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10 produkter
Nature's Services
Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems
Av Gretchen Cara Daily, Sandra Postel m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
477 kr
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An overview of the benefits and services that nature offers to people. The contributors present a detailed synthesis of our current understanding of a suite of ecosystem services and a preliminary assessment of their economic value.
Saving the Planet
How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy
Av Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
279 kr
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Authoritative yet extremely readable, this book addresses control of energy resources, population, poverty, transportation, taxes, and other issues necessary to create an environmentally sound global economy.
Last Oasis
Facing Water Scarcity
Av Sandra Postel, Linda Starke
Häftad, 1997
224 kr
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We have taken for granted seemingly endless supplies of water flowing from reservoirs wells, and diversion projects; access to water has been key to food security, industrialization, and the growth of cities. In this book from the Worldwatch Institute, Sandra Postel explains that decades of …
Pillar of Sand
Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?
Häftad, 1999
300 kr
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For 6,000 years, irrigation has ranked among the most powerful tools of human advancement. The story of settled agriculture, the growth of cities, and the rise of early empires is, to no small degree, a story of controlling water to make the land more prosperous and habitable. Pillar of Sand …
State of the World 2000
A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Towards a Sustainable Society
Av The Worldwatch Institute, Lester R. Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
350 kr
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The newest volume in the annual series that has become the bible of the global environmental movement--and indispensable for anyone concerned with the future of our world. State of the World 2000 provides national leaders and concerned citizens with a comprehensive framework for the global debate …
Last Oasis
Facing Water Scarcity
E-bok, 2014
441 kr
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For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?s water supplies. Today, 27 countries are short of water, a quarter of the world?s population has no safe water, 46 per cent have no proper sanitation and each year four million children die of water-borne diseases. As most of the world?s …
Last Oasis
Facing Water Scarcity
E-bok, 2014
441 kr
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For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?s water supplies. Today, 27 countries are short of water, a quarter of the world?s population has no safe water, 46 per cent have no proper sanitation and each year four million children die of water-borne diseases. As most of the world?s …
Last Oasis
Facing Water Scarcity
Inbunden, 2017
2144 kr
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For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world’s water supplies. Today, 27 countries are short of water, a quarter of the world’s population has no safe water, 46 per cent have no proper sanitation and each year four million children die of water-borne diseases. As most of the world’s …
Replenish
The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity
Häftad, 2020
305 kr
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We have disrupted the natural water cycle for centuries in an effort to control water for our own prosperity. Yet every year, recovery from droughts and floods costs billions of dollars, and we spend billions more on dams, diversions, levees, and other feats of engineering. These massive projects …
Last Oasis
Facing Water Scarcity
Häftad, 1992
387 kr
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For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?s water supplies. Today, 27 countries are short of water, a quarter of the world?s population has no safe water, 46 per cent have no proper sanitation and each year four million children die of water-borne diseases. As most of the world?s …
