Only one earth, Timberlake, Lloyd

Автор: Fiorino, Daniel J.
Название: A Good Life on a Finite Earth
ISBN: 0190605812 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190605810
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: The potential conflict among economic and ecological goals has formed the central fault line of environmental politics in the United States and most other countries since the 1970s. The accepted view is that efforts to protect the environment will detract from economic growth, jobs, and global
competitiveness. Conversely, much advocacy on behalf of the environment focuses on the need to control growth and avoid its more damaging effects. This offers a stark choice between prosperity and growth, on the one hand, and ecological degradation on the other. Stopping or reversing growth in most
countries is unrealistic, economically risky, politically difficult, and is likely to harm the very groups that should be protected. At the same time, a strategy of unguided "growth above all" would cause ecological catastrophe.

Over the last decade, the concept of green growth -- the idea that the right mix of policies, investments, and technologies will lead to beneficial growth within ecological limits -- has become central to global and national debates and policy due to the financial crisis and climate change. As
Daniel J. Fiorino argues, in order for green growth to occur, ecological goals must be incorporated into the structure of the economic and political systems. In this book, he looks at green growth, a vast topic that has heretofore not been systematically covered in the literature on environmental
policy and politics. Fiorino looks at its role in global, national, and local policy making; its relationship to sustainable development; controversies surrounding it (both from the left and right); its potential role in ameliorating inequality; and the policy strategies that are linked with it. The
book also examines the political feasibility of green growth as a policy framework. While he focuses on the United States, Fiorino will draw comparisons to green growth policy in other countries, including Germany, China, and Brazil.

Автор: Biggs
Название: Principles for Building Resilience
ISBN: 110708265X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107082656
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Reflecting the very latest research, this book provides an in-depth review of the role of resilience in the management of social-ecological systems and the ecosystem services they provide. Leaders in the field outline seven principles for building resilience in social-ecological systems, examining how these can be applied to advance sustainability.

Автор: Houghton
Название: Global Warming
ISBN: 1107463793 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107463790
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Sir John Houghton`s definitive, full-colour guide to climate change is brought fully up-to-date with the latest IPCC findings for students across a wide range of disciplines. The simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science, physical and human impacts, and need for action on global warming.

Автор: Martin-Ortega
Название: Water Ecosystem Services
ISBN: 1107100372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107100374
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 116160.00 T
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Описание: This comprehensive volume describes how ecosystem services-based approaches can assist in addressing major global and regional water challenges. Including empirical assessments and presenting new perspectives on how to shape future strategies, this is a valuable reference for researchers, students and policy makers in environmental studies, hydrology and water resource management.

Автор: Stephens
Название: Smart Grid (R)Evolution
ISBN: 1107047285 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107047280
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 116160.00 T
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Описание: This book is designed for those interested in energy system change, renewable energy, sociotechnical transitions, electricity, climate mitigation, and climate change adaptation. The contribution this book makes is valuable because it goes beyond conventional technical and economic perspectives to explore the social implications of the diversity of smart grid futures.

Автор: Anderson Paul
Название: Reforming Law and Economy for a Sustainable Earth: Critical Thought for Turbulent Times
ISBN: 1138013862 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138013865
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Цена: 153120.00 T
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Описание: Few concerns preoccupy contemporary progressive thought as much as the issue of how to achieve a sustainable human society. The problems impeding this goal include those of how to arrest induced global environmental change (GEC), persistent disagreements about the contribution of economic activities to GEC and further differences in views on how these activities can be reformed in order to reduce the rate of change and thus to mitigate threats to much life on Earth. Reforming Law and Economy for a Sustainable Earth aims to help resolve these problems in two ways. Since addressing GEC will require global coordination, the book first clarifies the conditions necessary to achieve this effectively. Paul Anderson explores these conditions with the aid of a sustained analysis of key concepts in influential disciplines, particularly in social and political theory and law, relating to the transition to a sustainable economy. Second, Anderson tackles the problem of how to arrest GEC by incisively evaluating two leading theoretical positions in terms of their capacity to support the conditions required for effective global coordination. From this basis, the book offers an extensive critique of the idea that global environmental problems can be solved within the framework of global capitalism. It also critically reviews and advances the proposition that global sustainability can be achieved only by changing the capitalist form of organizing the economy. Enriched by a genuinely interdisciplinary approach, the originality of Reforming Law and Economy for a Sustainable Earth lies in the manner it combines a rigorous analysis of the requirements for global sustainability with decisive conclusions as to what are, and what are not, viable means of fulfilling those requirements. The book advances research on sustainability within key disciplines, among them political theory, law and social science, by offering a timely and insightful statement about the global environmental predicament in the 21st century.

Автор: Alc?ntara-Ayala
Название: Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention
ISBN: 1107414784 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107414785
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 53850.00 T
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Описание: Written by an international team of geomorphologists, this book is a state-of-the-art assessment of how geomorphology contributes to the comprehension and mapping of hazardous Earth surface processes, many of which directly affect human societies. The authors demonstrate geomorphology`s application to vulnerability and risk analysis, disaster prevention and sustainability.

Автор: Shiva Vandana
Название: Making Peace with the Earth
ISBN: 0745333761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780745333762
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 39240.00 T
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Описание: Demolishes the myths of corporate globalisation and shows its devastating environmental impact.