TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adelson,Glenn
TI  - Environment: an interdisciplinary anthology 
SN  - 9780300110777 (pbk.) :
AV  - GE40 .E548 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Haven, CT
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Environment
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Interdisciplinary research
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Interconnections: Cross-Listed Selections for Chapters in Part One, Concepts and Case Studies -- Why Environmental Studies? -- The Design and Use of This Book -- Overture: Nature and Human Perception -- Pt. 1. Concepts and Case Studies -- 1. Climate Shock -- 2. Species in Danger: Three Case Studies -- 3. Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Future -- 4. Biotechnology and Genetically Manipulated Organisms: Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly -- 5. The Paradox of Sustainable Development -- 6. Deforestation -- 7. War and Peace: Security at Stake -- 8. Globalization Is Environmental -- 9. What Is Wilderness and Do We Need It? -- 10. The Urban Environment: Calcutta and Los Angeles -- Pt. 2. Foundational Disciplines and Topics -- I. Biological Interactions -- 11. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology -- 12. Soil and Agriculture -- 13. Air and Water -- 14. Energy -- 15. Toxicology -- II. Human Dimensions -- 16. The Inner Life -- 17. Ethics, Philosophy, Gender -- 18. Poetry -- 19. History and the Environment -- 20. Nature Writing -- III. Social Connections -- 21. Politics and Public Policy -- 22. Law and Environmental Justice -- 23. Economics -- 24. Human Population -- 25. Anthropology -- 26. Conviction and Action
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