Social impact of environmental issues
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Social impact of environmental issues
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
€ 4.99
Hardcover. The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two far-flung places? Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 1HSM; JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385523
- ISBN
- 9781782385523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.66
€ 161.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Chen, Nancy N.; Sharp, Lesley A. Series: Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNR; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938645426
- ISBN
- 9781938645426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.24
€ 46.24
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851996752
- ISBN
- 9780851996752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.86€ 154.24
€ 158.86
€ 154.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 2. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781469614489
- ISBN
- 9781469614489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardback. How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanisation and climate change? This key issue forms the discussion point for this book. Particular reference is made to cities in India, and the capability of such urban communities of responding to climate-related disasters. Editor(s): Joerin, Jonas; Shaw, Rajib; Krishnamurthy, R. R. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509058
- ISBN
- 9781783509058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.72
€ 135.72
Paperback. This text examines the social, spatial and property practices of New Zealand's high country. It combines historical, literary and ethnographic approaches to draw a portrait of families whose many features can be used in the debates about land use in the colonies of the British diaspora. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; JFSL9; JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509528
- ISBN
- 9780742509528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.04
€ 77.04
Paperback. Can indigenous peoples define the terms of change for themselves? What impact does postcolonialism have on population, social justice, and women's rights? This book explores these questions. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; HBTQ; HBTR; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253213303
- ISBN
- 9780253213303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 64 b&w illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295996660
- ISBN
- 9780295996660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Hardcover. Global climate change creates new challenges in particular for cities and regions. As centres of human activity they are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts. Adapting to a changing climate requires dealing with multiple uncertainties and complexity in order to allow proactive action. Editor(s): Knieling, Jorg. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118451717
- ISBN
- 9781118451717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.14
€ 148.14
hardcover. Series: Anthem Environment and Sustainability. Num Pages: 284 pages, 56 b+w tables and figures. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783080205
- ISBN
- 9781783080205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.27
€ 138.27
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€ 37.74
€ 38.99
€ 37.74
Hardback. Shows that fears about global warming are vastly exaggerated and are driven by politics, not truth. This book shows that the earth is far more resilient than exopessimists pretend and that increasing wealth and technology ingenuity, far from being the enemies of the environment, are the only means we possess to solve environmental problems. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594032103
- ISBN
- 9781594032103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.39
€ 24.99
€ 22.39
Paperback. The Pleistocene was the age of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Shepard sets out to show how much of what we call "culture" can be traced back through our evolution from that formative stage. Num Pages: 237 pages, tables. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559635905
- ISBN
- 9781559635905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.15
€ 35.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. Radical ecology typically brings to mind media images of ecological activists standing before loggers' saws, staging anti-nuclear marches, and confronting polluters on the high seas. This book offers a balanced appraisal of radical ecology's principles, goals, and limitations. Num Pages: 447 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPWD; JPWF; RNB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520209077
- ISBN
- 9780520209077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.30
€ 42.99
€ 30.30
Hardback. Contextualizing Disaster argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Editor(s): Button, Gregory V.; Schuller, Mark. Series: Catastrophes in Context. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHB; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332807
- ISBN
- 9781785332807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.30
€ 161.30
paperback. The author of this work was inspired by the need to develop a truly evolutionary vision of human culture and society. The text began as the Terry Lectures, given at Yale University in 1957. Num Pages: 526 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 697.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765806048
- ISBN
- 9780765806048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.11
€ 58.11
CD-Audio. A controversial tour de force. Weisman seeks to answer a fundamental question - how do we manage the global population without destroying the planet? Num Pages: 15 pages. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 149 x 39. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781478924548
- ISBN
- 9781478924548
CD
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.99
€ 40.99
€ 26.99
Hardcover. Terrorism, poverty, ecological meltdown, climate change, pandemics - this is the background noise we have all learnt to live with. But what if all these things could be laid at our own feet? Our society is moving faster than ever, yet it's filled with risk. This book discusses about causes of these issues and what we can do about them. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KJWX; PDR; RNT; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 345. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and tear to edges, but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0001884
- ISBN
- 9781840468014
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. This text aims to provide a fresh view of contemporary geography. The authors explore the role of four traditional themes in the "new cultural geography" including the interplay between the evolution of particular biophysical niches and the activities of the culture groups that inhabit them. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501065
- ISBN
- 9780742501065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40