Social impact of environmental issues
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Social impact of environmental issues
Paperback. "Greenery in the City" examines ten case studies throughout Europe that offer innovative urban green spaces, from botanical gardens to public parks and roadside displays. This publication examines the social, economic, ecological and sociopolitical benefits of such new approaches to city planning. Editor(s): Zepf, Marcus. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AMVD; RNT; RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jovis
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783868593624
- ISBN
- 9783868593624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.40
€ 27.99
€ 25.40
Hardback. In a world which continues to experience dramatic suffering as a result of natural hazards, local level disaster risk reduction efforts are of increasing importance. With reference to examples in the Philippines, this book analyses a local disaster risk resilience approach and suggests an effective model for enhancing such efforts in the future. Editor(s): Matsuoka, Yuki; Shaw, Rajib. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509270
- ISBN
- 9781783509270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.87
€ 143.87
Paperback. Featuring a sensitive and loving portrait of mankind as a community, as a family but most importantly as individuals, this book tries to answer the universal and ancient question of who we are and what we aspire to. It also reveals the dark side of the human condition, but it also sheds light on the best of it. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; RNK; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 286 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500292143
- ISBN
- 9780500292143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 5.70
€ 26.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Offers a range of information to help the reader understand environmental politics, from the Flood to present-day holes in the sky, and from the earthworm to Agribiz and the photobiological reactor. The book presents a portrait of our beleaguered Earth and points to sustainable alternatives. Illustrator(s): Rankin, William. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KCN; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 208 x 140. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KTG0005928
- ISBN
- 9781840461596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Placing emphasis on the close relationship between humans and their natural environment, this book examines how alterations in the natural world mirror human cultures, societies, and languages. It explores thousands of years of ecological history while addressing important contemporary issues, such as biodiversity and genetic variation and change. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135627
- ISBN
- 9780231135627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.28€ 74.64
€ 99.28
€ 74.64
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones. 19 line illus. 5 tables. 7 maps. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173214
- ISBN
- 9780691173214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
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€ 24.46
€ 26.99
€ 24.46
hardcover. 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. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253025937
- ISBN
- 9780253025937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.00
€ 70.00
Paperback. Depicts in nontechnical terms the root causes and global environmental effects of human behavior. This title describes trends in population growth, resource use, and global environmental impacts such as greenhouse effects, ozone depletion, water pollution, and species extinctions and introductions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139670
- ISBN
- 9780231139670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
Hardback. Depicts in nontechnical terms the root causes and global environmental effects of human behavior. This title describes trends in population growth, resource use, and global environmental impacts such as greenhouse effects, ozone depletion, water pollution, and species extinctions and introductions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139663
- ISBN
- 9780231139663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.19€ 88.27
€ 118.19
€ 88.27
Hardback. Sweeping research on the frozen continent of Antarctica is yielding insights of global importance. Num Pages: 232 pages, 158 colour images + 5 black-&-white illustrations, with 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; RBGD; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 212 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187007
- ISBN
- 9780300187007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.15
€ 52.99
€ 37.15
Paperback. Translation of: Istoriko-geograficheskii obzor Irana. Translator(s): Soucek, Svat. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBTP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612072
- ISBN
- 9780691612072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.45
€ 53.19
€ 41.45
Hardback. Translator(s): Soucek, Svat. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBTP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640006
- ISBN
- 9780691640006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.92
€ 146.92
Hardback. * Before his sudden death in January 2015, Ulrich Beck was one of the world s foremost sociologists. This new book is the last book he wrote before his death; it was completed in December 2014 * In this book Beck introduces a new concept 'metamorphosis' to describe what is happening in our world today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690216
- ISBN
- 9780745690216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFF; KNDF; RNFF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Jacana Media South Africa
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431424238
- ISBN
- 9781431424238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.25
€ 19.99
€ 18.25
Hardback. This book explains how the phenomenal growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of the accelerating biophysical contradictions of industrial capitalist agriculture and of ongoing and future food crises. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: GTF; RNT; TVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 138. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780320977
- ISBN
- 9781780320977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.46€ 89.48
€ 100.46
€ 89.48
Paperback. This book explains how the phenomenal growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of the accelerating biophysical contradictions of industrial capitalist agriculture and of ongoing and future food crises. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: GTF; RNT; TVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780320960
- ISBN
- 9781780320960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.41
€ 25.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Series: Design, Histories, Futures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 31 bw illus. BIC Classification: AKP; AMCR; RNT; RNU; TDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857854803
- ISBN
- 9780857854803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Climate change and poverty offers a timely new perspective on the 'ecosocial' understanding of the causes, symptoms and solutions to poverty and applies this to recent developments across a number of areas, including fuel poverty, food poverty, housing, transport and air pollution. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFA; RNPG; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 172 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447300861
- ISBN
- 9781447300861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.78
€ 38.99
€ 36.78
Hardcover. An eye-opening account exploring common themes between major disasters and providing important lessons for successful natural hazard mitigation. Num Pages: 346 pages, 51 b/w illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFU; JKSR; RNR; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107035188
- ISBN
- 9781107035188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.26
€ 30.99
€ 23.26