Essential Concepts of Animals in Sustainability
An A-Z Guide
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 25. September 2026
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-1-032-86568-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book compiles, discusses, and explains 126 key concepts relating to animals in sustainability in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.
Essential Concepts of Animals in Sustainability is a roadmap of concepts that trace the connections of the planet with all its inhabitants - humans, non-human animals, other organisms, and ecosystems. This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction, drawing on the social, ecological and physical sciences, to examine the place of animals as members of communities in relation to humans, other organisms and the physical environment. Entries address the important role individual animals and species play in ecosystem management and environmental well-being, as well as addressing negative impacts on the environment, such as the methane produced by cattle. The book also focuses on the philosophical and ethical arguments that support protecting animals from human exploitation, including questions around emotion and sentience. Overall, this book provides students with a clear picture of the animal question in sustainability and will demonstrate that the ability to coexist is essential to the entire biophysical world.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of animal studies, zoology, conservation biology, environmental studies, ecosystem services, environmental humanities and sustainability.
Essential Concepts of Animals in Sustainability is a roadmap of concepts that trace the connections of the planet with all its inhabitants - humans, non-human animals, other organisms, and ecosystems. This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction, drawing on the social, ecological and physical sciences, to examine the place of animals as members of communities in relation to humans, other organisms and the physical environment. Entries address the important role individual animals and species play in ecosystem management and environmental well-being, as well as addressing negative impacts on the environment, such as the methane produced by cattle. The book also focuses on the philosophical and ethical arguments that support protecting animals from human exploitation, including questions around emotion and sentience. Overall, this book provides students with a clear picture of the animal question in sustainability and will demonstrate that the ability to coexist is essential to the entire biophysical world.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of animal studies, zoology, conservation biology, environmental studies, ecosystem services, environmental humanities and sustainability.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-86568-3 (9781032865683)
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Linda Kalof | Cameron Thomas Whitley | Thomas Dietz
Essential Concepts of Animals in Sustainability
An A-Z Guide
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approx. 09/2026
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Linda Kalof is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Environmental Science & Policy and Founding Director of the graduate specialization in Animal Studies at Michigan State University, USA. She has published 13 books, including Looking at Animals in Human History (2007), A Cultural History of Animals in Antiquity (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies (2017), and The Animals Reader, Second Edition (Routledge 2022).
Cameron T. Whitley is Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University, USA. With over six dozen publications, his research examines empathy for non-human animals, inclusive approaches to environmental justice, human-animal relationships in climate-induced disasters, and representations of animals with disabilities, with particular attention to care, vulnerability, and multispecies inequality. In 2023, he was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation Early CAREER grant.
Thomas Dietz is University Distinguished Professor Emeriti and Founding Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University, USA. His recent publications include Decisions for Sustainability: Facts and Values (2023). In 2024 he was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences.
Cameron T. Whitley is Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University, USA. With over six dozen publications, his research examines empathy for non-human animals, inclusive approaches to environmental justice, human-animal relationships in climate-induced disasters, and representations of animals with disabilities, with particular attention to care, vulnerability, and multispecies inequality. In 2023, he was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation Early CAREER grant.
Thomas Dietz is University Distinguished Professor Emeriti and Founding Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University, USA. His recent publications include Decisions for Sustainability: Facts and Values (2023). In 2024 he was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences.
Content
Introduction A Abolitionism, Adaptation, Advocacy, Agency, Altruism, Animal Ambassadors, Animal Cultures, Animal Damage Control Act, Animal Forests, Animal-Inclusive Design, Animal Languages, Animal Law, Animal Research, Animal Welfare Act, Anthropocene, Anthropocentrism, Applied Zooarchaeology, Aquaculture, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Selection and Breeding B Biocentrism, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Biopolitics, Biotechnology C Capabilities Ethics, Captive Wild Animals, Carnism, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Coexistence, Cognition, Colonialism, Commons Dilemma, Compassionate Conservation, Conflict with Ocean Animals, Conflict with Terrestrial Animals, Conservation and Green Criminology, Conservation Finance for Animals and Ecosystems, Conservation Psychology, Convention on Biological Diversity, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, Coupled Human and Natural Systems, Critical Animal Studies, Critical Anthropomorphism, Critical Sustainability Studies, Cultural Transmission D Defaunation, Disability, Disasters, Domestic Animals, E Ecocentrism, Ecocriticism, Ecodemocracy, Ecofeminism, Ecological Connectivity, Ecological Footprint, Ecological Traps, Ecology, Ecology of Fear, Ecosystem Engineers, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystems, Ecotones, Ecotourism, Empathy, Empty Forests, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Justice, Evolution, Extinction F Feed Production, Feral Animals, Foundation Species, G Genetically Modified Organisms, Global Environmental Change H Habitat Loss I Indigenous and Decolonial Perspectives, Insects as Food, Intersectional Environmentalism, Invasive Animal Species, Island Biogeography K Keystone Species L Learning for Survival, Liminal Animals, Livestock Production M Marine Mammal Protection Act, Marine Mammal Stranding Networks, Mesopredator Release, Metabolic Rift Theory, Multispecies Futures, N Native Species, Naturalist Programming O One Health P Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act, Planetary Limits, Pollution, Predation Paradox, Property Q Queer Ecology R Religion, Restoration Ecology, Rewilding, Rights, Road Ecology S Sanctuaries, Sentience, Sentinels, Speciesism, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals T Telecoupling, Trophic Cascades, U Utilitarianism, V Values, Veganism, Vegetarianism, Virtue Ethics W Welfare, Wilderness Animals, Wildlife Crime, Wildlife Tourism, Wildlife Trade Z Zoonosis, Zoos and Aquariums