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  • Social Transformation for Climate Change

    A New Framework for Democracy

    by Nicholas Low ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
    This book argues that social transformation is both necessary and possible if democracies are to respond effectively to the climate crisis without social collapse.Climate transformation and social transformation are intimately connected. Understanding how to address climate change requires a historical approach both to the climate and to our collective institutions of humanity. Drawing on the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Planning, Politics and the State

    Political Foundations of Planning Thought

    by Nicholas Low ...
    First Published in 1990. John Maynard Keynes once made the bold prediction that the three- hour work day would prevail for his grandchildren's generation. Seventy years later, the question of working time is as pertinent as it was at the inception of the 40-hour week. Not until now, however, has there been a global comparative analysis of working time laws, policies and actual working hours. ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Green City

    Sustainable Homes, Sustainable Suburbs

    by Nicholas Low, Brendon Gleeson, Ray Green, Darko Radovic ...
    A team of city-building professionals explain in straightforward terms how the idea of ecological sustainability can be embodied in the everyday life of homes, communities and cities to make a better future.The book considers - and answers - three questions: What does the global agenda of sustainable development mean for the urban spaces where most ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Transport

    by Carey Curtis, Nicholas Low ...
    In a world seeking to tackle global environmental problems such as climate change, the importance of local and national institutional change to deal most effectively with these issues is critical. This book presents an investigation of the institutional barriers preventing the development of a new vision for urban transport compatible with these realities and in those terms 'sustainable'. Through ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Justice, Society and Nature

    An Exploration of Political Ecology

    by Brendan Gleeson, Nicholas Low ...
    Justice, Society and Nature examines the moral response which the world must make to the ecological crisis if there is to be real change in the global society and economy to favour ecological integrity. From its base in the idea of the self, through principles of political justice, to the justice of global institutions, the authors trace the layered structure of the philosophy of justice as it ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Teaching Secondary Geography

    by Malcolm McInerney, Susan Caldis, Stephen Cranby, John Butler, Alaric Maude, Susanne Jones, Michael Patrick Law, Rebecca Nicholas ...
    Geography is not only the study of the surface of the planet and the exploration of spatial and human - environment relationships, but also a way of thinking about the world. Guided by the Australian Curriculum and the Professional Standards for Teaching School Geography (GEOGstandards), Teaching Secondary Geography provides a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of teaching ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Transforming Urban Transport

    From Automobility to Sustainable Transport

    Edited by Nicholas Low ...
    Transforming Urban Transport confronts head-on the dilemma faced by a world wedded to mobility: the danger of continuing along the fossil-fuelled path and the real paucity of viable technological alternatives which can be deployed in time. To respond to the dilemma, the ideal of urban transport must be changed from auto-based mobility to systems of sustainable transport in which public transport, ... Read more

    $200.00 USD

  • Global Ethics and Environment

    Edited by Nicholas Low ...
    As global capitalism expands and reaches ever-further corners of the world, practical problems continue to escalate and repercussions become increasingly serious and irreversible. These practical problems carry with them equally important and ethical issues.Global Ethics and Environment explores these ethical issues from a range of perspectives and using a wide range of case studies. Chapters ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Consuming Cities

    The Urban Environment in the Global Economy after Rio

    by Ingemar Elander, Brendan Gleeson, Rolf Lidskog, Nicholas Low ...
    This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. It looks at these issues by examining the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference.Consuming Cities examines this impact using case studies from around the world including: the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, China, India, ... Read more

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