1st Edition
Society and Its Environment An Introduction
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
First Published in 1998.People cannot live without changing nature. They do so by breathing, feeding and defecating, by dressing and heating and by creating barriers against wind and water, cold and heat. These forms of human-induced change of nature have been present since the dawn of mankind. People are constantly confronted by a malignant nature against which they have to defend themselves and... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 Environment and environmental problems, 2 History, 3 Geography, 4 Cultureand civilization, 5 Social dilemmas, 6 Environmental attitudes and behaviour, 7 Annoyance and risk, 8 Organizations, 9 State and environmental policy, 10 Globalization, References, Subject Index, Author Index
Biography
Egbert Tellegen, Maarten Wolsink University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Excellent reference book. It provides a succinct discussion of a very broad range of topics. It's very suitable for a first year course where students are coming from a diverse range of disciplines and need a basic introductory reference."
" ...a clearly written text...uniquely combining a historical and sociological approach to environmental problems."
