Environmental category: 9736 books
Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia
Locating the commonweal
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case studies from across Indonesia’s diverse cultural and ecological landscapes focus on the most significant...
Environmentalism and the Technologies of Tomorrow
Shaping The Next Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2004
We sit at the doorstep of multiple revolutions in robotic, genetic, information, and communication technologies, whose powerful interactions promise social and environmental transformations we are only beginning to understand. How can we anticipate their impacts and ensure that these new technologies...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Of all the books written about the problems of sustainable development and environmental protection, Sustainable Development: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy is one of the first to examine the role of science, economics and law, and ethics as generally applied to decision making on sustainable...
by Jane P. Gardner, Chris Womack, Stephanie Richards
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Organized for easy reference and crucial practice, coverage of all the essential topics presented as 500 AP-style questions with detailed answer explanations
5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP Environmental Science Questions to Know by Test Day is tailored to meet your study needs—whether you’ve left...
Resource Curse or Cure ?
On the Sustainability of Development in Western Australia
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Globalisation and rapid social and environmental change in recent decades have brought into sharper focus not only the benefits but also the costs of economic development. The once assumed link between economic development and societal well-being is being increasingly questioned in the face of growing...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
The packaging industry is under pressure from regulators, customers and other stakeholders to improve packaging’s sustainability by reducing its environmental and societal impacts. This is a considerable challenge because of the complex interactions between products and their packaging, and the...
Governance of Water-Related Conflicts in Agriculture
New Directions in Agri-Environmental and Water Policies in the EU
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
This book deals with voluntary approaches between farmers and water suppliers as an instrument to meet environmental standards, impacted by agricultural activities, more economically efficient and environmentally effective than by exclusive application of alternative instruments including command-and-control...
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Legal Status of the Secretariats
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2010
The present study seeks to examine the genesis, development, and proliferation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) - in-built law-making mechanisms and processes of institutionalization - and their ad hoc treaty-based status and the issue of the legal personality of their secretariats....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2014
Around the world, many countries are increasing efforts to promote biomass production for industrial uses including biofuels and bio-products such as chemicals and bio-plastic. Against a backdrop of lively public debate on sustainability, bioenergy wields both positive and negative impacts upon a...
Mabira Forest Giveaway
A Path to Degenerative Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
The environmental challenges facing Uganda and the East African region are real. Unplanned natural resource exploitation by corrupt governments, criminal networks, bad governance, and changing rainfall patterns have negatively impacted the lives of millions of Africans.
A nascent movement of...
Sustainable Social, Economic and Environmental Revitalization in Multan City
A Multidisciplinary Italian–Pakistani Project
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
This book describes six months of initial intensive activities within a motivating multidisciplinary project to achieve sustainable social, economic, and environmental revitalization in the historic core of Multan City, Pakistan. The project is managed by Fondazione Politecnico di Milano within the...
Crisis Without End
The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Expert essays provide the first comprehensive analysis of the long-term health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy...
by Kip Anderson, Keegan Kuhn
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Discover the biggest issue in conservation today. This companion to the documentary Cowspiracy explores the impacts of the most environmentally destructive industry on the planet: animal agriculture.
The award-winning documentary Cowspiracy presents alarming truths about the effects of animal...
by J.F. Hagen
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The Japanese have a gardening term "nemawashi" it means to prepare the ground to control the root. Controlling the root allows the stem, branch, leaves and fruit to be influenced as desired. This book is a form of nemawashi. The book's purpose is to provide a means to effect desirable changes...