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  • Water, State and the City

    by A. Ioris ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book investigates the complexity of the Latin American mega cities and the multiple commitments of the apparatus of the state with a focus on the failures of the public water sector. It offers an innovative interpretation of large-scale urbanization, one of the most challenging questions affecting Latin American governments and society. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Climate Change

    The Science, Impacts and Solutions

    by A Barrie Pittock ...
    It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research. Presenting all sides of the arguments about the science and possible remedies, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Global Political Ecology

    Edited by Richard Peet, Paul Robbins, Michael Watts ...
    The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises. So far attempts at resolving the deep basis of these have been superficial and disorganized. Global Political Ecology links the political economy of global capitalism with the political ecology of a series of environmental disasters and failed attempts at environmental policies.This critical volume draws together contributions ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science

    by Jacek Malczewski, Claus Rinner ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is intended for the GIS Science and Decision Science communities. It is primarily targeted at postgraduate students and practitioners in GIS and urban, regional and environmental planning as well as applied decision analysis. It is also suitable for those studying and working with spatial decision support systems. The main objectives of this book are to effectivley integrate ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • An Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources : Environment Books for Kids | Children's Environment Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    What are renewable sources of energy? Why are they preferred over the nonrenewable sources? You’ll know the answers to these questions in the pages of this environment book for kids. Caring for the environment starts with knowledge. You want your children to make informed decisions and the first step to that would be ownership of this book. Secure a copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Changing Arctic Environment

    The Arctic Messenger

    by David P. Stone ...
    This accessible and engagingly written book describes how national and international scientific monitoring programmes brought to light our present understanding of Arctic environmental change, and how these research results were successfully used to achieve international legal actions to lessen some of the environmental impacts. David P. Stone was intimately involved in many of these scientific ... Read more

    $58.29 USD

  • Green Energy Futures: A Big Change for the Good

    by David Elliott ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    What will replace fossil fuel? Is there a way forward using renewable energy sources while avoiding nuclear power? This book argues that nuclear is unlikely to have much of a role in future, and shows that the pro- and anti-nuclear debate has absorbed too much time and energy over the years. This has been to the detriment of a more relevant, interesting and increasingly urgent debate over what ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Climate, Energy and Water

    Managing Trade-offs, Seizing Opportunities

    Edited by Jamie Pittock, Karen Hussey, Stephen Dovers ...
    With the global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, our capacity to provide enough food, water and energy relies on our understanding and management of the complex interdependencies in the climate-energy-water nexus. This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the interdependencies between these sectors and the knock-on consequences of those interactions for other ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Presidential Administration and the Environment

    Executive Leadership in the Age of Gridlock

    by David M. Shafie ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Public Administration and Environmental Sustainability
    After sweeping environmental legislation passed in the 1970s and 1980s, the 1990s ushered in an era when new legislation and reforms to existing laws were consistently caught up in a gridlock. In response, environmental groups became more specialized and professional, learning how to effect policy change through the courts, states, and federal agencies rather than through grassroots movements. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Adaptive Governance of Disaster

    Drought and Flood in Rural Areas

    by Margot A. Hurlbert ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a comparative analysis of policy instruments designed to respond to climate change, drought and floods in connection with agricultural producers and their communities in four case study areas: Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada; Coquimbo, Chile; and Mendoza, Argentina. Assessed from the standpoint of effectiveness and adaptive governance, instruments for improving the livelihood ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Transforming Energy

    Solving Climate Change with Technology Policy

    by Anthony Patt ...
    Climate change will be an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe unless we move quickly to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. Policy experts advise us that we need to make major changes to our lifestyles, and our governments need to agree globally binding treaties and implement market instruments like carbon taxes. This advice is a mistake: it treats technological innovation as being at the ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Governance of Urban Wastewater Reuse for Agriculture

    A Framework for Understanding and Action in Metropolitan Regions

    by Ganesh Keremane ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a conceptual and practical tool for those involved directly or indirectly in the planning and management of basic provision of water supply, wastewater and stormwater services in metropolitan regions by offering insights into governance paradigms and institutional arrangements for urban wastewater reuse in agriculture from Australia and India. Instead of focusing on the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD