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  • Integrated Water Resources Management in the 21st Century: Revisiting the paradigm

    Edited by Pedro Martinez-Santos, Maite M. Aldaya, M. Ramón Llamas ...
    Integrated water resources management (IWRM) advocates a coordinated approach for managing water resources in a way that balances social and economic needs with care for nature. While attractive, IWRM is both controversial and elusive. This book provides a down-to-earth approach to the elusive concept of integrated water resources management, drawing from conceptual frameworks and real-life ... Read more

    $111.99 USD

  • The Water Footprint Assessment Manual

    Setting the Global Standard

    by Maite M. Aldaya, Ashok K. Chapagain, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Arjen Hoekstra ...
    People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade in Spain

    Policy Implications

    by Alberto Garrido, M. Ramón Llamas, Consuelo Varela-Ortega, Paula Novo, Roberto Rodríguez-Casado, Maite M. Aldaya ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    1.1 General Framework In most arid and semi-arid countries, water resource management is an issue that is both important and controversial. Most water resources experts now acknowledge that water conflicts are not caused by physical scarcity but are mainly due to poor water management (Rosegrant et al. 2002; Benoit and Comeau 2005; Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture 2007; ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    by Thea Riofrancos ...
    **"Dazzling in the bold questions it asks.…An immense contribution." —Naomi KleinAn in-depth investigation into the growing industry of green technologies and the environmental, social, and political consequences of the mining it requires.**Lithium, a crucial input in the batteries powering electric vehicles, has the potential to save the world from climate change. But even green solutions come at ... Read more

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  • Can a City Be Sustainable? (State of the World)

    by The Worldwatch Institute ...
    Series series State of the World
    Cities are the world’s future. Today, more than half of the global population—3.7 billion people—are urban dwellers, and that number is expected to double by 2050. There is no question that cities are growing; the only debate is over how they will grow. Will we invest in the physical and social infrastructure necessary for livable, equitable, and sustainable cities? In the latest edition of State ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • Fixing the Climate

    Strategies for an Uncertain World

    by Charles F. Sabel, David G. Victor ...
    Solving the global climate crisis through local partnerships and experimentationGlobal climate diplomacy—from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement—is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp—but we will not achieve it through top-down global treaties or grand bargains among nations.Charles ... Read more

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  • Water Politics

    Governing Our Most Precious Resource

    by David L. Feldman ...
    As the world faces another water crisis, it is easy to understand why this precious and highly-disputed resource could determine the fate of entire nations. In reality, however, water conflicts rarely result in violence and more often lead to collaborative governance, however precarious.In this comprehensive and accessible text, David Feldman introduces readers to the key issues, debates, and ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    based largely on information provided in fourteen country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity

    Lessons from Cuba

    by Julia Wright ...
    When other nations are forced to rethink their agricultural and food security strategies in light of the post-peak oil debate, they only have one living example to draw from: that of Cuba in the 1990s. Based on the first and - up till now - only systematic and empirical study to come out of Cuba on this topic, this book examines how the nation successfully headed off its own food crisis after the ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Neither Negationism Nor Apocalypse

    Environmental economics from a Brazilian perspective

    by Gesner Oliveira, Artur Villela Ferreira ...
    Written by economist Gesner Oliveira and business administrator Artur Villela Ferreira, Neither Negationism nor Apocalypse: Environmental Economics from a Brazilian Perspective presents, for the first time, principles and practices of environmental economics based on the Brazilian experience.The book is divided into two parts: the first one introduces the reader to general concepts of ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • The State of the World’s Forests 2022: Forest Pathways for Green Recovery and Building Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Economies

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Against the backdrop of the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use and the pledge of 140 countries to eliminate forest loss by 2030 and to support restoration and sustainable forestry, the 2022 edition of The State of the World's Forests (SOFO) explores the potential of three forest pathways for achieving green recovery and tackling multidimensional planetary crises, including ... Read more

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  • Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor: Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World

    by Judy L. Baker ...
    Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level rise, flooding, and other hazards. Exposure to risk is exacerbated by overcrowded living ... Read more

    $21.59 USD