature and sustaining our planet.

Keskitalo, E. C. H. (ed.), Understanding Human-Nature Practices for Environmental Management: Examples from Northern Europe. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 316 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <738-991>
ISBN 978-1-032-77057-4 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Nature has often been understood in literature through a disjunction to human systems. This can be seen in the nature-culture binary, or even more clearly in the opposition of 'wilderness' to 'civilization'.Drawing on historical and present-day examples and case studies from Northern Europe, this book critically examines the ways in which the use of such dichotomies can be transcended to respond to sustainability challenges. Using illustrative examples, the authors demonstrate how shared histories and development of land use continue to impact multiple practices today. The book explores the prerequisites for environmental management approaches that counterpose the nature-culture binaries that are present in existing governance mechanisms.This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental management, environmental law and policy and environmental anthropology.

Misiaszek, Greg William (ed.), Ecopedagogy and the Global Environmental Citizen: Critical Issues, Trends, Challenges and Possibilities. (Critical Global Citizenship Education) 224 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-996>
ISBN 978-1-032-67087-4 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This edited volume collates over a decade of Greg William Misiaszek's work on ecopedagogy, with a new focus on insights and possibilities for global citizenship education (GCE) scholarship. Rooted in critical theories and originating from Paulo Freire's popular education models of Latin America, ecopedagogy is centered on understanding the struggles of, and the connections between, human acts of environmental violence, social injustices, and Nature's unsustainability. The book brings together diverse understandings of ecopedagogy, introduces key concepts of teaching for local-to-planetary citizenship, and explains how both are essential for socio-environmental justice and planetary sustainability. Grouped into three parts, it includes new, detailed introductions, with crucial GCE threads explored throughout the chapters. This includes discussions of how non-critical teaching for (environmentally) sustainable development that opposes critical GCE's essence instills anti-environmentalism, rather than countering it. As a comprehensive and fresh curation of Misiaszek's work on timely and critical topics, it will appeal to academic scholars, educational researchers, teachers, and social/environmental movement leaders/participants, among others, who have interests in GCE, environmental sustainability, sustainable development, environmental teaching, and social-environmental justice.

Moyano-Fernandez, Cristian, Rewilding and Ecological Justice: The Ethics and Politics of Wildlife Regeneration. (Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment) 226 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <738-997>
ISBN 978-1-032-83082-7 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-83081-0 paper ¥11,348.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book presents rewilding as a matter of ecological justice.To date, most books and articles on rewilding have viewed this concept through the lens of environmental science, while others have analysed it from a political, ethical and philosophical perspective. However, little attention has so far been paid to the justice angle of rewilding. Why and how should justice for rewilding be articulated? In order to address this question, the author delves into the capabilities approach extended to nonhumans, distributive theories of ecological justice, welfare biology strategies applied to wildlife, environmental virtues, philosophies of recognition and identity, and decolonial studies. By discussing these narratives, this book is able to outline a roadmap indicating the key factors which should be considered in a justice approach to wildlife regeneration. Given the current and worsening socio-ecological crisis, rewilding initiatives are likely to increase, so this book explores how to ensure that their development is just for all, including humans and nonhumans, drawing on examples from across the globe.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of rewilding, ecological ethics and justice, environmental philosophy, biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration.

Nowak, Maciej J (ed.), The Protection of Green Spaces for Climate Change Adaptation: Planning Systems, Policies and Instruments. (Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design) 206 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-998>
ISBN 978-1-032-64536-0 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

The Protection of Green Spaces for Climate Change Adaptation identifies how spatial planning and climate change adaptation are linked by examining the protection of green spaces in cities across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America and Australia.The book identifies how, in each case, spatial planning instruments can influence the protection of green spaces, and whether - and if so how - they are being adapted in response to actual and expected effects from climate change. In doing so, the institutional frameworks of each country analysed are first presented. This provides the basis for discussing the key problems occurring at the state (and city) level in responding to the challenges of climate change adaptation, especially for the protection of green spaces. In the individual chapters, the issues identified above will be analysed from the perspective of diverse countries: Australia, Ghana, Iran, Mexico, Brazil and Poland. The contributors in this edited collection will present how the indicated issue is identified in systems that are diverse in many respects. The book concludes by demonstrating how the relationship between climate change adaptation and spatial planning can be framed in a more universal way, taking into account the international case studies that have been presented. The book deals extensively with both climate change adaptation issues and comparisons of spatial planning systems.By focusing on a synthesis of these issues, this book will add significantly to the discussion, providing a new basis for theoretical and practical considerations. It will be of interest to researchers and students of spatial planning, public policy, environmental protection, climate protection and law, as well as professionals working in these areas.

