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Climate Change and Vulnerability and Adaptation
Earthscan 2008; US$ 117.00'Sound and solid case studies on vulnerability and adaptation have been woefully lacking in the international discourse on climate change. This set of books begins to bridge the gap.' Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme 'Important reading for students and practitioners... more...
Science Agriculture and Research
Earthscan 2002; US$ 43.95Research is never free of pressures and constraints and to understand its results properly these have to be assessed and analyzed. In agriculture research into biotechnology and GMOs as well as pesticides and herbicides is big business - agribusiness. This book looks at the crucial roles of funding and the political context on the research agenda and... more...
Applied Photovoltaics
Earthscan 2006; US$ 37.50'Recommended reading for any course which deals with hands-on aspects of photovoltaic systems and applications. Earthscan should be applauded' Tom Markvart University of Southampton 'An excellent introduction to the science principles and practice of photovoltaic energy conversion.' Jenny Nelson Professor of Physics Imperial College... more...
Global Warming and Social Innovation
Earthscan 2002; US$ 42.50Societies need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 per cent in order to counter the risks of climate change. This study envisions a climate neutral society - one where the output of polluting gases is minimised by social innovations set up in households by local authorities through developments in information and communications technologies... more...
Whole System Design
Earthscan 2008; US$ 38.95Whole System Design is increasingly being seen as one of the most cost-effective ways to both increase the productivity and reduce the negative environmental impacts of an engineered system. A focus on design is critical as the output from this stage of the project locks in most of the economic and environmental performance of the designed system throughout... more...
The New Global Frontier
Earthscan 2008; US$ 48.95This remarkable book convincingly challenges urban misconceptions about such issues as growth, poverty and the environment, and uses compelling evidencebased arguments to demonstrate why urbanization is the most important 21st century priority. Its ambitious, comprehensive scope ... ensures that it will become an indispensable classic for policymakers,... more...
Tapping the Green Market
Earthscan 2001; US$ 75.00There is a rapidly growing interest in and demand for non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional medicinal financial and cultural needs. However they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics. This volume explains the use and importance of certification... more...
Rights Resources and Rural Development
Earthscan 2004; US$ 37.50Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is an approach that offers multiple related benefits: securing rural livelihoods; ensuring careful conservation and management of biodiversity and other resources; and empowering communities to manage these resources sustainably. Recently however the CBNRM concept has attracted criticism for failing... more...
Towards a New Map of Africa
Earthscan 2005; US$ 37.00'The big era-defining questions and at last the subtle tenable answers teased out without cliché or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.' Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford Director Africa '05 'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless hungry continent. It shows just how extraordinarily diverse Africa is and... more...
Integrating Climate Change Actions into Local Development
Earthscan 2008; US$ 127.00To date, climate change adaptation and mitigation have been treated separately both in research and in the climate negotiations. However, a growing body of literature is now being developed that points to actual and potential synergies and trade-offs between responses to climate change and sustainability. This literature has evolved in a spontaneous... more...









