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International Trade and Environmental Justice : Toward a Global Political Ecology.
Title:
International Trade and Environmental Justice : Toward a Global Political Ecology.
Author:
Hornborg, Alf.
ISBN:
9781617618697
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (268 pages)
Series:
Environmental Research Advances
Contents:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: TOWARD A GLOBAL POLITICAL ECOLOGY -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: TOWARD A GLOBAL POLITICAL ECOLOGY -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: GLOBAL TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1 SOCIAL METABOLISM AND ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION CONFLICTS -- METABOLIC PROFILES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS -- CONFLICTS OVER THE EXTRACTION OF MATERIALS AND ENERGY -- CONFLICTS OVER TRANSPORTS -- CONFLICTS OVER WASTE AND POLLUTION -- POLITICS OF IDENTITY OR STRUCTURAL CONFLICTS? -- CONCLUSIONS: LINKING POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 EXPLORING ECOLOGICALLY UNEQUAL EXCHANGE USING LAND AND LABOR APPROPRIATION: TRADE IN THE NICOBAR ISLANDS, 1880 - 20001 -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF "UNEQUAL EXCHANGE" -- THE NICOBAR ISLANDS: A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OVERVIEW -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS: ARE THE NICOBARESE VICTIMS OF UNEQUAL TRADE? -- APPENDIX -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Websites -- Personal Communication -- Chapter 3 EMERGY AND TRADE: EXPLORING A MEASURE OF EQUITABLE EXCHANGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF EMERGY EVALUATIONS -- ENERGY QUALITY, ENERGY HIERARCHY, AND TRANSFORMITY -- REAL WEALTH AND MONEY -- REAL WEALTH MEASURED IN EMERGY -- THE NATURE - ECONOMY INTERFACE -- NATIONAL WEALTH -- EMERGY EVALUATION OF A NATION -- EMERGY USE PER PERSON IN DIFFERENT NATIONS -- MONEY CIRCULATES, BUT IT GENERATES UNEQUAL EMERGY FLOWS -- TRADE POLICY -- MAINTAIN INEQUALITY OR CHANGE TO FAIR TRADE? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN FUEL COMMODITIES: A NETWORK APPROACH -- INTRODUCTION -- STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DATASET USED -- NETWORK ANALYSIS, STRUCTURAL ROLES, AND REGULAR EQUIVALENCE.

ROLE ANALYSIS OF FUEL COMMODITY TRADE: THE MONETARY DIMENSION -- ROLE-ANALYSIS OF FUEL COMMODITY TRADE: THE ENERGY DIMENSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 THE SOCIOLOGY OF UNEQUAL ECOLOGICAL EXCHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY OF DEFORESTATION IN LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- INTRODUCTION -- TRADE DEPENDENCE, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION, AND EXTERNALIZATION -- Trade Dependence and Unequal Exchange -- Resource Consumption, International Trade, and Environmental Degradation -- UNEQUAL ECOLOGICAL EXCHANGE -- NEW EMPIRICAL APPROACH TO THE STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS IN STUDIES OF DEFORESTATION -- Population Dynamics -- Economic Development -- Domestic Economic Structure -- Democratization, the Environmental State, and Human Capital -- THE ANALYSES -- Dependent Variable -- Key Independent Variable -- Control Variables -- Countries Included in the Analyses -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN A FULL AND UNEQUAL WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- THE GLOBAL ETHICAL TRILEMMA -- AN UNEQUAL WORLD -- A FULL WORLD -- TRADE IN THE NEOCLASSICAL PARADIGM -- THEORIES OF UNEQUAL EXCHANGE -- UNSUSTAINABLE TRADE -- THE BLURRING EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 FEEDING THE INSATIABLE GIANT: ENVISAGING THE EFFECTS OF CHINA ON LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS AND DATA SOURCES -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 HUMAN ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS ON FORESTS AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES: TOWARD LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT USING EUROPE AS A LABORATORY -- FOOTPRINTS ON LANDSCAPES AT FOUR SPATIAL SCALES -- Large Intact Forest Areas in the Former Soviet Union -- Roads and Green Infrastructures along Poland‟s Eastern Border -- Consequences of Sustained Yield Forestry in Fennoscandia.

Carpathian Cultural Woodlands for Biodiversity and Livelihoods -- A TOOL-BOX FOR ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES -- The Ecological System -- Strategic Level: Quantitative Gap Analysis -- Tactical Level: Landscape Planning -- Operational Level: Protection, Management, and Restoration -- THE SOCIAL SYSTEM -- TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES -- Learning for Sustainability -- From Sectoral Management to Governance of Landscapes -- EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES AS A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL LABORATORY -- Forest and Woodland Systems -- Social Systems -- A SUITE OF CASE STUDIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 VISUALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT HIDDEN IN FOOD TRADE AND FOOD CONSUMPTION IN SWEDEN: COMPARING AGRICULTURAL LAND USE, ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS, AND EMERGY FOOTPRINTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY TRADE -- ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL FOOD CONSUMPTION -- AGRICULTURAL LAND USE -- AGRICULTURAL LAND USE FOR THE SWEDISH DIET -- ANALYZING AGRICULTURAL LAND USE -- ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTING -- ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE SWEDISH DIET -- EMERGY FOOTPRINTING -- EMERGY FOOTPRINT OF THE SWEDISH DIET -- ANALYZING ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT AREA FOR THE SWEDISH DIET -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 LIFE CYCLE THINKING, PRODUCT STANDARDS, AND TRADE: CAN WE ACHIEVE A BALANCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT POLICY OBJECTIVES? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND LIFE CYCLE THINKING: CONNECTING „HERE‟ AND „THERE‟? -- A Product Focus -- Life Cycle Thinking -- PRODUCT STANDARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND TRADE -- Governing by Standards -- PRODUCT STANDARDS EMPLOYED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PURPOSES -- MANDATORY STANDARDS -- VOLUNTARY STANDARDS -- HYBRID STANDARDS -- PRODUCT STANDARDS, TRADE, AND COMPETITIVENESS -- A RACE TO THE TOP, OR REGULATORY CHILL? -- STANDARDS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

STANDARD-SETTING BY GOVERNMENTS, INDUSTRIES, AND CIVIL SOCIETY: FINDING A REASONABLE BALANCE -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 GREENING THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX -- DO WE NEED A SINGLE MEASURE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? -- TWO BASIC CONCEPTS - SUBSTITUTABILITY VS. COMPLEMENTARITY -- THE HDI - A SUBSTITUTABILITY MEASURE THAT MAKES SOME SENSE -- GREENING THE HDI -- CALCULATING THE SHDI -- CONCLUSION -- What would a Narrow, Ecological Sustainability Measure Look Like? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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