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Environmental Management
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Environmental Management

by Jacob Thomas
August 2014
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
584 pages
19h 31m
English
Pearson Education India
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CULTURAL AND IDEOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTION OF NATURE/ENVIRONMENT

“Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment

—Rene Dubos”

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the concept of nature and the meaning attributed to this concept by civilizations.
  • Identify the phases of ecological revolutions as history of man–nature relationships.
  • Identify the dominant environmental ethics you subscribe, to initiate into the concept of sustainable development.
  • Realize the importance of culture in modulating man’s relationship with nature.

A debate went on in the US in 2012 on whether to impose a 100 per cent or 50 per cent tariff on polysilicon solar cells imported from China. If the study report by Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9789389588040