| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index. |
| Contents |
When environments and communities collide -- The presence of the past -- Trust and betrayal -- The problem of uncertain knowledge -- Perceptions of fairness -- Oppositional activity and social capital -- Social facts and brute facts : confounding the social and the physical. |
| Summary |
A guide to spirited public controversies that inevitably occur when environments and human communities collide. It talks about the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" based on the environmental activism of Al Gore, and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. It offers a case study approach to the investigation of community and environmental controversies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmentalism.
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Environmentalism. |
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on. |
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Environmental psychology.
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Environmental psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kroll-Smith, J. Stephen, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gunter, Valerie J. (Valerie Jan), 1961- Volatile places. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, ©2007 9780761987505 (DLC) 2006016905 (OCoLC)69679986 |
| ISBN |
9781452222868 (electronic book) |
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145222286X (electronic book) |
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9781452204161 (ebook) |
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1452204160 (ebook) |
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9780761987505 |
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0761987509 |
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