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| There are 250 books on the list. | | | | Gillies, Dorothy. | | (2009) | 9781844079933 | Earthscan | 208pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | EC law is now a pervasive part of the legislation affecting business, government agencies, the voluntary sector and the individual citizen across the whole of the European Union. This uniquely comprehensive and accessible guide provides a simple and practical explanation of the most important aspects of EC environmental law. In straightforward terms it introduces the EC and its institutions and explains where EC environmental law and policy can be found. It discusses the main environmental laws ... |
| | | | Moreira, Fatima M.S. Huising, E.J. Bignell, David E. | | (2008) | 9781844075935 | Earthscan | 224pp | pbk. | | GBP 29.95 | AUD 60.21 (inc. GST) | [more] | | This practical handbook describes sampling and laboratory assessment methods for the biodiversity of a number of key functional groups of soil organisms, including insects, earthworms, nematodes, fungi and bacteria. The methods have been assembled and the protocols drafted by a number of scientists associated with the UNEP-GEF funded Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below-Ground Biodiversity project, executed by the Tropical Soil Biodiversity and Fertility (TSBF) institute of the Inter... |
| | | | Moreira, Fatima M.S. Huising, E.J. Bignell, David E. | | (2008) | 9781844076215 | Earthscan | 224pp | hbk. | | GBP 85 | AUD 170.87 (inc. GST) | [more] | | This practical handbook describes sampling and laboratory
assessment methods for the biodiversity of a number of key functional
groups of soil organisms, including insects, earthworms, nematodes,
fungi and bacteria. The methods have been assembled and the
protocols drafted by a number of scientists associated with the UNEPGEF
funded Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below-
Ground Biodiversity project, executed by the Tropical Soil
Biodiversity and Fertility (TSBF) institute of th... |
| | | | Tremmel, Jörg. | | (2009) | 9781844078264 | Earthscan | 256pp | hbk. | | GBP 65 | AUD 130.67 (inc. GST) | [more] | | 'Provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how we should protect future generations. ...An interdisciplinary masterpiece artfully combining practical philosophy, law, economics and social sciences. A 'must-read' for anyone interested in the topic!'
Professor Ernst von Weizsäcker, Dean, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
'Tremmel's landmark book presents both a comprehensive s... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079889 | Earthscan | 212pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Acid rain was one of the major environmental issues of the 1980s. But while industrialized countries have taken measures to reduce the emissions that lead to acidification, the problems have not gone away. Trees are still dying, lakes are still being made uninhabitable; buildings are still corroding; and human health is still suffering. The most worrying trend is the repetition in the industrializing countries of Asia and Latin America of the problems that have long afflicted Europe and North Am... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079858 | Earthscan | 210pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | 'I am delighted to welcome the publication of this important book. At last there is an authoritative volume which really addresses the acid rain issue from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating its scientific and economic dimensions, by quantifying the benefits of abatement strategies.'PROFESSOR NIGEL BELLImperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine'This book describes a project that has been instrumental for the economic evaluation of air pollution damage in Europe carried out i... |
| | | | Bicknell, Jane. Dodman, David. Satterthwaite, David. | | (2009) | 9781844077465 | Earthscan | 336pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Climate change is one of the most pressing issues affecting the world today. Although half of the world's population lives in urban areas, there has been little specific examination of the effects that climate change will have on urban dwellers, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Yet these regions have most of the world's urban population, including most of its largest cities. Their urban centres already face a wide variety of environmental and development challenges, including lar... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710190 | Earthscan | 210pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | "The Green Revolution" of the 60s and 70s produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the "post-revolutionary" era: farmers with small or marginal holdings have benefited less than wealthier farmers; intensive mono-cropping has made production more susceptible to environmental stresses and shocks. Now there is evidence of diminishing returns from intensive and intensively chemical agricultural production. What is needed is a new approach, e... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710398 | Earthscan | 3794pp | hbk. | | GBP 880 | AUD 1769.01 (inc. GST) | [more] | | This essential multivolume collection by leading authors in Aid and Development covers the main themes in the subject from child slavery to the greening of aid, This is an indispensible collection for researchers, academics and policy professionals addressing all aspects of aid and development.In the last two decades, environmental threats and the challenge of sustainability have moved to the very centre of political, business and, increasingly, personal agendas.The Earthscan Library Collection ... |
| | | | Fitzroy, Felix. | | (2009) | 9781844078103 | Earthscan | pbk. | | GBP 19.99 | AUD 40.18 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Interest in climate change has generated a mountain of literature leaving many floundering in the sheer flood of information, commentary, claims and initiatives. This highly accessible book assumes no prior knowledge and cuts through the confusion to explain the key economic and policy issues related to climate change in simple language and with only a few statistics. Coverage slices across the breadth and depth of climate change, providing short summaries of the most relevant research and concl... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710169 | Earthscan | 244pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited. This book is an account of one, large, instance of success in practice.Twenty-five years ago, Winin Pereira, a nuclear physicist abandoned academia to start a co-operative farm at Alonde in a tribal area north of Bombay. The group experienced, and finally discarded, all the false h... