Social impact of environmental issues
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Social impact of environmental issues
Hardcover. Based on 17 years of research, this book explores the process of Ogata-mura's development from the planning stages to the present. An intensive ethnographic study of the relationship between land reclamation, agriculture, and politics in regional Japan, it traces the internal social effects of the village's economic transformations.. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474. Sowing Dissent and Reclaiming Identity in a Japanese Farming Village. Series: Asian Anthropologies. 260 pages, 52 ills. Based on 17 years of research, this book explores the process of Ogata-mura's development from the planning stages to the present. An intensive ethnographic study of the relationship between land reclamation, agriculture, and politics in regional Japan, it traces the internal social effects of the village's economic transformations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHM; RNT. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455246
- ISBN
- 9780857455246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.04
€ 156.04
Landscapes Beyond Land: Routes, Aesthetics, Narratives (EASA Series)
Jo Vergunst, Arnar Arnason, Nicolas Ellison, ...
Hardcover. The contributors explore how landscapes become known primarily through movement and journeying rather than stasis. Working across four continents, they explain how landscapes are constituted and recollected in the stories people tell of their journeys through them, and how, in turn, these stories are embedded in landscaped forms. Editor(s): Arnason, Arnar; Ellison, Nicolas; Vergunst, Jo Lee; Whitehouse, Andrew. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456717
- ISBN
- 9780857456717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.34
€ 158.34
Paperback. Series: Endgame. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583227244
- ISBN
- 9781583227244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.69
€ 21.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Series: Endgame. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583227305
- ISBN
- 9781583227305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.41
€ 21.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFC; RNC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670569
- ISBN
- 9781583670569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.25
€ 30.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RGC; RNK; RNT; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595347824
- ISBN
- 9781595347824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.06
€ 18.99
€ 18.06
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Elite Books
- Edition
- Second Edition,Second
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600700743
- ISBN
- 9781600700743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.83
€ 19.99
€ 19.83
Hardcover. Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization processes such as neoliberal urban policies.. Editor(s): Durr, Eveline; Jaffe, Rivke. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456924
- ISBN
- 9781845456924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.81
€ 155.81
Spatial analysis is an increasingly important tool for detecting and preventing numerous risk and crisis phenomena such as floods in a geographical area. This book concentrates on examples of prevention but also gives crisis control advice and practical case studies. Editor(s): Brugnot, Gerard. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RGC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848210462
- ISBN
- 9781848210462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.10
€ 173.10
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; RGC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649382
- ISBN
- 9780691649382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardback. In this oral history, Ogata Masato, fisherman and Minamata disease sufferer, tells of the devastation of methyl mercury poisoning and the impact of industrial pollution on his own life, on his extended family and on the fishing culture in Minamata Bay, Japan. Editor(s): Ogata, Masato; Colligan-Taylor, Karen. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTD; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500204
- ISBN
- 9780742500204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.25
€ 167.25
paperback. This text aims to provide a fresh view of contemporary geography. The authors explore the role of four traditional themes in the "new cultural geography" including the interplay between the evolution of particular biophysical niches and the activities of the culture groups that inhabit them. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501065
- ISBN
- 9780742501065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.90
€ 83.90
Paperback. This text examines the social, spatial and property practices of New Zealand's high country. It combines historical, literary and ethnographic approaches to draw a portrait of families whose many features can be used in the debates about land use in the colonies of the British diaspora. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; JFSL9; JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509528
- ISBN
- 9780742509528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.83
€ 74.83
Hardback. All forms of tourism have impacts on the natural environment. The impacts of ecotourism tend to be concentrated in areas of highest conservation value, hence the need to manage and minimize these. Editor(s): Buckley, Ralf. Series: Ecotourism Book S. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNSG; RNT; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851998107
- ISBN
- 9780851998107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.62
€ 279.62
hardcover. Series: Anthem Environment and Sustainability. Num Pages: 284 pages, 56 b+w tables and figures. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783080205
- ISBN
- 9781783080205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.94
€ 133.94
Hardback. Contextualizing Disaster argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Editor(s): Button, Gregory V.; Schuller, Mark. Series: Catastrophes in Context. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHB; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332807
- ISBN
- 9781785332807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.24
€ 156.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Redding, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 124 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Durkheim Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952993612
- ISBN
- 9780952993612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.21
€ 37.21
Paperback. This book sheds light on what drought and climate change mean to rural Australians - in their words. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; RNFD; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781486301201
- ISBN
- 9781486301201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.93
€ 54.93
Hardback. Today, human ecology has split into many different sub-disciplines, such as historical ecology, political ecology or the New Ecological Anthropology. This collection of essays aims to prove that an interdisciplinary collaboration and understanding of the extreme complexity of the human-environment interface(s) is possible. Editor(s): Casimir, Michael J. Num Pages: 410 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814784
- ISBN
- 9781571814784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.15
€ 170.15
Hardback. Based on fieldwork on the socioeconomic aspects of conservation on the tourist destination of Zakynthos, Theodossopoulos (social anthropology, U. of Bristol) shifted his original focus from a general analysis of emerging Greek environmental politics to an ethnographic case study of the values shapin Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; JHM; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815965
- ISBN
- 9781571815965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.22
€ 157.22