Contested EnvironmentsNick Bingham, Andrew Blowers, Chris Belshaw John Wiley & Sons, 2003 M07 9 - 304 pages Why are food scares become so common? Whose voices count in decisions affecting the landscapes where we live? Will we soon be wars over water? What makes people protest outside international trade meetings? These are just a few of the questions that are explored in Contested Environments. By bringing together perspectives from science, social science, technology, and humanities, the book addresses in a uniquely interdisciplinary way why environmental issues are so often controversial. Other features include
The book is part of a series entitled Environment: Change, Contest and Response. The series forms a significant part of an interdisciplinary Open University course on environmental matters. The other books in the series are: Understanding Environmental Issues; Changing Environments; Environmental Responses. |
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... Contest and Response . The complete list of texts that make up this course can be found on the back cover . Details of this and other Open University courses can be obtained from the Course Information and Advice Centre , PO Box 724 ...
... contest and GM Nick Bingham 3 Chapter Two Landscape , parks , wilderness 43 Chris Belshaw Chapter Three Power in the land : conflicts over energy and the environment 83 Andrew Blowers and Dave Elliott Chapter Four Troubled waters 131 ...
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Contents
Contents | 4 |
Summary | 11 |
Summary | 21 |
Conclusion | 38 |
Chapter Two Landscape parks wilderness | 43 |
conflicts over energy | 83 |
Chapter Four Troubled waters | 131 |
Chapter Five Trading with the environment | 171 |
Chapter Six Environmental justice and | 213 |
Chapter Seven Environmental values in environmental | 251 |
Chapter Eight Making environment news | 289 |
Conclusion Nick Bingham | 329 |