Community and ecology : dynamics of place, sustainability and politics /

Humans live in social communities that are embedded ecologically within overlapping biophysical environments. This volume facilitates an ongoing dialogue between community sociologists and environmental sociologists about how humans interact with each other in social communities and with biophysical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McCright, Aaron M., Clark, Terry Nichols, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Research in urban policy ; v. 10.
Temas:
Human ecology.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Ecological engineering.
Écologie humaine.
Êtres humains > Influence de l'environnement.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
Génie écologique.
human ecology.
Social impact of environmental issues.
Social Science > Sociology > General.
Ecological engineering
Human beings > Effect of environment on
Human ecology
Nature > Effect of human beings on
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The intersection between community sociology and environmental sociology / Aaron M. McCright and Terry Nichols Clark
  • Place: where community and environment meet / Aaron T. McCright and Terry Nichols Clark
  • Loss, attachment, and place: land loss and community in coastal Louisiana / David Burley, Pam Jenkins and Brian Azcona
  • Community by experiment: recursive practice in landscape design and ecological restoration / Matthias Gross
  • Visualizing ethnic vernacular landscapes in American cities / Jerome Krase
  • Dimensions of local sustainability / Aaron M. McCright and Terry Nichols Clark
  • The challenge of disaster reduction / Raymond Murphy
  • Sustainable development in the city of Tampere: working together with residents / Ari Ylönen
  • The social ecology of health in New York City / Hilary Silver and Peter Messeri
  • Political dynamics of local environmental problems / Aaron M. McCright and Terry Nichols Clark
  • Explaining the outcomes of campaigns against waste incinerators in England: community, ecology, political opportunities, and policy contexts / Christopher Rootes
  • The political opportunity structure of the environmental movement in U.S. communities / Aaron M. McCright and Terry Nichols Clark
  • The political ecology of plague in the global network of cities: the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003 / Kent P. Schwirian
  • The role of Guanxi in the emerging environmental movement in China / Lei Xie and Arthur P.J. Mol
  • The shared future of environmental sociology and community sociology / Aaron M. McCright and Terry Nichols Clark.

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