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

Barandiaran, Javiera / Partridge, Tristan (eds.), Demanding a Radical Constitution: Environmentalism, Resilience, and Participation in Chile's 2022 Reform Efforts. 118 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-574>
ISBN 978-3-031-75689-4 hard ¥9,280.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book documents the critical thinking and political actions that generated one of the world's most progressive national constitutions, presented to the Chilean public in 2022. Although that text was ultimately rejected in a national referendum, it drew on decades of diverse environmental, political, Indigenous, and community organizing and contained concepts and goals at the forefront of global efforts to create more just and equitable political systems, healthier living environments, and more resilient ecosystems. Drawing on research by faculty and students from the USA and Chile, chapters within this book address political memory, Indigenous representation, public participation, the Rights of Nature, environmental law, mining conflicts, natural commons, knowledge systems, and rural education. This book highlights important contributions from Chile's 2022 reform efforts for diverse global responses to the erosion of democracy, environmental degradation, and climate change.

Herrera Lima, Susana / Gutierrez, Ricardo et al. (eds.), Water: Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America IV. (The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America) 300 S. 2024:10 (Bielefedl U. Pr., GW) <739-585>
ISBN 978-3-8376-7014-1 paper ¥10,212.- (税込) EUR 44.00

Conflicts and struggles like urbanization processes and the productive use of water have impacted the relationship of Latin American and Caribbean societies with water for centuries. This volume of the Handbook ≫The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis≪ focuses on water in the main macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributions enrich contemporary debates surrounding the genealogy of the Anthropocene in Latin America with critical perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities.

Rohland, Eleonora / Garcia Acosta, Virginia et al. (eds.), Climate Change: Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America III. (The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America) 300 S. 2024:12 (Bielefedl U. Pr., GW) <739-597>
ISBN 978-3-8376-7015-8 paper ¥10,212.- (税込) EUR 44.00

Societies have culturally framed and interacted with historical climate variability or anthropogenic climate change and climatic extremes, thereby becoming more or less vulnerable to the impacts of these events. This volume of the Handbook ≫The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis≪ focuses on climate change and its socio-climatic and socio-environmental entanglements in the main macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributions enrich contemporary debates surrounding the genealogy of the Anthropocene in Latin America with critical perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities.

Camargo, Alejandro / Cortesi, Luisa / Krause, Franz (eds.), Amphibious Anthropologies: Living in Wet Environments. (Culture, Place, and Nature / A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) 272 pp. 2025:4 (U. Washington Pr., US) <739-600>
ISBN 978-0-295-75388-1 hard ¥24,321.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-0-295-75389-8 paper ¥7,738.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Crnic, Meghan, The Beach Cure: A History of Healing on Northeastern Shores. (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) 224 pp. 2025:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <739-601>
ISBN 978-0-295-75394-2 hard ¥24,321.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-0-295-75395-9 paper ¥6,633.- (税込) US$ 30.00

Fishel, Stefanie / Rose, Andrew (eds.), Environmentalism After Humanism. (Environmental Politics and Theory) 308 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-603>
ISBN 978-3-031-75890-4 hard ¥23,206.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book explores the ways in which one might come to recognize and better theorize the political actor, and the political 'act,' or 'event,' in a post-anthropocentric context. The challenge to contemporary ideas of citizenship, activism, and the state stems not only from the realization that the natural world is inseparable from the social, but that both are the product of hybridized human and nonhuman agencies. As a result, one must be skeptical of any notion of an environmental fix that bases itself upon an exclusively human agency. What new types of citizenship might emerge from posthuman cultures and artforms? What do effective post-anthropocentric organizing strategies look like? As the relevance of the liberal humanist political subject and the conceptual posthuman of political realism recede, theories of national and international politics are now tasked with rethinking a contemporary environmental politics beyond humanism. To better theorize these destabilizations, this collection puts forth the value of thinking across disciplines, wherein a conversation unfolds between political theory and literary theory that meets at the crossroads of environmental humanities and ecopolitical theory.

