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Global Warmingby John Houghton
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 52.00Houghton's market-leading textbook, now in full colour and with the latest IPCC findings, is the definitive guide to climate change. more...
Comfortably Unawareby Richard A. Oppenlander
Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2011; US$ 9.99In Comfortably Unaware, Dr. Richard Oppenlander tackles the crucial issue of global depletion as it relates to food choice. Do you know the true cost of the food you eat every day? What resources were used and what was destroyed in order to get that food to your plate? What does the word sustainable really mean when applied to your food choices and how sustainable is that particular food to your own health? What you choose to eat is killing our planet, says noted lecturer and author Dr. Richard Oppenlander. In Comfortably Unaware, he reveals the truth about food choice and its impact on our world. He doesn't stop at merely identifying the problem. He describes, with clarity, its cultural and political origins and offers a viable solution.... more...
The OECDby Peter Carroll; Aynsley Kellow
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00The book reveals, for the first time, the origins, growth and complex role of the OECD as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, showing how it has adapted - for the most part successfully - to the changing needs of its members, both large and small. Peter Carroll and Aynsley Kellow provide a comprehensive account and analysis of the origins, development and, most intriguingly, the recent reforms that characterise the OECD. They argue that this increasingly complex organisation has fulfilled its design to be an adaptive, learning organisation and explore how the OECD has spread its wings beyond its European and North American roots to become an increasingly influential body in global governance. Topical chapters include the OECD's work on... more...
Climate, Change and Riskby Thomas Downing; A. Olsthoorn; R.S.J. Tol
Routledge 1998; US$ 248.00Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of climatic hazards and climate change, focusing on societal responses, insurance and methodologies for analysis. more...
Global Warming and Global Politicsby Matthew Paterson
Routledge 1996; US$ 52.95Examines the major theories within international relations, and how these can help us understand the emergence of global warming as a political issue. more...
Cities and Climate Changeby Harriet Bulkeley; Michele Betsill
Routledge 2002; US$ 57.95Cities and Climate Change is the first in-depth and interdisciplinary analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and illustrates the multilevel nature of climate change governance. more...
Timescales and Environmental Changeby Graham Chapman; Thackwray Driver
Routledge 1996; US$ 67.95Leading experts from a diverse range of disciplines encourage the reader, from whatever perspective to think about change and environmental issues in a new light through different time-scales. more...
Little Ice Ageby Jean M. Grove
Routledge 1988; US$ 328.00This definitive work provides an excellent focus for the work of economic and social historians as well as glaciologists, climatologists, geographers and geologists. more...
Environmental Changeby Richard Huggett
Routledge 1997; US$ 67.95Huggett presents an introductory exploration of past, present and future change in the environment . Exploring rates and directions of change, introduces the interdependent parts of the natural environment. more...
Feeling the Heatby Jim Motavalli
Routledge 2004; US$ 42.95This book consists of chapter-length visits to world "hot" spots, where people are already coping with the consequences of climactic disruption. It reveals the process of climate change to be ongoing, serious and immediate. more...