And another recently published one "The Routledge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adaptation" https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Disaster-Risk-Reduction-Including-Climate-Change/Kelman-Mercer-Gaillard/p/book/9781138924567 adopting a critical geography approach for better connecting climate change with wider topics. A few recent papers on which this ethos is based are at:
1. "Linking disaster risk reduction, climate change, and the sustainable development goals" http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/DPM-02-2017-0043
2. "Climate Change’s Role in Disaster Risk Reduction’s Future: Beyond Vulnerability and Resilience" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-015-0038-5
3. "Learning from the history of disaster vulnerability and resilience research and practice for climate change" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-016-2294-0

Ilan

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Subject: Re: [CRIT-GEOG-FORUM] New titles from Routledge

Dear all,
I am pleased to announce a selection of new titles by Routledge focusing on the subject of critical geography.
If you are a book review editor or have had a review proposal accepted by a journal/ publication and would like to review any of these titles, please complete and submit our online application form: http://pages.email.taylorandfrancis.com/review-copy-request.
 
The Governance of Urban Green Spaces in the EU
Social innovation and civil society
By Judith Schicklinski
Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected in 29 European cities from all four European geographic regions, this book examines the governance of urban green spaces and urban food production, focusing on the contribution of citizen-driven activities. Over the course of the book, Schicklinski identifies best practice examples of successful collaboration between citizens and local government. Read more
 
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China
Social innovation and civil society
Edited by Eva Sternfeld
The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy in China focuses on the environmental challenges of China’s rapidly growing economy and provides a comprehensive overview of the policies developed to address the environmental crisis. Leading international scholars and practitioners examine China’s environmental governance efforts from an interdisciplinary perspective. Read more
 
Governing the Coastal Commons
Communities, Resilience and Transformation
Edited by Derek Armitage, Anthony Charles, Fikret Berkes
Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends, this volume examines how coastal communities are adapting to environmental change, and the attributes of governance that foster deliberate transformations and help to build resilience of social and ecological systems. Read more
 
Learning and Volunteering Abroad for Development
Unpacking Host Organization and Volunteer Rationales
By Rebecca Tiessen
Based on empirical research within both volunteer and host communities, this book provides students and scholars with an alternative framework for a more careful and nuanced analysis of international volunteering programmes, highlighting ways to improve critical reflection, development outcomes, and intercultural competence. Read more
 
Risk Conundrums
Solving Unsolvable Problems
Edited by Roger E Kasperson
Based on empirical research within both volunteer and host communities, this book provides students and scholars with an alternative framework for a more careful and nuanced analysis of international volunteering programmes, highlighting ways to improve critical reflection, development outcomes, and intercultural competence. Read more
 
Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment
Edited by Sherilyn MacGregor
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment gathers together state-of-the-art theoretical reflections and empirical research from leading researchers and practitioners working in this transdisciplinary and transnational academic field. Over the course of the book, these contributors provide critical analyses of the gender dimensions of a wide range of timely and challenging topics, from sustainable development and climate change politics, to queer ecology and interspecies ethics in the so-called Anthropocene. Read more
 
A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism
Reclaiming the Mindful Commons
By Peter Doran
In this consumer age, the underlying teachings of Buddhist mindfulness offer more than individual well-being and resilience. They also offer new sources of critical inquiry into our collective condition, and may point, in time, to regulatory initiatives in the field of well-being. This book draws together lively debates from the new economics of transition, commons and well-being, consumerism, and the emerging role of mindfulness in popular culture. Read more
 
Nuclear Waste Politics
An Incrementalist Perspective
By Matthew Cotton
Nuclear Waste Politics sets out a detailed historical and social scientific analysis of radioactive waste management and disposal in the UK from the 1950s up to the present day; drawing international comparisons with Sweden, Finland, Canada and the US. A theoretical framework is presented for analysing nuclear politics: blending literatures on technology policy, environmental ethics and the geography and politics of scale. Read more
 
Risk Conundrums
Solving Unsolvable Problems
Edited by Roger E Kasperson
A risk conundrum can be viewed as a risk that poses major issues in assessment, and whose management is not easily engaged. Risk Conundrums brings together a range of key thinkers in the field to explore key issues such as risk communication, uncertainty, social trust, indicators and metrics, and risk management, drawing upon case study examples including natural disasters, terrorism, and energy transitions. Read more
 
Traditions and Trends in Global Environmental Politics
International Relations and the Earth
Edited by Olaf Corry, Hayley Stevenson
Focusing in particular on the key trends of the past 20 years, this volume explores the main developments in the global environmental crisis, with each chapter considering an environmental issue and an approach within IR. In the process, adjacent fields including energy politics, science and technology, and political economy are also touched on. Read more
 
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