New book: Averting a Global Environmental Collapse The Role of Anthropology and Local Knowledge

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    Contents of a newly-published book some may find interesting:

     

    Thomas Reuter (ed. ) 2015 Averting a Global Environmental Collapse The Role of Anthropology and Local Knowledge. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

    http://www.cambridgescholars.com/averting-a-global-environmental-collapse

    Chapter One | 1 Thomas Reuter (University of Melbourne, Australia) In Response to a Global Environmental Crisis: How Anthropologists Are Contributing Toward Sustainability and Conservation

    Chapter Two | 23 Carlos Caroso, Fátima Tavares (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil) & Carlos Teles (UEFS, Brazil) The Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Traditional Peoples and Poor Populations in Brazil

    Chapter Three | 45 Sophie Cäcilie Elixhauser (University of Augsburg, Germany) Climate Change Uncertainties in a Mountain Community in South Tyrol Environments

    Chapter Four | 67 Amlan Kanti Ray & Pramathes Das Mahapatra (Spectrum Clinic & ERI, Kolkata), Shraboni Ray (School of Human Genetics and Population Health, Kolkata) & Chitradip Bhattacharjee (Anthropology, West Bengal State University, India) East Kolkata Wetland and Urbanization: Use of Local Knowledge in the Purification of Sewage by an Integrated Single Pond System

    Chapter Five | 84 Heather O’Leary (University of Minnesota, USA) Producing Middle-Class Waterscapes Beyond Middle-Class Thresholds: Domestic Workers and Identity Expression Through Water Allocation in Lower-Class Delhi, India

    Chapter Six | 101 Sarbjeet Singh (Panjab University, Chandigarh, India) Sustainable Approaches to Urban Development: Local people’s Perspective on a Newly Constructed Eco-city

    Chapter Seven | 127 Thomas Reuter (University of Melbourne, Australia) The Struggle for Food Sovereignty: A Global Perspective

    Chapter Eight | 148 Joan P. Mencher & Daniel Schneider (City University New York, USA) Small Farmers, Food Security and Drastic Climate Change

    Chapter Nine | 165 Shuichi Oyama (Kyoto University, Japan) Land Degradation and Ecological Knowledge-Based Land Rehabilitation: Hausa Farmers and Fulbe Herders in the Sahel Region, West Africa

    Chapter Ten | 189 Ashok Das Gupta (University of North Bengal) The Role of Toto Indigenous People in Conserving Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary

    Chapter Eleven | 202 Sweta Banerjee (Independent Researcher, India) Little Andaman Island and Indigenous Knowledge, With a Special Focus on Women Knowledge-Based Land Rehabilitation:

    Chapter Twelve | 221 Rashmi Pramanik & Shreyasi Bhattacharya (Sambalpur University, India) Global and Local Crises in the Balance of Human-Environment Relationships: An Anthropological Study of the Impact of the Coal Industry in India

    Chapter Thirteen | 241 Khalid M. Younis (United Nations) & Jon K. Webber (University of Phoenix) Raising Awareness and Effecting Environmental Change in Developing Countries: A Case Study on Social Responsibility Engagement in Liberia

    Chapter Fourteen | 265 José G. Vargas-Hernández (University of Guadalajara, Chile) Can Sustainability Be Reconciled with the Ethos of Business? Insights from a Study of the Handicraft Industry in Jalisco, México

    Chapter Fifteen | 279 Andréa Zhouri & Raquel Oliveira (GESTA-UFMG, Brazil) Embodied Experiences and the Global Gaze: Conflicting Perceptions of Water in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Brazil

    Chapter Sixteen | 301 Syaifudin Zakir & Restu Juniah (Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia) Natural Resource Management Policy: A Challenge for Sustainable Development in Indonesia

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