Sustainability
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Sustainability
Paperback. Despite unprecedentedly high prices of natural resources such as oil and gas on the global market, resource-rich countries are home to over 60# of the world's poorest people. This book discusses the counterintuitive phenomenon known as the "resource curse" and how mineral wealth can impoverish countries. Editor(s): Khodeli, Irakli. Series: International Social Science Journal Monograph. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: KCM; KCN; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196970
- ISBN
- 9781405196970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28
Hardcover. Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources provides a basic overview of water resources, hydrology, the current problems involving water resources, and the potential impact of global warming and climate change. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNFD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 208 x 28. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470529621
- ISBN
- 9780470529621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.23
€ 111.23
Paperback. Demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. The book describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. The text focuses on Asia and Latin America. Num Pages: 204 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; KNAC; RNU; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228294
- ISBN
- 9780807845936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Gaia, in which James Lovelock puts forward his inspirational and controversial idea that the Earth functions as a single organism, with life influencing planetary processes to form a self-regulating system aiding its own survival, is now a classic work that continues to provoke heated scientific debate. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 black and white figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784883
- ISBN
- 9780198784883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. This timely and comprehensive volume guides institutional leaders past the myths and misconceptions to the sustainable university. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 5 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNM; PSAF; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412511
- ISBN
- 9781421412511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.75
€ 36.99
€ 30.75
Paperback. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCN; KJK; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Bootstrap Press,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942850253
- ISBN
- 9780942850253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.58
€ 39.58
Hardcover. Given the intermediary role banks play within economies, their potential contribution toward sustainable development is enormous. This book has been produced in order to present global perspectives and case studies on the financial services sector and how it is responding to this challenge. Editor(s): Bouma, Jan Jaap; Jeucken, Marcel; Klinkers, Leon. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: KFFK; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Greenleaf
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874719380
- ISBN
- 9781874719380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.48
€ 187.48
Paperback. An invaluable source book which brings together everything a student on a Permaculture Design Course needs to know about ecovillage design. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 200 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: RNU; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Floris Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782501671
- ISBN
- 9781782501671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.75
€ 26.99
€ 19.75
Paperback. The book is an accessible examination of the complex connections between tourism and sustainability in a southern African context. It introduces relationships between tourism, sustainability and development with a range of case studies from the region, focusing especially on natural resource dependent communities in processes of transition. Editor(s): Saarinen, Jarkko (University of Oulu); Becker, Fritz (University of Namibia); Manwa, Haretsebe (University of Botswana); Wilson, Deon (University of Pretoria). Series: Aspects of Tourism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1HFM; KNSG; RGL; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845411084
- ISBN
- 9781845411084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.42
€ 51.42
Paperback. Learn what it takes to go off the grid and become entirely.. Editor(s): Cassell, Jay. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNU; VSZ; WKD; WSZV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 216. Weight in Grams: 1199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626360938
- ISBN
- 9781626360938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.96
€ 27.96
Hardback. After WWII, the United States of America proposed their way of life, based on an unlimited consumption of land, goods, and energy, as a model for the entire world. Nowadays, this expansionist model has reached its limits. This book provides a comprehensive study of the geographical basis of the American settlements, assuming that part of the U.S. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211339
- ISBN
- 9781848211339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.89
€ 173.89
Paperback. Grow better not bigger with proven low-tech, human-scale, biointensive farming methods Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 B&W illustrations, two-color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: KJVS; RNU; TVF; TVG; WMQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865717657
- ISBN
- 9780865717657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.09
€ 29.99
€ 25.09
Paperback. This book is written for nonprofit executives and board members who want effective design strategies that combine financial and programmatic realities to put together a mix that will deliver the highest impact with the highest financial sustainability. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJC; KJVX; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470598290
- ISBN
- 9780470598290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.73
€ 46.99
€ 45.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 237 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: KCM; KCN; RND; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 232 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173155
- ISBN
- 9780231173155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.19
€ 48.99
€ 35.19
Hardcover. "The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has never been more difficult, expensive or miserable. It doesn't have to be this way. Series: Wiley Series in Sustainable Design. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNU; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470540930
- ISBN
- 9780470540930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.54
€ 107.54
Paperback. Increasingly, companies view engagement with NGOs as part of a strategy for the pursuit of sustainable development. This book presents the views of leading international figures on the relationship between business, NGOs and sustainable development. Editor(s): Bendell, Jem. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPWH; KCLT; KJG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Greenleaf
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874719298
- ISBN
- 9781874719298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.47
€ 42.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865718104
- ISBN
- 9780865718104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.12
€ 21.99
€ 20.12
Paperback. Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development. Num Pages: 384 pages, 110 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 34 black & white halftones, 84. BIC Classification: KCM; KCP; RNU. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415590730
- ISBN
- 9780415590730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, 16 color illus., 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; KCM; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253026989
- ISBN
- 9780253026989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: RNA; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583228678
- ISBN
- 9781583228678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47