Ghosh, Shovan / Majumdar, S. / Cheshmehzangi, A. (eds.), Cities of Tomorrow: Urban Resilience and Climate Change Preparedness. (Urban Sustainability) 315 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <739-604>
ISBN 978-981-9796-57-1 hard ¥37,132.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book takes a comprehensive and forward-looking approach to urban resilience and climate change preparedness. It combines theoretical insights, practical case studies and innovative strategies to address the complex challenges cities face in an era of rapid urbanisation and changing climate patterns. It presents a fresh and innovative approach to addressing the intertwined challenges of urban resilience and climate change preparedness. What sets this book apart is its emphasis on forward-looking strategies, multidisciplinary insights and a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge technologies and collaborative approaches. This book is likely to be diverse, encompassing professionals, academics, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, students and individuals interested in the fields of urban planning, environmental science, sustainability, climate change adaptation and related disciplines. The book aims to appeal to both experts in the field and those new to the subject, providing a valuable resource for different audiences.

Hopman, David Dumez, Creative Regionalism: Renewing the Aesthetic Experience of Landscape in Environmental Design and Planning. 304 pp. 2025:6 (George F. Thompson Pub., US) <739-606>
ISBN 978-1-938086-54-0 paper ¥9,949.- (税込) US$ 45.00

Hu, Ming, Embodied Carbon: Carbon Justice in the Built Environment. 256 pp. 2025:7 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <739-607>
ISBN 978-0-19-894445-4 hard ¥25,258.- (税込) GB￡ 89.00

The global implications surrounding embodied carbon - the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production, transportation, assembly, and deconstruction of building materials - are often overlooked. Embodied Carbon challenges the conventional focus on operational carbon, focusing on the inequalities between the Global North and South. Part I traces the historical evolution of embodied carbon, clarifying its definitions, components, measurement and counting methods, and the critical connection between embodied carbon and climate change. Part II delves into the complexities and hidden biases that distort our understanding and approaches to sustainability, particularly the global North bias and the overreliance on high-tech solutions. It highlights how these biases perpetuate environmental disparities and marginalise low-tech, accessible solutions that could benefit broader segments of society. In Part III, we shift to current global efforts and potential pathways forward. Hu offers a comprehensive analysis of existing regulations and policies related to embodied carbon and proposes a low-tech, low-process approach that draws from traditional and indigenous knowledge. The final chapter synthesizes multidisciplinary expert perspectives, offering a new framework for creating equitable and effective solutions to reduce embodied carbon emissions.

Kalaidjian, Andrew, Spectacle Earth: Media for Planetary Change. 208 pp. 2025:4 (U. Virginia Pr., US) <739-609>
ISBN 978-0-8139-5271-0 hard ¥25,426.- (税込) US$ 115.00
ISBN 978-0-8139-5272-7 paper ¥7,738.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Artistic, literary, and technological depictions of the climate crisis and how they influence humanity's response What does it mean to watch a disaster unfold? Does exposure to a source of dread spur people to action or lull them into fatalism and complacency? Andrew Kalaidjian takes up these and other vital questions in Spectacle Earth, a lively and wide-ranging consideration of media engagement, passivity, and virtual environments in relation to ecological crises and climate change. Kalaidjian begins by tracing the long trajectory of environmental aesthetics and natural sciences that have led up to the Anthropocene. He then looks at the lessons learned from artist and activist movements of the 1960s and 1970s before laying out the new challenges in the digital age of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and virtual reality. The result is groundbreaking, offering readers a new media literacy that goes beyond individual therapeutic experience to provide forms of expression that can lead to the sorts of solidarity and connection needed to change the planet for the better.

Mavrommati, Kalliope, The Natural Environment in Late Byzantine Correspondence. (New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture) 438 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-610>
ISBN 978-3-031-66177-8 hard ¥32,490.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book investigates environmental issues traced through the epistolography of the late Byzantine period, which spans roughly the end of the twelfth century to the mid-fifteenth century. The book's overarching goal is to shed light on the complex ways in which the Byzantines conceptualised their connection to the natural world, both in broad strokes and in finer granularity, and to provide a general understanding of societal dependence on the environment. It offers further details of this relationship by drawing on a wide variety of literary sources, as well as archaeological and environmental data.

