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Storage and Scarcity
New practices for food, energy and water
Av Giorgio Osti
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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In an era of abundance, at least part of humanity has stopped thinking about the future provision of basic vital resources such water, energy and food. Storage actions, with all their variants whether real or imagined, are sources of innovation in the provision and treatment of crucial resources. …
Waste and Distributive Justice in Asia
In-Ward Waste Disposal in Tokyo
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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Conflicts over waste disposal facility siting is a pressing issue not only in developed countries but also in fast-growing countries that face drastic waste increase and rapid urbanisation. How to address distributive justice has been one of the biggest concerns.This book examines what determines …
New Environmental Policy Instruments in the European Union
Politics, Economics, and the Implementation of the Packaging Waste Directive
Av Ian Bailey
Inbunden, 2003
2519 kr
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The use of legislation by EU governments to define environmental standards for industry has been criticised for its poor track record in arresting the decline in the quality of Europe's environment. Environmental economists in particular have proposed that legislation should be supplemented or …
Forest Farms of Kandy
and Other Gardens of Complete Design
Av D.J. McConnell, K.A.E. Dharmapala m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
2519 kr
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Throughout the tropical world, especially in South and Southeast Asia, tropical America, Africa and Oceania, there exists a range of forest garden farming systems. These are small, low-input, but productive and sustainable family units of highly diversified trees, palms, bushes and vines, with few …
Changing by Degrees
The Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the East Midlands
Av Simon Shackley, Jim Kersey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1526 kr
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It is now accepted that the world’s climate has warmed by about 0.5°C over the past one hundred years and will continue to warm by as much as 6°C by the end of the current century. What, however, do such fundamental changes actually mean for life and the economy at the local and regional scales …
Environmental Leaders and Laggards in Europe
Why There is (Not) a 'Southern Problem'
Inbunden, 2003
2317 kr
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No other European laws are so frequently violated as environmental directives. This informative and illuminating volume explains why member states have repeatedly failed to comply with European Environmental Law. It challenges the assumption that non-compliance is merely a southern problem. By …
Household Waste in Social Perspective
Values, Attitudes, Situation and Behaviour
Av Stewart Barr
Inbunden, 2002
2519 kr
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The principal barrier to the introduction of more sustainable disposal methods has previously been thought to be the lack of both available knowledge and an awareness of the benefits and ease of these systems. Illustrated by an in-depth analysis of waste reduction, reuse and recycling behaviour in …
Individual and Structural Determinants of Environmental Practice
Inbunden, 2003
2519 kr
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During recent years, there has been a growing awareness that a better understanding of human activities and the behavioural components of environmental problems is needed. This volume brings together psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, historians of technology and economics, and management …
Russian Nature
Exploring the Environmental Consequences of Societal Change
Inbunden, 2005
2519 kr
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Jonathan D Oldfield provides a detailed assessment of the changing relationship between Russian society and the wider environment since the fall of the Soviet Union. Through this, he highlights the need to critically evaluate assumptions regarding the post-Soviet environment, in order to move …
Policy Integration for Complex Environmental Problems
The Example of Mediterranean Desertification
Inbunden, 2005
2519 kr
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The quest for policy integration crystallized in the 1990s as awareness was growing that the current supply of narrow, sectoral, and little coordinated, or even overlapping and conflicting, policies could not cope efficiently and effectively with contemporary complex, cross-cutting and …
Causes and Progression of Desertification
Av Helmut Geist
Inbunden, 2005
2519 kr
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This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical model to determine whether proximate causes and underlying driving forces fall into any patterns, to identify mediating factors, …
Environmentalism in Turkey
Between Democracy and Development?
