Isbn: 9783319966694 - drivers of climate change in urban india: social values, lifestyles, and consumer dynamics in an emerging megacity (springer climate) (8 resultados)

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This study transcends the homogenizing (inter-)national level of argumentation ('rich' versus 'poor' countries), and instead looks at a sub-national level in two respects: (1) geographically it focuses on the rapidly growing megacity of Hyderabad; (2) in socio-economic terms the urban population is disaggregated by taking a lifestyle typology approach. For the first time, the lifestyle concept - traditionally being used in affluent consumer societies - is applied to a dynamically transforming and socially heterogeneous urban society. Methodically, the author includes India-specific value orientations as well as social practices as markers of social structural differentiation. The study identifies differentials of lifestyle-induced GHG emissions (carbon footprints) and underlines the ambiguity of a purely income based differentiation with regard to the levels of contribution to the climate problem.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study transcends the homogenizing (inter-)national level of argumentation ('rich' versus 'poor' countries), and instead looks at a sub-national level in two respects: (1) geographically it focuses on the rapidly growing megacity of Hyderabad; (2) in socio-economic terms the urban population is disaggregated by taking a lifestyle typology approach. For the first time, the lifestyle concept - traditionally being used in affluent consumer societies - is applied to a dynamically transforming and socially heterogeneous urban society. Methodically, the author includes India-specific value orientations as well as social practices as markers of social structural differentiation. The study identifies differentials of lifestyle-induced GHG emissions (carbon footprints) and underlines the ambiguity of a purely income based differentiation with regard to the levels of contribution to the climate problem. 292 pp. Englisch.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Presents the first lifestyle typology in the Indian contextSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 292 pp. Englisch.