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  • ENVIRONMENT & FOOD

    by Colin Sage ...
    Series series Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
    This timely book provides a thorough introduction to the inter-relationship of food and the environment. Its primary purpose is to bring to our attention the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections between what we eat and how this impacts on the earth’s resources. Having a better idea of the consequences of our food choices might encourage us to develop more sustainable practices of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Metaphor, Sustainability, Transformation

    Transdisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Ian Hughes, Edmond Byrne, Gerard Mullally, Colin Sage ...
    This book offers an eclectic range of transdisciplinary insights into the role of metaphor, myth and fable in shaping our understanding of the world and how we interact with it and with each other.Drawing on innovative perspectives from widely different fields, this book explores how metaphor might facilitate and underpin transformative change towards environmental, ecological and societal ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Food Transgressions

    Making Sense of Contemporary Food Politics

    Edited by Michael K. Goodman, Colin Sage ...
    Series series Critical Food Studies
    Reconnecting so-called alternative food geographies back to the mainstream food system - especially in light of the discursive and material 'transgressions' currently happening between alternative and conventional food networks, this volume critically interrogates and evaluates what stands for 'food politics' in these spaces of transgression now and in the near future and addresses questions such ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Food System Transformations

    Social Movements, Local Economies, Collaborative Networks

    Edited by Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar, Colin Sage ...
    Series series Critical Food Studies
    This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty.It provides detailed insights into a specialised network of social actors collaborating in novel ways and creating new ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Transitions to Sustainability

    Edited by Edmond Byrne, Gerard Mullally, Colin Sage ...
    Demonstrating how a university can, in a very practical and pragmatic way, be re-envisioned through a transdisciplinary informed frame, this book shows how through an open and collegiate spirit of inquiry the most pressing and multifaceted issue of contemporary societal (un)sustainability can be addressed and understood in a way that transcends narrow disciplinary work. It also provides a ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • After Sustainable Cities?

    Edited by Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin ...
    A sustainable city has been defined in many ways. Yet, the most common understanding is a vision of the city that is able to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Central to this vision are two ideas: cities should meet social needs, especially of the poor, and not exceed the ability of the global environment to meet needs ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Food, Globalization and Sustainability

    by Peter Oosterveer, David A. Sonnenfeld ...
    Food is increasingly traded internationally, thereby transforming the organization of food production and consumption globally and influencing most food-related practices. This transition is generating unfamiliar challenges related to sustainability of food provision, the social impacts of international trade and global food governance. Distance in time and space between food producers and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Understanding Sustainable Development

    by John Blewitt ...
    A truly comprehensive introduction to the topic, Understanding Sustainable Development is designed to give students on a wide range of courses an appreciation of the key concepts and theories of sustainable development.Fully updated, the third edition includes detailed coverage of the Sustainable Development Goals and their impact on global development. Major challenges and topics are explored ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Pursuing Sustainability

    A Guide to the Science and Practice

    by Pamela Matson, William C. Clark, Krister Par Andersson ...
    An essential guide to sustainable development for students and practitionersSustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other. This concise guide provides students and practitioners with a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable development, and serves as an invaluable companion to more narrowly focused courses dealing with ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Food Practices in Transition

    Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity

    Edited by Gert Spaargaren, Peter Oosterveer, Anne Loeber ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions
    This edited volume presents and reflects upon empirical evidence of ‘sustainability’-induced and -related transition in food practices. The material collected in the various chapters contributes to our understanding of the ways in which ideas and preferences, sociotechnological developments and changes in the governance of food interact and become visible in practices of consumption, retail and ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Urban Food Planning

    Seeds of Transition in the Global North

    by Rositsa T. Ilieva ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
    This highly original work examines the rise of the urban food planning movement in the Global North and provides insights into the new relationship between cities and food which has started developing over the past decade. It sheds light on cities as new spaces for food system innovation and on food as a tool for sustainable urban development. Drawing insights from the literature on socio ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Philosophy, Technology, and the Environment

    Edited by David M. Kaplan ...
    Contributions by prominent scholars examining the intersections of environmental philosophy and philosophy of technology.Environmental philosophy and philosophy of technology have taken divergent paths despite their common interest in examining human modification of the natural world. Yet philosophers from each field have a lot to contribute to the other. Environmental issues inevitably involve ... Read more

    $21.99 USD