Environmental Realism Challenging Solutions

This interdisciplinary book challenges current approaches to “environmental problems” that perpetuate flawed but deeply embedded cultural beliefs about the role of science and technology in society. The authors elucidate and interrogate a cultural history of solutionism that typifies expectations th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cockerill, Kristan, Armstrong, Melanie (Author), Richter, Jennifer (Author), Okie, Jordan G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • - Chapter 1. Why Challenge Solutions?
  • Chapter 2. River Management and Restoration: Addressing Yesterday’s Solutions
  • Chapter 3. The Human Nature of Infectious Disease
  • Chapter 4. The Unpredictable Materiality of Radioactive Waste
  • Chapter 5. Integrating Science and Society for Environmental Realism