Title: Structural Human Ecology : New Essays in Risk, Energy, and Sustainability
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0874223172
ISBN 13: 9780874223170
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 0.82 pounds

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Contents:

"Introduction to Structural Human Ecology," by Thomas Dietz and Andrew K. Jorgenson

"Metatheoretical Foundations of Post-Normal Prediction," by Richard York

"Epistemology, Ontology and the Practice of Structural Human Ecology," byThomas Dietz

"Perspectives on Risks and Concerns with Respect to Climate Engineering,"by Ortwin Renn, Nadine Bratchatzek, Sylvia Hiller and Dirk Scheer

"Opportunities and Dilemmas in Managing Risk and Uncertainty," by Roger E. Kasperson

"Design Principles for Governing Risks from Emerging Technologies," byPaul C. Stern

"Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations," by Allan Mazur

"Population, Affluence, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Continuing Significance of Structural Human Ecology and the Utility of STIRPAT," by Andrew K. Jorgenson

"The Implications of Structural Human Ecology for Environmental Concern's Global Reach," by Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt

"Context Matters: Eugene A. Rosa's Lessons for Structural Human Ecology,"by Thomas Dietz

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Thomas Dietz is Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy and Assistant Vice President for Environmental Research at Michigan State University.

Andrew K. Jorgenson, Ph.D., conducts comparative-international research on the political-economy and human ecology of environmental change and public health. He is professor and director of graduate studies in sociology at the University of Utah, as well as a faculty affiliate of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program and an affiliate investigator for the Institute for Policy and International Affairs. His research has been published in dozens of scholarly journals.

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