Prasad, Ravinesh Rohit, The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: A Case Study of Fiji and Indonesia. (Springer Climate) 246 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <739-612>
ISBN 978-3-031-76435-6 hard ¥37,132.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book provides the readers with a description of climate change and the role of the University in promoting climate change education. It explores the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) curriculum at various universities worldwide and how they have incorporated climate change into the university-wide programs. The book also looks at the causes and impacts of climate change and the countries most affected by this phenomenon, particularly Fiji and Indonesia. It describes how the various sectors, such as health, agriculture, and tourism, have been impacted by climate change. This book also summarizes the roles of United Nations Organizations in implementing climate change education at universities. The importance of climate change education is expressed in terms of adaptation and mitigation and to foster resilience, adaptability, and adaptation to climate change. The role of university student organizations aimed at environmental protection for climate change adaptation and mitigation is also discussed in this book.

マルクス主義と地球の居住可能性の危機
Soriano Clemente, Carles, Marxism and Earth's Habitability Crisis: From the Metabolic Rift to the Anthropocene. (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms) 163 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-66>
ISBN 978-3-031-72536-4 hard ¥27,848.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book argues that as long as capitalism is globally dominant, there must be a crisis of habitability on Earth. Overcoming this crisis is not a matter of technology. Technological strategies need to be adopted to mitigate human impact on Earth, but as long as they are implemented on a capitalist basis the crisis will not be overcome. Unfortunately, this is not fully understood today, and initiatives to confront the crisis based on idealism and positivism flourish everywhere. This makes research into the main epistemological reasons for the misunderstanding of the relationship between the reproduction of capital and the crisis of habitability an urgent task, which is undertaken throughout the book. Such misunderstanding is ultimately related to the old problem of philosophy, the relationship between thought and being. A problem that the crisis of habitability expresses as the insurmountable contradiction between capitalist humans and nature.

Hoefer, Wolfram / Schlecht, Sebastian et al. (eds.), Climate Bridge: An International Perspective on How to Enact Climate Action at the Government Public Interface. 242 pp. 2025:6 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <739-384>
ISBN 978-1-9788-3763-8 hard ¥26,532.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-9788-3762-1 paper ¥8,177.- (税込) US$ 36.99

Climate change is creating new challenges for spatial and environmental planning on both sides of the Atlantic. Planning and policy must balance moderating climate change impact from rising temperatures, extreme precipitation, and sea level rise with social equity and environmental justice. Climate Bridge compares New Jersey and the German Ruhr Region to build an international perspective on how to enact climate action at the government-public interface. The book grew from fifteen years of collaboration between scholars in New Jersey and Germany through summer programs, a landscape architecture design studio, internships for Rutgers students, and joint publications. Notably, settlement patterns and brownfield issues reveal similarities between the underserved in both regions. The first section, "Tools and Process," compares international environmental planning approaches and outlines different approaches to common problems. "Uncertainty and Space" presents case studies that highlight adaptation strategies for uncertainties caused by climate change. Finally, "Place and Connectedness" reminds us of our dependence on ecological systems for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Contributors to this landmark volume include planners, designers, scholars, public administrators, and decision makers on both sides of the Atlantic. Together, the chapters bring interdisciplinary approaches and diverse perspectives to the environmental, economic, political, and social dimensions of planning and design in the context of climate change.

Cronjaeger, Lisa, Umtriebszeiten: Forsteinrichtungskarten und die Umwandlung von Waeldern im 19. Jahrhundert. (Historische Wissensforschung 26) 336 S. 2025:5 (Wallstein Vlg., GW) <739-50>
ISBN 978-3-8353-5835-5 hard ¥7,891.- (税込) EUR 34.00

