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The book “Über Almen, zwischen Agrikultur & Trashkultur“ (About Alpine Pastures: agriculture and trash-culture) leads the reader from agricultural use of alpine meadows to touristic use and further to romanticistic views by urban societies. External views of alpine agriculture culminate in a complete virtualization of the term “Alm” (i.e. alpine pasture). This sociological study focuses on the view of Alpine peasants and how they cope with modern challenges.

Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning --- Environmentalist thought & ideology --- Social impact of environmental issues --- Agriculture & farming --- Austria --- Rural conditions. --- al-Nimsā --- Alpen- und Donau-Reichsgaue --- Ao-ti-li --- Austrian Republic --- Ausztria --- Autriche (Republic) --- Avstrii︠a︡ --- Avstrija --- Avusturya --- Deutschösterreich --- German Austria --- Österreich --- Ostmark --- Østrig --- Osṭriyah --- Ōsutoria --- Rakousko --- Republic of Austria --- Republik Österreich --- אוסטריה --- オーストリア --- Austro-Hungarian Monarchy --- Holy Roman Empire

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True to the nature of the Gedenkschrift, this commemorative publication celebrates the work of sociologist Dr. William Freudenburg, one of the founding editors of RSPPP and Dehlsen Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara. Chapters include personal reminiscences as well as research that reflect and build on Dr. Freudenburgs theories including recreancy, bureaucratic slippage, his research in environmental disasters, climate change natural resources, technological risk and Scientific Certainty Argumentation Method (SCAM). Government transparency, power and control are also among the topics discussed.

Environmental sociology --- Sociology. --- Social problems. --- Social policy. --- History. --- Freudenburg, William R. --- Social theory --- National planning --- State planning --- Reform, Social --- Social reform --- Social welfare --- Social sciences --- Environmental sciences --- Environmentalism --- Sociology --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Applied sociology --- Social aspects --- Social Science --- Social issues & processes. --- Social impact of environmental issues. --- General. --- Research. --- Sociological research --- Social science research

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The onset of global concerns about environmental risks, climate change and threats to the planet from industry have focused the minds of a generation. Throughout the world, new movements are emerging in an attempt to challenge those who would put profits before the planet. This volume brings together global contributions that represent the cutting edge of research in the area of global environmental movements. Contributions include chapters on the spatial impacts of environmental groups in Israel, the work of Greenpeace in Brazil, environmental activism in Ireland, animal rights and anti-hunt activism in Malta, the global de-growth movement, environmental movement mobilization in China, and anti-pollution activism in India. The scope and breath of this research indicates the emergence of both a global grassroots environmental mobilization in addition to analysis and documentation of these responses by researchers world-wide. With increased threats from climatic change and ecological degradation being highlighted as a threat to much of the world's population in the coming century, this activism and ensuing research becomes all the more significant.

Environmentalism. --- Green movement. --- Protest movements. --- Ecologism --- Environmental action groups --- Environmental groups --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Environmentalism --- Political ecology --- Sustainable living --- Anti-environmentalism --- Green movement --- Protest movements --- E-books --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- Greenwashing --- Science --- Nature --- Social impact of environmental issues. --- Management of land & natural resources. --- Climatic changes --- Environmental Science. --- Environmental Conservation & Protection. --- Social aspects.

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Climate change is a major challenge for us all, but for African countries it represents a particular threat. This book outlines current thinking and evidence and the impact such change will have on Africa's development prospects.

Climatic changes --- Environmental policy --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- Africa --- Climate. --- Developing countries: agricultural and food problems --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Global environmental change --- Social impact of environmental issues

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Humans live in social communities that are embedded ecologically within overlapping biophysical environments. This volume facilitates an ongoing dialogue between community sociologists and environmental sociologists about how humans interact with each other in social communities and with biophysical environments in an ecological community. The chapters in this volume contribute to three related areas of scholarship. First, chapters two through four deal with the ecological and social significance of place. The authors of these three chapters examine different theoretical and substantive dilemmas regarding place and ecology. Their scholarship investigates the significance of place across a range of natural, modified, and built environments. Second, chapters five through seven deal with the challenges of local sustainability. The authors of these three chapters perform scholarship on social, economic and ecological dimensions of local sustainability. Third, chapters eight through eleven deal with local environmental politics. The authors of these four chapters examine the various dynamics of local political processes in communities across three continents. These scholars explicitly examine how the structure of political opportunities in different localities affects the mobilization necessary to recognize and ameliorate environmental problems. We anticipate that this volume furthers the cross-pollination of ideas between community sociologists and environmental sociologists. Ultimately, the heightened and sustained communication between these two groups of scholars may lead to emergent theoretical, methodological, and substantive insights that may contribute to the discipline of sociology more generally. Different sections of the book address ecological and social significance of place, challenges of local sustainability, and local environmental politics. The book enhances the interplay of ideas between community sociologists and environmental sociologists, and stimulates thought that will contribute to the general field of sociology.

Human ecology. --- Human beings --- Nature --- Ecological engineering. --- Effect of environment on. --- Effect of human beings on. --- Ecotechnology --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Environmental effects on human beings --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human environment --- Social aspects --- Environmental management --- Human ecology --- Anthropogenic soils --- Nature and nurture --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Social impact of environmental issues. --- Social Science --- Sociology --- General.