Companion to environmental studies

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ContentsList of contributorsPrefaceIntroduction Classic concepts Editorial introduction1.1 Adaptation Marcus Taylor 1.2 Bioregionalism Richard Evanoff 1.3 Conservation Chris Sandbrook 1.4 Desertification Diana K. Davis1.5 Environment Sverker Soerlin 1.6 Ecosystems Erle C. Ellis 1.7 Environmental catastrophe Giovanni Bettini1.8 Ecological footprint William Rees 1.9 The environmental Kuznets curve David I. Stern 1.10 Gaia Karen Litfin 1.11 The Jevons Paradox John M. Polimeni and Raluca I. Iorgulescu 1.12 Nature R. Bruce Hull1.13 One world Volker M. Welter1.14 Overpopulation Eric D. Carter1.15 Precaution Tim O'Riordan and Rupert Read 1.16 Risk Susan L. Cutter 1.17 Resilience Jeremy Walker and Melinda Cooper1.18 The resource curse Michael J. Watts 1.19 Scarcity and environmental limits Sara Nelson1.20 Stewardship Willis Jenkins 1.21 Sustainable development Mark Whitehead 1.22 The tragedy of the commons Kevin Ells 1.23 Uncertainty Andy Stirling1.24 Vulnerability Morgan Scoville-Simonds and Karen O'Brien 1.25 Wilderness Phillip VanniniContemporary concepts Editorial introduction2.1 The Anthropocene Mark A. Maslin 2.2 Biopolitics Kevin Grove 2.3 Biosecurity Steve Hinchliffe2.4 Corporate environmental responsibility Christopher Wright2.5 The Earth System Clive Hamilton 2.6 Ecosystem services Daniel Chiu Suarez and Jessica Dempsey 2.7 Environmental governance Susan Baker 2.8 Green democracy Amanda Machin2.9 Environmental security Jon Barnett 2.10 Food systems Michael Carolan2.11 Green economy Les Levidow 2.12 Green governmentality Stephanie Rutherford 2.13 Hybridity Jacques Pollini2.14 Land grabbing Ian Scoones 2.15 Metabolic rift Richard York 2.16 Offsetting Heather Lovell2.17 Peak oil Michael Lynch 2.18 Planetary boundaries Katherine Richardson2.19 Post-environmentalism Christopher Buck2.20 The social construction of nature Michael Ekers2.21 Symbolic environmental politics Megan Barry and Ingolfur Bluhdorn 2.22 Tipping points Chris Russill 2.23 Wicked envrionmental problems Michael Thompson Classic approaches Editorial introduction3.1 Cultural theory Asa Boholm 3.2 Ecotheology Anne Marie Dalton 3.3 Environmental anthropology Laura Rival 3.4 Environmental economics Wim Carton3.5 Ecofeminism Greta Gaard3.6 Environmental ethics Ben A. Minteer3.7 Environmental geography John G. Hintz3.8 Environmental health Brian King 3.9 Environmental history Stephen Mosley3.10 Environmental modelling Mark Mulligan 3.11 Environmental sociology Riley E. Dunlap 3.12 Environmental politics Shannon O'Lear 3.13 Design, emotion, sustainability Jonathan Chapman 3.14 Environmental law David Delaney3.15 Environmental management Chris Barrow 3.16 Environmental philosophy Ned Hettinger3.17 Environmental planning Iain White 3.18 Environmental psychology Patrick Devine-Wright 3.19 Natural hazards research Greg Bankoff3.20 Science and technology studies Sergio Sismondo 3.21 Social ecology Stephen M. Wheeler Contemporary approaches Editorial introduction4.1 Animal studies Jody Emel and Ilanah Taves4.2 Business studies and the environment Martina K. Linnenluecke and Tom Smith4.3 Environmentalism and creative writing Richard Kerridge 4.4 Ecocriticism Greg Garrard 4.5 Ecological Marxism Alf Hornborg 4.6 Ecopoetry Samantha Walton 4.7 Earth System Science Noel Castree4.8 Energy studies Benjamin K. Sovacool and Michael Jefferson4.9 Environmental discourse analysis Adrian Peace 4.10 Environmental humanities Thom van Dooren 4.11 Environmental image analysis Sidney I. Dobrin 4.12 Environmental political economy Jennifer