Society and the environment : pragmatic solutions to ecological issues /
Carolan, Michael S.
Society and the environment : pragmatic solutions to ecological issues / Michael S. Carolan - Third edition. - New York : Routledge, c2020. - 351 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Table of Contents -- Expanded Table of Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Individuals, Societies, and Pragmatic Environmentalism -- Individualism: Too Much and Not Enough -- The Contribution of the Social Sciences -- Material Things Have Momentum -- The Messy Relationship between Behaviors and Attitudes -- The Journey Ahead -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos
Part I: Living in a Material World -- Chapter 2. Greenhouse Gases: Warmer Isn't Better -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Urban Areas -- Food Security -- Children, Women, and the Elderly -- Climate Change Refugees -- Solutions -- Environmental Movements Matter -- Stabilization Triangle and Wedges -- Behavioral Change -- Green Building -- Geoengineering -- Carbon Markets and Offsets -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 3. Waste: Our Sinks Are Almost Sunk -- Fast Facts -- Implications
Energy Waste and the Life- Analysis -- Recycling -- Food Waste -- Waste and Public Health -- E- Waste -- Solutions -- MSW Management Alternatives from around the World -- Extended Producer Responsibility -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 4. Biodiversity: Society Wouldn't Exist Without It -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Changing Definitions of Biodiversity -- Biodiversity: The Fuel Driving Ecosystem Services -- Biocultural Diversity -- Biopiracy -- Solutions -- Community Conservation
Agrobiodiversity Conservation -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 5. Water: There's No Substitute -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Bottled Water -- Privatizing Water -- Agriculture -- Climate Change -- Solutions -- Water as a Human Right at the Right Value -- Water Governance -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Part II: At the Intersection of Ecology and Society
Chapter 6. Population: A Problem of Quantity or Quality? -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Greenhouse Gases -- Urban Sprawl -- Food -- Feeding a Growing Nonhuman Animal Population -- Feeding a Growing Automobile Population -- Solutions -- Socioeconomic Development -- The Future Role of Cities -- The Case for a Population Explosion -- Up Rather Than Out"": If It Works for Cities, Can It Work for Farms? -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 7. Transportation: Beyond Air Pollution -- Fast Facts
Without focusing entirely on what is wrong with the world around us, the third edition of Society and the Environment centers its discussion on realistic solutions to the problems that persist and examines current controversies within a socio-organizational context. After introducing pragmatic environmentalism, Carolan discusses the complex pressures and variables that exist where ecology and society collide, such as population growth andthe concurrent increase in demands for food and energy, and transportation and its outsized influence on urban and community patterns. With further attention given to the social phenomena and structural dynamics driving today's environmental problems, the book concludes with an important reflection on truly sustainable solutions and what constitutes meaningful social change. Each chapter in this interdisciplinary text follows a three-part structure beginning with an overview of what is wrong and why. This leads into a discussion on each issue's wide-ranging implications and, finally, a balanced consideration of realistic solutions. Featuring updated and expanded examples, discussion points, and coverage of recent developments including the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, booming national economies and wealth distribution, growing global interest in environmental justice--with particular focus on the links between injustice and race and inequality--climate change, and renewable energy, this new edition remains an essential companion for courses on environmental sociology and sustainability.
9780367427740
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- GENERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
GE 195 .C37 2020
Society and the environment : pragmatic solutions to ecological issues / Michael S. Carolan - Third edition. - New York : Routledge, c2020. - 351 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Table of Contents -- Expanded Table of Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Individuals, Societies, and Pragmatic Environmentalism -- Individualism: Too Much and Not Enough -- The Contribution of the Social Sciences -- Material Things Have Momentum -- The Messy Relationship between Behaviors and Attitudes -- The Journey Ahead -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos
Part I: Living in a Material World -- Chapter 2. Greenhouse Gases: Warmer Isn't Better -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Urban Areas -- Food Security -- Children, Women, and the Elderly -- Climate Change Refugees -- Solutions -- Environmental Movements Matter -- Stabilization Triangle and Wedges -- Behavioral Change -- Green Building -- Geoengineering -- Carbon Markets and Offsets -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 3. Waste: Our Sinks Are Almost Sunk -- Fast Facts -- Implications
Energy Waste and the Life- Analysis -- Recycling -- Food Waste -- Waste and Public Health -- E- Waste -- Solutions -- MSW Management Alternatives from around the World -- Extended Producer Responsibility -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 4. Biodiversity: Society Wouldn't Exist Without It -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Changing Definitions of Biodiversity -- Biodiversity: The Fuel Driving Ecosystem Services -- Biocultural Diversity -- Biopiracy -- Solutions -- Community Conservation
Agrobiodiversity Conservation -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 5. Water: There's No Substitute -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Bottled Water -- Privatizing Water -- Agriculture -- Climate Change -- Solutions -- Water as a Human Right at the Right Value -- Water Governance -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Part II: At the Intersection of Ecology and Society
Chapter 6. Population: A Problem of Quantity or Quality? -- Fast Facts -- Implications -- Greenhouse Gases -- Urban Sprawl -- Food -- Feeding a Growing Nonhuman Animal Population -- Feeding a Growing Automobile Population -- Solutions -- Socioeconomic Development -- The Future Role of Cities -- The Case for a Population Explosion -- Up Rather Than Out"": If It Works for Cities, Can It Work for Farms? -- Important Concepts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Additional Readings -- Relevant Internet Links -- Suggested Videos -- Chapter 7. Transportation: Beyond Air Pollution -- Fast Facts
Without focusing entirely on what is wrong with the world around us, the third edition of Society and the Environment centers its discussion on realistic solutions to the problems that persist and examines current controversies within a socio-organizational context. After introducing pragmatic environmentalism, Carolan discusses the complex pressures and variables that exist where ecology and society collide, such as population growth andthe concurrent increase in demands for food and energy, and transportation and its outsized influence on urban and community patterns. With further attention given to the social phenomena and structural dynamics driving today's environmental problems, the book concludes with an important reflection on truly sustainable solutions and what constitutes meaningful social change. Each chapter in this interdisciplinary text follows a three-part structure beginning with an overview of what is wrong and why. This leads into a discussion on each issue's wide-ranging implications and, finally, a balanced consideration of realistic solutions. Featuring updated and expanded examples, discussion points, and coverage of recent developments including the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, booming national economies and wealth distribution, growing global interest in environmental justice--with particular focus on the links between injustice and race and inequality--climate change, and renewable energy, this new edition remains an essential companion for courses on environmental sociology and sustainability.
9780367427740
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- GENERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
GE 195 .C37 2020