Environmental Sociology: New Perspective

Environmental sociology is typically defined as the sociological study of societal environmental interactions, although the focus of the field is the relationship between society and environment in general, environmental sociologists typically place special emphasis on studying the social factors that cause environmental problems the societal impacts of those problems and efforts to solve the problems.

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Climate change. 3. Environmental governance and policy. 4. Earth system governance and others. 5. Social simulation. 6. Sustainability. 7. Sustainable development. 8. Sustainable consumption. 9. Environmental law. 10. Environmental ethics and movement. Bibliography.