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The Good Muck: Toward an Excremental History of China
This monograph explores the history of the use of human excrement as agricultural fertilizer in China.
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The Lake That Became a Sports Stadium
The transformation of the Sampangi Lake into the present-day Sri Kanteerava Stadium.
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Building Green: Environmental Architects and the Struggle for Sustainability in Mumbai
This book explores the experience of environmental architects in Mumbai, one of the world’s most populous and population-dense urban areas and a city iconic for its massive informal settlements, extreme wealth asymmetries, and ecological stresses.
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NIES: Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
The Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES) promotes interdisciplinary environmental studies, especially work in the environmental humanities. The network is supported by NordForsk, and is based in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
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HfE: Humanities for the Environment Observatories
The aim of the Humanities for the Environment Observatories (HfE) is to identify, explore, and demonstrate the contributions that humanistic and artistic disciplines make to solving global social and environmental challenges.
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Nature's Past episode 48: "Ecotones and Saskatchewan History"
In episode 48 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj speaks with Merle Massie about her book Forest Prairie Edge: Place History in Saskatchewan.
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"National Park Declassification in Mexico: Between Propaganda, Legitimisation and Bargaining"
Clotilde Lebreton analyses the discursive, participative, and negotiation practices in the territorialized public action that occurred during the category change of the Nevado de Toluca Protected Area in Mexico from a high conservation status to a more flexible one.
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"Integrated Measures of Indigenous Land and Sea Management Effectiveness: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Conservation Partnerships in Australia"
Looking at cases of Indigenous land and sea management in Australia, Austin et al. suggest four ways Indigenous groups and institutional investors can work together to establish meaningful criteria for ensuring effective conservation outcomes.
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Green City: Explorations and Visions of Urban Sustainability
This volume explores the “green city” concept from a global and interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions examine the conflicts inherent in eco-modernization and investigate opportunities to respond meaningfully to urban environmental challenges.
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Branding the Green City
Barthold analyzes the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group to illustrate how city networks are powerful actors in the global dissemination of eco-modernization strategies aimed at decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation.