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  • Basics of Environmental Scienceby Michael Allaby

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 67.95

    The new edition of this popular student text offers an engaging introduction to environmental study. It covers the entire breadth of the environmental sciences, providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical processes and systems and the effects of human activities. In this second edition the scientific background to major environmental... more...

  • Innovationen durch Umweltmanagementby Kathrin Ankele; Esther Hoffmann; Jan Nill

    Springer 2006; US$ 69.99

    Ein wichtiges Ziel kologischer Modernisierung ist die Verbindung umweltfreundlichen Wirtschaftens mit einer Verbesserung der Wettbewerbsfhigkeit. Zentrale Instrumente in diesem Kontext sind Standards fr Umweltmanagementsysteme, wie beispielsweise das EG-ko-Audit (EMAS). Whrend das Kosten-Nutzen-Verhltnis von EMAS bereits erforscht wurde, sind die Innovations-... more...

  • Natural Resources - Technology, Economics & Policyby U. Aswathanarayana

    CRC Press 2012; US$ 99.95

    Natural resources management has two principal dimensions : Science-illuminated (earth, space, hydrological, pedological, information, etc. sciences) management of local resources (waters, soils, bioresources, minerals, rocks, sediments, etc.) in an ecologically-sustainable manner, and Value-addition through processing of natural products, through... more...

  • Sustainability Ethics and Sustainability Researchby Christian U. Becker

    Springer 2011; US$ 99.99

    The book identifies the specific ethical aspects of sustainability and develops ethical tools to analyze them. It also provides a methodological framework to integrate ethical and scientific analyses of sustainability issues, and explores the notion of a new type of self-reflective inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research. With this, the... more...

  • The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalismby Steven Bernstein

    Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 29.99

    The most significant shift in environmental governance over the last thirty years has been the convergence of environmental and liberal economic norms toward "liberal environmentalism"?which predicates environmental protection on the promotion and maintenance of a liberal economic order. Steven Bernstein assesses the reasons for this historical shift,... more...

  • International Economics of Resource Efficiencyby Raimund Bleischwitz; Paul J.J. Welfens; ZhongXiang Zhang

    Springer 2011; US$ 149.99

    Human societies face a threatening future of resource scarcity and environmental damages. This book addresses the challenge of turning these risks into opportunities and policies. It is a collection of high level contributions from experts of sustainable growth and sustainable resource management. Focussing on economics, sustainability, technology... more...

  • Environmental Physicsby Egbert Boeker; Rienk van Grondelle

    Wiley 2011; US$ 180.00

    This thoroughly revised and updated third edition focuses on the utilization of sustainable energy and mitigating climate change, serving as an introduction to physics in the context of societal problems. A distinguishing feature of the text is the discussion of spectroscopy and spectroscopic methods as a crucial means to quantitatively analyze and... more...

  • Nature, Raw Materials, and Political Economyby Paul S Ciccantell; David A Smith; Gay Seidman

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 103.00

    Offers the study of the multifaceted nature-society relationship and the socioeconomic consequences of human dependence on nature forward in a variety of areas. This volume is divided into three sections. more...

  • Battleground: Environment [Two Volumes]by Robin Morris Collin

    ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 175.00

    The environment inflames passions in people on all points of the political spectrum. Controversies over such issues as the rise of cancer in industrialized countries, climate change, and urban sprawl have skyrocketed as we recognize the impact that humans have on the environment. Many people become immersed in these controversies at a local level before... more...

  • Just Environmentsby David Cooper; Joy Palmer

    Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 42.95

    Can we do what we want with other species? How do conflicting international interests affect global issues? What do we owe the next generation? Just Environments investigates these questions and the ethics which lie at their core. more...