Culture and the Changing Environment
Uncertainty, Cognition, and Risk Management in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Edited by Michael J. Casimir

CONTENTS

Culture & the Changing Environment

  1. Antinomies Of Environmental Risk Perception: Cognitive Structure And Evaluation
    Gisela Böhm and Hans-Rüdiger Pfister

  2. Risk Management And Morality In Agriculture: Conventional And Organic Farming In A German Region
    Thomas Döring, Lutz H. Eckensberger, Annette Huppert and Heiko Breit1

  3. Attributed Causes Of Environmental Problems: A Cross-Cultural Study Of Coping Strategies
    Josef Nerb, Andrea Bender and Hans Spada

  4. Decision-Making In Times Of Disaster: The Acceptance Of Wet-Rice Cultivation Among The Aeta Of Zambales, Philippines
    Stefan Seitz

  5. Drought And 'Natural' Stress In The Southern Dra Valley: Varying Perceptions Among Nomads And Farmers
    Barbara Casciarri

  6. Local Environmental Crises And Global Sea-Level Rise: The Case Of Coastal Zones In Senegal
    Anita Engels

  7. Meshing A Tight Net: A Cultural Response To The Threat Of Open Access Fishing Grounds
    Andrea Bender

  8. Dangers, Experience And Luck: Living With Uncertainty In The Andes
    Barbara Göbel

  9. Transforming Livelihoods: Meanings And Concepts Of Drought, Coping And Risk Management In Botswana
    Fred Krüger and Andrea Grotzke

  10. Cultural Politics Of Natural Disasters: Discourses On Volcanic Eruptions In Indonesia
    Judith Schlehe

  11. Knowing The Sea In The 'Time Of Progress': Environmental Change, Parallel Knowledges And The Uses Of Metaphor In Kerala (South India)
    Götz Hoeppe

  12. Mass Tourism And Ecological Problems In Seaside Resorts Of Southern Thailand: Environmental Perceptions, Assessments And Behaviour Regarding The Problem Of Waste
    Karl Vorlaufer, Heike Becker-Baumann and Gabriela Schmitt

  13. Local Experts – Expert Locals: A Comparative Perspective On Biodiversity And Environmental Knowledge Systems In Australia And Namibia
    Thomas Widlok