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Environmental Policy & Planning

  • Love Letter to the Earthby Thich Nhat Hanh

    Parallax Press 2013;

    Love Letter to the Earth is Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh?s passionate appeal for ecological mindfulness and the strengthening of our relationship to the Earth. Rejecting the conventional economic approach, Nhat Hanh shows that mindfulness and a spiritual revolution are needed to protect nature and limit climate change. While many experts point to the... more...

  • Environmental Governance in Europeby R.K.W. Wurzel; A.R. Zito; A.J. Jordan

    Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00

    European governance has witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades. By assessing the use of 'new' environmental policy instruments in European Union countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, this timely book analyses whether traditional forms of top-down government have given way to less hierarchical governance... more...

  • Small Stories, Big Changesby Lyle Estill; David W. Orr

    New Society Publishers 2013; US$ 17.95

    Voices from the vanguard of environmental change. more...

  • Disaster Resiliencyby Naim Kapucu; Christopher V. Hawkins; Fernando I. Rivera

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00

    Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of... more...

  • Nuclear War and Environmental Catastropheby Noam Chomksy; Laray Polk

    Seven Stories Press 2013; US$ 13.95

    ?There are two problems for our species? survival?nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, ? says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II. While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response... more...

  • A Short History of Nuclear Follyby Rudolph Herzog; Jefferson Chase

    Melville House 2013; US$ 26.00

    In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Café , a blackly sardonic people?s history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe Rudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead Funny , presents a devastating account of history?s most irresponsible uses... more...

  • The Genius of Earth Dayby Adam Rome

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013; US$ 30.99

    The first Earth Day is the most famous little-known event in modern American history. Because we still pay ritual homage to the planet every April 22, everyone knows something about Earth Day. Some people may also know that Earth Day 1970 made the environmental movement a major force in American political life. But no one has told the whole story... more...

  • The Approaching Great Transformationby Joel Magnuson; Helena Norberg-Hodge

    Seven Stories Press 2013; US$ 18.95

    How should we act and think economically in the world as the era of cheap oil comes to an end? The Approaching Great Transformation  begins to answer this massive question, focusing on the people and communities already at work on the transition: energy descent pioneers in the UK and the US educating their communities about the road ahead, small... more...

  • The Myth of Progressby Tom Wessels

    University Press of New England 2013; US$ 21.99

    A provocative critique of Western progress from a scientific perspective more...

  • The Hungry Dragonby Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres; Sophal Ear

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 140.00

    This volume provides an up to date and accessible examination of China's global search for resources, focusing primarily on oil. This focus provides a powerful rationale to explain China's actions overseas, as it impacts on economic, energy and foreign policies. A strong feature of the book is a comprehensive examination of geopolitical issues.... more...