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079353 | Earthscan | 164pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Nepal is associated, in most people's imagination, with Everest (Sagarmatha to the Nepalese), vivid plants and picturesque villages and people. The truth, as always, is other. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, surrounded by big and powerful neighbours. It is immensely diverse, ranging from the great mountains to the north through the trans-Himalaya, a high barren plateau, through the deep valleys, which include the one which contains the ancient cities of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhak... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079742 | Earthscan | 324pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | People scratching a living from parched land, women walking miles for scraps of firewood are both familiar images of Africa. But, in many places, people, with the help of governments and aid agencies, are putting the land into good shape, growing more food and creating a healthy cover of trees. This book joins the "literature of hope" by looking at these advances from the viewpoint of the energy crisis of the poor. This crisis can only be solved by going beyond the narrow confines of energy to c... |
| | | | McManis, C.R. | | (2009) | 9781844078165 | Earthscan | 520pp | pbk. | | GBP 45 | AUD 90.46 (inc. GST) | [more] | | 'Improving the international governance of biodiversity is a very necessary but enormous challenge. These top quality essays, which comprise the finest collection published so far on this controversial subject, provide a rich and diverse source of informed perspectives.'
Graham Dutfield, Centre for International Governance, University of Leeds
'This book provides a detailed examination of the contemporary debate on how to reconcile global economic development with the preservation of our bio... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079780 | Earthscan | 292pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Energy is an issue for everyone and nowhere more so than in the SADCC countries. But for sensible policy and planning, clear information about the extent of resources is needed.This innovative study combines the results of field assessment of biomass with advanced techniques in remote sensing by satellite to give the first comprehensive and detailed picture of biomass distribution throughout the SADCC region.The authors describe their techniques, classify the kinds of biomass and give its distri... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710381 | Earthscan | 224pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Most women giving birth in rural communities throughout the Third World cannot enjoy the ''benefits'' of modern medical assistance. They are usually too expensive and too far away. This book is the result of journeys and conversations between the author, traditional midwives and mothers which took place over several years in Malaysia and Indonesia. It describes traditional birthing practices and the communities in which they have arisen.For normal births the safety record is impressive, but so t... |
| | | | McCormick, John. | | (2009) | 9781849710077 | Earthscan | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Britain has an immense range of environmental law and the reputation for largely ignoring it. John McCormick describes the fascinating story of the political growth of that law, and the pressures, the compromises, the parliamentary and civil service opportunism that allowed the edifice to grow over the greater part of a century.He tells the story of the absolute change in political climate over the last ten years and deciphers the nature of Thatcher's ''conversion'' to greenery. He explains why ... |
| | | | Tibaijuka, A.K. | | (2009) | 9781844076321 | Earthscan | 288pp | hbk. | | GBP 90 | AUD 180.92 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Rapid urbanization, as well as being an enormous challenge, also
offers great opportunity as investment in housing and the provision of
shelter is potentially one of the most effective drivers of economic
growth and sustainable national development. In recent debates,
however, its economic significance and role as an instrument of social
policy have been overlooked. This book is a much-needed account,
with numerous detailed examples, of the role of housing in economic
growth and developme... |
| | | | Tibaijuka, A.K. | | (2009) | 9781844076338 | Earthscan | 288pp | pbk. | | AUD 74.95 | AUD 74.95 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Rapid urbanization, as well as being an enormous challenge, also offers great opportunity as investment in housing and the provision of shelter is potentially one of the most effective drivers of economic growth and sustainable national development. In recent debates, however, its economic significance and role as an instrument of social policy have been overlooked. This book is a much-needed account, with numerous detailed examples, of the role of housing in economic growth and development by a... |
| | | | Hutchinson, Colin. | | (2009) | 9781844079704 | Earthscan | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | 'This book will no doubt prove to be a valuable textbook, but it will be even more useful to businesses, to consultants advising businesses, to environmentalists working with businesses, and finally to governments and their concerned, but often ill-informed, citizens. I commend it to the wide audience it deserves.' John Speirs, Managing Director, Norsk Hydro UKThe major challenge for companies is to create a business that will last. This means they have to take seriously the issue of sustainable... |
| | | | Althaus, C. | | (2009) | 9781844077014 | Earthscan | 304pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 49.33 (inc. GST) | [more] | | This powerful new book is the first ever examination of the hard edge
of how political risk – something faced by every political actor
innumerable times per day – is calculated and used in decision
making. It opens with an outline of the historical and linguistic origins
of risk, a section on the various disciplinary understandings of risk,
the ‘risk society’ concept and how risk has come to be so prominent
in the context of environmental disaster and terrorism. The book then
defines poli... |
| | | | Brohe, Arnoud. Eyre, Nick. Howarth, Nicholas. | | (2009) | 9781844077274 | Earthscan | 176pp | hbk. | | GBP 29.95 | AUD 60.21 (inc. GST) | [more] | | How does carbon trading affect current greenhouse gas emissions trends? Is a carbon market efficient? How do they work? What is the accounting treatment of emission rights? How can organizations and businesses successfully develop a carbon neutral strategy? Answers to these questions and many more can be found in this comprehensive, highly readable introduction to global carbon markets.
