ISBN: 9789401721035

Social and natural scientists are currently obsessed with globalization, but this has not been matched by an equal interest in the societal consequences of local environmental change. Att… Meer...

Social and natural scientists are currently obsessed with globalization, but this has not been matched by an equal interest in the societal consequences of local environmental change. Attention has thus been withdrawn from community and locality and transferred to global processes, with an indifference to the reality of those at the receiving end of the social, economic and political problems that globalization create. Local reality is obscured and conditions are imposed that are often insensitive to or even distort local needs, resource management, and production systems. The case studies presented here illustrate how environmental degradation has contributed to the distortion of local institutions and economies, thus denying local communities the right to live in a productive and healthy environment. The contributors highlight the seriousness of the difficulties involved in conflating national policies and local reality, and imposing global policy instruments on local communities. Understandably, the case studies demonstrate that local communities resist putting their faith in environmental policies and plans imposed on them by global or national institutions that often deprive them of access to and control over their local environment. Books > Environment eBook, Springer Shop<

ISBN: 9789401721035

Environment; Ecotoxicology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Environment, general; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Human Geography environment, globalization, health Books eBook, Spring… Meer...

Environment; Ecotoxicology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Environment, general; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Human Geography environment, globalization, health Books eBook, Springer Science+Business Media<

ISBN: 9789401721035

; PDF \ Hellmut Fritzsche; Scientific, Technical and Medical > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues, World Scientific Publishing Company

ISBN: 9789401721035

Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa: Local Environmental Change and Society in Africa: eBooks > Belletristik > Erzählungen, Springer Netherlands

ISBN: 9789401721035

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