| Timescapes of Modernity: The Environment and Invisible Hazards Contributor(s): Adam, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415162742 ISBN-13: 9780415162746 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: "Timescapes of Modernity" focuses on time to facilitate a deeper understanding of the interactions between environmental, economic, political and socio-cultural concerns. Thinking of the environment as a timescape allows us to see the hazards of the industrial way of life in a new light. Barbara Adam argues that environmental hazards are inescapably tied to the successes of the industrial way of life, global markets and economic growth, large-scale production of food, the speed of transport and communication, the 24 hour society, and even democratic politics. Using examples including the aftermaths of Chernobyl and the treatment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopath (BSE), Adam dislodges taken-for-granted assumptions about environmental change and provides innovative new strategies to deal with some of the most severe environmental hazards of our time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Social Science | Human Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 97023332 |
| Series: Global Environmental Change (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.38" W x 9.44" (1.33 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Timescapes of Modernity explores the relationship between time and environmental and socio-cultural concerns. Using examples such as the BSE crisis, the Sea Empress oil pollution and the Chernobyl radiation Barbara Adam argues that environmental hazards are inescapably tied to the successes of the industrial way of life. Global markets and economic growth; large-scale production of food; the speed of transport and communication; the 24 hour society and even democratic politics are among the invisible hazards we face. With this unique 'timescape' perspective the author dislodges assumptions about environmental change, enables a rethinking of environmental problems and provides the potential for new strategies to deal with environmental hazards. |