@article{806949,
      recid = {806949},
      author = {Cockerill, Kristan, and Armstrong, Melanie, and Richter,  Jennifer Chen. and Okie, Jordan G.},
      title = {Environmental realism : challenging solutions /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {This interdisciplinary book challenges current approaches  to "environmental problems" that perpetuate flawed but  deeply embedded cultural beliefs about the role of science  and technology in society. The authors elucidate and  interrogate a cultural history of solutionism that typifies  expectations that science can, should, and will reduce risk  to people and property by containing and controlling  biophysical phenomena. Using historical analysis,  eco-evolutionary principles, and case studies on floods,  radioactive waste, and epidemics, the authors show that  perceived solutions to "environmental problems" generate  new problems, leading to problem-solution cycles of  increasing scope and complexity. The authors encourage  readers to challenge the ideology of solutionism by  considering the potential of language, social action and  new paradigms of sustainability to shape management  systems. This book will appeal to scholars in multi- and  interdisciplinary fields such as Environment Studies,  Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, and Science,  Technology, and Society Studies. Kristan Cockerill is an  Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies,  Appalachian State University, USA. Melanie Armstrong is an  Assistant Professor in the Master in Environmental  Management Program, Department of Environment and  Sustainability, Western State Colorado University, USA.  Jennifer Richter is an Assistant Professor in the School  for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of  Social Transformation, Arizona State University, USA.  Jordan G. Okie is an Assistant Research Professor at the  School for Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State  University, USA.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/806949},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52824-3},
}