Methods and Research Design Vaccaro, Ismael editor of compilation. Smith, Eric Alden editor of compilation. Aswani, Shankar editor of compilation. text enk 2010 monographic eng

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1 online resource (398 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). The relationship between human communities and the environment is extremely complex. In order to resolve the issues involved with this relationship, interdisciplinary research combining natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities is necessary. In this 2010 book, specialists summarise methods and research strategies for various aspects of social research devoted to environmental issues. Each chapter is illustrated with ethnographic and environmental examples, ranging from Australia to Amazonia, from Madagascar to the United States, and from prehistoric and historic cases to contemporary rural and urban ones. It deals with climate change, deforestation, environmental knowledge, natural reserves, politics and ownership of natural resources, and the effect of differing spatial and temporal scales. Contributing to the intellectual project of interdisciplinary environmental social science, this book shows the possibilities social science can provide to environmental studies and to larger global problems and thus will be of equal interest to social and natural scientists and policy makers. Edited by Ismael Vaccaro, Eric Alden Smith, Shankar Aswani. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). GF26 .E585 2010 304.2 9780511760242 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511760242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511760242 UkCbUP 100506 20170413094207.0 CR9780511760242