Controversies in science and technology. Volume 4 From sustainability to surveillance

Kleinman, Daniel Lee, (editor.). Cloud-Hansen, Karen A., (editor.). Handelsman, Jo, (editor.).

Summary: "When it comes to any current scientific debate, there are more than two sides to every story. Controversies in Science and Technology, Volume 4 analyzes controversial topics in science and technology-infrastructure, ecosystem management, food security, and plastics and health-from multiple points of view. The editors have compiled thought-provoking essays from a variety of experts from academia and beyond, creating a volume that addresses many of the issues surrounding these scientific debates."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780199383771
Physical Description: print
vi, 288 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Introduction: From Sustainability to Surveillance / Robert M. Chiles -- Part 1: Infrastructure Development: Resilience, Privacy, and Wellbeing. 2. Our Fragile Infrastructure: Adapting to Global Warming / Matthys Levy -- 3. Critical Infrastructure in Extreme Events / Thomas A. Birkland and Megan K. Warnement -- 4. Privacy Concerns for Ubiquitous Data Aggregation and Storage / Jarrod Rifkind and Seymour Goodman -- 5. Transitioning to Renewable Sources of Electricity: Motivations, Policy, and Potential / Chelsea Schelly -- 6. Infrastructure and Health / Ka man Lai -- Part 2: Food Policy: Balancing Productivity, Conservation, and Social Justice. 7. How to Feed Ourselves: Could This Be the Biggest Question of the 21st Century? / Frances Moore Lappé -- 8. Global Obesity and Global Hunger / Kelly Moore and Judith Wittner -- 9. Food Sovereignty, Food Security: Markets and Dispossession / Annette Aurélie Desmarais and Jim Handy -- 10. Food Security and Gender / Belinda Dodson and Allison Goebel --