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“tim magee”

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  • A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation

    by Tim Magee ...
    The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate—and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfill the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. If experienced development organizations are finding it difficult to solve decades-old development problems, how will they additionally solve new challenges driven by climate change? This book illustrates how ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Prosperity without Growth

    Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow

    by Tim Jackson ...
    What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits?The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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  • Beyond Hope

    An Illustrated History of the Fraser and Cariboo Gold Rush

    by Beverley Boissery, Bronwyn Short ...
    Gold. With that one little word and its promise of fabulous wealth, people from all parts of the world came to British Columbia in the 1850s and 1860s. Most were ill equipped for the difficult terrain, the icy water, and the inhospitable climate. Some found the motherlode. Others settled for becoming rich merchants. Most became impoverished, and a large number lost their lives. With new roads and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reconstructing Sustainability Science

    Knowledge and action for a sustainable future

    by Thaddeus Miller ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    The growing urgency, complexity and "wickedness" of sustainability problems—from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality—present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use. While there is little doubt that science has a crucial role to play in our ability to pursue sustainability goals, critical questions remain ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Nature and Wealth

    Overcoming Environmental Scarcity and Inequality

    by Edward Barbier ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Biodiversity in the Green Economy

    Edited by Alexandros Gasparatos, Katherine J. Willis ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    In the past decade, the growing realization that biodiversity and human wellbeing are inextricably linked has led to the adoption of numerous environmental policies. The concept of the Green Economy has gained particular attention as an economic system where growth is possible within environmental limits. The preservation of ecosystem services and the halt of biodiversity loss are identified as ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Managing a Material World

    Edited by Pier Vellinga, J. Gupta, Frans Berkhout ...
    Series Book 13 - Environment & Policy
    As we reach the end of the 20th century, the question of how to meet human needs and preferences while safeguarding the global environment is a major concern facing humanity. This book reflects the state of the art of thinking on the necessary concepts, tools and instruments that are likely to help producers, consumers and governments to adjust their policies and practices. It covers theories and ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Development of an Environmental and Economic Assessment Tool (Enveco Tool) for Fire Events

    by Francine Amon, Jonatan Gehandler, Selim Stahl, Mai Tomida, Brian Meacham ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book investigates the feasibility of developing a tool that enables fire departments to estimate the value of their services to a community in terms of environmental and financial impact. This book provides a summary of this effort, which resulted in development of a prototype tool for fire department use.The impact of fire on a community is usually measured in terms of the number of fires, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Value Functions for Environmental Management

    by E. Beinat ...
    Series Book 7 - Environment & Management
    Environmental decisions must satisfy a multitude of objectives and the matching of a plan, policy or project to such objectives is a matter of both facts and value judgements. Value Functions for Environmental Management provides a systematic approach to the structuring and measurement of value judgements, showing how they drive the decision process and how to make them transparent and effective ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Environmental Politics

    Scale and Power

    by Shannon O'Lear ...
    Shannon O'Lear brings a geographer's perspective to environmental politics. The book considers issues of climate change, energy, food security, toxins, waste, and resource conflict to explore how political, economic, ideological and military power have contributed to the generation of environmental issues and the formation of dominant narratives about them. The book encourages the reader to think ... Read more

    $69.69 USD

  • Financial Management for Local Government

    by Kay Spearman ...
    This series is designed to cover all aspects of sound financial management for local governments in developed and developing countries and economies in transition. Concepts of good governance, transparency and accountability are woven into the text of every chapter, and the needs and potential obstacles to greater decentralization and democracy are highlighted. Each volume is self-contained with ... Read more

    $600.00 USD

  • Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development

    Edited by Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Khanji Harijan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    New information and strategies for managing the energy crisis from the perspective of growing economies are presented. Numerous case studies illustrate the particular challenges that developing countries, many of which are faced with insufficient resources, encounter. As a result, many unique strategies to the problems of energy management an conservation, environmental engineering, clean ... Read more

    $143.09 USD