Environmental Social Sciences: Methods and Research Design

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511760242

The relationship between human communities and the environment is extremely complex. In order to resolve the issues involved with this relationship, interdisciplinary research combining natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities is necessary. In this 2010 book, specialists summarise methods and research strategies for various aspects of social research devoted to environmental issues. Each chapter is illustrated with ethnographic and environmental examples, ranging from Australia to Amazonia, from Madagascar to the United States, and from prehistoric and historic cases to contemporary rural and urban ones. It deals with climate change, deforestation, environmental knowledge, natural reserves, politics and ownership of natural resources, and the effect of differing spatial and temporal scales. Contributing to the intellectual project of interdisciplinary environmental social science, this book shows the possibilities social science can provide to environmental studies and to larger global problems and thus will be of equal interest to social and natural scientists and policy makers.

'… an important contribution to the field … it provides the reader with an overview of the field without championing one theoretical or methodological approach over the others …'

Source: Journal of Anthropological Research

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Contributors
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Foreword
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Preface
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-10
- By Ismael Vaccaro, Eric Alden Smith
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2 - People, numbers, and natural resources: demography in environmental research
pp 11-34
- By Oriol Beltran
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3 - Production decisions and time allocation: a guide to data collection
pp 35-56
- By Raymond Hames
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4 - Analyzing the politics of natural resources: from theories of property rights to institutional analysis and beyond
pp 57-79
- By Amy R. Poteete
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5 - Extreme events, tipping points, and vulnerability: methods in the political economy of environment
pp 80-109
- By Eric C. Jones
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6 - Local communities and natural resources: ethnobiology in practice
pp 110-131
- By Laura Zanotti, Denise M. Glover, Jennifer Sepez
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7 - Mapping histories: cultural landscapes and walkabout methods
pp 132-156
- By Veronica Strang
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8 - Metaphors and myths in news reports of an Amazonian “Lost Tribe”: society, environment and literary analysis
pp 157-187
- By Candace Slater
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9 - Water decision-makers in a desert city: text analysis and environmental social science
pp 188-211
- By Amber Wutich, Clarence C. Gravlee
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10 - Linking human and natural systems: social networks, environment, and ecology
pp 212-237
- By Jeffrey C. Johnson, David C. Griffith
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11 - Khat commodity chains in Madagascar: multi-sited ethnography at multiple scales
pp 238-265
- By Lisa L. Gezon
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12 - Spatiotemporal methodologies in environmental anthropology: geographic information systems, remote sensing, landscape changes, and local knowledge
pp 266-298
- By Eduardo S. Brondízio, Rinku Roy Chowdhury
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13 - Deep time, diachronic change, and the integration of multi-scalar data: archaeological methods for exploring human–environment dynamics
pp 299-321
- By Emily Lena Jones
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14 - Comparing trajectories of climate, class, and production: an historical ecology of American yeomen
pp 322-348
- By Michael D. Scholl, D. Seth Murray, Carole L. Crumley
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15 - Socioecological methods for designing marine conservation programs: a Solomon Islands example
pp 349-376
- By Shankar Aswani
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Contributors
pp vii-ix

Foreword
pp x-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction
pp 1-10

2 - People, numbers, and natural resources: demography in environmental research
pp 11-34

3 - Production decisions and time allocation: a guide to data collection
pp 35-56

4 - Analyzing the politics of natural resources: from theories of property rights to institutional analysis and beyond
pp 57-79

5 - Extreme events, tipping points, and vulnerability: methods in the political economy of environment
pp 80-109

6 - Local communities and natural resources: ethnobiology in practice
pp 110-131

7 - Mapping histories: cultural landscapes and walkabout methods
pp 132-156

8 - Metaphors and myths in news reports of an Amazonian “Lost Tribe”: society, environment and literary analysis
pp 157-187

9 - Water decision-makers in a desert city: text analysis and environmental social science
pp 188-211

10 - Linking human and natural systems: social networks, environment, and ecology
pp 212-237

11 - Khat commodity chains in Madagascar: multi-sited ethnography at multiple scales
pp 238-265

12 - Spatiotemporal methodologies in environmental anthropology: geographic information systems, remote sensing, landscape changes, and local knowledge
pp 266-298

13 - Deep time, diachronic change, and the integration of multi-scalar data: archaeological methods for exploring human–environment dynamics
pp 299-321

14 - Comparing trajectories of climate, class, and production: an historical ecology of American yeomen
pp 322-348

15 - Socioecological methods for designing marine conservation programs: a Solomon Islands example
pp 349-376

Index
pp 377-382

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