Climate Cultures in Europe and North America: New Formations of Environmental Knowledge and Action

ISBN-13: 9780367513146 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 200 str.

Thorsten Heimann; Jamie Sommer; Margarethe Kusenbach

Opis

Bringing together scholarly research by climate experts working in different locations and social science disciplines, this book offers insights into how climate change is socially and culturally constructed.

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PART 1 Introduction Examining Climate Cultures in Europe and North America PART II Contexts 1 Climate Cultures 2 Excavating Transatlantic Climates: An Archeology of Climate Discourse between Germany and the United States PART III Europe 3 Capturing Climate-Cultural Diversity: A Comparison of Climate Change Debates in Germany 4 Unusual Suspects: Urban Change Agents for Climate Change Mitigation in Germany 5 Fractured Climate Cultures in Depopulated Southern Spanish Communities 6 Cultural Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change among Reindeer Saami Communities in Finland PART IV North America 7 Contested Climate Cultures: Frame Resonance Disputes within the US Environmental Movement over Geoengineering Proposals 8 The Politics of a Sustainable Coast: Competing Adaptation Cultures in Southeastern Louisiana 9 Playing Hide and Seek: Adapting Climate Cultures in Troubled Political Waters in Georgia, United States