Social impact of environmental issues
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Social impact of environmental issues
Hardback. Drawing on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, and social movement studies, this work looks at the ways scientific findings are made available to the public and the changing nature of policy offers a new perspective on health and the environment and the relationship among people, knowledge, power, and authority. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBNH2; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129480
- ISBN
- 9780231129480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, this book examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479861781
- ISBN
- 9781479861781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.43
€ 33.99
€ 33.43
Paperback. Explores the relationship between the causes of colossal toxic pollution and the manner in which pain caused by pollution insults porous human bodies Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; MMRP; RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991382
- ISBN
- 9780295991382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to reconstruct both common--sense and social science understanding. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PGZ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614618
- ISBN
- 9780745614618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.62
€ 23.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. This is a book about simplicity, not destitution, not parsimoniousness, not self-denial, but the restoration of wealth in the midst of an affluence in which we are starving the spirit. Num Pages: 112 pages, 7 woodcuts. BIC Classification: HPCF; RNT; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Green Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903998007
- ISBN
- 9781903998007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.27
€ 16.99
€ 13.27
paperback. Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time--related concerns. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: J; PGZ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745614076
- ISBN
- 9780745614076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
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. This book presents an interpretative ecological history of the Indian subcontinent. Using a general theory of ecological history, the authors provide a fresh interpretation of India's history, including an ecological account of the caste system and a sociological analysis of resource use. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors. Series: Oxford India Perennials Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PSAF; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198077442
- ISBN
- 9780198077442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.66
€ 39.66
Hardcover. * A vibrant reading of postmodern feminist and postcolonial thought* By the author of Postmodern Geographies (Verso, 1989)* Presents a new transdisciplinary mode of thinking about space and the spatiality of social life. . Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557866745
- ISBN
- 9781557866745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.65
€ 125.65
Paperback. * A vibrant reading of postmodern feminist and postcolonial thought* By the author of Postmodern Geographies (Verso, 1989)* Presents a new transdisciplinary mode of thinking about space and the spatiality of social life. . Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557866752
- ISBN
- 9781557866752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 43.99
€ 45.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 color illus. 2 halftones. 11 line illus. BIC Classification: RNKH1; RNP; RNR; RNT; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176024
- ISBN
- 9780691176024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.54
€ 23.99
€ 18.54
paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: KNDF; PSAD; RNT; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595587091
- ISBN
- 9781595587091
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.46
€ 24.99
€ 21.46
Paperback. Considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. This book draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; GTB; RGC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993836
- ISBN
- 9780295993836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.59
€ 37.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. Offers a series of insights into real alternatives to the economic malaise, with an examination of key themes such as transition towns, traditional villages, new green financial concepts, the sustainable utopia, sustainability and activism, ecofeminism, green protectionism, intentional communities and a green philosophy of money. Series: Advances in Ecopolitics. Num Pages: 209 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506410
- ISBN
- 9781849506410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.53
€ 111.53
Paperback. An important and timely study of environmental degradation in Central and South America Editor(s): Painter, Michael; Durham, William H. Series: Linking Levels of Analysis S. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, charts, tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472065608
- ISBN
- 9780472065608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214. Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands and Indigenous Peoples Meet. 272 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSL9; RNT. Dimension: 135 x 202 x 15. Weight: 214.
- Publisher
- Plume
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780452297746
- ISBN
- 9780452297746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.64
€ 17.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. Change is the watchword of the nineties. Ordinary Americans are coming together to change their workplaces, their communities, their schools, and their lives. This deeply personal, inspiring, and interactive book is full of practical advice on how to get involved. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 188 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0013118
- ISBN
- 9781555426057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Written from a geographical perspective, this book provides a new look at Ireland. Num Pages: 136 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DB; HB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780521020145
- ISBN
- 9780521020145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00
€ 42.00
Paperback. Focusing on three causes of disaster - natural, organizational, and deliberate - this title shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR; RNR; RNT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150161
- ISBN
- 9780691150161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.44
€ 26.99
€ 20.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: RNC; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806781
- ISBN
- 9781609806781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.32
€ 24.99
€ 18.32