{"title":"Helen Hazen","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelen Hazen’s works provide clear and insightful introductions to complex topics at the intersection of environment, society, and health. Her books explore how geographical and social factors influence sustainability and well-being, making them invaluable for readers interested in understanding these vital global issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for students and curious minds alike, Hazen’s writing blends educational rigour with accessible language, encouraging thoughtful reflection on the challenges and opportunities within environmental and health geography.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-environment-society-and-sustainability-by-paul-sutton-9781032265032","title":"An Introduction to Environment, Society and Sustainability","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely and innovative book delves into the complex interplay of human activities and natural limits in generating today’s sustainability challenges. By contrasting the pressures of growing populations with ecological footprints associated with consumption, the volume navigates the contested terrain where human societies generate environmental impacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdorned with illustrative figures, examples, and case studies throughout, \u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Environment, Society and Sustainability\u003c\/em\u003e presents insightful analysis of ecological, economic, technological, and social justice responses to the challenges faced by human civilization, including land degradation, climate change, pollution, and overexploitation of natural resources. Many of these issues are wicked problems, characterized by incomplete information, multiple stakeholders, and contested approaches to addressing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn simple terms, sustainability issues are an interplay between population growth and rising consumption, which are placing impossible demands on finite resources. Potential solutions to the crisis are split between green growth approaches, which emphasize technology and institutional capacity to guide economic growth in more sustainable ways, and degrowth approaches that call for a fundamental rethinking of the way we structure society and generate value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book emerged from a student seminar where undergraduate and graduate students highlighted sustainability topics of concern, helped consider their framing, and then assisted with co-writing several of the chapters. The volume encourages readers to consider structural questions that underpin sustainability dilemmas and begins with four theoretical frameworks for understanding sustainability issues: ideas from the natural sciences, the population\/consumption debate, economic frameworks, and ethical approaches. 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The book’s focus on a broad range of physical and social factors that drive health in places and spaces offers students and scholars an important holistic perspective on the study of health in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this edition, the authors have restructured the book to emphasise the theoretical significance of ecological and social approaches to health. Spatial methods are now reinforced throughout the book, and other qualitative and quantitative methods are discussed in greater depth. Data and examples are used extensively to illustrate key points and have been updated throughout, including several new extended case studies such as water contamination in Flint, Michigan; microplastics pollution; West Africa’s Ebola crisis; and the Zika epidemic. 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