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Wejnert, Barbara (ed.), The Global Rise of Autocracy: Its Threat to a Sustainable Future. (Democratization and Autocratization Studies) 382 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-743>
ISBN 978-1-032-85108-2 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-85107-5 paper ¥11,348.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book revitalizes the discourse on backsliding democracy and the global rise of autocracy, extending the consequences of their changes to a sustainable future.In three sections, the book systematically examines diverse pathways leading autocracies to rise and spread worldwide and debates the future consequences. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book conceptualizes the rise of autocracy and the backsliding of democracy by studying dictatorship, authoritarianization processes, autocracy's diffusion, and populism. It reveals the global spread of autocracy and reflects on the challenges this poses to, and the likely impacts on, a sustainable future.This book is of key interest to scholars and students of autocracy/autocratization, democracy and democratization, political sociology, sustainability and more broadly to international relations and comparative politics.

Macauley, David / Pustarfi, Laura (eds.), The Wisdom of Trees: Thinking Through Arboreality. (SUNY Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics) 400 pp. 2025:6 (State U. New York Pr., US) <738-78>
ISBN 979-88-558-0270-2 hard ¥30,954.- (税込) US$ 140.00

This is the first book to apply philosophical thinking to trees. Through a series of sixteen diverse essays by leading scholars and writers, along with an in-depth introduction to the key issues and ideas, it examines the new and emerging understanding of trees in science and society. Contributors show how these developments encourage a revisioning of philosophical thought and a more sustainable relationship with trees and forests-a reconceptualization with important ecological and social implications for responding to deforestation, the loss of biodiversity, and the climate emergency. The interdisciplinary contributions in this collection investigate the many interconnected dimensions of arboreality, focusing on subjects related to time, mind, truth, memory, being, beauty, goodness, silence, wisdom, personhood, and death. The volume engages in a conversation about why trees matter, how they can best be protected, our obligations to them, and even what or who they are. Most of the chapters are informed by natural history or ecological science and many share a particular emphasis on continental philosophy and the environmental humanities.

Oele, Marjolein, Beyond Elemental Loss: Shifting Constellations of Water, Fire, Air, and Earth. (SUNY Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics) 208 pp. 2025:4 (State U. New York Pr., US) <738-83>
ISBN 979-88-558-0168-2 hard ¥26,532.- (税込) US$ 120.00

Beyond Elemental Loss offers an important and innovative contribution to environmental philosophy by investigating loss in times of anthropogenic climate change through the elements of water, fire, air, and earth. Marjolein Oele argues that the current experience of loss prompts a reassessment of the conventional meaning and conceptualization of loss. She proposes that such loss is best understood through infinitesimal, diachronic shifts occurring in the elemental constellations that structure the world-water, fire, air, and earth-and humanity's incremental inability to cognitively and affectively make sense of this world increasingly transformed by anthropogenic forces. Through a generous yet critical reading of a broad range of interdisciplinary sources tracing changes in our relationship to the elemental over time, Oele's scholarship plumbs the history of philosophy as much as it pulls from Indigenous philosophies, continental thought, mythologies, anthropological and historical sources, science, and ecology. The book's argumentative arc ultimately directs our attention toward constructive transformations in our cognitive and affective habits, and it argues that trust can bring us beyond elemental loss.

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Swain, Ashok, Climate Security. 200 pp. 2025:1 (Sage, UK) <738-848>
ISBN 978-1-5296-7085-1 hard ¥21,285.- (税込) GB￡ 75.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5296-7084-4 paper ¥7,659.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99 *

How does the climate crisis relate to global security issues? What impact do increasing temperatures, droughts, sea level rises and extreme weather have on borders, war, migration and unrest? This nuanced, urgent book cuts into the heart of this relationship, packed with global examples, from glacier movements destabilizing borders, to misinformation driving political apathy around the climate. You will encounter new, provocative ideas such as the carbon footprint of the military, the pressing need for the Global South to adapt, not blame, and the need for strong and visionary leadership in climate negotiations. Situated on the cutting edge of the climate debate, this book will revolutionize your perspective on global security, challenge deep-rooted assumptions and ignite your critical thinking.

