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  • Democratic Ideals and the Politicization of Nature

    The Roving Life of a Feral Citizen

    by N. Garside ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Democratic Ideals and the Politization of Nature introduces the feral citizen as a response to a perceived need to revitalize the disruptive, critical, and exploratory nature of democratic culture. By learning from the traditions of aimless walking and by embracing a consciously feral method of political engagement, radically-democratic citizens can prompt political moments that create conditions ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Disaster By the Bay: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

    by Howard Brinkley ...
    Over 3,000 dead. Buildings shaken to the ground. A city, surrounded by water, burnt to the ground. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive natural disasters the world has ever known.In the aftermath of the Earthquake, authorities learned the hard way that the city was vastly unprepared for any disaster. Find out what happened and how the city was repaired in this ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy

    Skills for a Changing World

    Edited by Arran Stibbe ...
    A vital resource for sustainability educators, learners and decision-makers on how we can build a more sustainable future.In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Dynamic Forest

    Man Versus Nature in the Boreal Forest

    by Malcolm F. Squires ...
    Series Book 7 - Point of View
    Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatically. We like to picture it as a stable, balanced system. Really, it is anything but stable. The boreal forest is dynamic.For over sixty years, forester Malcolm F. Squires has seen mature forests within ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Climate Change

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Emily Boyd, Emma L. Tompkins ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    The heat is on in the race to save the planetClimate change is the greatest single problem we face as a planet. This important introduction skilfully guides us through the complex mix of scientific, political, social, and environmental issues to examine the manifold threats it poses and explore the possible futures for our world. Focusing on the fact that the point of no return, may in fact have ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • 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

  • The Ends of the Earth

    An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic

    by Elizabeth Kolbert, Francis Spufford ...
    An innovatively packaged literary anthology published to commemorate the International Polar Year-and remind us what we're in danger of losing.The Arctic and Antarctic ice shelves have been an object of obsession for as long as we've known they existed. Countless explorers, such as Richard Byrd, Ernest Shackleton, and Robert Falcon Scott, have risked their lives to chart their frozen landscapes. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Managing Climate Change. Climate, Growth and Equitable Development

    Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 4 February 2010

    by Nicholas Stern ...
    Series series Leçons inaugurales
    Climate change has been the source of immense challenges for ethical, economic or political analysts. We are aware of the scale of the action required to be taken and the areas in which that action is needed namely efficient energy use, low carbon technologies or deforestation. We have an idea of which technologies need to be developed. We understand the basic economic policy incentives in favour ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • 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

  • Environmental Inequalities

    Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980

    by Andrew Hurley ...
    By examining environmental change through the lens of conflicting social agendas, Andrew Hurley uncovers the historical roots of environmental inequality in contemporary urban America. Hurley’s study focuses on the steel mill community of Gary, Indiana, a city that was sacrificed, like a thousand other American places, to industrial priorities in the decades following World War II. Although this ... Read more

    $28.49 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