Social impact of environmental issues books

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Risk and Conflicts: Local Responses to Natural Disasters

Risk and Conflicts: Local Responses to Natural Disasters...

Author: Andreas Neef ,  Rajib Shaw
ISBN: 9781781908204
Format: Hardback
$238.95

This book analyzes the role of local responses to natural disasters and conflict. Key issues such as the relationship...  Read More >>

William R. Freudenberg, a Life in Social Research

William R. Freudenberg, a Life in Social Research

Author: Susan Maret
ISBN: 9781781907344
Format: Hardback
$238.95

True to the nature of the Gedenkschrift, this commemorative publication celebrates the work of sociologist Dr. William...  Read More >>

Framing Environmental Disaster: Environmental Advocacy and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Framing Environmental Disaster: Environmental Advocacy...

Author: Melissa K. Merry
ISBN: 9780415537285
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Based on a case study of the Gulf oil spill, this book develops a theory about how political actors strategically...  Read More >>

Structural Human Ecology: New Essays in Risk, Energy, and Sustainability

Structural Human Ecology: New Essays in Risk, Energy,...

Author: Thomas Dietz ,  Andrew Jorgenson
ISBN: 9780874223170
Format: Paperback
$49.50

The field of Structural Human Ecology researches the dynamic links between population, environment, social organization,...  Read More >>

Resolving Messy Policy Problems: Handling Conflict in Environmental, Transport, Health and Ageing Policy

Resolving Messy Policy Problems: Handling Conflict in...

Author: Steven Ney
ISBN: 9780415850353
Format: Paperback
$101.00

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Protecting Nature, Saving Creation: Ecological Conflicts, Religious Passions, and Political Quandaries

Protecting Nature, Saving Creation: Ecological Conflicts,...

Author: Pasquale Gagliardi ,  A. Reijnen
ISBN: 9781137361752
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Can religions help us tackle the ecological crisis we are now facing? Can we redefine our relationship with the...  Read More >>

Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec

Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture...

Author: Caroline Desbiens
ISBN: 9780774824170
Format: Paperback
$77.60

This book explores how French Canada’s aspirations migrated north with natural resource development, creating a...  Read More >>

Education and the Environment: Creating Standards-Based Programs in Schools and Districts

Education and the Environment: Creating Standards-Based...

Author: Gerald A. Lieberman ,  Richard Louv
ISBN: 9781612506296
Format: Paperback
$87.12

In this timely book, curriculum expert Gerald A. Lieberman provides an innovative guide to creating and implementing...  Read More >>

Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International Law

Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International...

Author: Jane McAdam (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia)
ISBN: 9780199682225
Format: Paperback
$97.95

This is a key study into whether 'climate change refugees' are protected by international law. It examines the reasons...  Read More >>

Naturschutzproblematik am Feldberg im Hochschwarzwald

Naturschutzproblematik am Feldberg im Hochschwarzwald...

Author: Olimpia Dorniok
ISBN: 9783656470274
Format: Paperback
$38.55

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Biologie - OEkologie, Note: 1.0, Universitat Bremen, Veranstaltung:...  Read More >>

Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia

Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation...

Author: H. Ha ,  T. Dhakal
ISBN: 9781137325204
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia....  Read More >>

Here and There: Reading Pennsylvania's Working Landscapes

Here and There: Reading Pennsylvania's Working Landscapes...

Author: Bill Conlogue (Marywood University)
ISBN: 9780271060811
Format: Paperback
$64.99

A collection of essays exploring the social, economic, and environmental elements of the anthracite coal region...  Read More >>

ICRP Publication 124: Protection of the Environment under Different Exposure Situations

ICRP Publication 124: Protection of the Environment...

Author: ICRP
ISBN: 9781446296141
Format: Paperback
$408.00

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Lessons from Pond Scum

Lessons from Pond Scum

Author: Ted Merrill
ISBN: 9780977334834
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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The Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock

The Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial...

Author: Tony Weis ,  Tony Weis
ISBN: 9781780320960
Format: Paperback
$39.99

This book explains how the phenomenal growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of...  Read More >>

The Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock

The Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of Industrial...

Author: Tony Weis
ISBN: 9781780320977
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book explains how the phenomenal growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of...  Read More >>

Social Protection in Southern Africa: New Opportunities for Social Development

Social Protection in Southern Africa: New Opportunities...

Author: Leila Patel ,  James Midgley (University of California, USA)
ISBN: 9780415727259
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book provides important analyses of social protection strategies, policies and innovations across Southern...  Read More >>

Childhood and Biopolitics: Climate Change, Life Processes and Human Futures

Childhood and Biopolitics: Climate Change, Life Processes...

Author: N. Lee
ISBN: 9780230252271
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Will the future be a climate disaster? Will biotechnologies bring huge improvements to lifespan? Predictions vary,...  Read More >>

Okologische Erinnerungsorte

Okologische Erinnerungsorte

Author: Frank Uekotter (University of Birmingham)
ISBN: 9783525300510
Format: Hardback
$108.24

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Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in Exurbia: Green Sprawl

Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in Exurbia: Green...

Author: K. Valentine Cadieux (Hamline University, USA) ,  Laura Taylor (York University, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415747615
Format: Paperback
$114.00

This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies...  Read More >>

Restoring Communities Resettled After Dam Construction in Asia

Restoring Communities Resettled After Dam Construction...

Author: Mikiyasu Nakayama (University of Tokyo, Japan) ,  Ryo Fujikura
ISBN: 9780415719100
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This volume examines the long-term effects on populations forced to resettle by dam development projects, providing...  Read More >>

Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security

Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security

Author: Michael R. Redclift ,  Marco Grasso
ISBN: 9780857939104
Format: Hardback
$467.50

The Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark publication which links the complexities of climate...  Read More >>

Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk

Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk

Author: M. Nadesan
ISBN: 9781137343116
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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