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Pollution & threats to the environment

Paperback. According to Ecological Urbanism, relentless and thoughtless development have created a way of living that brings us to a point of reckoning regarding energy, climate change and the way we shape our communities. This title explores the challenges and potential shifts in each of these arenas and how they can affect the future of our communities. Num Pages: 225 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 10. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Island Press
Number of pages
225
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd None ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597267212
ISBN
9781597267212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Paperback. Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCN; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138782228
ISBN
9781138782228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.11

Paperback. Climate change is the most difficult threat facing humanity this century and negotiations to reach international agreement have so far foundered on deep issues of justice. Providing provocative and imaginative answers to key questions of justice, informed by political insight and scientific understanding, this book offers a new way forward. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA; RND; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198778745
ISBN
9780198778745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w illus., 5 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253025883
ISBN
9780253025883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Hardback. The Carbon Code provides a framework to do this, and helps you to become a hero in the fight against climate change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: RNK; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422534
ISBN
9781421422534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. The Warming Papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast. The paper trail spans over 175 years, ranging from Fourier and Arrhenius in the 19 th Century to Manabe and Hansen in modern times. Editor(s): Archer, David; Pierrehumbert, Raymond. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1346.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196161
ISBN
9781405196161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.78

Paperback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JPFK; KCN; RND; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158299
ISBN
9780231158299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Packed with provocative case studies, calculations and lifestyle comparisons, this entertaining and authoritative book makes the complexities of climatology understandable and challenges readers to rethink their notions of 'doing their bit'. The paperback edition features a new preface from Mark Lynas, author of High Tide: News From a Warming World Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on FFEP.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KTG0004808
ISBN
9780230007543
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Magdoff, Fred; Foster, John Bellamy; Buttel, Frederick H. (Professor of Rural Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA). Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCN; KNAC; RNF; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670163
ISBN
9781583670163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.75

Paperback. Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144131
ISBN
9780231144131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: KCN; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171326
ISBN
9780691171326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life's history. Few processes are as integral, unique, or ancient. Num Pages: 434 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119953562
ISBN
9781119953562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.11

Paperback. Since the 9/11 attacks, many Western governments assume terrorism to be the greatest threat we face. This book shows why this approach has been such a failure, and how it distracts us from other, much greater, threats of climate change, competition over resources, marginalisation of the majority of the world and global militarisation. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90. Clean copy of an ex library book with a neat label on spine and usual markings
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0226665
ISBN
9781846040702
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 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: 200 pages. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745642925
ISBN
9780745642925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Paperback. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. 368 pages, Illustrations. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight: 252.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408824832
ISBN
9781408824832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143126591
ISBN
9780143126591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics. Editor(s): Cronon, William. Num Pages: 560 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: JFCX; RNK; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393315110
ISBN
9780393315110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RND; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Big Kid Science
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937548780
ISBN
9781937548780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. This book is designed for first- and second-year university students (and their instructors) in earth science, environmental science, and physical geography degree programmes worldwide. The summaries at the end of each section constitute essential reading for policy makers and planners. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118708514
ISBN
9781118708514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.24

Paperback. * An important new collection based on a series of recent Miliband lectures. * Leading figures discuss the pressing issues of climate change and sustainability. * This features contributions by Ulrich Beck, Onora O'Neill, Peter Singer, and Ed and David Miliband. Editor(s): Held, David; Theros, Marika; Fane-Hervey, Angus. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652023
ISBN
9780745652023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.93

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