Environment and Sustainability
Featured Books
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Planning for Water Security in Southeast Asia
Community-Based Infrastructure During the Urban Transition
September, 2022
£40.00 / $40.00
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Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines
Digging to Development or Digging to Disaster?
William N. Holden, R. Daniel Jacobson
This book explores how natural hazards in the Philippines can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago’s poor, who depend upon subsistence agriculture and subsistence aquaculture.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287762
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores how natural hazards in the Philippines can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago’s poor, who depend upon subsistence agriculture and subsistence aquaculture.
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La economía de la Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT
Cambio climático como si importara la termodinámica
Joseph Henry Vogel
foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky
translated by Iván Humberto Jiménez-WilliamsEl cambio climático se presta a la economía política. Vogel ha construido un argumento a favor de llevar a los países ricos en carbono, pero pobres económicamente, a través del cuello de botella de la economía de vaquero y hacia el “comercio en el derecho de emisiones” de los países Anexo I del Protocolo de Kioto. Ecuador sirve como el modelo.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284624
January 2012
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£99.00 / $99.00El cambio climático se presta a la economía política. Vogel ha construido un argumento a favor de llevar a los países ricos en carbono, pero pobres económicamente, a través del cuello de botella de la economía de vaquero y hacia el “comercio en el derecho de emisiones” de los países Anexo I del Protocolo de Kioto. Ecuador sirve como el modelo.
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Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia
Preservation, Development, and Neglect
Edited by John N. Miksic, Geok Yian Goh, Sue O’Connor
‘Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia’ explores the challenges facing efforts to protect the cultural assets of Southeast Asia from the ravages of tourism and economic development.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283894
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia’ explores the challenges facing efforts to protect the cultural assets of Southeast Asia from the ravages of tourism and economic development.
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The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability
Ernest J. Yanarella, Richard S. Levine
This book finds short- and long-term solutions to twenty-first century global woes by looking to the city as the fulcrum for introducing sustainability around the world.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287724
September 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book finds short- and long-term solutions to twenty-first century global woes by looking to the city as the fulcrum for introducing sustainability around the world.
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The Atlas of Climate Change Impact on European Cultural Heritage
Scientific Analysis and Management Strategies
Edited by Cristina Sabbioni, Peter Brimblecombe, May Cassar
'The Atlas of Climate Change Impact on European Cultural Heritage' is comprised of a vulnerability atlas and its accompanying guidelines, which together reveal the effects of future climate variations on cultural heritage.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843317982
October 2010
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£250.00 / $250.00‘The Atlas of Climate Change Impact on European Cultural Heritage’ is comprised of a vulnerability atlas and its accompanying guidelines, which together reveal the effects of future climate variations on cultural heritage.
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Fat China
How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation
Paul French, Matthew Crabbe
'Fat China' provides an in-depth analysis of the growing problem of obesity in China and its relationship to the nation's changing diet, lifestyle trends and healthcare system.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857289780
July 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Fat China’ provides an in-depth analysis of the growing problem of obesity in China and its relationship to the nation’s changing diet, lifestyle trends and healthcare system.
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Feeding the World in the 21st Century
A Historical Analysis of Agriculture and Society
Christian Anton Smedshaug
foreword by Niek Koning'Feeding The World in the 21st Century: A Historical Analysis of Agriculture and Society' provides and utilizes a historical understanding of the current global food situation as the basis for analyzing the ultimate challenge on how to feed an ever-expanding world of 10 billion people.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843318675
May 2010
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£40.00 / $40.00‘Feeding The World in the 21st Century: A Historical Analysis of Agriculture and Society’ provides and utilizes a historical understanding of the current global food situation as the basis for analyzing the ultimate challenge on how to feed an ever-expanding world of 10 billion people.
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The Economics of the Yasuní Initiative
Climate Change as if Thermodynamics Mattered
Joseph Henry Vogel
foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky
prologue by José Manuel HermidaClimate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Through the lens of thermodynamics, the payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní is equitable and efficient.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318781
January 2010
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£99.00 / $99.00Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Through the lens of thermodynamics, the payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní is equitable and efficient.
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Rethinking Foreign Investment for Sustainable Development
Lessons from Latin America
Edited by Kevin P. Gallagher, Daniel Chudnovsky
foreword by José Antonio OcampoConsisting of country case studies and comparative analyses from Latin American and US based political economists, this volume addresses the shortcomings of foreign investment for development, and sets out the challenges facing policy makers in this field.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843313168
February 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00Consisting of country case studies and comparative analyses from Latin American and US based political economists, this volume addresses the shortcomings of foreign investment for development, and sets out the challenges facing policy makers in this field.
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World Atlas of Atmospheric Pollution
Edited by Ranjeet S. Sokhi
foreword by Mario MolinaProvides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312895
May 2008
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£250.00 / $250.00Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
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Natural Disaster Reduction
South East Asian Realities, Risk Perception and Global Strategies
Dilip Kumar Sinha
The purpose of this treatise is to bring the characteristics of the disastrous events of the region to the fore, seeking to present not only the continuing fatalities and fragilities of the area, but also the possibilities for coping with natural disasters.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843317043
April 2007
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£115.00 / $115.00The purpose of this treatise is to bring the characteristics of the disastrous events of the region to the fore, seeking to present not only the continuing fatalities and fragilities of the area, but also the possibilities for coping with natural disasters.
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Energy for Development
Twenty-first Century Challenges of Reform and Liberalization in Developing Countries
Rangaswamy Vedavalli
A pioneering study on energy sector reform and liberalization in developing countries.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312239
March 2007
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£120.00 / $120.00A pioneering study on energy sector reform and liberalization in developing countries.
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Reclaiming Nature
Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration
Edited by James K. Boyce, Sunita Narain, Elizabeth A. Stanton
Explores the relationship between the environment, human activity and social justice.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312352
March 2007
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£115.00 / $115.00Explores the relationship between the environment, human activity and social justice.
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Russia’s Oil and Natural Gas
Bonanza or Curse?
Edited by Michael Ellman
A comprehensive evaluation of the Russian oil and natural gas industry and its pivotal role in the volatile Russian economy.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843312178
April 2006
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£115.00 / $115.00A comprehensive evaluation of the Russian oil and natural gas industry and its pivotal role in the volatile Russian economy.
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World Atlas of Sustainable Development
Economic, Social and Environmental Data
Anne-Marie Sacquet
Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843311669
March 2005
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£19.95 / $19.95Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.
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Rural India Facing the 21st Century
Essays on Long Term Village Change and Recent Development Policy
Edited by Barbara Harriss-White, S. Janakarajan
A profound analysis of a broad range of issues, providing a masterly overview of rural development in India.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843310877
July 2004
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£115.00 / $115.00A profound analysis of a broad range of issues, providing a masterly overview of rural development in India.