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  • Ethical Tensions from New Technology

    The Case of Agricultural Biotechnology

    by Philipp Aerni, Rachel A. Ankeny, Bartosz Bartkowski, Heather J. Bray, Bradley Martin Jones, Deepthi E. Kolady, Jane Kolodinsky, Katie M. MacDonald, Kelly A. McKinley, Desmond Ng, Frauke Pirscher, Roberto Quiroz, Dane Scott, Shivendra Kumar Srivastava, Debra M. Strauss, Insa Theesfeld, Johannes Timaeus, Corrine Valdivia, Duane Windsor ...
    Series series CABI Biotechnology Series
    The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups. While ethical tensions resulting from the genetic modification of crops and plants and their supportive gene technologies have been apparent for decades, persistent challenges remain. This book explores the contemporary nature ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Economic Valuation of Biodiversity

    An Interdisciplinary Conceptual Perspective

    by Bartosz Bartkowski ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Biodiversity Politics and Management
    While biodiversity loss is an ecological phenomenon, it also has further dimensions – political, social and, last but not least, economic. From the economic perspective, the rapid loss of biological diversity can be viewed in two ways. First, the consequence of this deterioration process is a loss of options and an increase in scarcity of the environmental ‘good’, biodiversity. Second, economic ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

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    A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA Businessweek Best Business Book of the YearA Chicago Tribune Best Book of the YearIn this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment... ... Read more

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  • A Case for Climate Engineering

    by David Keith ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    A leading scientist argues that we must consider deploying climate engineering technology to slow the pace of global warming.Climate engineering—which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere—has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to ... Read more

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  • The Approaching Great Transformation

    Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy

    by Joel Magnuson ...
    "A brave book by a smart person with a masterful command of economic theory."—Publisher's WeeklyHow should we act and think economically in the world as the era of cheap oil comes to an end? The Approaching Great Transformation begins to answer this massive question, focusing on the people and communities already at work on the transition: energy descent pioneers in the UK and the US educating ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • New Essays on John Clare

    Poetry, Culture and Community

    Edited by Simon Kövesi, Scott McEathron ...
    John Clare (1793–1864) has long been recognized as one of England's foremost poets of nature, landscape and rural life. Scholars and general readers alike regard his tremendous creative output as a testament to a probing and powerful intellect. Clare was that rare amalgam ‒ a poet who wrote from a working-class, impoverished background, who was steeped in folk and ballad culture, and who yet, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Antarctic Security in the Twenty-First Century

    Legal and Policy Perspectives

    Edited by Alan D. Hemmings, Donald R. Rothwell, Karen N. Scott ...
    The Antarctic Treaty (1959) was adopted for the purpose of bringing peace and stability to Antarctica and to facilitate cooperation in scientific research conducted on and around the continent. It has now been over fifty years since the signing of the treaty, nevertheless security continues to drive and shape the laws and policy regime which governs the region. Antarctic Security in the Twenty ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Theories of Sustainable Development

    Edited by Moritz Remig, Judith Enders ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
    While sustainability has become a buzzword in discussions about the environment and development, work on theories of sustainable development has received much less attention. However, theory is vital as understanding the origins and development of the concept is the key to achieving successful implementation of sustainability.This book offers an interdisciplinary collection of research articles on ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning

    Feedback, accountability and constituent voice in rural development

    Edited by Roy Steiner, Duncan Hanks ...
    What were new ideas 30 years ago, such as the concepts of participatory development and systems thinking, are now accepted norms in international development circles. The majority of professionals engaged in rural development accept the proposition that the people who participate in development should play an active role in defining, implementing, and evaluating projects intended to improve their ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Nationalism, Law and Statelessness

    Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa

    by John R. Campbell ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
    In 1998 a bloody war erupted in The Horn of Africa between Ethiopia and Eritrea. During the war Ethiopia arrested and expelled 70,000 of its citizens, and stripped another 50,000-plus of their citzenship on the basis of their presumed ethnicity. Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa examines the events which led up to the war, documents the expulsions and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Climate Change Adaptation and Development

    Transforming Paradigms and Practices

    Edited by Tor Håkon Inderberg, Siri Eriksen, Karen O'Brien, Linda Sygna ...
    Climate change poses multiple challenges to development. It affects lives and livelihoods, infrastructure and institutions, as well as beliefs, cultures and identities. There is a growing recognition that the social dimensions of vulnerability and adaptation now need to move to the forefront of development policies and practices.This book presents case studies showing that climate change is as ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Joint Fact-Finding in Urban Planning and Environmental Disputes

    Edited by Masahiro Matsuura, Todd Schenk ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    The days of rationalist scientific management and deference to official data are behind us. The credibility of experts and the information they provide are regularly challenged; officials are routinely provided with conflicting sets of facts as they plan and make decisions; and decision makers and stakeholders alike are largely skeptical that technical information will adequately account for the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD