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Chapter 5 Environmental exploitation: an analysis and taxonomy

The Transition to Sustainable Living and Practice

ISBN: 978-1-84950-641-0, eISBN: 978-1-84950-642-7

Publication date: 17 December 2009

Abstract

The term ‘exploitation’ is much used both in common parlance and as a research term when examining environmental phenomena. However, when examining the plethora of writings on the environment it quickly becomes obvious that neither is there a commonly accepted definition of the term, nor has there been a critical examination of the concept. Consequently, the term ‘environmental exploitation’ is currently poorly understood, left unexplained or undertheorized. The failure to properly comprehend the concept is a serious gap in the environmental literature which needs to be addressed since it leads, inevitably, to normative confusion and policy errors.

Citation

Nagtzaam, G. (2009), "Chapter 5 Environmental exploitation: an analysis and taxonomy", Leonard, L. and Barry, J. (Ed.) The Transition to Sustainable Living and Practice (Advances in Ecopolitics, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 101-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2041-806X(2009)0000004008

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