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Pollution & threats to the environment
Hardcover. The alarming consequences of global climate change have highlighted the need to take urgent steps to combat the causes of air pollution. Hence, understanding the Earth's atmosphere is a vital component in Man's emerging quest for developing sustainable modes of behaviour in the 21st century. Editor(s): Hewitt, C. Nicholas; Jackson, Andrea V. Num Pages: 648 pages, 541. BIC Classification: RBP; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 192 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632052868
- ISBN
- 9780632052868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 486.60
€ 486.60
Hardcover. Despite a history of several decades of pesticide regulation, continuous innovation, and considerable practical experience with using pesticides in agriculture, the environmental impact of pesticide use continues to be of serious concern. Editor(s): Hond, Frank den; Groenewegen, Peter; Straalen, Nico van. Num Pages: 272 pages, 100. BIC Classification: RNP; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632056590
- ISBN
- 9780632056590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.63
€ 267.63
Paperback. How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond? And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital importance? This work addresses these questions. It describes how the interplay between familiar phenomena, winds and clouds, light and air, maintains climates that permit a diversity of fauna and flora to flourish on Earth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 tables, 85 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050348
- ISBN
- 9780691050348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Explains why the Kyoto Protocol was never likely to become an effective legal instrument. This book explores how its collapse offers opportunities to establish a more realistic alternative. It proposes a hybrid in which governments set targets for both emission quantities and tax levels. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120263
- ISBN
- 9780691120263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 42.32
€ 53.17
€ 42.32
Paperback. 'A persuasive and much-needed book on what must be the defining political issue of this century.' Mark Lynas Series: Small Guides to Big Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745325804
- ISBN
- 9780745325804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. A collection of essays discussing how the elite exploit the impact of climate change and how local communities can resist this process. Editor(s): Buxton, Nick; Hayes, Ben. Series: Transnational Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336916
- ISBN
- 9780745336916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.43€ 83.84
€ 100.43
€ 83.84
Hardback. Offers an account of the challenges we face in responding to security and environmental change. This work argues that to understand climate change and the dislocations of global ecology, it is necessary to look back at how ecological change is tied to the expansion of the world economic system over the last few centuries. Series: Dimensions of Security. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642918
- ISBN
- 9780745642918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. 'The world of the future will be a tighter and tighter struggle against the limits of our intelligence', announced Norbert Wiener. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645049
- ISBN
- 9780745645049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.12
€ 60.12
Paperback. 'The world of the future will be a tighter and tighter struggle against the limits of our intelligence', announced Norbert Wiener. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645056
- ISBN
- 9780745645056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.19
€ 22.19
Hardback. Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; RNC; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647227
- ISBN
- 9780745647227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardback. Governments have failed to stem global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causing climate change. Indeed, climate-changing pollution is increasing globally, and will do so for decades to come without far more aggressive action. Series: What's Wrong?. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPQB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652504
- ISBN
- 9780745652504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.10
€ 79.10
Paperback. Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654010
- ISBN
- 9780745654010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.37
€ 26.37
Paperback. Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662770
- ISBN
- 9780745662770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Hardback. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 photos, 4 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 263 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828413
- ISBN
- 9780774828413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.30
€ 107.30
Paperback. A history of the politics of air pollution. Editor(s): DuPuis, E. Melanie. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719619
- ISBN
- 9780814719619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Hardback. By weaving together the insights of anthropology, political ecology, disaster studies, and science and technology studies, this book explores questions of theoretical and practical import for understanding the politics of risk and the ironies of technological disaster response in a time when IBM's stated mission is to build a "Smarter Planet." Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJJ; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814760697
- ISBN
- 9780814760697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.35
€ 91.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770924
- ISBN
- 9780814770924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Series: Center for Chemical Process Safety "Guidelines" series. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNXC; RNP; TQK; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816907021
- ISBN
- 9780816907021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.68
€ 245.68
Paperback. A Primer. 160 pages, 37 colour illustrations. Illustrator(s): Fraser, Mary Edna. An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands takes on climate change deniers in an outstanding and much-needed primer on the science of global change and its effects. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: RNPG. Dimension: 191 x 242 x 10. Weight: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351092
- ISBN
- 9780822351092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Klinenberg, Eric. Num Pages: 220 pages, 18. BIC Classification: RND; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822368427
- ISBN
- 9780822368427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54