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This work casts an anthropological lens over two Tokyo neighbourhoods, comparing environmental consciousness and conduct in communities facing specific toxic threats (real or perceived). In each field-site, the tension between lofty rhetoric and daily practices helps highlight the practical ambivale...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kirby, Peter Wynn, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Japan.
Waste products > Japan > Public opinion.
Pollution > Japan > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Japan.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Japan > Tokyo.
Écologie humaine > Japon.
Déchets > Japon > Opinion publique.
Pollution > Japon > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > Japon.
Écologie urbaine > Japon > Tōkyō.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ecology > Public opinion
Human ecology
Pollution > Public opinion
Public opinion
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Umweltverschmutzung
Umweltschutz
Abfallbehandlung
Japan > Environmental conditions > Public opinion.
Japan
Japan > Tokyo
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This work casts an anthropological lens over two Tokyo neighbourhoods, comparing environmental consciousness and conduct in communities facing specific toxic threats (real or perceived). In each field-site, the tension between lofty rhetoric and daily practices helps highlight the practical ambivalence of Japanese environmental consciousness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
ISBN:9780824860776
0824860772
9780824870515
0824870514

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