Rural Sociology And The Environment

Author : Donald R. Field
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rural Sociology and the Environment written by Donald R. Field and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-11-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increasing awareness of the limits that natural resource reserves and environmental concerns impose on economic growth, rural sociologists have developed new ways of looking at the relationship between man and his environment. This volume surveys changing sociological views of that relationship and explores a holistic, cooperative model of human/nature interaction that reflects the needs of the post-industrial age. In their introduction Field and Burch review significant landmarks in natural resource sociology and comment on some of the underlying aims of rural sociology. The remaining chapters focus on three distinct periods during which rural sociologists have sought to examine man's relationship and adaptation to the environment.

Author : John E. Carlson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rural Society and Environment in America written by John E. Carlson and published by McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics. This book was released on 1981 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Hannigan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131775199X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Sociology written by John Hannigan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of John Hannigan’s classic undergraduate text has been fully updated and revised to highlight contemporary trends and controversies within global environmental sociology. Environmental Sociology offers a distinctive, balanced treatment of environmental issues, reconciling Hannigan’s much-cited model of the social construction of environmental problems and controversies with an environmental justice perspective that stresses inequality and toxic threats to local communities.

Author : Valerie Gunter
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1452239568
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volatile Places written by Valerie Gunter and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volatile Places: A Sociology of Communities and Environmental Controversies is a thoughtful guide to the spirited public controversies that inevitably occur when environments and human communities collide. The movie "An Inconvenient Truth" based on the environmental activism of Al Gore and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina are specifically highlighted. Authors Valerie Gunter and Steve Kroll-Smith begin with a simple observation and offer a provocative case study approach to the investigation of community and environmental controversies. Key Features: Compels students with personal narrative: Co-author Valerie Gunter, who was teaching at the University of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck, gives her personal standpoint of this tragedy. Creates a dramatic story around the controversy: Each case study illustrates a local environmental conflict and is written to capture students′ attention. Provides a unique way to view environmental conflicts: The book illustrates the importance of each perspective and local knowledge when making decisions about the environment. Makes connections with previous chapters: The chapters are integrated to create a strong sense for the multifaceted approach to the study of community and environmental controversies. Includes portfolios in each chapter as well as concept and theory boxes: Students are inspired to engage in spirited thinking, original research, and action. Intended Audience: This text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Environmental Sociology. It is also an ideal text for Social Problems courses focusing on environmental issues.

Author : Gregory M. Fulkerson
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498534104
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Rural written by Gregory M. Fulkerson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the role of the environment, the economy, and related issues such as tourism. While traditionally relying on primary sector work in agriculture, mining, natural resources, and the like, rural areas are finding new ways to sustain themselves. This involves a new emphasis on environmental protection, as one important strategy has been to capitalize on natural amenities to attract residents and tourists. Beyond improvements to the economy are general improvements to the quality-of-life in rural communities. Consistent with this, the volume focuses on the two cornerstones of education and health, considering current challenges and offering ideas for reinventing rural quality-of-life.

Author : Riley E. Dunlap
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742501867
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociological Theory and the Environment written by Riley E. Dunlap and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly all of the major perspectives, focal points and debates in environmental sociology are reflected in this collection of essays. The volume exceeds the bounds of conventional theory by surveying societies and their natural biophysical environments.

Author : Riley E. Dunlap
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Environmental Sociology written by Riley E. Dunlap and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental sociology: an introduction. Sociological theory and the natural environmental. Theory and the sociological study of the built environment. Socio-behavioral qualities of the built environmet. Macro-environments and people: cities, suburbs,a nd metropolitan areas. Designing the built environment. Rural environments and agriculture. Energy, society, and environment. Natural hazards and disastres. Technological hazards and disastres. Risk, technology, and society. Human dimensions of global environmental change. Social impact assessment and technololgy assessment. The environmental movement in the United States. Environmental concern: conceptual and measurement issues. Environmental sociology in nonacademic settings.

Author : Don E. Albrecht
Publisher : Iowa State Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of U.S. Agriculture written by Don E. Albrecht and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Riley E. Dunlap
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Directory of Environmental Sociologists written by Riley E. Dunlap and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank B. Golley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461214483
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective written by Frank B. Golley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book synthesizes knowledge from several fields that are crucial to sustainable rural development: the physical environment, biological and agricultural production, rural sociology and economics. It takes a systems perspective incorporating systems analysis, landscape analysis and soil, water, and land planning. Directed toward graduate students and professionals, it provides a source of information and concepts for those concerned with land and water policies and practice. It presents an integrated approach using practical and applicable models and methods and takes a middle position between an elementary conceptual approach to land and water management and a highly mathematically advanced treatise based exclusively on system modeling. The book is based on almost twenty years of experience in teaching a course on rural planning and the environment, the authors being specialists from universities, research institutions and companies in Europe and North America.