Terrestrial Transformations

doi:10.5771/9781793605474

Terrestrial Transformations

A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature

1. Edition 2020

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793605474
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-0546-7
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-0547-4
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

Humanity’s future may rest on how we deal with climate change, environmental problems, and their impacts on society. Terrestrial Transformations: A Political Ecology Approach to Society and Nature recognizes that such problems have social, political, and cultural contexts, and that politics, money, and power have physical impacts on nature and society that cannot be ignored. This book brings together a set of chapters that provide an overview of the political ecology approach, illustrating its theoretical underpinnings, central concepts, methods, and major interests. The authors examine the political contexts of a broad range of environmental and social problems, drawing attention to the political and economic forces driving environmental and ecological problems, how societies are transformed as they attempt to cope and adapt to a changing nature, and who pays the price.

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Political Ecology Hydrology and Water Resources Environmental Science ecological restoration environmental policy environmental politics green economy climate change conservation anthropocene

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Preface
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–14 Introduction 1–14
15–32 1 The Anthropocene and Other Noxious Concepts 15–32
33–50 2 The Political Ecology of Climate Change 33–50
51–64 3 Digital Sensing and Human-Environment Relationships in the Face of Climate Variability in Senegal and Mauritania 51–64
65–94 4 The Political Ecology of Languagelessness of the Southwest North American Region 65–94
95–110 5 Political Ecology of Guitars and Their Tonewoods 95–110
111–120 6 Indigenous Responses to Colonialism in an Island State 111–120
121–132 7 An Everyday Politics of Access 121–132
133–148 8 Land Tenure Issues and Socio-Political Challenges in Mauritania 133–148
149–160 9 Complicity and Resistance in the Indigenous Amazon 149–160
161–178 10 Dolphin Hunters or Dolphin Saviors 161–178
179–192 11 When Pachamama Is Left Hungry 179–192
193–210 12 Place Matters 193–210
211–222 13 Practicing Political Ecology in the New Restoration Economy 211–222
223–234 14 Nature Conservation and the Ambiguous Human-Nature Relationship 223–234
235–250 15 Hope and Possibility for Transformation in Ordinary Acts of Well-Being on a Bicycle-Pedestrian Trail 235–250
251–262 Conclusions 251–262
263–296 References 263–296
297–306 Index 297–306
307–310 About the Editors and Contributors 307–310

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