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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Environmental Beliefs and Practices | A Comparative Study of Water Scarcity and Contamination in West Bengal India | Pradip Swarnakar | Taschenbuch | Englisch | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659212628 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

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Hardback. Condition: New. This book examines how environmental problems and solutions are intertwined with cultural meanings, power relations and inequality. It highlights the essential role played by environmental sociology in understanding the social dynamics that create opportunities and barriers to sustainability and wellbeing.Exploring key debates such as whether capitalism can ever be sustainable, the book underscores why ecological challenges are also questions of justice and equity. Drawing on a broad range of empirical examples from across the Global North and South, chapters highlight how responses to environmental crises vary across regions and the need for solutions to embrace diverse perspectives. The authors conclude that building sustainable futures requires more than technological fixes or incremental change: it demands social transformation, inclusive governance and critical reflection on the systems driving environmental harm.Linking theory and practical insights, Understanding Environmental Sociology is an essential resource for scholars and students of environmental sociology, environmental governance, and environmental studies more widely. Policymakers and public administrators in sustainable development will similarly benefit from its timely recommendations.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. This book examines how environmental problems and solutions are intertwined with cultural meanings, power relations and inequality. It highlights the essential role played by environmental sociology in understanding the social dynamics that create opportunities and barriers to sustainability and wellbeing.Exploring key debates such as whether capitalism can ever be sustainable, the book underscores why ecological challenges are also questions of justice and equity. Drawing on a broad range of empirical examples from across the Global North and South, chapters highlight how responses to environmental crises vary across regions and the need for solutions to embrace diverse perspectives. The authors conclude that building sustainable futures requires more than technological fixes or incremental change: it demands social transformation, inclusive governance and critical reflection on the systems driving environmental harm.Linking theory and practical insights, Understanding Environmental Sociology is an essential resource for scholars and students of environmental sociology, environmental governance, and environmental studies more widely. Policymakers and public administrators in sustainable development will similarly benefit from its timely recommendations.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Autor/Autorin: Swarnakar PradipDr. Pradip Swarnakar, Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, has obtained his PhD in Sociology from IIT Kanpur, India. He has also worked at IIT Delhi and CISED Banga.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Despite being a young sub-discipline, environmental sociology has pioneered in generating overarching framework to study reciprocal interaction of environment and society. Following the theoretical and empirical tradition of environmental sociology, this book, an outcome of doctoral research of the author, examines environmental beliefs and practices in rural West Bengal state of India with special reference to water problem. Methodologically, it followed Riley Dunlap s scale of New Ecological Paradigm to measure peoples environmental beliefs in general and water beliefs in particular. The study was conducted in two districts of rural West Bengal in India, one facing water contamination and other water scarcity. Along with beliefs, this study also examines people s daily life practices related to water consumption. This book will be of interest to environmental sociologist, rural development and management professionals, and non-government agencies engaged in water research.…