Environment category: 6530 books
Thinking like a Mall
Environmental Philosophy after the End of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
A provocative argument that environmental thinking would be better off if it dropped the concept of “nature” altogether and spoke instead of the built environment.
Environmentalism, in theory and practice, is concerned with protecting nature. But if we have now reached “the end of nature,”...
by Mr. Nathaniel O. Keohane, Dr. Sheila M. Olmstead
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
A clear grasp of economics is essential to understanding why environmental problems arise and how we can address them. So it is with good reason that Markets and the Environment has become a classic text in environmental studies since its first publication in 2007. Now thoroughly revised with updated...
by Benito Cao
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
The increasing awareness of the human impact on the environment is having a profound effect on the concept and content of citizenship – one of the fundamental institutions that structures human relations. In what is the first introduction of its kind, this book provides an accessible, stimulating...
Character and Environment
A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Virtue ethics is now widely recognized as an alternative to Kantian and consequentialist ethical theories. However, moral philosophers have been slow to bring virtue ethics to bear on topics in applied ethics. Moreover, environmental virtue ethics is an underdeveloped area of environmental ethics....
Energy Conservation In Whatever Way
Common Facts Everyone Should Know About Energy Saving And Finding Alternative Fuel Sources So You Can Do Your Share In Protecting The Environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
There are lots of easy ways to stop wasting energy. You don't have to go build a windmill in your backyard or join aggressive support groups if that's not your style in order to make a difference. We all have to realize that making little changes in our own lives can greatly lessen the harmful effects...
Environment and Development
Basic Principles, Human Activities, and Environmental Implications
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Environment and Development: Basic Principles, Human Activities, and Environmental Implications focuses on the adverse impact that human activities, developments, and economic growth have on both natural and inhabited environments. The book presents the associated problems, along with solutions that...
Negotiating Environment and Science
An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
In this thought-provoking new book, career U.S. State Department negotiator Richard J. Smith offers readers unprecedented access to the details about some of the most complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post Cold War era. During his nine years as Principal...
by Bruce E. Johansen
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
In the industrial age, first powered by coal and then more often by oil, environmental degradation nearly inevitably followed resource exploitation and energy production. This book examines environmental issues in specific countries around the world as well as solutions some of these countries have...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Functions of Natural Organic Matter in Changing Environment presents contributions from the 16th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 16) held in Hangzhou, China on September 9-14, 2012. It provides a comprehensive and updated research advance in the field of characterization,...
Natural Processes and Human Impacts
Interactions between Humanity and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
This highly topical book comes at a time when the two-way relationship between humankind and the environment is moving inexorably to the top of the agenda. It covers both sides of this delicate balancing act, explaining how various natural processes influence humanity, including its economic activities...
by Prithi Nambiar
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
The book analyses the role of media and communication in negotiating the meaning of environment and sustainability in the developmental context of India. As part of the global development discourse, it has become necessary to refocus on the meanings attributed to environment, sustainability, and sustainable...
The Politics of the Environment
Ideas, Activism, Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
The continuous rise in the profile of the environment in politics reflects growing concern that we may be facing a large-scale ecological crisis. The new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook surveys the politics of the environment, providing a comprehensive and comparative introduction to its...
by E. Boon, A. Ahenkan, K. A. Domfeh
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2008
Scientific Study from the year 2008 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: B, , 69 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Health, environment and poverty are closely interrelated and inseparable, particularly in developing countries. WHO estimates that environmental factors...
New Approaches on Energy and the Environment
Policy Advice for the President
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Written by economists and policy analysts at Resources for the Future, a Washington, DC, think tank with a tradition for independent, objective research, this collection of twenty-five 'memos to the President' offers constructive policy options for the elected administration on critical challenges...