Social impact of environmental issues
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Social impact of environmental issues
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; JHB; RGB; RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176307
- ISBN
- 9780691176307
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€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
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Hardback. Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Barriers to global sustainability are identified and conditions for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use are described. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300606
- ISBN
- 9780230300606
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€ 91.69€ 15.40
€ 91.69
€ 15.40
Hardback. This optimistic and accessible book contributes to our understanding of the factors that shape environmental justice outcomes by assessing the extent of, and reasons for, environmental justice/injustice in seven diverse countries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447305941
- ISBN
- 9781447305941
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Condition: New
€ 102.21
€ 102.21
Paperback. An analysis of why people with knowledge about climate change often fail to translate that knowledge into action. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262515856
- ISBN
- 9780262515856
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.48
€ 37.99
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Paperback. Kath Weston addresses the emergence of a new animism in the context of food, energy, water, and climate to trace how new intimacies between humans, animals, and the environment are emerging as people attempt to understand how the high-tech ecologically damaged world they have made is remaking them. Series: Anima. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362326
- ISBN
- 9780822362326
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. Kath Weston addresses the emergence of a new animism in the context of food, energy, water, and climate to trace how new intimacies between humans, animals, and the environment are emerging as people attempt to understand how the high-tech ecologically damaged world they have made is remaking them. Series: Anima. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362104
- ISBN
- 9780822362104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.52
€ 116.52
Paperback. A synthesis of the literature on pastoralist societies, this book presents a discussion of their importance for African societies. It is aimed at the scholars and practitioners concerned with Africa's livestock keeping people. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSF; JHMC; RNT; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490. 314 pages, black & white illustrations. A synthesis of the literature on pastoralist societies, this book presents a discussion of their importance for African societies. It is aimed at the scholars and practitioners concerned with Africa's livestock keeping people. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSF; JHMC; RNT; TVH. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight: 472.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 314
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852559901
- ISBN
- 9780852559901
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€ 32.99€ 28.11
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Presents an account of the changing attitudes in people towards nature and the environment between 1500-1800. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: RNT; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140146868
- ISBN
- 9780140146868
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Hardback. Making a comeback in Northern Europe and North America, wolf populations cause conflicts by affecting the livelihoods of rural peoples. However, their arrivals also become embedded in more general societal tensions. Series: Interspecies Encounters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; JHB; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334207
- ISBN
- 9781785334207
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Condition: New
€ 157.90
€ 157.90
Paperback. In 2011, despite continued developments in forecasting, tracking, and warning technology, the United States was hit by the deadliest tornado season in decades. This title examines the factors that contributed to the outcomes of such tornadoes as the mid-April outbreak that devastated communities in North Carolina. Num Pages: 102 pages, 10 tables, 10 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; RBP; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878220257
- ISBN
- 9781878220257
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.41
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Hardback. In one form or another, water participates in the making and unmaking of people's lives, practices, and stories. Contributors analyse the union of water and social lives, thereby challenging anthropologists to foreground the mutable character of their subjects and responsibly engage with the generative role of cultural analysis. Editor(s): Hastrup, Kirsten; Hastrup, Frida. Series: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782389460
- ISBN
- 9781782389460
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Condition: New
€ 156.95
€ 156.95
Hardback. Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems. This book features theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. Editor(s): Freese, Lee. Series: Advances in Human Ecology S. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFS; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608. Series: Advances in Human Ecology S. 300 pages. Editor(s): Freese, Lee. Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems. This book features theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; RNC; RNT. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 23. Weight: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305674
- ISBN
- 9780762305674
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€ 110.30
€ 110.30
Paperback. Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654010
- ISBN
- 9780745654010
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Condition: New
€ 26.51
€ 26.51
Paperback. An ethnographic account of the rapid mobilization of Chinese peasants into large cities, this text traces the profound transformations of space, power relations and social networks within a mobile population that has broken through the constraints of the government's household registration system. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742061
- ISBN
- 9780804742061
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479850723
- ISBN
- 9781479850723
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Condition: New
€ 101.47
€ 101.47
Hardback. Concerns about environmental risks have focused the minds of a generation. New movements are emerging to challenge those who would put profits before the planet. This volume represents the cutting edge of international research on global environmental movements and contributes to the on-going debates which may shape our future. Editor(s): Leonard, Liam; Kedzior, Sya B. Series: Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: RNB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783506972
- ISBN
- 9781783506972
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Condition: New
€ 151.98
€ 151.98
Hardcover. Intends to locate justice in a workable and sustainable way within the community, introducing 'Sustainable Justice' as a key concept. This title examines three key concepts which need to be understood for the management of flexible and fluid society, namely Sustainability, Justice and Community. Editor(s): Leonard, Liam; Kenny, Paula. Series Editor(s): Leonard, Liam. Series: Advances in Ecopolitics. Num Pages: 168 pages, ill. BIC Classification: RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243010
- ISBN
- 9780857243010
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Condition: New
€ 115.73
€ 115.73
Hardback. Offers a series of insights into real alternatives to the economic malaise, with an examination of key themes such as transition towns, traditional villages, new green financial concepts, the sustainable utopia, sustainability and activism, ecofeminism, green protectionism, intentional communities and a green philosophy of money. Series: Advances in Ecopolitics. Num Pages: 209 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506410
- ISBN
- 9781849506410
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Condition: New
€ 108.13
€ 108.13
Hardback. What impact are we having on the environment around us? How can we limit the effect of human life on the natural world? These questions and more are considered in Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice volume 13, which looks at environmental philosophy, humanity's place in the world, and how we can live in harmony with our planet. Editor(s): Leonard, Liam; Barry, John; Geus, Marius De. Series: Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: RNA; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783501366
- ISBN
- 9781783501366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.31
€ 136.31
Paperback. aeo This book introduces environmental ideas to a sociology audience. It is designed for a growing field in the sociology of environmental issues, and will be of great use to sociologists wanting to fill a gap in teaching. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: J; RNB; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610238
- ISBN
- 9780745610238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.28
€ 25.28