Publisher's Synopsis
The SAGE Handbook of Nature offers an ambitious retrospective and prospective overview of the field that aims to position Nature, the environment and natural processes, at the heart of interdisciplinary social sciences.
The three volumes are divided into the following parts:
INTRODUCTION TO THE HANDBOOK
NATURAL AND SOCIO-NATURAL VULNERABILITIES: INTERWEAVING THE NATURAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES
SPACING NATURES: SUSTAINABLE PLACE MAKING AND ADAPTATION
COUPLED AND (DE-COUPLED) SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
RISK AND THE ENVIRONMENT: SOCIAL THEORIES, PUBLIC UNDERSTANDINGS, & THE SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE
HUNGRY AND THIRSTY CITIES AND THEIR REGIONS
CRITICAL CONSUMERISM AND ITS MANUFACTURED NATURES
GENDERED NATURES AND ECO-FEMINISM
REPRODUCTIVE NATURES: PLANTS, ANIMALS AND PEOPLE
NATURE, CLASS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY
BIO-SENSITIVITY & THE ECOLOGIES OF HEALTH
THE RESOURCE NEXUS AND ITS RELEVANCE
SUSTAINABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES
RURAL NATURES AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTION
This handbook is a key critical research resource for researchers and practitioners across the social sciences and their contributions to related disciplines associated with the fast developing interdisciplinary field of sustainability science.
