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  • Nature-based Urbanism

    Edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Sara Alidoust, Wendy Y. Chen, Richard Fuller ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    As the second volume of this trilogy focused on nature in cities, this book focuses on global case study examples relevant to ‘nature-based urbanism’. As a relatively newer field of research, nature-based urbanism encompasses the integration of ecological systems into the planning, design, and management of urban environments, ensuring that cities function not just as human habitats but as active ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Designing Nature into Cities

    Edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Sara Alidoust, Wendy Y. Chen, Richard Fuller ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book argues that the future of resilient and liveable cities depends on making ecological systems not a supplement to design, but the scaffolding upon which urban life is built. As the final volume in this trilogy, this book advances the conversation from integrating nature into urbanism to embedding it as a primary design principle. The book explores how communities, engineers, planners, and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Nature in Cities, Nurturing Cities

    Edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Sara Alidoust, Wendy Y. Chen, Richard Fuller ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents nature as the fundamental infrastructure for sustainable urban living rather than as an aesthetic afterthought in the face of cities' mounting problems, which range from biodiversity loss and climate change to public health disparities. The first section, Nature and Wellbeing, explores the critical relationship between human health and access to nature, providing evidence-based ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

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    Principles, Contexts and Practices

    by David A. Fennell, Prof. Chris Cooper ...
    Series Book 6 - Aspects of Tourism Texts
    This new textbook provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable tourism framed around the UN’s sustainable development goals. It examines the origins and dimensions of sustainable tourism and offers a detailed account of sustainable initiatives and management across destinations, the tourism industry, public sector and leading agencies. The book explores the principal values and priorities in ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Reshaping Environments

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

    Edited by Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Read more

    $77.89 USD

  • Human-Nature Interactions

    Exploring Nature’s Values Across Landscapes

    Edited by Ieva Misiune, Daniel Depellegrin, Lukas Egarter Vigl ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This edited volume aims to widen the discussion about the diversity of human-nature relationships and valuation methods and to stimulate new perspective that are needed to build a more sustainable future, especially in face of ongoing socio-environmental changes. Conceptual and empirical approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies have been used to highlight the ... Read more

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  • Environmental Anthropology Today

    Edited by Helen Kopnina, Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet ...
    Today, we face some of the greatest environmental challenges in global history. Understanding the damage being done and the varied ethics and efforts contributing to its repair is of vital importance. This volume poses the question: What can increasing the emphasis on the environment in environmental anthropology, along with the science of its problems and the theoretical and methodological tools ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Strengthening European Climate Policy

    Governance Recommendations from Innovative Interdisciplinary Collaborations

    Edited by Ester Galende Sánchez, Alevgul H. Sorman, Violeta Cabello, Sara Heidenreich, Christian A. Klöckner ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open-access book foregrounds 10 novel collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, for strengthening European climate policy.Part of a three-volume collection covering climate, energy, and mobility policy. ... Read more

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  • Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation (OPEN ACCESS)

    Trade-offs and Governance

    Edited by Kate Schreckenberg, Georgina Mace, Mahesh Poudyal ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecosystem Services
    Understanding how to sustain the services that ecosystems provide in support of human wellbeing is an active and growing research area. This book provides a state-of-the-art review of current thinking on the links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation. In part it showcases the key findings of the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, which has funded over 120 ... Read more

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  • Urban Environmental Education Review

    Edited by Alex Russ, Marianne E. Krasny ...
    Series series Cornell Series in Environmental Education
    Urban Environmental Education Review explores how environmental education can contribute to urban sustainability. Urban environmental education includes any practices that create learning opportunities to foster individual and community well-being and environmental quality in cities. It fosters novel educational approaches and helps debunk common assumptions that cities are ecologically barren and ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Design for Regenerative Cities and Landscapes

    Rebalancing Human Impact and Natural Environment

    Edited by Rob Roggema ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the way to design and plan for regenerative cities and landscapes. Where sustainability aims to safeguard the resources for future generations, and the resilience concept focuses on dealing with shocks to keep the system functioning, regeneration aims to give back more than it takes from the system. This principle is often used in analytical and assessment literature, but not ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Social Work and Human Services Responsibilities in a Time of Climate Change

    Country, Community and Complexity

    by Amanda Howard, Margot Rawsthorne, Pam Joseph, Mareese Terare, Dara Sampson, Meaghan Katrak Harris ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    This book provides an accessible, research-informed text for students, social workers and other social service workers and community development workers focused on practically linking climate change to social justice.The book is designed for:Those who want to embed an understanding of climate change and its social justice impacts in their everyday practiceThose keen to explore the explicit but ... Read more

    $49.99 USD