Environment and Society: Human Perspectives on Environmental Issues

by Charles L. Harper

This integrative book about human-environment relations connects many issues about human societies, ecological systems, and environments with data and perspectives from different fields of study. While the viewpoint is primarily sociological, coverage is specifically designed to relate to a diverse audience and encompass viewpoints from a variety of natural and social science approaches. KEY TOPICS Chapter topics include environmental problems and ecosystems; the resources of the sources and sinks; global climate change, scientific uncertainty, and risk; population, environment, and food; energy and society; transforming markets, politics, and policy; ideology, and collective action; and trade, environment, and the third revolution. For individuals with an interest in– and concern for–the environment.

370 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Sarah-Marie]

This book was REALLY spendy...so it better be good!

[Jennifer]

Difficult and mechanical to read at times, but describes in detail issues faced world-wide in the field of environmental sociology.