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General environment and nature
Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
By K N Ninan
Paperback
Published 22-Oct-2010
| Our price: | £29.99 |
Addresses the economic, social and institutional difficulties in conserving biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides. This book covers a wide range of issues such as biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation in the context of diverse ecosystems such as tropical forests, marine areas, wetlands, and agricultural landscapes.
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Economics of Climate Change in China
By Fan Gang
Hardback
Published 08-Apr-2011
| Our price: | £75.00 |
China faces many modernisation challenges. But perhaps none is more pressing than that posed by climate change. This title brings together some of the leading international thinkers in economics, climate change, and development, to tackle some of the most challenging issues relating to China's low-carbon development.
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Crop Wild Relatives
By Danny Hunter
Paperback
Published 15-Dec-2010
| Our price: | £29.99 |
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. Now the need to conserve CWR in their natural surroundings (in situ) is increasingly recognized. This book includes case studies and examples from Armenia, Bolivia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.
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Desert Energy
By Alasdair Cameron
Hardback
Published 25-Jun-2011
| Our price: | £34.99 |
Examines the key technologies being deployed in an effort to tap the potential presented by world's deserts for siting large-scale solar power applications, and surveys the feasibility of such projects given the remoteness and the hostility of these environments.
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Renewable Revolution
By Sajed Kamal
Hardback
Published 18-Oct-2010
| Our price: | £21.99 |
Our environment and society is threatened by fuel shortages, a changing climate and energy wars. This book helps readers understand the vast renewable resource we have at our disposal in the form of solar, wind, water, heat and biogas, and the technologies used to harness this power.
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Rough Guide to Sustainability
By Brian Edwards
Paperback
Published 19-Mar-2010
| Our price: | £31.99 |
Deals with the topic of designing buildings for sustainability. This book sets out the environmental, professional and governmental context underlying sustainable principles, and outlines the science, measures and design solutions that designers need to adopt. It also includes design advice on offices, schools, housing and urban design.
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Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment
By Simon Burton
Hardback
Published 26-Oct-2011
| Our price: | £49.99 |
Based on careful analysis and experience in all housing sectors and house types, this handbook explains and demonstrates how to incorporate the energy saving measures in the existing housing stock.
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Skeptical Economist
By Jonathan Aldred
Paperback
Published 17-Sep-2010
| Our price: | £16.99 |
In reality economics is built on ethical foundations - distinctive and controversial views about how we ought to live, what we value and why. This book exposes these hidden assumptions, and opens up the black box of modern economics to reveal that the conventional wisdom is not what it appears to be.
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Coastal Hazards and Vulnerability
By Loraine McFadden
Hardback
Published 17-Sep-2010
| Our price: | £65.00 |
Our coasts provide a home and livelihoods for millions of people; many of the world's biggest cities are along coastlines. This volume explores the wide spectrum of coastal hazards, from high-magnitude, low-frequency events like tsunamis and hurricanes, to longer-term processes like urban regeneration and changing agricultural practices.
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Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
By Pushpam Kumar
Hardback
Published 01-Oct-2010
| Our price: | £60.00 |
Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. This book, written by experts, represents the scientific advances, providing an assessment of the fundamental ecological and economic principles of measuring and valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity, and showing how these can be mainstreamed into public policies.
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