Inbunden, 2005
2519 kr
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Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between environmental protection and economic development in Turkey. Through its dual focus on democratization and …
Energy and Culture
Perspectives on the Power to Work
Inbunden, 2006
2519 kr
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How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a …
New Agenda for Sustainability
Av Bo Elling, Erling Jelsøe m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2519 kr
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Two decades after the Brundtland Commission's Report "Our Common Future" adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book provides a renewal of the concept exploring the potential for new practices and fields for those involved in sustainability activity. The book addresses a number of …
New Agenda for Sustainability
Av Bo Elling, Erling Jelsøe m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
854 kr
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Two decades after the Brundtland Commission's Report "Our Common Future" adopted the concept of 'sustainable development', this book provides a renewal of the concept exploring the potential for new practices and fields for those involved in sustainability activity. The book addresses a number of …
Household Waste in Social Perspective
Values, Attitudes, Situation and Behaviour
Av Stewart Barr
Häftad, 2017
854 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The principal barrier to the introduction of more sustainable disposal methods has previously been thought to be the lack of both available knowledge and an awareness of the benefits and ease of these systems. Illustrated by an in-depth analysis of waste reduction, reuse and recycling behaviour in …
Environmental Leaders and Laggards in Europe
Why There is (Not) a 'Southern Problem'
Häftad, 2017
692 kr
Lägg i varukorg
No other European laws are so frequently violated as environmental directives. This informative and illuminating volume explains why member states have repeatedly failed to comply with European Environmental Law. It challenges the assumption that non-compliance is merely a southern problem. By …
Policy Integration for Complex Environmental Problems
The Example of Mediterranean Desertification
Häftad, 2017
752 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The quest for policy integration crystallized in the 1990s as awareness was growing that the current supply of narrow, sectoral, and little coordinated, or even overlapping and conflicting, policies could not cope efficiently and effectively with contemporary complex, cross-cutting and …
Forest Farms of Kandy
and Other Gardens of Complete Design
Av D.J. McConnell, K.A.E. Dharmapala m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
854 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Throughout the tropical world, especially in South and Southeast Asia, tropical America, Africa and Oceania, there exists a range of forest garden farming systems. These are small, low-input, but productive and sustainable family units of highly diversified trees, palms, bushes and vines, with few …
Changing by Degrees
The Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the East Midlands
Av Simon Shackley, Jim Kersey m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
562 kr
Lägg i varukorg
It is now accepted that the world’s climate has warmed by about 0.5°C over the past one hundred years and will continue to warm by as much as 6°C by the end of the current century. What, however, do such fundamental changes actually mean for life and the economy at the local and regional scales …
Individual and Structural Determinants of Environmental Practice
Häftad, 2017
730 kr
Lägg i varukorg
During recent years, there has been a growing awareness that a better understanding of human activities and the behavioural components of environmental problems is needed. This volume brings together psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, historians of technology and economics, and management …
Energy and Culture
Perspectives on the Power to Work
Häftad, 2017
693 kr
Lägg i varukorg
How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a …
Environmentalism in Turkey
Between Democracy and Development?
Häftad, 2016
854 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between environmental protection and economic development in Turkey. Through its dual focus on democratization and …
New Environmental Policy Instruments in the European Union
Politics, Economics, and the Implementation of the Packaging Waste Directive
Av Ian Bailey
Häftad, 2017
752 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The use of legislation by EU governments to define environmental standards for industry has been criticised for its poor track record in arresting the decline in the quality of Europe's environment. Environmental economists in particular have proposed that legislation should be supplemented or …
Russian Nature
Exploring the Environmental Consequences of Societal Change
Häftad, 2016
854 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Jonathan D Oldfield provides a detailed assessment of the changing relationship between Russian society and the wider environment since the fall of the Soviet Union. Through this, he highlights the need to critically evaluate assumptions regarding the post-Soviet environment, in order to move …
Causes and Progression of Desertification
Av Helmut Geist
Häftad, 2017
752 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book provides an examination into the causes and prospects of desertification through a systematic review of 132 sub national case studies. It uses a meta-analytical model to determine whether proximate causes and underlying driving forces fall into any patterns, to identify mediating factors, …
Negotiating Water Governance
Why the Politics of Scale Matter
Av Emma S. Norman, Christina Cook
Häftad, 2018
795 kr
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Those who control water, hold power. Complicating matters, water is a flow resource; constantly changing states between liquid, solid, and gas, being incorporated into living and non-living things and crossing boundaries of all kinds. As a result, water governance has much to do with the question …
Scientists, Experts, and Civic Engagement
Walking a Fine Line
Av Amy E. Lesen
Häftad, 2018
825 kr
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How do scientists, scholars, and other experts engage with the general public and with the communities affected by their work or residing in their sites of study? Where are the fine lines between public scholarship, civic engagement, and activism? Must academics 'give back' once they collect data …
Waste and Distributive Justice in Asia
In-Ward Waste Disposal in Tokyo
Inbunden, 2018
2519 kr
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Conflicts over waste disposal facility siting is a pressing issue not only in developed countries but also in fast-growing countries that face drastic waste increase and rapid urbanisation. How to address distributive justice has been one of the biggest concerns.This book examines what determines …
Economic Institutions and Environmental Policy
Av Antonio Nicita, Maurizio Franzini
Inbunden, 2017
1571 kr
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This title was first published in 2001. This wide-ranging and comprehensive collection investigates the background to environmental economic development over the last thirty years, and the political implications of new directions resulting from technological and cultural changes in environmental …
