General environment and nature
LEED Practices, Certification, and Accreditation Handbook
By Sam Kubba
Paperback
Published 25-Nov-2009
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Adopted in the United States and a number of other countries, LEED certification is the recognized standard for measuring building sustainability. This book provides architects, designers, building owners, and construction engineers with an easy to understand guide to the nuts and bolts of LEED project and personal certification.
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Sustainable Communities Design Handbook
By Woodrow Clark
Hardback
Published 03-Jul-2010
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Presents the technologies and methods for creating sustainable communities. This book helps environmental engineers, civil engineers, architects, mechanical engineers, and energy engineers to find a common approach to building environmental friendly communities which are energy efficient.
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Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
By Sepp Holzer
Paperback
Published 11-Jan-2011
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Climate Change and Displacement
By Jane McAdam
Hardback
Published 06-Sep-2010
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In this book a variety of disciplinary perspectives provide a rigorous, holistic analysis of the phenomenon of climate-induced displacement.
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Climate Change and Displacement
By Jane McAdam
Paperback
Published 07-Dec-2012
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This book brings together a variety of disciplinary perspectives on the phenomenon of climate-induced displacement. With chapters by leading scholars in their field, it collects in one place a rigorous, holistic analysis of the phenomenon, which can better inform academic understanding and policy development alike.
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Catastrophe
By Richard A. Posner
Paperback
Published 26-Jan-2006
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How should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around? This book argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping with catastrophic risks.
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When the Planet Rages
By Jake Officer
Paperback
Published 07-Jan-2010
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Environmental Economics
By Charles D Kolstad
Paperback
Published 30-Apr-2009
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In the Belly of the River
By Amita Baviskar
Paperback
Published 02-Sep-2004
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The new edition provides a detailed update on the contemporary controversy over the construction of India's largest system of dams that have led to the displacement of tribal villagers and played havoc with the eco-system.
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Rule of Water
By David Mosse
Paperback
Published 02-Jun-2005
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Based on long-term anthropological fieldwork, oral histories and detailed archival work, this book explores the changing ecology, political significance and cultural meaning of water in south India.
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