Rudel Reforesting the Earth

The Human Drivers of Forest Conservation, Restoration, and Expansion
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55854-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Society and the Environment

Thomas K. Rudel examines a wide range of conservation and reforestation efforts to shed new light on the social factors that lead to success.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rudel, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Wälder
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Forests: A Natural Climate Solution
2. Theory: Societal Transformations, Corporatism, and Forest Gains
3. Forest Losses, the Conservation Movement, and Protected Areas
4. Rural–Urban Migration, Land Abandonment, and the Spread of Secondary Forests
5. Planted Forests: Concessions, Plantations, and the Strength of States
6. Agroforests I: The Spread of Silvopastures
7. Agroforests II: Restoring Agroforests in the Humid Tropics
8. Resurgent Forests: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis
9. A Global Forest Transition?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas K. Rudel is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology and Sociology at Rutgers University. His most recent book is Shocks, States, and Sustainability: The Origins of Radical Environmental Reforms (2019).