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Indices and Indicators in Development
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95The use of numbers to condense complex systems into easily digested 'bites' of information is very much in fashion. At one level they are intended to enhance transparency, accountability and local democracy, while at another they provide a means of enhancing performance. However, all indicators suffer from the same basic problem that, ironically, is... more...
Sustainability
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 38.00Focuses on how the theories underlying sustainability can be translated into practice and the challenges involved in achieving this. more...
Measuring Sustainability
Earthscan 2003; US$ 43.95' Measuring the sustainability of development is crucial to achieving it and is one of the most actively studied issues in the area. To date most studies of measurements or indicators have been largely theoretical. However this book a follow-on to Bell and Morse's highly influential Sustainability Indicators (1999) presents valuable practical... more...
Sustainability Indicators
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 40.95Praise for the first edition: 'This book should be of interest to anyone interested in sustainable development, and especially sustainability indicators. Bell and Morse easily succeed in exposing the fundamental paradoxes of these concepts and, more importantly, they offer us a way forward. Readers ... will find their practical recommendations for... more...
Resilient Participation
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 50.95Stakeholder or public participation has become something of a modern mantra employed in all sorts of contexts to give people a voice. There are many variants on this 'participation' but traditionally they all share a desire to maximise involvement and provide desired 'outputs' of a required quality as quickly and as cheaply as possible. Difference... more...
Measuring Sustainability
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95' Measuring the sustainability of development is crucial to achieving it, and is one of the most actively studied issues in the area. To date, most studies of measurements or indicators have been largely theoretical. However, this book, a follow-on to Bell and Morse's highly influential Sustainability Indicators (1999), presents valuable practical... more...
Crime and Culpability
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00This book presents a comprehensive theory of a culpability-based criminal law. 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...
Science Agriculture and Research
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95Research 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... more...
Microbial Forensics
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 102.95Microbial Forensics is a rapidly evolving scientific discipline. In the last decade, and particularly due to the anthrax letter attacks in the United States, microbial forensics has become more formalized and has played an increasingly greater role in crime investigations. This has brought renewed interest, development and application of new technologies,... more...









