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What Environmental Sociologists Have in Common (whether Concerned with “Built” or “Natural” Environments) *
Author(s) -
Dunlap Riley E.,
Catton William R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1983.tb00030.x
Subject(s) - natural (archaeology) , sociology , perspective (graphical) , discipline , environmental ethics , environmental sociology , environmental studies , set (abstract data type) , built environment , epistemology , social science , ecology , computer science , geography , biology , philosophy , archaeology , artificial intelligence , programming language
Environmental sociology comprises a diverse set of interests, with the built‐environment/natural‐environment cleavage being especially significant. Yet, by virtue of their interest in societal‐environmental relations, all environmental sociologists depart significantly from the disciplinary tradition of ignoring the physical environment. We offer an ecological perspective as a fruitful way of viewing the relations between societal and environmental phenomena, and as a means of integrating work on both built and natural environments.