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    Environmental movements in minority and majority worlds a global perspective / by Doyle, Timothy, 1960-

    Published 2005
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction to environmental movements -- Forest movements : environmental movements in the United Utates of America -- Movements against mining : environmental movements in the Philippines -- Wilderness movements : environmental movements in Australia -- Anti-roads movements : environmental movements in Britain -- River movements : environmental movements in India -- Anti-nuclear movements : environmental movements in the Germany -- Conclusions to environmental movements.…”
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    Beyond sun and sand Caribbean environmentalisms /

    Published 2006
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    Cities, nature and development the politics and production of urban vulnerabilities /

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…Unanticipated vulnerabilities : sustainability planning, environmental movements, and activism -- pt. 3. Vulnerabilities in the urbanizing context : cultural and demographic transformations.…”
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    Human rights and the environment philosophical, theoretical, and legal perspectives / by Leib, Linda Hajjar

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Historical and philosophical underpinnings of the environmental movement -- An overview of the characteristics and controversies of human rights -- Theorisation of the various human rights approaches to environmental issues -- Reconfiguration of the human rights system in light of sustainable development and the two-level conceptualisation of environmental rights.…”
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    Contested waters an environmental history of the Colorado River / by Summitt, April R.

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…A river through time -- Conquering the wild colorado : the river before 1945 -- Farming the desert : agricultural water demands -- Saving the river : the environmental movement -- Sharing the shortage : a river in control -- Part 2. …”
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    Sustainable cities Japanese perspectives on physical and social structures /

    Published 2006
    Table of Contents: “…Comparison of urban environmental transitions in North America and Asia Pacific / Peter John Marcotullio -- Formulating sustainable systems / Yoshitsugu Aoki -- Sustainable economies and urban sustainability / Makoto Maruyama -- Land, waste, and pollution : challenging history in creating a sustainable Tokyo metropolis / Tokue Shibata -- Buildings/city patterns and energy consumption / Takashi Kawanaka -- Car use and sustainability : reflection on retail development control systems / Kiyoshi Takami -- Population stability and urban area / Hidenori Tamagawa and Nobuhiro Ehara -- Urban sustainability : a case study of environmental movements in Kamakura / Junko Ueno and Masahisa Sonobe -- Housing complex replacement and "mental" sustainability / Yoko Shimizu -- Sustainable community development : a strategy for a smart community / Osamu Soda.…”
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    Nature, environment and culture in East Asia the challenge of climate change /

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…Sorensen -- PAST -- A Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in Chinese History / Ts'ui-jung Liu -- Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of theNorthern Song Dynasty / Ling Zhang -- PRESENT -- Water Diversion Between Official Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature / Miriam Seeger -- Chinese Environmental Movements : Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection / Nora Sausmikat -- "From Worse to Better" : Anti-Desertification Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades / Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus -- From Ascetic to Activist : Jiyul Sunim's Korean Buddhist Eco movement / Eunsu Cho -- PROSPECTS -- Killing Three Birds with One Stone : Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies : What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China / Takashi Kanatsu -- Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea : Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? …”
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