What are the branches of environmental sociology?

What are the branches of environmental sociology?

Answer

Environmental sociology as an area of sociology is an area that focuses on the relations between several societies and ecosystems. Some of the major subfields or topics that fall under environmental sociology include environmental movement and activism, perception of risk to environmental hazards, environmental consumption and management, environmental inequalities and justice and climate change and its impact on humans, natural resources and conservation, environment elements in urbanization and built environment and social relations between economy and technology and the physical environment. These branches discuss how environmental issues and factors entailing social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions affect the human environment interface and the development of every environmental issue, attitude, and policy. Analyzing its key principles, the role of environmental sociology in shaping strategies to address numerous environmental issues can be understood more clearly.