Bricker, Kelly S. / Kariithi, Jacqueline (eds.), Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism: From Principle to Practice in the New Millennium. (Advances in Hospitality and Tourism) 186 pp. 2025:3 (Apple Academic Pr., US) <738-361>
ISBN 978-1-77491-682-7 hard ¥39,732.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00

At a time when the world is plagued with pandemics, natural disasters, wars, and resulting hardships, nature-based tourism is on the decline, disrupting essential funding streams for protected areas where biodiversity and human vulnerability are highest and at greatest risk, especially in Africa and Latin America.This new book presents case studies from around the world that demonstrate the importance of naturebased tourism and sustainable development through tourism. The book explores various areas of sustainable development goals (SDGs) that exemplify the contribution of sustainable tourism to cultural heritage, protected areas, and community benefits. It explains how ecotourism can benefit the economy and wildlife in a mutual manner. It also emphasizes the importance and benefit of involving local communities in tourism planning.Key features:Includes timely case studies demonstrating sustainable tourismOffers strategies for addressing sustainable tourism issues and challenges faced around the worldPresents practical applications of sustainable development strategies through ecotourismConsiders the impact of ecotourism on local communities

Majeed, Mohammed / Agarwal, Kirti / Tijani, Ahmed (eds.), Green Supply Chain Management. 310 pp. 2025:4 (Apple Academic Pr., US) <738-379>
ISBN 978-1-77491-808-1 hard ¥42,570.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00

Green supply chain management (GSCM) is the practice of integrating ecological sustainability processes that utilize the concept of the 4Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle, and reclaim) into the production, logistics, and end-of-life management of conventional supply networks. The book shows readers how to build a green supply chain by combining the efforts of operations management, purchasing, logistics, and marketing, and emphasizes looking outside the business to create long-term partnerships. The book covers key topics that include the benefits of GSCM and the factors and determinants of effective GSCM practices, along with discussions of green distribution, green procurement and purchasing, green logistics, green marketing, green warehousing, green transportation, and more. The authors present effective green supply chain management practices being used today and explore the role of industry 4.0 software tools in creating sustainable supply chain management in emerging markets.

水資源管理・政策百科事典　全3巻
Whittington, Dale (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Water Resources Management and Policy. 3 vols. 2628 pp. 2025:6 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <738-3>
ISBN 978-0-19-085339-6 hard ¥197,884.- (税込) US$ 895.00

da Silva Lopes, Teresa / Duguid, Paul / Fredona, R. (eds.), Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives. 346 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-312>
ISBN 978-1-032-76339-2 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-76336-1 paper ¥13,902.- (税込) GB￡ 48.99

Climate change is the greatest market failure in world history and thus the most urgent challenge in the world of business for the foreseeable future. This book brings together experts to shed light on the historical impact of business on climate change and of climate change on business.The book shows how corporate responses to climate change emerged out of earlier environmental concerns, regulatory frameworks, and in many cases already established business strategies. Contributors to the book analyse the evolution of business strategies to navigate environmental challenges even before climate crisis was widely recognized as an urgent concern.The historical insights presented by this book will be essential reading for business historians, as well as students, scholars and reflective practitioners with an interest in the environment, political economy, business strategy, and risk management.

Lennon, Myles, Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism. (Elements) 328 pp. 2025:6 (Duke U. Pr., US) <738-239>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2856-7 hard ¥23,866.- (税込) US$ 107.95
ISBN 978-1-4780-3178-9 paper ¥6,399.- (税込) US$ 28.95

In the face of accelerating climate change, anticapitalist environmental justice activists and elite tech corporations increasingly see eye-to-eye. Both envision solar-powered futures where renewable energy redresses gentrification, systemic racism, and underemployment. However, as Myles Lennon argues in Subjects of the Sun, solar power is no less likely to exploit marginalized communities than dirtier forms of energy. Drawing from ethnographic research on clean energy corporations and community solar campaigns in New York City, Lennon argues that both groups overlook solar's extractive underside because they primarily experience energy from the sun in the virtual world of the cloud. He shows how the material properties of solar technology-its shiny surfaces, decentralized spatiality, and modularity-work closely with images, digital platforms, and quantitative graphics to shape utopic visions in which renewable energy can eradicate the constitutive tensions of racial capitalism. As a corrective to this virtual world, Lennon calls for an equitable energy transition that centers the senses and sensibilities neglected by screenwork: one's haptic care for their local environment; the full-bodied feel of infrastructural labor; and the sublime affect of the sun.

