Author : Michael J. Casimir
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781571814784
Especially commissioned essays.
Author : Michael J. Casimir
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781845456832
Today human ecology has split into many different sub-disciplines such as historical ecology, political ecology or the New Ecological Anthropology. The latter in particular has criticised the predominance of the Western view on different ecosystems, arguing that culture-specific world views and human-environment interactions have been largely neglected. However, these different perspectives only tackle specific facets of a local and global hyper-complex reality. In bringing together a variety of views and theoretical approaches , these especially commissioned essays prove that an interdisciplinary collaboration and understanding of the extreme complexity of the human-environment interface(s) is possible.
Author : Gustavo R. Grodnitzky
Publisher : Mountainfrog Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,32 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780990727910
What determines our behaviors as human beings at the individual and organizational level? Although it often feels as though either our biology or our personality (or both) guides our decisions about issues large and small, increasing evidence suggests that ... culture trumps everything. This book investigates the powerful ways in which a variety of factors, to include behavioral norms, alternative corporate models, habit patterns, connectedness, trust, language, and time perspective, impact the creation of "quintessence" in organizations. It is this quintessence -- or lack thereof -- that ultimately determines the success and sustainability of organizations. As leaders, we get the organizations we deserve, as a direct result of the cultures we nourish (or neglect). If we want to ensure the best possible outcomes for ourselves and our organizations, we must focus on developing the cultures that foster success for all stakeholders, because ... culture trumps everything.
Author : Jessica Barnes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300198817
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times, yet global solutions have proved elusive. This book draws together cutting-edge anthropological research to uncover new ways of approaching the critical questions that surround climate change. Leading anthropologists engage in three major areas of inquiry: how climate change issues have been framed in previous times compared to present-day discourse, how knowledge about climate change and its impacts is produced and interpreted by different groups, and how imagination plays a role in shaping conceptions of climate change.
Author : Ian Gordon Simmons
Publisher :
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Human ecology
ISBN :
Author : Barbara Rose Johnston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 34,52 MB
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400717741
Co-published with UNESCO A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples. It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a human right, and a core sustaining element in biodiversity and cultural diversity. The core concepts utilized in this book draw upon a larger trend in sustainability science, a recognition of the synergism and analytical potential in utilizing a coupled biological and social systems analysis, as the functioning viability of nature is both sustained and threatened by humans.
Author : I. G. Simmons
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 1996-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780631199243
This is a history of the impact of humankind on the natural environment from earliest times to the present. The first edition has been widely adopted in universities, acclaimed both for its wide scholarship and its author's readable style. The new edition is fully revised throughout and takes account of comments and suggestions received from all over the world. It has been restructured into a form appropriate for new methods of university teaching, the diagrams have been clarified, and references and sections of further reading provided at the end of each chapter. Revised edition of a widely-used textbook. More concise, more chapters, better adapted to course use. Revised further reading. Clearly-written, well-illustrated, popular with students.
Author : Sabine von Schorlemer
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,84 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783653052053
The volume takes a look at how impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and cultural diversity may challenge sustainable global peace. While the importance of the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflicts becomes recognized, the role of cultural policy as a reconciliatory, proactive element of sustainable peace has been underestimated.
Author : Deserai A. Crow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 16,63 MB
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1135103348
Focusing on cultural values and norms as they are translated into politics and policy outcomes, this book presents a unique contribution in combining research from varied disciplines and from both the developed and developing world. This collection draws from multiple perspectives to present an overview of the knowledge related to our current understanding of climate change politics and culture. It is divided into four sections – Culture and Values, Communication and Media, Politics and Policy, and Future Directions in Climate Politics Scholarship – each followed by a commentary from a key expert in the field. The book includes analysis of the challenges and opportunities for establishing successful communication on climate change among scientists, the media, policy-makers, and activists. With an emphasis on the interrelation between social, cultural, and political aspects of climate change communication, this volume should be of interest to students and scholars of climate change, environment studies, environmental policy, communication, cultural studies, media studies, politics, sociology.
Author : David B. Knight
Publisher :
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780890650882
