Environmental Values

Environmental Values
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9781134760374
ISBN-13 : 113476037X
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Environmental Values by : John O'Neill

We live in a world confronted by mounting environmental problems; increasing global deforestation and desertification, loss of species diversity, pollution and global warming. In everyday life people mourn the loss of valued landscapes and urban spaces. Underlying these problems are conflicting priorities and values. Yet dominant approaches to policy-making seem ill-equipped to capture the various ways in which the environment matters to us. Environmental Values introduces readers to these issues by presenting, and then challenging, two dominant approaches to environmental decision-making, one from environmental economics, the other from environmental philosophy. The authors present a sustained case for questioning the underlying ethical theories of both of these traditions. They defend a pluralistic alternative rooted in the rich everyday relations of humans to the environments they inhabit, providing a path for integrating human needs with environmental protection through an understanding of the narrative and history of particular places. The book examines the implications of this approach for policy issues such as biodiversity conservation and sustainability. Written in a clear and accessible style for an interdisciplinary audience, this volume will be ideal for student use in environmental courses in geography, economics, philosophy, politics and sociology.

Environmental Values in American Culture

Environmental Values in American Culture
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0262611236
ISBN-13 : 9780262611237
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Environmental Values in American Culture by : Willett Kempton

How do Americans view environmental issues? This study by a team of cognitive anthropologists reveals similarities in the way different groups of Americans view environmental change, while also showing that Americans may have misunderstandings about these

Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods

Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9781402054051
ISBN-13 : 140205405X
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods by : Ståle Navrud

This volume offers a snapshot of the research that is ongoing in the area of value transfer. It provides relevant input for increasing the quality of cost-benefit analyses of projects with environmental and health impacts. The volume includes papers by some of the most influential authors in the area and covers the latest developments in the field.

Environmental Values in Christian Art

Environmental Values in Christian Art
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9780791479247
ISBN-13 : 0791479242
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Environmental Values in Christian Art by : Susan Power Bratton

The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values

The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values
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Publisher : Resources for the Future
Total Pages : 516
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ISBN-10 : 1891853627
ISBN-13 : 9781891853623
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values by : A. Myrick Freeman

Non-market valuation is becoming increasingly accepted as an evaluative tool of economics related to environmental and resource protection. Freeman (economics, Bowdoin College) presents an overview of the literature, introducing the principal methods and techniques of resource valuation. Chapters cover the measurement of welfare changes, revealed and stated preference models, nonuse models, aggregation of values across time, environmental quality as factor input, longevity and health valuation, property value models, hedonic wage models, and recreational uses of natural resource systems. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Environmental Values

Environmental Values
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781134760381
ISBN-13 : 1134760388
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Environmental Values by : John O'Neill

This book is a rigorous assessment of the ways in which the natural and cultural environments we inhabit are valued, offering a distinctive perspective on environmental ethics and policy making that is sensitive to real life conflicts and dilemmas.

Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics
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Publisher : Temple University Press
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 9781439903919
ISBN-13 : 1439903913
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Environmental Ethics by : Holmes Rolston

A systematic account of values carried by the natural world.

Ontological Politics in a Disposable World

Ontological Politics in a Disposable World
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9781472434944
ISBN-13 : 1472434943
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Ontological Politics in a Disposable World by : Dr Luigi Pellizzoni

This book explores the intertwining of politics and ontology, shedding light on the ways in which, as our ability to investigate, regulate, appropriate, ‘enhance’ and destroy material reality have developed, so new social scientific accounts of nature and our relationship with it have emerged, together with new forms of power. Engaging with cutting-edge social theory and elaborating on the thought of Foucault, Heidegger, Adorno and Agamben, the author demonstrates that the convergence of ontology with politics is not simply an intellectual endeavour of growing import, but also a governmental practice which builds upon neoliberal programmes, the renewed accumulation of capital and the development of technosciences in areas such as climate change, geoengineering and biotechnology.

Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change

Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9780226197593
ISBN-13 : 022619759X
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change by : Bryan G. Norton

“Systematically investigates the philosophical foundations of sustainable development in the context of the history of environmental policy. . . . Compelling.” —Choice Sustainability is a nearly ubiquitous concept today, but can we ever imagine what it would be like for humans to live sustainably on earth? One of the most trafficked terms in the press, on university campuses, and in the corridors of government, sustainability has risen to prominence as a buzzword before the many parties laying claim to it have agreed on how to define it. But the term’s political currency urgently demands that we develop an understanding of this elusive concept. While economists, philosophers, and ecologists argue about what in nature is valuable, and why, in Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change, Bryan Norton offers an action-oriented, pragmatic response to the disconnect between public and academic discourse around sustainability. Looking to the arenas in which decisions are made—and the problems driving these decisions—Norton reveals that the path to sustainability cannot be guided by fixed objectives; sustainability will instead be achieved through experimentation, incremental learning, and adaptive management. Drawing inspiration from Aldo Leopold’s famed metaphor of “thinking like a mountain” for a spatially explicit, pluralistic approach to evaluating environmental change, Norton outlines a new decision-making process guided by deliberation and negotiation across science and philosophy. Looking across scales to today’s global problems, Norton urges us to learn to think like a planet. “An excellent distillation of Norton’s extensive and groundbreaking work.” —Ben Minteer, Arizona State University, author of Refounding Environmental Ethics “Engaging and important.” —Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas at Austin, author of Environmental Philosophy: From Theory to Practice

Environmental Values in a Globalizing World

Environmental Values in a Globalizing World
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781134289202
ISBN-13 : 1134289200
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Environmental Values in a Globalizing World by : Ian Lowe

This multidisciplinary volume presents a refreshing new approach to environmental values in the global age. it investigates the challenges that globalization poses to traditional environmental values in general as well as in politics and international governance. Divided into five parts, the book investigates how environmental values could be reconceived in a globalizing world. Part I explores contemporary environmental values and their implications for a globalizing world. Part II examines the development of Western and Eastern environmental values Part III discusses contemporary environmental politics Part IV examines how values inform environmental governance and how governance solutions influence which values are realised Part V concludes the volume with two different views of the prospects of environmental values in a globalising world. This study will be of great interest to students and researchers studying the environment in philosophy, political science, international relations, international environment law, environmental studies and development studies.