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“michael s hamilton”

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  • Energy Policy Analysis: A Conceptual Framework

    A Conceptual Framework

    by Michael S Hamilton ...
    Presented in nontechnical terms, this book offers a unique and powerful conceptual framework for analysis of energy technologies (standard and alternative) in terms of their respective dollar costs, environmental costs, and national security costs. Energy technologies examined include coal, nuclear, oil, natural gas, solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, biomass and biogas, energy conservation and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Mining Environmental Policy

    Comparing Indonesia and the USA

    by Michael S. Hamilton ...
    Illustrated by a detailed comparative examination of mining regulations and environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the USA (the second largest producer of coal in the world) and Indonesia (the eighth largest and most rapidly growing), this book argues that the degree of policy integration often determines the success or failure in controlling environmental effects of mining operations. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Dynamics of Law

    by Michael S Hamilton, George W Spiro ...
    Thoroughly revised and updated, this widely used text offers a concise introduction to the American legal system for students without a legal background. The book's coverage is cross-disciplinary, informed by the literature of law, business administration and the social sciences, especially public administration and policy. Its goal is to give non-lawyers in all these areas a lucid overview of the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability

    by Michael S Hamilton, Patricia Sue Atkins ...
    In today's public policy arena the regional level is gaining increased attention as problems in policy and service delivery continue to spill over traditional urban government boundaries. This authoritative work focuses on the growing role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems."Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability" provides a concise, up-to-date, and ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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    by Damon P. Coppola ...
    Disaster management is a vibrant and growing field, driven by government spending in the wake of terrorist attacks and environmental debacles, as well as private-sector hiring of risk managers and emergency planners. An ever-increasing number of practicing professionals needs a reference that can provide a solid foundation in ALL major phases of supervision – mitigation, preparedness, response, ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Still Renovating

    A History of Canadian Social Housing Policy

    by Greg Suttor ...
    Series Book 6 - McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance
    Social housing - public, non-profit, or co-operative - was once a part of Canada's urban success story. After years of neglect and many calls for affordable homes and solutions to homelessness, housing is once again an important issue. In Still Renovating, Greg Suttor tells the story of the rise and fall of Canadian social housing policy.Focusing on the main turning points through the past seven ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Introduction to International Disaster Management

    by Damon P. Coppola ...
    Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition, continues to serve as the leading comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This edition provides practitioners and students alike with a comprehensive understanding of the disaster management profession by utilizing a global perspective and including the different sources of risk and vulnerability, the systems that ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Uneasy Partnership

    The Politics of Business and Government in Canada, Second Edition

    by Geoffrey Hale ...
    In this new edition of Uneasy Partnership, Geoffrey Hale examines the interdependent relationship between Canadian governments and businesses, considering governments’ multiple roles in the economy and their implications for the business environment. Hale provides an overview of the historical dimensions of Canada’s political economy and relations between government and business. Readers are ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • State of the World's Forests 2016 (SOFO): Forests and Agriculture: Land Use Challenges and Opportunities

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Forests and trees support sustainable agriculture. They stabilize soils and climate, regulate water flows, give shade and shelter, and provide a habitat for pollinators and the natural predators of agricultural pests. They also contribute to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, for whom they are important sources of food, energy and income. Yet, agriculture remains the major driver ... Read more

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  • Fair Trade for All

    How Trade Can Promote Development

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Charlton ...
    Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of the New York Times bestselling book Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph E. Stiglitz here joins with fellow economist Andrew Charlton to offer a challenging and controversial argument about how globalization can actually help Third World countries to develop and prosper. In Fair Trade For All, Stiglitz and Charlton address one of the key ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Logistics in Lagging Regions: Overcoming Local Barriers to Global Connectivity

    by Kunaka Charles ...
    Small scale producers in developing countries lack easy access to efficient logistics services. They are faced with long distances from both domestic and international markets. Unless they consolidate their trade volumes they face high costs which diminish their ability to trade. However the process of consolidation is not without cost nor does it occur on its own accord. As a result the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Politics of Global Regulation

    Edited by Walter Mattli, Ngaire Woods ...
    Regulation by public and private organizations can be hijacked by special interests or small groups of powerful firms, and nowhere is this easier than at the global level. In whose interest is the global economy being regulated? Under what conditions can global regulation be made to serve broader interests? This is the first book to examine systematically how and why such hijacking or "regulatory ... Read more

    $28.09 USD