Clapp 4.13 Environmental political theory John M. Meyer4.14 Political ecology Simon Batterbury 4.15 Post-normal science Silvio Funtowitz and Jerome Ravetz4.16 Queer ecology Nicole Seymour 4.17 Resilience science Manjana Milkoreit4.18 Sustainability science Thaddeus R. Miller 4.19 Vulnerability science Thomas Webler4.20 Urban ecology Robert A. Francis Key topics: environmental challenges and changes Editorial introduction5.1 Anthropogenic climate change Alice Larkin5.2 Agro-food systems Colin Sage5.3 Biofuels Vaclav Smil 5.4 Carbon budgets Roisin Moriarty 5.5 Fire Joshua Whittaker 5.6 Fisheries Charles Mather5.7 Forest resources William Nikolakis and Harry W. Nelson5.8 Floods Gemma Carr, Alberto Viglione and Magdalena Rogger5.9 Glaciers Jorge Daniel Taillant 5.10 Land degradation and restoration Ilan Chabay 5.11 Mining and the environment R. Anthony Hodge5.12 Oceans: climate change, marine ecosystems and fisheries Yoshitaka Ota and William W. L. Cheung 5.13 The commons Fikret Berkes 5.14 Transportation systems Tim Schwanen 5.15 Volcanoes Susanna F. Jenkins and Sarah K. Brown5.16 Water resources Joseph HoldenKey topics: human responses to environmental change Editorial introduction 6.1 Corporate environmental responsibility Tomas Frederiksen6.2 Ecological modernisation Giorel Curran 6.3 Ecotourism Robert Fletcher6.4 Ecological restoration Matthias Gross 6.5 Environmentalism Marco Armiero 6.6 Environmental art Harriet Hawkins and Anja Kanngieser 6.7 Environmental fiction Joni Adamson6.8 Environmental celebrity Mike Goodman 6.9 Environmental certification and standards Brooke Lahneman6.10 Environmental insecurity Peter Hough 6.11 Environmental (in)justice David Schlosberg 6.12 Environmental education Sarah Burch 6.13 Environmental markets John O'Neill6.14 Environmental metaphor Brendon M.H. Larson 6.15 Environmental migrants and refugees Romain Felli 6.16 Environment and the news media Anders Hansen 6.17 Environment and popular culture Alison Anderson 6.18 Environmental policy James Palmer6.29 Environmental values Alan Holland 6.20 Environmental science and public policy Maria Carmen Lemos and Katherine Browne6.21 Geoengineering Jack Stilgoe 6.22 Green consumption Ivan R. Scales6.23 Greenwashing Frances Bowen 6.24 Green technology James Meadowcroft 6.25 Indigenous territorial rights Philippe Hanna and Frank Vanclay 6.26 Indigenous knowledge systems Deborah MacGregor 6.27 Institutions and natural resource management Tim Forsyth 6.28 Privatizing environmental assets Wim Carton 6.29 Sustainability transitions Frank W. Geels 6.30 The Sustainable Development Goals David Griggs Key debates Editorial introduction7.1 Anthropocentrism Eileen Crist7.2 Biology and culture Maurizio Meloni 7.3 Environmental science and politics Tim Forsyth 7.4 Environmental behaviour change Stewart Barr7.5 Environmental citizenship Bronwyn Hayward7.6 Environmental conservation and restoration Jamie Lorimer 7.7 Environment and economy Richard B. Norgaard7.8 Expert and lay environmental knowledges Carol Morris 7.9 Gender and environment Sherilyn MacGregor 7.10 Interdisciplinary environmental inquiry Lauren Rickards 7.11 Multi-level environmental governance Andrew Jordan and David Benson7.12 International environmental institutions Frank Biermann 7.13 Markets and governments in environmental policy Edward B. Barbier 7.14 Nature and nurture Peter J. Taylor7.15 Population numbers and global demography Stephen G Warren7.16 Public engagement with environmental science Helen Pallett7.17 Race, nature and society Peter Wade 7.18 Representation and reality Zoe Sofoulis 7.19 Rewilding Steve Carver Index