Streimikiene, Dalia (ed.), Societal Challenges and Opportunities of Low-Carbon Energy Transformations. 408 pp. 2025:4 (CRC Pr., US) <738-241>
ISBN 978-1-032-85280-5 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Low-carbon energy transformations to support carbon-neutral societies is an important and urgent topic and subject to current national priorities and socio-economic planning. This book addresses the societal challenges and opportunities that come with the transition in the EU member states such as energy poverty and inequality, energy security, gender inequality, energy efficiency improvements, climate change mitigation, growth in green investments, etc. It contains a balanced approach of theoretical concepts with an impressive range of relevant case studies to investigate the issues, develop indicator frameworks, identify barriers and drivers, and policies and measures to unlock opportunities.FeaturesAddresses systematically and comprehensively the low-carbon energy transition, its barriers, and its societal implications.Discusses the main societal challenges and opportunities of low-carbon energy transition from theoretical and practical points of view.Provides definitions of concepts, measurement indicators, policies, and a framework for overcoming barriers and enforcing drivers.Includes case studies on low-carbon energy transition challenges and opportunities that are developed for the EU countries.Encourages discussion on policies and measures necessary to overcome identified barriers and proposes how to promote a just and smooth low-carbon energy transition.This book is a great reference for academics, researchers, graduate students, and professionals such as energy producers, city planners, policymakers, etc. interested in current and emerging trends in sustainable energy.

Kumar, Pradeep / Singh, Abhishek et al. (eds.), Smart Technologies in Sustainable Agriculture: Current and Future Prospects. 324 pp. 2026:3 (Apple Academic Pr., US) <738-245>
ISBN 978-1-77491-688-9 hard ¥51,084.- (税込) GB￡ 180.00

This new volume explores the revolution in the use of smart technologies in agricultural science in recent years. Looking at nanotechnologies, geotechnologies, artificial intelligence, microbiology, biotechnology, and more, the volume focuses on the innovative applications of these technologies in plant sciences, particularly for their potential to enhance agricultural systems, increase plant productivity and yield, and address environmental issues through novel, eco-friendly approaches.

Davy, Barbara Jane, Wyrd Ecology: Heathen Ritual and Gifting Relations. (Oxford Ritual Studies Series) 240 pp. 2025:5 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <738-156>
ISBN 978-0-19-780491-9 hard ¥27,637.- (税込) US$ 125.00
ISBN 978-0-19-780492-6 paper ¥7,735.- (税込) US$ 34.99

Pickering, Andrew, Acting with the World: Agency in the Anthropocene. 176 pp. 2025:4 (Duke U. Pr., US) <738-1000>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2830-7 hard ¥22,097.- (税込) US$ 99.95
ISBN 978-1-4780-3151-2 paper ¥5,736.- (税込) US$ 25.95

In the Anthropocene our actions are coming home to roost. Global warming, species extinctions, and environmental disasters are the dark side of our mastery of nature. In Acting with the World, Andrew Pickering identifies a different pattern of being and doing that can evade this dark side, a pattern which he calls acting with the world. In contrast to our usual practice of acting on the world, acting-with foregrounds nonhuman or more-than-human agency and aims to attune our practices to the propensities of nature. Pickering explores examples of acting-with from around the globe, including flood control on the Mississippi River, ecosystem restoration on the Colorado River, the Room for the River project and rewilding in the Netherlands, natural farming in Japan, Aboriginal fire techniques in Australia, and Amazonian shamanism. Pickering argues that acting-with intimately and gracefully plugs us into nature, undercuts the Anthropocene from below, and offers a constructive approach to addressing otherwise intractable wicked problems.

Rahman, H. M. Tuihedur / Pigford, Ashlee-Ann (eds.), Institutional Diversity and Sustainable Environmental Management: Scalar, Cultural, and Functional Perspectives. 176 pp. 2025:2 (CRC Pr., US) <738-1001>
ISBN 978-0-367-48809-3 hard ¥29,799.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00

Coordinated, well-functioning institutions are crucial for tackling environmental challenges like climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and resource overuse. This book presents case studies from around the world to showcase how different socio-political institutions interact to influence environmental management outcomes in complex, polycentric institutional settings. Collectively, the cases emphasize the importance of unpacking interactional complexity through an improved understanding of cross-scalar, cross-cultural, and cross-functional institutional interactions. By encouraging practitioners to reflect on these three dimensions, this book identifies key considerations for designing innovative institutional coordination mechanisms in support of sustainable environmental management.

