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This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary topics in environmental anthropology and thorough discussions on the current state and prospective future of the field in seven key sections. As the contributions to this Handbook demonstrate, the subfield of environmental anthropology is responding to cultural adaptations and responses to environmental changes in multiple and complex ways. As a discipline concerned primarily with h...

This comprehensive textbook brings together in one volume the broad spectrum of topics covered under sustainability, from participation, resilience, growth, ecological modernism through to culture, sustainable communities and sustainable consumption. The book provides postgraduate and final year undergraduate students in sustainable development and in environmental studies with a wealth of international and interdisciplinary expertise to chall...

As the role of humans in environmental degradation becomes increasingly clear, the field of environmental anthropology has expanded considerably. This collection offers a wide ranging consideration of the field which illustrates how environmental anthropology can increase our understanding & help find solutions to environmental problems.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary topics in environmental anthropology and thorough discussions on the current state and prospective future of the field in seven key sections. As the contributions to this Handbook demonstrate, the subfield of environmental anthropology is responding to cultural adaptations and responses to environmental changes in multiple and complex ways. As a discipline concerned primarily with h...

This volume focuses on the future of environmental anthropology, gathering both established academics and newcomers to discuss the methodological and theoretical themes of future research and outline new theoretical approaches. It explores topics ranging from migration to climate change, food insecurity, indigenous knowledge, the relation between information technology and ecology, and research methods that will soon characterize the field.

This volume focuses on the future of environmental anthropology, gathering both established academics and newcomers to discuss the methodological and theoretical themes of future research and outline new theoretical approaches. It explores topics ranging from migration to climate change, food insecurity, indigenous knowledge, the relation between information technology and ecology, and research methods that will soon characterize the field.

This title is a comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students doing courses in sustainability.

Today, we face some of the greatest environmental challenges in global history. Understanding the damage being done and the varied ethics and efforts contributing to its repair is of vital importance. This volume poses the question: What can increasing the emphasis on the environment in environmental anthropology, along with the science of its problems and the theoretical and methodological tools of anthropological practice, do to aid conserva...