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
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The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States
The Challenge of Trading Places
Mattijs van Maasakkers
The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States provides an in-depth analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosystem services in the United States. It explains why very few of these markets have succeeded even after close to twenty years of scholarly enthusiasm, federal funding and concerted efforts by NGOs, government agencies and businesses.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783086023
November 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States provides an in-depth analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosystem services in the United States. It explains why very few of these markets have succeeded even after close to twenty years of scholarly enthusiasm, federal funding and concerted efforts by NGOs, government agencies and businesses.
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Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities
Strategies for Engagement, Readiness and Adaptation
Lawrence Susskind, Danya Rumore, Carri Hulet, Patrick Field
Drawing on research from the New England Climate Adaptation Project, this book introduces a framework for building local capacity to respond to climate change. It argues that most of the responsibility for responding to climate risks must be taken by local stakeholders, and that climate adaptation efforts require collective rather than individual commitments to risk management.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084869
September 2015
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£145.00 / $145.00Drawing on research from the New England Climate Adaptation Project, this book introduces a framework for building local capacity to respond to climate change. It argues that most of the responsibility for responding to climate risks must be taken by local stakeholders, and that climate adaptation efforts require collective rather than individual commitments to risk management.
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Green Growth, Smart Growth
A New Approach to Economics, Innovation and the Environment
Ralf Fücks
foreword by Anthony Giddens
translated by Rachel HarlandAdvances a proactive response to the dangers of climate change, which can only be overcome by decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption and focusing on a new approach to efficiency, innovation and policymaking.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084739
June 2015
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£29.95 / $29.95Advances a proactive response to the dangers of climate change, which can only be overcome by decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption and focusing on a new approach to efficiency, innovation and policymaking.
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Africa and Economic Policy
Developing a Framework for Policymakers
Ferdinand Bakoup
This book suggests a unique conceptual framework for designing and conducting economic policy in developing countries, particularly those in Africa.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783080199
August 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book suggests a unique conceptual framework for designing and conducting economic policy in developing countries, particularly those in Africa.
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Climate Change and Global Equity
Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton
In this timely collection of essays, Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton show that the impact of inaction on climate change will be far worse than the cost of ambitious climate policies.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783080205
June 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00In this timely collection of essays, Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton show that the impact of inaction on climate change will be far worse than the cost of ambitious climate policies.
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Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy
Federalism in the United States, Brazil, and Germany
Vivian E. Thomson
With the US as the world’s most prominent climate change outlaw, “Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy” offers a unique combination of state-level analysis, international comparison and domestic policy prescription, pointing the way to a productive federal–state partnership for climate change policymaking in the United States.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783081103
February 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00With the US as the world’s most prominent climate change outlaw, “Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy” offers a unique combination of state-level analysis, international comparison and domestic policy prescription, pointing the way to a productive federal–state partnership for climate change policymaking in the United States.
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The Atlas of Climate Change Impact on European Cultural Heritage
Scientific Analysis and Management Strategies
Edited by C. Sabbioni, P. Brimblecombe, M. 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
Paperback
9780857282835
November 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The 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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Globalization, the Human Condition and Sustainable Development in the Twenty-first Century
Cross-national Perspectives and European Implications
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
foreword by Ulrich BrandThis book, based on a 175-nation study, investigates the relevance of dependency theory to the success of eight different dimensions of development, and argues that the pro-globalist policies of the European Commission are the greatest threat to Europe’s future developmental performance.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284105
May 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book, based on a 175-nation study, investigates the relevance of dependency theory to the success of eight different dimensions of development, and argues that the pro-globalist policies of the European Commission are the greatest threat to Europe’s future developmental performance.
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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.