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  • The Politics of Sanitation in India: Cities, Services and the State (1 Edition)

    de Susan E. Chaplin ...
    Series Libro 2 - NPSAH
    The Politics of Sanitation in India examines how the environmental problems confronting Indian cities have arisen and subsequently forced millions of people to live in illegal settlements that lack adequate sanitation, and other basic urban services. This has occurred because of two factors. The first is the legacy of the colonial city characterised by inequitable access to sanitation services, a ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?

    How Money Really Does Grow on Trees

    de Tony Juniper ...
    During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate the emergence of a new wave of environmental attention focused on “natural capital,†“ecosystem services†and “biodiversity,†things nature does for us. In What Has Nature ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • A Cubic Mile of Oil

    Realities and Options for Averting the Looming Global Energy Crisis

    de Hewitt Crane, Edwin Kinderman, Ripudaman Malhotra ...
    One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world's current total annual consumption of crude oil. The world's total annual energy consumption - from all energy sources- is currently 3.0 CMO. By the middle of this century the world will need between 6 and 9 CMO of energy per year to provide for its citizens. Adequate energy is needed remove the scourge of poverty and provide food, ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 9 Beautiful Lies

    Population and Environment in Australia

    de Tim Flannery ...
    Series Libro 9 - Quarterly Essay
    In the first Quarterly Essay of 2003, Tim Flannery launches an attack on the various lies that we tell ourselves about our resources, our past and our future. The lie of terra nullius that made us ignore the Aborigines' knowledge of the environment. The lie of the Snowy Mountains Scheme that did untold damage to our river system for the sake of white immigration. The lie that rushing to preserve ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • When Soldiers Fall

    How Americans Have Confronted Combat Losses from World War I to Afghanistan

    de Steven Casey ...
    Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. ... Leer más

    $46.99 USD

  • State of the World 2014

    Governing for Sustainability

    de The Worldwatch Institute, David W. Orr, Tom Prugh, Michael Renner, John Gowdy, Robert Engelman, Michael L. Weber, Conor Seyle, Matthew Wilburn King, Matt Leighninger, Diana Lind, Monty Hempel, Peter Brown, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Cormac Cullinan, Isabel Hilton, Sam Geall, Shakuntala Makhijani, Aaron Sachs, Inge Kaul, Maria Ivanova, Rick Worthington, Sean Sweeney, Dr., Thomas Palley, Gar Alperovitz, Colleen Cordes, David Bollier, Burns Weston, Petra Bartosiewicz, Marissa Miley, Evan Musolino, Katie Auth, Nina Netzer, Judith Gouverneur, Josephine Mitschke, Ian Johnson, Yu Hongyuan ...
    Series series State of the World
    Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other ... Leer más

    $26.69 USD

  • How to Breathe Underwater

    Field Reports from an Age of Radical Change

    de Chris Turner ...
    The essays and reportage in How to Breathe Underwater offer a panoramic overview of this age of radical change-from the online gambling boom in the Caribbean to Cyberjaya, the Malaysian government’s attempt to build its own Silicon Valley; from video game design to digital-age tabloid journalism to the artistry of The Simpsons; and from the fate of the Great Barrier Reef to Cuba’s economic limbo ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Rainforest Of Cameroon : Experience And Evidence From A Decade Of Reform

    de Topa Giuseppe; Megevand Carole; Karsenty Alain; Debroux Laurent ...
    Starting in 1994, Cameroon introduced regulatory and market-based reforms to regulate access to its rainforests, balance public and private interests in those forests, and integrate wider economic, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the value of forests. Based on historical data and extensive interviews, this report concludes that the reforms brought order over the most aggressively ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Scandinavian Common Sense

    Policies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health

    de Dominque Côté, Marie-France Raynauilt ...
    At a time when austerity is claimed by some to be the only answer to today's economic woes, a close look at the best practices used in Scandinavia is edifying. Decision makers everywhere dispose of ample evidence showing that social determinants have an impact on health and wellbeing. Yet governments develop policies that diverge enormously. Scandinavian countries are often cited as models for ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Managing Geographic Information Systems

    de Nancy J. Obermeyer, Phd, Jeffrey K. Pinto, PhD ...
    Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this widely adopted text and practical reference addresses all aspects of developing and using geographic information systems (GIS) within an organization. Coverage includes the role of the GIS professional, how geographic information fits into broader management information systems, the use of GIS in strategic planning, and ways to navigate the ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • The Vegetarian Imperative

    de Anand M. Saxena ...
    We have learned not to take food seriously: we eat as much as we want of whatwe want when we want it, and we seldom think about the health and environmental consequences of our choices. But the fact is that every choice we make has an impact on our health and on the environment. In The Vegetarian Imperative, Anand M. Saxena, a scientist and a vegetarian for most of his life, explains why we need ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet

    A Climate Crisis Solution for the 44th President

    de William S. Becker ...
    When the 44th President of the United States is elected, he will face urgent crises on three major fronts: the American economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the growing threat to the world environment caused by climate change.This short, powerful book shows the way forward: a clear action plan for the new President's first 100 days, that if implemented will set America on course for ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus