Environment & Society

This book addresses a fundamental problem in applied social science and educational research: the widespread difficulty researchers and students from all disciplines face when trying to combine people-based and evidence-based research into complex social settings characterized by uncertainty and the..

This book focusses on the work of The BGreen Project (BGreen): a participatory action research platform that carries out youth-focussed activities in Bangladesh and the United States with the aim of addressing environmental issues via community engagement...

With members in more than 80 countries of the world, the global peasant movement La Vía Campesina has planted itself firmly on the international scene. With a focus on agency (the capacity to act), this book explores the opportunities and challenges for mobilised peasants to engage directly in the g..

The keyword of this book’s title, "Perma/Culture," alludes to and plays on "permaculture," an international movement that can provide a framework for navigating the multiple "other worlds" within a broader environmental ethic. In an effort to introduce the concept of ‘Perma/Culture’ as a viable prot..

This book asks what it means to write poetry in and about the Anthropocene, the name given to a geological epoch where humans have a global ecological impact. Combining critical approaches such as ecocriticism and posthumanism with close reading and archival research, it argues that the Anthropocene..

This book asks what it means to write poetry in and about the Anthropocene, the name given to a geological epoch where humans have a global ecological impact. Combining critical approaches such as ecocriticism and posthumanism with close reading and archival research, it argues that the Anthropocene..

The focus of this book is public participation in the governance of science and technology, particularly pertaining to environment and sustainability issues. The past three decades have seen a dramatic rise in diverse forms of participation throughout western democracies, but this book represents th..

The focus of this book is public participation in the governance of science and technology, particularly pertaining to environment and sustainability issues. The past three decades have seen a dramatic rise in diverse forms of participation throughout western democracies, but this book represents th..

This volume examines the long-term effects on populations forced to resettle by dam development projects, providing an overview of ten case studies carried out across Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, and Turkey._x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of the Internati..

This book brings together empirical research on the changing conditions of a range of river basin environments in the contemporary world, including the history and culture of local societies living in these river basins. It provides theoretical insights on the nature of the interaction between river..

The clothing industry employs 25 million people globally contributing to many livelihoods and the prosperity of communities, to women’s independence, and the establishment of significant infrastructures in poorer countries. Yet the fashion industry is also a significant contributor to the degradatio..

The clothing industry employs 25 million people globally contributing to many livelihoods and the prosperity of communities, to women’s independence, and the establishment of significant infrastructures in poorer countries. Yet the fashion industry is also a significant contributor to the degradatio..