Globalization and the environment /

This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley disentangle and clarify the relationship between the processes of modernization, globa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Christoff, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, [2013]
Colección:Globalization (Lanham, Md.)
Temas:
Global environmental change.
Climatic changes.
Environmental protection.
Changement global (Environnement)
Climat > Changements.
Environnement > Protection.
climate change.
environmental protection.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Climatic changes
Environmental protection
Global environmental change
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley disentangle and clarify the relationship between the processes of modernization, globalization, and global environmental change. Through a rich set of case studies, including a special focus on the challenging global problems of climate change and biodiversity loss, this powerful book will help readers grasp the systemic causes of global environmental degradation as well.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 256 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index.
ISBN:9781442221499
1442221496
1299713033
9781299713031

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