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“daniela perrotti”

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  • Environmental Sustainability and Economy

    Edited by Pardeep Singh, Pramit Verma, Daniela Perrotti, K.K. Srivastava ...
    Environmental Sustainability and Economy contains the latest practical and theoretical concepts of sustainability science and economic growth. It includes the latest research on sustainable development, the impact of pollution due to economic activities, energy policies and consumption influencing growth and environment, waste management and recycling, circular economy, and climate change impacts ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

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  • The Climate Crisis

    Science, Impacts, Policy, Psychology, Justice, Social Movements

    by Adam Aron ...
    Why, despite all we know about the causes and harms of global heating, has so little effective action been taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and what we can do to change that? This book explains the mechanisms and impacts of the climate crisis, traces the history and reasons behind the lack of serious effort to combat it, describes some people's ongoing scepticism and how to shift it, and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Is the Planet Full?

    Edited by Ian Goldin ...
    What are the impacts of population growth? Can our planet support the demands of the ten billion people anticipated to be the world's population by the middle of this century? While it is common to hear about the problems of overpopulation, might there be unexplored benefits of increasing numbers of people in the world? How can we both consider and harness the potential benefits brought by a ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Sustainable Energy Access for Communities

    Rethinking the Energy Agenda for Cities

    Edited by Aminata Fall, Reinhard Haas ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book examines the transition to sustainable energy systems in emerging cities. Experts from around the world present case studies from different countries and discuss efforts were needed for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The authors look into the issue of environment vs. economics and discuss the question of whether the energy transition goal ... Read more

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  • Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology

    Edited by Roland Clift, Angela Druckman ...
    How can we design more sustainable industrial and urban systems that reduce environmental impacts while supporting a high quality of life for everyone? What progress has been made towards reducing resource use and waste, and what are the prospects for more resilient, material-efficient economies? What are the environmental and social impacts of global supply chains and how can they be measured and ... Read more

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  • Climate Change, second edition

    What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren

    Edited by Joseph F.C. Dimento, Pamela Doughman ...
    Series series American and Comparative Environmental Policy
    An updated and accessible account of what science knows about climate change, incorporating the latest scientific findings and policy initiatives.Most of us are familiar with the term climate change but few of us understand the science behind it. We don't fully comprehend how climate change will affect us, and for that reason we might not consider it as pressing a concern as, say, housing prices ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Sustainable Urban Metabolism

    by Paulo Ferrao, John E. Fernandez ...
    A unified framework for analyzing urban sustainability in terms of cities' inflows and outflows of matter and energy.Urbanization and globalization have shaped the last hundred years. These two dominant trends are mutually reinforcing: globalization links countries through the networked communications of urban hubs. The urban population now generates more than eighty percent of global GDP. Cities ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Business and the Sustainability Challenge

    An Integrated Perspective

    by Peter N. Nemetz ...
    It is vitally important for businesses to have a holistic understanding of the many issues surrounding and shaping sustainability, from competitors to government and political factors, to economics and ecological science. This integrated textbook for MBA and senior-level undergraduates offers a comprehensive overview of the issues of sustainability as they relate to business and influence ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Sustainability

    A Biological Perspective

    by Stephen Morse ...
    Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic focus gives students a greater understanding of the practice of sustainability and highlights the ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Climate Change in Practice

    Topics for Discussion with Group Exercises

    by Robert L. Wilby ...
    Derived from an undergraduate course taught by the author, this accessible book seeks to challenge and provoke readers by posing a series of topical questions concerning climate change and society. Topic summaries provide answers to technical, socio-economic and moral questions surrounding the deployment of climate science. These include how to build and test a climate model, whom and what is most ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Renewable Energy

    A Global Review of Technologies, Policies and Markets

    Edited by Dirk Assmann ...
    'offers knowledge and inspiration to promote renewable energy in developing and industrialized countries'Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEPFrom technology to financing issues, Renewable Energy offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of the determining factors that drive worldwide dissemination of renewable energy technologies. With a clear emphasis on policy and action, ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Climate Impacts on Energy Systems: Key Issues for Energy Sector Adaptation

    by Ebinger,Jane; Vergara,Walter ...
    While the energy sector is a primary target of efforts to arrest and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon footprint of development it is also expected to be increasingly affected by unavoidable climate consequences from the damage already induced in the biosphere. Energy services and resources as well as seasonal demand will be increasingly affected by changing ... Read more

    $11.59 USD