Covering the practical challenges of implementing the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, carbon o... |
| | | | International, Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Staff. United, Nations Environment Programme Staff. World, Wide Fund for Nature Staff. | | (2009) | 9781844079360 | Earthscan | 236pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | "This is a strategy for a kind of development that provides real improvements in the quality of human life and at the same time conserves the vitality and diversity of the Earth. The goal is development that will be sustainable. Today it may seem visionary. but it is attainable. To more and more people it also appears our only rational option." - from Chapter 1in 1980, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the United Nations Environment Programme and the World... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710411 | Earthscan | 302pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | In Portugal, 12-year-olds manufacture clothes destined for British chain-stores. In Brazil, children work more than nine hours a day glueing shoes for sale in the West. This book, based on research done with the co-operation of the Anti-Slavery Society for a recent major BBC television documentary, exposes the scandalous exploitation of children's labour and services throughout the world - a system from which the national economies of Europe and the USA profit.What is eaten, worn and used every ... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710428 | Earthscan | 256pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | 'This book is valuable for and beyond the international development industry. It deftly leads a non-specialist through the maze of ideas and arguments plaguing the concept of civil society, and critically examines how and what happens, when the international aid system tries to turn confusing and complex political theory into effective development policy and practice fitting the individual preconditions and historical trajectories of the worlds varied nations. The comparative evidence, analysis ... |
| | | | Eliasch, Johan | | (2008) | 9781844077731 | Earthscan | 288pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | An area of forest the size of England is cut down in the tropics each year. Forestry is responsible for a fifth of global carbon emissions - more than the entire world transport sector. As a result, urgent action to tackle the loss of global forests needs to be a central part of any new international agreement on climate change. Climate Change: Financing Global Forests is an independent report commissioned by the UK Prime Minister to address this vitally important issue. It assesses the impact o... |
| | | | Gossling, Stefan. Upham, Paul. | | (2009) | 9781844076208 | Earthscan | 368pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Trends such as the massive growth in availability of air travel and air
freight are among those which have led to aviation becoming one of the
fastest growing emitters of greenhouse gases. These trends have also
caused a shift in expectations of how we do business, where we go on
holiday, and what food and goods we can buy. For these reasons aviation
is (and is set to stay) high up on global political, organizational and
media agendas.
This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the ... |
| | | | Dodds, Felix. | | (2009) | 9781844078561 | Earthscan | 352pp | pbk. | | GBP 19.99 | AUD 40.18 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Climate change is now recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing the international community and when coupled with energy production and use - the most significant contributor to climate change - and the related security problems the double threat to international security and human development is of the highest order. This wide-ranging book brings together leading thinkers from academia, government and civil society to examine and address the global insecurity and development challenge... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079377 | Earthscan | 274pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Books like this which bubble over with the fruits of many people experience and insight add new layers of meaning to (the concept if sustainable development) deepening our understanding of what for me is the most important political challenge of our age-by a very Long way... this timely and important book will be a real inspiration. 'from the foreword by JONATHON PORRITTCommunity and Sustainable Development is about the future - a future in which people have the resources to meet their needs. Th... |
| | | | Carroll, Nathaniel Fox, Jessica Bayon, Richardo | | (2009) | 9781844078141 | Earthscan | 304pp | pbk. | | GBP 29.95 | AUD 60.21 (inc. GST) | [more] | | This is the first book to provide a historical overview of the Jevons Paradox, provide evidence for its existence and apply it to complex systems. Written and edited by world experts in the fields of economics, ecological economics, technology and the environment, it explains the myth of efficiency and explores its implications for resource usage (particularly oil). It is a must-read for policymakers, natural resource managers, academics and students concerned with the effects of efficiency on r... |
| | | | Pearlstein, Ellen. | | (2008) | 9781844071500 | Earthscan | 192pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Bringing together a wealth of technical information in one accessible and concise volume, this is an essential review of environmental prevention methodology and a key textbook, focusing in particular on the issues of pollution, lighting, temperature and relative humidity. Having introduced the main concepts and terminology, the author outlines the characteristics and rationale for current methodologies, identifies deteriorating effects and mitigation measures, and summarizes recent research wit... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710251 | Earthscan | 314pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species and contributing to global climate change through the greenhouse effect. But, despite widespread concern for over twenty years, only limited progress has been made in controlling deforestation and improving forest management in the humid tropics. In this book Alan Grainger offers afresh analysis of the cause... |
| | | | Shaftoe, Henry. | | (2008) | 9781844073887 | Earthscan | 256pp | hbk. | | GBP 39.95 | AUD 80.31 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Convivial Urban Spaces argues that successful urban public spaces are an essential part of a sustainable built environment. Without them we are likely to drift into an increasingly private and polarized society, with all the problems that would imply. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on research, and the literature and theory of environmental psychology and urban design, to advance our understanding of what makes effective public spaces. The result is a practical and clearly ... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710312 | Earthscan | 196pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Despite rapidly decreasing rates of population growth caused by reduced fertility in the majority of world regions, demographers are predicting that the world's population will still double by the year 2050. The question is therefore no longer the traditional one of whether the planet can support so many people, but how to provide a sustainable future for ten billion individuals. Quantitative problems have become ethical ones.Coping with Population Challenges addresses these issues in the contex... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079667 | Earthscan | 280pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment. It introduces the general issues and context, and then gives a detailed, critical examination of all the key tools of corporate environmental management, including environmental management systems and standards; environmental policies, guidelines and charters; environmental auditing; life-cycle assessment; the measurement of environmental performance; and environmental reporting. The book emphasises system... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079674 | Earthscan | 202pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | No technique or technology can be successful without the human element: the cooperation of everyone involved in the organisation. In this sequel to Corporate Environmental Management:Systems and Strategies, Richard Welford and the contributors to this book explore the various organizational and cultural concepts which firmly place the corporate environmental management agenda within the human dimension. Part One provides an introduction to organization theory and organizational behaviour. Part T... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079681 | Earthscan | 196pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Corporate Environmental Management 3 examines the complex yet crucial issues faced when we make a genuine commitment to move towards sustainable development. It tackles the nature of the international economic order and the efficacy of free trade and globalization in response to the growing recognition that businesses and organizations must now effect real change to ensure a sustainable future. It analyses strategies for managers, researchers, academics and students to achieve operations consist... |
| | | | Hopkins, Michael | | (2008) | 9781844076109 | Earthscan | 240pp | pbk. | | GBP 19.99 | AUD 40.18 (inc. GST) | [more] | | The business of business is business. So why should corporations be involved in development? This groundbreaking new book makes the case that governments and their international agencies, grouped under the umbrella of the United Nations, have failed in their attempts to rid the planet of underdevelopment and poverty. If development is the objective then it seems that the solution and the responsibility lies with the private sector – particularly through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ... |
| | | | Singh, Jyoti Shankar. | | (2009) | 9781844079056 | Earthscan | 288pp | hbk. | | GBP 85 | AUD 170.87 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Population growth, reproductive health and reproductive rights are amongst the most pressing issues facing governments and the international community. Since the world's governments agreed for the first time on far-reaching and enlightened population policies at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, a good deal of progress has been made on these issues over the past fifteen years, but major challenges remain.This fully updated edition of Creating a New ... |
| | | | Singh, Jyoti Shankar. | | (2009) | 9781844079063 | Earthscan | 288pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Population growth, reproductive rights and health are amongst the most pressing issues facing governments and the international community. Since the world's governments agreed for the first time on far-reaching and enlightened population policies at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, a good deal of progress has been made on these issues over the past fifteen years, but major challenges remain.This fully updated edition of Creating a New Consensus on ... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710404 | Earthscan | 380pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Winner of the Prix Pierre Chauleur of the French Academie des Sciences d'Outre-MerUntil some way is found of dealing with Africa's catastrophic environmental crises none of the continent's other problems will find a long-term solution. Yet there is hope, and Crisis and Opportunity sets out a programme for dealing with the problems successfully. Written in a clear and engaging style, the book shows how environmental management can be achieved and institutionalized from within Africa, rather than ... |
| | | | Cummings, Barbara J. | | (2009) | 9781844079445 | Earthscan | 148pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | The Brazilian Amazon is the largest area of tropical rainforest in Latin America. Brazil is that continent's most rapidly developing country. The Amazon is at the heart of the conflict between conservation and development, between people and power, and between heritage and modernisation.In the name of development, the powerful are colonizing the forest. The greatest new threat comes from the massive hydro-electric schemes which are being pushed ahead with little regard to efficacy, the rights of... |
| | | | Malone, Elizabeth L. | | (2009) | 9781844078295 | Earthscan | 175pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Climate change may have begun as a scientific issue, but it is also a political issue-a manifestation of the problems associated with modernization, industrialism, capitalism and globalization. The climate change debate raises questions about whether global consensus or cooperation about the environment (or anything else) is possible, how the environment fits into and underlies the current ways people live their lives, and what counts as knowledge within the world system. As the world moves int... |
| | | | Fuad-Luke, Alastair | | (2009) | 9781844076451 | Earthscan | 192pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm which is largely tied to the values and imperatives of commercial enterprise. Current education and practice need to evolve to ensure that the discipline of design meets sustainability drivers and equips students, teachers and professionals for the near-future. New approaches, methods and tools are urgently required as sustainability expands the c... |
| | | | Shipton, J. Fisher, T. | | (2009) | 9781844074884 | Earthscan | 144pp | pbk. | | GBP 24.95 | AUD 50.16 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Packaging is ephemeral - its purpose is to be 'wasted' once we've removed the product it contains. Whilst we are encouraged to 'reduce, recycle and re-use', Designing for Re-Use proposes that domestic re-use is the 'Cinderella' of this trinity, because it is under researched and little understood.
The re-use of packaging could have a significant effect on the quantity of material that enters the waste stream and the energy and consequently carbon that is expended in its production - every re... |
| | | | AL Waer, Husam Sibley, Magda | | (2008) | 9781844075096 | Earthscan | hbk. | | GBP 49.95 | AUD 100.41 (inc. GST) | [more] | | The last two decades have witnessed a rapid increase in retail sector development, particularly the growth of regional retail centers. The concentration of new retail centers in out-of-town locations (usually occupying green field sites) and away from city center locations has fuelled growing concerns about the threats they pose to cities and towns, and the ecological and socio-economic conflicts that arise from their uncontrolled growth. "Sustainable Regional Retail Centres" is the first book t... |
| | | | Saunier, Richard Meganck, Richard A. | | (2009) | 9781844077519 | Earthscan | 496pp | pbk. | | GBP 19.99 | AUD 40.18 (inc. GST) | [more] | | 'Saunier and Meganck have prepared a dictionary on global environmental governance that will be used by all involved parties and hopefully bring a bit of understanding, if not order, to a very disordered process.' - Mikhail Gorbachev, Chairman, Green Cross InternationalThis unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5000 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from h... |
| | | | Bradby, Hannah. | | (2009) | 9781849710039 | Earthscan | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides?Dirty Words examines all of these questions and also includes a study of pollution in fiction, from the fogs of Dickens to the smog of Chandler, advice on how to be an environmental troublemaker, and a suggestion of our choice of futures: the world as an icebox or a greenhouse.This entertainin... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781849710435 | Earthscan | 250pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | The absolutely poor, who are mostly rural people, are a large part of the developing world's population and their numbers are growing. Government development programmes, aided by the big donors, have made the poor poorer and have rendered them more powerless in relation to the rest of society. They have done this by sustaining and reinforcing existing exploitative economic, social and political structures.Yet people's movements. religious organizations, voluntary groups, universities and so on h... |
| | | | | (2009) | 9781844079636 | Earthscan | 292pp | hbk. | | GBP 70 | AUD 140.72 (inc. GST) | [more] | | Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensiveagricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation.Following their successful and innovative work The Economics of Dryland Management the editors have assembled twenty case studies from nine countries in the continents of Africa, Asia, North America and Australia. They help... |
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