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Social impact of environmental issues

Hardback. The integration of development and climate objectives is increasingly recognized as significant in research and policy making. This book explores what lessons exist for policy at the national and international level and looks at how promising options for local policies can be scaled-up through international initiatives. Editor(s): Metz, Bert; Kok, Marcel. Num Pages: 151 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 521.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844076413
ISBN
9781844076413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.30
€ 85.05

Paperback. This work gives an appraisal of the relevance of philosophy to the problems of environmental degradation. The aim of the author is to encourage readers to seek a system which supports deep ecological principles, or an ecosophy, by reassessing the relationship between man and nature. Translator(s): Rothenberg, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PSAD; PSAF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370. Outline of an Ecosophy. 240 pages, line drawings, bibliography, index. This work gives an appraisal of the relevance of philosophy to the problems of environmental degradation. The aim of the author is to encourage readers to seek a system which supports deep ecological principles, or an ecosophy, by reassessing the relationship between man and nature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PSAD; PSAF; RNT. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight: 380. Translator(s): Rothenberg, David.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521348737
ISBN
9780521348737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: RNQ; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804541
ISBN
9781609804541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Focusing on three causes of disaster - natural, organizational, and deliberate - this title shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR; RNR; RNT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150161
ISBN
9780691150161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.00

Paperback. * A vibrant reading of postmodern feminist and postcolonial thought* By the author of Postmodern Geographies (Verso, 1989)* Presents a new transdisciplinary mode of thinking about space and the spatiality of social life. . Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557866752
ISBN
9781557866752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HRKT; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226571638
ISBN
9780226571638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. The word 'off-grid' refers to places or people without mains water, power or phone line. Off-grid locations can range from private islands to tree-houses. All are outside or in between the criss-crossing lines of power, water and phone that delineate the civilised world. This book is about that physical sense of off-grid. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: RNT; WK; WSZV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553818192
ISBN
9780553818192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. The building of railways has had a profound but largely ignored physical impact on Britain's coasts. This book explores the coming of railways to the edge of Britain, the ruthlessness of the companies involved and the transformation of our coasts through the destruction or damage to the environment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55 b&w illustrations, 2 line art. BIC Classification: KNGT; RGCM; RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748697625
ISBN
9780748697625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447320869
ISBN
9781447320869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: RNC; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806781
ISBN
9781609806781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. Although environmental laws are rarely able to provide the simple solutions that people want from them, they are essential for the future of our planet. This book explores how legal responses are shaped in response to the problems facing the environment today, and the socio-political conflicts facing environmental legislation. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white figures. BIC Classification: LBBP; LNK; LNKJ; RNT; TQ. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198794189
ISBN
9780198794189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: RNT. Dimension: 159 x 209 x 13. Weight: 230.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583672419
ISBN
9781583672419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Argues that the environmental scarcities will have profound social consequences - contributing to insurrections, ethnic clashes, urban unrest, and other forms of civil violence. This book develops a model of the sources of environmental scarcity. It shows that scarcities stem from the degradation and depletion of renewable resources. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 line illus., 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFR; JPA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089799
ISBN
9780691089799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.06

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPFC; RNC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670125
ISBN
9781583670125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.88

Paperback. A pioneering study of how medieval Europeans used and changed their environment, integrating social, economic and environmental history approaches. Series: Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Num Pages: 427 pages, 29 b/w illus. 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1; RNT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521700375
ISBN
9780521700375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Based on seventeen years of research, this book explores the process of Ogatamura's development from the planning stages to the present. An intensive ethnographic study of the relationship between land reclamation, agriculture, and politics in regional Japan. Series: Asian Anthropologies. Num Pages: 262 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSF; JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330445
ISBN
9781785330445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. A perfect introduction to climate change law, this textbook offers students and scholars an overview of the international law governing this fundamental issue. It demonstrates how to interpret the language used in the applicable instruments and conventions, and sets climate change law in its broader international legal context. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: LBBP; LNCR; RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199664306
ISBN
9780199664306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.52

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199668564
ISBN
9780199668564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in the Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone, not to mention many citizens of surrounding countries, are suffering the effects. This title examines the vexed political, scientific, and social circumstances that followed the disaster. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFFC; RNQ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
With a New introduction by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151663
ISBN
9780691151663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.55

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