Social impact of environmental issues
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Social impact of environmental issues
Paperback. A collection of essays focusing on the implications of the sciences of complexity for environmental politics and practice Editor(s): Haila, Yrjo; Dyke, Chuck. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 1 photograph, 2 tables, 20 figures. BIC Classification: RNK; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336969
- ISBN
- 9780822336969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.83
€ 36.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. The word 'off-grid' refers to places or people without mains water, power or phone line. Off-grid locations can range from private islands to tree-houses. All are outside or in between the criss-crossing lines of power, water and phone that delineate the civilised world. This book is about that physical sense of off-grid. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: RNT; WK; WSZV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553818192
- ISBN
- 9780553818192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. The interactions and interdependencies of the social and natural worlds are the focus of attention from a wide range of environmental, social and life sciences. This book presents an account of this complex range of issues and of the concepts and tools required to understand and tackle them. Num Pages: 256 pages, Figures, boxes, index. BIC Classification: RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853837142
- ISBN
- 9781853837142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Paperback. A unique assessment of the current state and future direction of human geography. A major book that includes especially written contributions by internationally respected figures in the field. Accessible and wide-ranging, it will be widely read by students and academics. Editor(s): Massey, Doreen; Allen, John; Sarre, Phil. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RGC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621890
- ISBN
- 9780745621890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.67
€ 33.99
€ 33.67
Paperback. This book provides students in human geography with a vital resource - a collection of writings critical to understanding the field as a whole and revealing the interactions of its component parts. It is designed to give students ready access to the literature their studies are most likely to lead them to consult. Editor(s): Agnew, John A.; Livingstone, David J.; Rogers, Alasdair. Num Pages: 712 pages, 0. BIC Classification: RGC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631194613
- ISBN
- 9780631194613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.95
€ 56.95
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
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 5.70
€ 26.99
€ 5.70
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
€ 117.77€ 90.75
€ 117.77
€ 90.75
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€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Hardcover. This wide-ranging book considers the origins and rise of science and technology before moving on to discuss the state of our world and its possible futures, addressing the main challenges for social and economic development in the context of global change. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; PBW; PDZ; PSAF; RNT; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642053597
- ISBN
- 9783642053597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
hardcover. Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, this title tells the story of people who confronted the unprecedented devastation of sixty five thousand homes when the hurricane swept a record thirty-foot storm surge across a seventy-five-mile stretch of unprotected Mississippi towns and cities. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBJK; RNR; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617030239
- ISBN
- 9781617030239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.99
€ 37.99
€ 34.99
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
€ 148.00
€ 148.00
Hardback. Implies that societies are socio-spatial entities which come into being and acquire their collective self-consciousness and self-identity through a process of spatial dialectics. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; RGC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318866
- ISBN
- 9780792318866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.95
€ 131.95
hardcover. The first systematic treatment of the spatial dimensions of the colonization of the prairie west, Improved Earth is a unique and thorough study certain to provoke new debates about the way space and time are imagined. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCS; 3JH; 3JJ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087829
- ISBN
- 9780802087829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Hardback. This work examines the risks of locating hazardous industries near heavily populated, environmentally sensitive areas. It highlights the main procedures for the assessment of risks to health and deals with the assessment of consequences of accidental releases. Series: Environmental Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337171
- ISBN
- 9780792337171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.29
€ 201.29
Hardback. Highlights the main procedures for the assessment of risks to health and environmental impacts from continuous emissions of pollutants into air, water and soil under normal operating conditions. This title reviews criteria and guidelines for the implementation of risk assessment and management at different stages. Series: Environmental Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337188
- ISBN
- 9780792337188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.46
€ 201.46
Paperback. Thoughtfully engaging yet theoretically sophisticated, Into the Fire reveals how disasters bring traditional patterns of gender relations to light and often serve as catalysts for social change. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4. BIC Classification: JFSJ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614703
- ISBN
- 9781442614703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.72
€ 31.99
€ 28.72
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
Hardcover. Against the backdrop of the environmental impact of household electricity consumption and the history of cooling practices, Marlyne Sahakian considers how people keep cool, from Metro Manila to other mega-cities in Southeast Asia. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTF; JFF; RNFY; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308825
- ISBN
- 9781137308825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Paperback. American, Australian and British scholars examine the significance of the use of landscape for studies of identity. Editor(s): Stewart, Dr Pamela J.; Strathern, Andrew. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745319667
- ISBN
- 9780745319667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.90
€ 40.99
€ 31.90
Landscapes Beyond Land: Routes, Aesthetics, Narratives (EASA Series)
Jo Vergunst, Arnar Arnason, Nicolas Ellison, ...
Hardcover. The contributors explore how landscapes become known primarily through movement and journeying rather than stasis. Working across four continents, they explain how landscapes are constituted and recollected in the stories people tell of their journeys through them, and how, in turn, these stories are embedded in landscaped forms. Editor(s): Arnason, Arnar; Ellison, Nicolas; Vergunst, Jo Lee; Whitehouse, Andrew. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456717
- ISBN
- 9780857456717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.23
€ 162.23