Structural Human Ecology: New Essays in Risk, Energy, and Sustainability

Bratchatzek, Nadine; Ehrlich, Paul; Hiller, Sylvia; Kasperson, Roger E.; Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra T.; Mazur, Allan; Renn, Ortwin; Scheer, Dirk

ISBN 10: 0874223172 / ISBN 13: 9780874223170

Published by Washington State University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• 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: New

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Synopsis

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
 
 
 

About the Authors

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.