Social impact of environmental issues books

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Why Noise Matters: A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems, Policies and Solutions

Why Noise Matters: A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems,...

Author: John Stewart (Chair, UK Noise Association, Kent; Vice Chair, UECNA (European Union Against Aircraft Nuisances), Brussels, Belgium) ,  Francis McManus
ISBN: 9781849712569
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? This book argues that it is, and tells you what you need to...  Read More >>

Imam Cimiucia: Our Changing Sea

Imam Cimiucia: Our Changing Sea

Author: Anne Salomon ,  Nick Tanape
ISBN: 9781566121590
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Through the dual lenses of Western science and traditional Native knowledge, the author explores the ecological,...  Read More >>

Current Trends in Human Ecology

Current Trends in Human Ecology

Author: Alpina Begossi ,  Priscila Lopes
ISBN: 9781443830003
Format: Paperback
$77.60

An exercise of interdisciplinarity at the crossroads of humans and the environment-this could be one definition...  Read More >>

Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow

Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina...

Author: William R. Freudenburg ,  Robert B. Gramling
ISBN: 9781610911634
Format: Paperback
$57.95

"Intends to recognize Hurricane Katrina not as a ""perfect storm"", but a tragedy of our own making - and one that...  Read More >>

Forests and People: Property, Governance, and Human Rights

Forests and People: Property, Governance, and Human...

Author: Thomas Sikor (University of East Anglia, UK) ,  Johannes Stahl (Researcher and Consultant in Natural Resource Governance, Agriculture and Forestry, Montreal, Canada)
ISBN: 9781849712804
Format: Hardback
$284.00

A human rights-based agenda has received significant attention in writings on general development policy, but less...  Read More >>

Caracterisation et gestion de ligneux fourragers dans les systemes de production agro-pastorale du terroir de Dankana en zone Sud soudanienne du Burkina Faso

Caracterisation et gestion de ligneux fourragers dans...

Author: Fidele Bognounou
ISBN: 9783640972722
Format: Paperback
$82.54

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Inherited Land

Inherited Land

Author: Whitney A Bauman ,  Richard R Bohannon, II
ISBN: 9781608999897
Format: Paperback
$43.40

Proceedings of a colloquium held at Florida International University in February 2009.  Read More >>

Climate Change and Human Well-Being: Global Challenges and Opportunities

Climate Change and Human Well-Being: Global Challenges...

Author: Inka Weissbecker ,  Inka Weissbecker
ISBN: 9781441997418
Format: Hardback
$340.56

Climate change is increasing the severity of disasters and adverse weather conditions worldwide, with particularly...  Read More >>

Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the European Union: The Espoo Convention and its Kiev Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the...

Author: Simon Marsden (Flinders Law School, Australia) ,  Timo Koivurova (University of Lapland, Finland)
ISBN: 9781849713481
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This book examines 'The Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context', which celebrates...  Read More >>

Save and Grow: A Policymaker's Guide to Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Crop Production

Save and Grow: A Policymaker's Guide to Sustainable...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,  Toby Hodgkin
ISBN: 9789251068717
Format: Paperback
$118.80

This book presents a new paradigm: sustainable crop production intensification (SCPI), which produces more from...  Read More >>

Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health

Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental...

Author: Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)
ISBN: 9780199767243
Format: Paperback
$37.95

In this book Shrader-Frechette reveals how politicians, campaign contributors, and lobbyists-and their power over...  Read More >>

Climate Change and Human Security: The Challenge to Local Governance under Rapid Coastal Urbanization

Climate Change and Human Security: The Challenge to...

Author: Michael R. Redclift ,  David Manuel-Navarette
ISBN: 9781848443723
Format: Hardback
$228.00

The challenge presented by climate change is, by its nature, global. This important study documents the choices...  Read More >>

Ecological Ethics: An Introduction

Ecological Ethics: An Introduction

Author: Patrick Curry (Sophia Centre, Bath Spa University College)
ISBN: 9780745651262
Format: Paperback
$51.95

In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the highly successful Ecological Ethics, Patrick Curry...  Read More >>

Ecological Ethics: An Introduction

Ecological Ethics: An Introduction

Author: Patrick Curry (Sophia Centre, Bath Spa University College)
ISBN: 9780745651255
Format: Hardback
$124.95

In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the highly successful Ecological Ethics, Patrick Curry...  Read More >>

Transitions to Sustainable Development: New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change

Transitions to Sustainable Development: New Directions...

Author: John Grin (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) ,  Jan Rotmans (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
ISBN: 9780415898041
Format: Paperback
$88.99

There has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress...  Read More >>

Health Impact Assessment: Principles and Practice

Health Impact Assessment: Principles and Practice

Author: Martin Birley
ISBN: 9781849712767
Format: Hardback
$326.00

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of plans, proposals and policies...  Read More >>

Health Impact Assessment: Principles and Practice

Health Impact Assessment: Principles and Practice

Author: Martin Birley
ISBN: 9781849712774
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of plans, proposals and policies...  Read More >>

Making Our Place: Exploring Land-Use Tensions in Aotearoa New Zealand

Making Our Place: Exploring Land-Use Tensions in Aotearoa...

Author: Jacinta Ruru ,  Janet Stephenson
ISBN: 9781877372889
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Fascination with the interplay of people and place inspired the editors of this book to bring together New Zealanders...  Read More >>

Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan

Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in...

Author: Brett L. Walker ,  William Cronon
ISBN: 9780295991382
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Explores the relationship between the causes of colossal toxic pollution and the manner in which pain caused by...  Read More >>

Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications

Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance...

Author: Zacharoula Andreopoulou ,  Basil Manos
ISBN: 9781609606213
Format: Hardback
$384.95

Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications is a state-of-the-art...  Read More >>

Perspectives in Urban Ecology: Ecosystems and Interactions between Humans and Nature in the Metropolis of Berlin

Perspectives in Urban Ecology: Ecosystems and Interactions...

Author: Wilfried Endlicher
ISBN: 9783642177309
Format: Hardback
$472.56

Actual problems of urban ecology should be discussed not only in terms of natural dimensions such as atmosphere,...  Read More >>

Water Resources Planning and Management

Water Resources Planning and Management

Author: R. Quentin Grafton (Australian National University, Canberra) ,  Karen Hussey (Australian National University, Canberra)
ISBN: 9780511974304
Format: Undefined
$594.00

This is the most comprehensive handbook ever published on water resource issues. It brings together multiple disciplines...  Read More >>

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