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    An Introduction to Economic Geology

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is a comprehensive overview of economic geology for the general geologist and anyone else interested in the minerals industry and the global supply of raw materials. It includes some thought-provoking statements and questions for discussion on globalisation and current practices in the minerals industry. In the second edition, all chapters have been extensively revised, and a new author ... Read more

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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the engineering and technological aspects of tall buildings, relatively little has been written about the social and livability of high-rise. Much less is written about Asian cities even though Asia is the current hotbed of high-rise development.Even though ... Read more

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  • Ways Towards Sustainable Management of Freshwater Resources

    Annual Report 1997

    Series Book 1997 - World in Transition
    atmosphere and vegetation. In what ways can key ural and cultural functions of water, primarily elements of the water balance and the hydrological through direct interference by agriculture and cycle be altered by climate change? To answer this through pollutant loads emanating from point and question, the Council presents an analysis in which non-point sources in settlements, the small business ... Read more

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  • World in Transition: Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions

    Annual Report 1995

    Series Book 1995 - World in Transition
    At the first Conference of the Parties of the Climate Convention in Berlin in Spring 1995 it became evident once again: To counteract anthropogenic climate changes, individuals as well as societies have to change their way of thinking and behavior. This accounts for other areas of global environmental change as well. Global trends like soil degradation, loss of biological diversity, water scarcity ... Read more

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  • China's Energy Efficiency and Conservation

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    Edited by Bin Su, Elspeth Thomson ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to study how best to achieve green growth and a low-carbon transition in a developing country like China. The progress of China’s carbon mitigation policies also has significant impacts on the on-going international climate change negotiations. Therefore, both ... Read more

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  • Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

    Edited by Derek Armitage, Ryan Plummer ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level ... Read more

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  • Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe

    Edited by Annette Piorr, Klaus Müller ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope. This project with the full title “Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the model of European Agriculture” was a pioneering project. It was among the first which were funded in the new activity Scientific Support to Policies of the th 6 Research Framework Programme. Policy ... Read more

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  • Sand Dune Conservation, Management and Restoration

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book deals with the development of temperate coastal sand dunes and the way these have been influenced by human activity. The different states in which the habitat exists both for the beach/foredune and inland dune are reviewed against the pressures exerted upon them. Options for management are considered and the likely consequences of taking a particular course of action highlighted. These ... Read more

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  • Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective

    Edited by Frank B. Golley, Juan Bellot ...
    Series series Springer Series on Environmental Management
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  • Developing Adaptation Policy and Practice in Europe: Multi-level Governance of Climate Change

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    Edited by Yong-Qi Chen, Yuk-Cheung Lee ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
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  • Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities

    Edited by Marcha Johnson, Amanda Bayley ...
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