Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
Paperback. Focuses on the issue of what must be done to mobilize and govern the necessary financial resources to combat climate change. This book shows how effective mitigation of climate change depends on a complex mix of public funds, private investment through carbon markets, and structured incentives that leave room for developing country innovations. Editor(s): Stewart, Richard B.; Kingsbury, Benedict; Rudyk, Bryce. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: L; RNA; RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741382
- ISBN
- 9780814741382
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
paperback. Over the years, environmental racism has become the rallying cry for many communities as they discover the contaminations of toxic chemicals and industrial waste in their own backyards. This book shows that even in the post-civil rights era, race and class are key factors in determining the politics of pollution. Num Pages: 275 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; JFSL3; JPW; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716588
- ISBN
- 9780814716588
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Julian Agyeman argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are compatible in practical ways. He explores the ideological differences between these two groups and shows how they can work together, using examples of potential model organizations that employ the types of strategies he advocates. Num Pages: 245 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707111
- ISBN
- 9780814707111
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardcover. Comparing metropolitan planning processes in Boston, Denver, and Portland, Christina D. Rosan examines the impact that various metropolitan governance arrangements have on regional land use decisions and challenges us to think more critically about the political arrangements necessary to govern sustainable metropolitan regions. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248555
- ISBN
- 9780812248555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Paperback. Beyond Rust is among the first books of its kind to continue past the collapse of American manufacturing in the 1980s by exploring the diverse ways residents of an iconic industrial region sought places for themselves within a new economic order. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; KCZ; KND; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223927
- ISBN
- 9780812223927
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Global Downtowns weaves together rich cultural materials from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America to explore the most iconic space of modern urban imagery and identity. Essays bring diverse downtowns to life while probing deeper shared theoretical and pragmatic questions of power, division, consumption, and conflict. Editor(s): Peterson, Marina; McDonogh, Gary. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223224
- ISBN
- 9780812223224
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. This book focuses on the role of government in organizing the nation's transportation industries. As the authors show, over the course of the twentieth century transportation in the United States was as much a product of hard-fought politics, lobbying, and litigation as it was a naturally evolving system of engineering and available technology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; RPT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221169
- ISBN
- 9780812221169
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. This thoroughly illustrated collection of essays, written by scholars as well as practitioners of urban policy, gives a panoramic view of sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers, researchers, and citizens. Editor(s): Wachter, Susan M.; Birch, Eugenie Ladner. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 424 pages, 17 color, 55 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812220377
- ISBN
- 9780812220377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Hardback. Law in Crisis is an unsettling history of natural disaster and political subject formation in the modern world. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: GT; LAQ; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762564
- ISBN
- 9780804762564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
Paperback. In the American West, pressures to reallocate water to meet urban demands are rising as cities grow, environmental awareness increases, and climate change threatens existing water supplies. The legacy of Owens Valley, however, raises concerns about reallocation. This work considers alternative approaches to the Owens Valley transfer. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 tables, 16 figures, 4 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; RNF; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 330. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804753807
- ISBN
- 9780804753807
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.45
€ 33.99
€ 30.45
Paperback. examines the impact economic integration has on the environment, using Mexico, as it transformed itself from one of the most closed economies to one of the world's most open, as a case study. As new nations join the Free Trade Area of the Americas or the World Trade Organization, they are considering the path taken by Mexico nearly 20 years ago. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KCLT; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751254
- ISBN
- 9780804751254
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. This in-depth study of fourteen pulp manufacturing mills in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand provides the most extensive and systematic empirical examination, to date, of the reasons firms achieve the levels of environmental performance that they do. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; KNDS; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748063
- ISBN
- 9780804748063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.93
€ 145.93
paperback. The author chronicles LA's emergence as the nation's leading trade centre and gateway to the Pacific Rim in the 20th century, exploring recent epic battles over port development, expanding LAX, creating a new international airport in Orange County, building the Alameda Corridor rail link and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 tables, 5 figures, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFS; KCM; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804746816
- ISBN
- 9780804746816
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
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€ 33.63
Paperback. An environmental, institutional, and cultural history of forestry in colonial eastern India. By examining the influence of regional political formations and bio-geographic processes on land and forest management, the book offers an analysis of the factors that influenced landscape change. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 illustrations, 4 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC; RGBL; RNF; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745567
- ISBN
- 9780804745567
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.91
€ 40.99
€ 35.91
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726207
- ISBN
- 9780804726207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; RNK; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804011624
- ISBN
- 9780804011624
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
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Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 4 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; BM; RNKH1; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803296428
- ISBN
- 9780803296428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.69
€ 30.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSVW6; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803294981
- ISBN
- 9780803294981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24
€ 53.24
Paperback. An important contribution to Indian ethnohistory and to the literature of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBTB; JFSL9; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition, Bicentennial
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289901
- ISBN
- 9780803289901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.70
€ 23.70
Paperback. A collection of essays on the ways Native communities have interacted with the environment. Focusing on the northwest coast of North America, this work looks at the challenges and opportunities confronting the local practice of indigenous ecological knowledge in a range of communities, including the Tsimshian, the Nisga'a, and the Tlingit. Editor(s): Menzies, Charles R. Num Pages: 274 pages, 3 photos, 3 figures, table, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803283190
- ISBN
- 9780803283190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.80
€ 26.99
€ 26.80