Monokulturen praegen die Waelder von heute. Welcher Zusammenhang besteht dabei zur?Forstwissenschaft und ihren Kartierungsverfahren? Wie reagierte die Bevoelkerung auf?die Umwandlung von Waeldern? Warum sind so viele Waelder heute Monokulturen? Im 19. Jahrhundert gruendeten sich europaweit Forstakademien, an denen die nachhaltige Verwaltung von Waeldern gelehrt und standardisiert wurde. In diesem Buch verfolgt Lisa Cronjaeger die Technik der Forsttaxation?? sowohl in ihren Entstehungskontexten seit dem 18. Jahrhundert als auch in der Lehre und Anwendung bis in die internationale Zirkulation der Karten und Konfliktkonstellationen hinein. Die Autorin kombiniert Perspektiven der Medienkulturwissenschaft sowie der Umwelt- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, um zu untersuchen, inwiefern Forsttaxationskarten Monokulturen als etwas Erstrebenswertes etablierten. Ein Schwerpunkt ihrer Studie liegt auf den Bildgebungsverfahren, mit denen die Taxatoren umweltbezogene Daten verarbeiteten, sowie auf den Rechtsreformen, Privatisierungen und Protestpraktiken, welche die Landschaftstransformationen in Preussen, Sachsen, in der Schweiz, in Portugal und anderen Regionen begleiteten. Letztendlich steht das auf den Karten visualisierte Kreislaufprinzip von Abholzung und Neuanpflanzung in einer Kontinuitaet zur heutigen Nutzung von Waeldern als Ausgleichsflaechen und CO2-Senken. Diese wissensgeschichtliche Studie bietet somit Anknuepfungspunkte zur Umwelt- und Klimakrise der Gegenwart.

Muscolino, Micah S., Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People: The Burden of Conservation in Modern China. (A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) 280 pp. 2025:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <739-506>
ISBN 978-0-295-75397-3 hard ¥24,321.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-0-295-75398-0 paper ¥7,738.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Urwin, Jessica, Contaminated Country: Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia. (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) 296 pp. 2025:6 (U. Washington Pr., US) <739-523>
ISBN 978-0-295-75378-2 hard ¥24,321.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-0-295-75379-9 paper ¥6,633.- (税込) US$ 30.00

Singh, Rubee / Shafik, Wasswa / Crowther, D. et al. (eds.), Transforming Healthcare Sector Through Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Sustainability. (Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance) 280 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <739-202>
ISBN 978-981-9795-54-3 hard ¥41,774.- (税込) EUR 179.99

This book explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability in healthcare, focusing on how AI technologies are transforming medical practices while promoting environmentally responsible operations. It examines how AI-driven tools like machine learning and data analysis enhance diagnostic accuracy, streamline treatment planning, and personalize patient care by analysing large datasets, including genetic information. Additionally, the book addresses how AI can support sustainable healthcare practices by optimizing resource usage, such as energy consumption in hospitals, and improving supply chain management to reduce environmental impact. Practical case studies demonstrate how these technologies are being implemented to improve patient outcomes and achieve sustainability goals. The book considers the integration of AI into human resource management within healthcare, discussing AI's role in recruitment, performance management, and employee retention aligned with sustainability objectives. Ethical and regulatory issues surrounding AI adoption, such as data privacy and algorithmic transparency, are thoroughly examined, with an emphasis on creating responsible and equitable AI systems. Designed for healthcare professionals and administrators, this book provides practical strategies and real-world examples of AI implementation in sustainable healthcare, offering a balanced view of the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Radovich, Violeta S., Marine Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons: An Environmental and Legal Perspective. (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security) 282 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-323>
ISBN 978-3-031-75176-9 hard ¥27,848.- (税込) EUR 119.99

The book analyzes the environmental regulation of upstream marine exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, at the international, regional MERCOSUR and Argentine national level. It uses the concept of normative integration as a methodological approach, critically assessing the interaction between the law of the sea, maritime law, environmental law and human rights law in the field of study. The book analyses the legal framework in a timeline, giving context to the evolution of the different branches of international law with sparkles of history. In this sense, the book also analyses international conventions' bills on the subject that have not entered into force. The manuscript focuses on the reports from two marine pollution events (Deepwater Horizon and Montara oil spills) to analyse the lessons learnt and the normative and institutional framework needed to ensure environmental safety in the marine exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons. The book critically analyses marine platform accidents' official reports comprehensively in order to assess existing normative and institutional frameworks and to give a way forward regarding policies. The manuscript contributes to rethinking the governance of the ocean at the time of environmental challenges. In that context, it refers to the concept of normative integration and effectiveness. It takes the existing scholarship further by introducing the notion of "marine platforms" instead of "offshore platforms" to rethink the relationship between land and sea and to develop a functional approach to enhance existing regulations. This is an open access book.