Contentious Geographies: Environmental Knowledge, Meaning, ScaleMichael K. Goodman, Max Boykoff, Kyle Evered The human-environment relationship, often contentious yet very closely intertwined, is one of the most pressing concerns of the twenty first century. Bringing together a range of case studies from both global North and South to illustrate the broad range of current theories on this relationship, this book presents significant cutting-edge research into the continuing (re)definition of political ecology as it relates to environmental contestation. In particular, it examines how various theoretical approaches shape environmental conflicts, how policies and technologies empower and encourage political and ecological outcomes. Covering issues such as mining regulation, climate change, water resource struggles, human displacement, genetic engineering and mapping technologies at a wide range of scales, this edited volume provides a broader, critical understanding of the theoretical frameworks and policies underlying resource and environmental conflicts. |
Contents
Contentious Geographies Environmental Knowledge Meaning Scale | 1 |
The Contentious World of Jared Diamonds Collapse | 27 |
Fight Semantic Drift? Mass Media Coverage of Anthropogenic Climate Change | 39 |
Whose Scarcity? The Hydrosocial Cycle and the Changing Waterscape of La Ligua River Basin Chile | 59 |
Environmentality in Rajasthans Groundwater Sector Divergent Environmental Knowledges and Subjectivities | 81 |
Discursive Spearpoints Contentious Interventions in Amazonian Indigenous Environments | 97 |
Confronting Invisibility Reconstructing Scale in Californias Pesticide Drift Conflict | 115 |
Scale and Narrative in the Struggle for Environment and Livelihood in Vieques Puerto Rico | 131 |
Making Local Places GEFree in Californias Contentious Geographies of Genetic Pollution and Coexistence | 147 |
Regional Power and the Power of the Region Resisting Dam Removal in the Pacific Northwest | 165 |
Law of Regions Mining Legislation and the Construction of East and West | 187 |
Mapping Boundaries Shifting Power The SocioEthical Dimensions of Participatory Mapping | 203 |
Competing and Conflicting Social Constructions of Land in South Africa The Case of and Implications for Land Reform | 219 |
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Contentious Geographies: Environmental Knowledge, Meaning, Scale Maxwell T. Boykoff Limited preview - 2016 |
Contentious Geographies: Environmental Knowledge, Meaning, Scale Maxwell T. Boykoff Limited preview - 2016 |
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