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Climate
Rationality and the Environment
By Bo Elling
Paperback
Published 18-Jun-2010
| Our price: | £29.99 |
Environmental assessment and management involve the production of scientific knowledge and its use in decision-making processes. This work argues that ethical and aesthetic dimensions can only be brought into environmental politics and policies by citizens actively taking a stand on the specific matters in question.
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Drought
By Justin Sheffield
Hardback
Published 18-Mar-2011
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Drought is one of the likely consequences of climate change in many regions of the world. This book aims to provide a review of the historical occurrence of global drought, during the 20th century and assess the likely potential changes over the 21st century under climate change. It discusses the developing field of drought monitoring.
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Climate Change as Environmental and Economic Hazard
By Boris Porfiriev
Hardback
Published 30-Oct-2009
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The policy for climate change prioritises mitigation over adaptation. This title argues that although efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are vital, the new policy paradigm should shift the priority to adaptation, with a special focus on disaster risk reduction.
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Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from Better Management
By Jamie Pittock
Hardback
Published 25-Nov-2009
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Climate change is dramatically affecting freshwater supplies, particularly in the developing world. This volume presents a case for and exploration of different freshwater adaptation strategies in the face of global climatic change.
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Politics of Asbestos
By Linda Waldman
Paperback
Published 18-Mar-2011
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Based on anthropological fieldwork in the UK, India and South Africa, this book explores people's understandings of their asbestos-related diseases, risk, compensation and regulation, contrasting these personal and community narratives with formal medical and legal understandings.
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Slow Travel and Tourism
By Janet Dickinson
Paperback
Published 14-Jul-2010
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Drawing on ideas from the 'slow food' movement with a concern for locality, ecology and quality of life, this book aims to define slow travel and to discuss how some underlining values are likely to pervade new forms of sustainable development. It explains slow travel as holiday travel where air and car transport is rejected.
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Food Security and Global Environmental Change
By Ingram
Paperback
Published 14-Oct-2010
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Global environmental change (GEC) represents an immediate and unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, especially those who depend on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. This book provides a synthesis of the state of knowledge and thinking on the relationships between GEC and food security.
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Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh
By Winston Yu
Hardback
Published 15-Jun-2010
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Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh. This book examines the implications of climate change on food security in Bangladesh and identifies adaptation measures in the agriculture sector using a comprehensive integrated framework.
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Effective Ecological Monitoring
By Likens Lindenmayer
Paperback
Published 15-May-2010
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Ecologists and managers of natural resources readily acknowledge the importance of long-term studies and monitoring for improved understanding and management of complex environmental systems. This book outlines the key pitfalls and deficiencies in ecological monitoring programs and long-term studies.
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Climate Change Adaptation and International Development
By Ryo Fujikara
Paperback
Published 19-Nov-2010
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Climate change impacts upon the world's poorest most heavily. It is therefore essential that international development initiatives focus on improving the ability of developing countries to adapt to the effects of climate change. This book examines climate change adaptation from the perspective of development cooperation.
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