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Agendas for Sustainability
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 226.00Agendas and Sustainability considers the processes used for devising global environment and development agendas and provides practical suggestions for their future development and influence. A collaboration of the latest research from the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Earth Council, the book presents similarities and differences in problem... more...
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 61.00Environmental Management Air and Water Management Nature and Biodiversity Economy, Society and Environment Sectoral Integration: Sustainable Forest Management International Co-operation This book is part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme which conducts peer reviews of environmental conditions and progress... more...
Behavioral and Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 45.00Most people would agree that it makes sense to tax a company that pollutes in a way that directly reflects the amount of environmental and social damage it has done. Yet in practice, such taxes are fraught with difficulty and have far-reaching implications. A company facing a new tax may lay off workers, for example, exacerbating an unemployment problem.... more...
Beyond Sovereign Territory
University of Minnesota Press 1996; US$ 67.50How should we think about politics in a world where ecological problems?from the deforestation of the Amazon to acid rain?transcend national boundaries? This is the timely and important question addressed by Thom Kuehls in Beyond Sovereign Territory. Contending that the sovereign territorial state is not adequate to contain or describe the boundaries... more...
The Biosphere and Noosphere Reader
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 75.95The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and biosphere. Drawing on classical influences, modern parallels, and insights into the future, the Reader traces the emergence of noosphere and biosphere concepts within the concept of environmental change. Reproducing material from seminla works, both past and present, key ideas and writings... more...
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 61.00Topics Covered Environmental Management Air and Water Management Nature and Biodiversity Management Economy, Society and Environment Sectoral Integration: Chemicals International Co-operation This book is part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme which conducts peer reviews of environmental conditions and progress in each... more...
Closing the Gap
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Energy efficiency plays and will continue to play an important role in the world to save energy and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, little is known on how much additional capital should be invested to ensure using energy efficiently as it should be, and very little is known which sub-areas, technologies, and countries shall achieve... more...
Collaborative Environmental Management
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 34.95Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental policy, planning, and management. At the urging of citizens, nongovernmental organizations, and industry, government officials at all levels have experimented with collaboration. Yet questions remain about the roles that governments play in collaboration--whether they are constructive and... more...
Comparative environmental politics
Springer 2006; US$ 69.99Looks at the way countries vary politically and assesses the impact this may have on response to global environmental issues, such as climate warming, biodiversity loss, deforestation, and trans-boundary air pollution. This book concludes that understanding the global environmental future depends on an understanding of the domestic circumstances. more...
Conflicts in Environmental Regulation and the Internationalization of the State
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 49.95This book examines the global regulation of biodiversity politics through the UN UNConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the WTO and other international treaties. Using historical-materialist state and regulation theory, it assesses how the discourse and politics of sustainable development have contributed to the internationalisation of the state.... more...