Schinaia, Cosimo (ed.), Against Catastrophism: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Hope for the Future. 188 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <738-1002>
ISBN 978-1-032-81200-7 hard ¥39,732.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00
ISBN 978-1-032-81198-7 paper ¥9,929.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Against Catastrophism explores catastrophism from multiple vantage points and considers the impact of ongoing crisis on individuals.Bringing together contributors from psychoanalysis, economics, anthropology, and gastroenterology, this book explores themes including fossil fuel culture, social movements like Extinction Rebellion, the COVID-19 pandemic, media messaging, and the future of food supply chains. By assessing the value of a constant barrage of information about catastrophes and considering the need for a containing environment, the chapters explore how we can avoid endorsing a closed-off vision of the future and instead unlock possibilities. The book concludes with a discussion of optimism, radical hope, and how we can put forward a new narrative on nature.Against Catastrophism will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, economists, anthropologists, sociologists, food scientists, environmentalists, ecologists, politicians, and communication experts.

Smith, Jen Rose, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic. (Elements) 232 pp. 2025:5 (Duke U. Pr., US) <738-1003>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2853-6 hard ¥27,637.- (税込) US$ 125.00
ISBN 978-1-4780-3177-2 paper ¥6,190.- (税込) US$ 28.00

Ice animates the look and feel of climate change. It is melting faster than ever before, causing social upheaval among northern coastal communities and disrupting a more southern, temperate world as sea levels rise. Economic, academic, and activist stakeholders are increasingly focused on the unsettling potential of ice as they plan for a future shaped by rapid transformation. Yet, in Ice Geographies, Jen Rose Smith demonstrates that ice has always been at the center of making sense of the world. Ice as homeland is often at the heart of Arctic and sub-Arctic ontologies, cosmologies, and Native politics. Reflections on ice have also long been a constitutive element of Western political thought, but it often privileges a pristine or empty "nature" stripped of power relations. Smith centers ice to study race and indigeneity by investigating ice relations as sites and sources of analysis that are bound up with colonial and racial formations as well as ice geographies beyond those formations. Smith asks, How is ice a racialized geography and imaginary, and how does it also exceed those frameworks? Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award

Taherdoost, Hamed / Saeedi, Mohsen / Shishegaran, A. (eds.), Applications of Blockchain and Computational Intelligence in Environmental Sustainability. (Computational Intelligence Techniques) 216 pp. 2025:3 (CRC Pr., US) <738-1006>
ISBN 978-1-032-81513-8 hard ¥34,056.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00

The book explores the complex correlation between blockchain technology and sustainability, demonstrating the potential of cutting-edge computational intelligence methods to address critical environmental and societal challenges. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the most recent developments in research, innovative approaches to design, and real-world implementations, establishing a strategic plan for the incorporation of blockchain technology into environmentally friendly solutions. Features:Focusses on intersection of blockchain technology, computational intelligence, and sustainability.Covers international regulatory landscapes and ethical considerations.Emphasizes on real-world applications such as supply chain management systems and smart energy networks.Offers how concrete examples of how these technologies contribute to sustainability.Provides insight into how new technologies are transforming health informatics. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in computer engineering and environmental sustainability.

Yadav, Akhilesh Kumar (ed.), Computational Techniques in Environmental Engineering. (Current Directions in Climate Change Research) 392 pp. 2025:4 (CRC Pr., US) <738-1009>
ISBN 978-1-032-79694-9 hard ¥39,732.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00

This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to environmental engineering, covering a wide range of computational tools, modeling approaches, and data analysis methods. It explores various computational modeling techniques, including mathematical models, numerical methods, and computer simulations, for modeling environmental systems and processes.Key Features:Presents case studies and examples of successful applications of computational approaches in addressing various environmental engineering challenges.Focuses on the practical application of computational approaches and showcasing successful examples.Aims to develop problem-solving skills for environmental engineers using computational methods.Discusses computational approaches for environmental impacts, designs, and decisions.Provides real-world examples of computational approaches to environmental problems.This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in environmental and civil engineering, and related computational and modeling studies.