Contentious geographies : environmental knowledge, meaning, scale / edited by Michael K. Goodman, Maxwell T. Boykoff, Kyle T. Evered.

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Goodman, Michael K, 1969-

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TextSeries: Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practicePublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 242 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0754688119
9780754688112

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contentious geographies.DDC classification:

333.72 22

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GE195.7 .G66 2008eb

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Contentious Geographies: Environmental Knowledge, Meaning, Scale; PART 1 TRANSLATING CONTENTIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE; PART 2 CONFLICTING AND SHIFTING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGES, LIVELIHOODS, AND POWER; PART 3 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS: CONTESTED (RE)SCALING OF KNOWLEDGES, PROBLEMS AND NARRATIVES; PART 4 CONTESTED PRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, LAW, AND KNOWLEDGE; PART 5 FRAUGHT SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; Index.

Summary: The human-environment relationship is one of the most pressing concerns of the twenty-first century. Bringing together a range of global case studies to illustrate the broad range of current theories on this relationship, this book presents significant cutting-edge research into the continuing (re)definition of political ecology as it relates to environmental contestation.

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The human-environment relationship is one of the most pressing concerns of the twenty-first century. Bringing together a range of global case studies to illustrate the broad range of current theories on this relationship, this book presents significant cutting-edge research into the continuing (re)definition of political ecology as it relates to environmental contestation.

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